Student’s name here Male Circumcision Although the origins of circumcisions are unknown‚ it is commonly believed that the practice began about 12‚000 years ago whereby a stone knife was used to chop off the extraneous skin at the tip of a male’s penis. The primary reason given in ancient societies for this practice was that they believed difficulties in retracting the foreskin were detrimental to the fertilization process (Morse‚ 2004). In another instance‚ the act of circumcision was widely
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MALE CONTRACEPTION Access to effective contraception is a prerequisite of reproductive health. If the goal of ensuring that every birth results from a planned pregnancy is to be achieved‚ a wide range of methods of regulating fertility must be available. Because women literally are left "holding the baby‚" family-planning organizations have traditionally concentrated on female methods. New developments in the last 10 yr‚ including new formulations of the oral contraceptive pill‚ medicated
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“Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” by constructing the concept of a male gaze. Mulvey summarizes the notion of the male gaze as a heterosexual male actively objectifying a passive female recipient. She effectively limits females to being the object of the male gaze and heterosexual males to controlling the gaze‚ stating‚ “According to the principles of the ruling ideology and the psychical structures that back it up‚ the male figure cannot bear the burden of sexual objectification” (Mulvey 838)
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Male Dominated Society Abstract This essay is about two short stories which are “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Gilman and “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway. Both are so different but very alike at the same time‚ the stories use symbolism and imagery to express their true feelings. They both struggle with feminism and individualism‚ while living in an era where it was a male dominated society. “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses symbolism and imagery
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Introduction Domestic violence can be defined as‚ ‘any violence between current and former partners in an intimate relationship wherever and whenever the violence occurs. The violence may include physical‚ sexual‚ emotional and financial abuse’ (Home Office 2003: 6). Domestic violence is not a new phenomenon. Experienced still by women today‚ domestic violence can be dated back to even the 17th and 18th century. We shall explore the different outlooks of domestic violence including psychological
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Is the gaze male? Book Title: Women and Film: Both Sides of the Camera. Contributors: E. Ann Kaplan author. Publisher: Methuen. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1983. Page Number: 35. Since the beginning of the recent women’s movement‚ American feminists have been exploring the representation of female sexuality in the arts—in literature‚ painting‚ film‚ and television. As we struggle towards meaningful theory‚ it is important to note that feminist criticism‚ as a new way of reading
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"Domestic Violence" A Problem Solution Essay Written by; Ebrahem Hassan Ali‚ Faculty of Engineering‚ Prep. Year. ID: 115759. G6 Under the supervision of: Dr. Ghada Abd- El kader. Domestic violence Domestic violence‚ spousal abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ battering or intimate partner violence (IPV) is considered one of the most serious and abhorrent social diseases around the world. It is defined as physical‚ sexual‚ psychological or
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of power and are targeting the men‚ but because of the gender role stereotypes that our society has put on not only them but women as well. The definition of sexism in the Oxford Dictionary is “Prejudice‚ stereotyping‚ or discrimination‚ typically against women‚ on the basis of sex”. When the term sexism is needed to be used for the discrimination against men‚ it is almost required to specify by referring to it as reverse-sexism or male-ism. This is because the definition is in itself stereotyping
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of the Male World in her “The Prologue” In her poem the Prologue‚ Anne Bradstreet sharply criticizes the male world for its unjust prejudice and hostility against the female world and female creativity. In order to criticize the male world‚ Anne Bradstreet uses such literary devices as irony and sarcasm. The tone of Anne is ironic throughout the poem. Her approach seems to be very polite but behind this polite attitude there lies a biting as well as pointed attack towards the male world. She uses
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The Savage Male Yanomamo a tribe of American Indians are labeled as the ‘fierce people’. They are one of the most aggressive‚ warlike‚ male-oriented people in the world. Yanomamo male is usually covered with wounds and scars due to quarrels‚ duels and military raids. Women are also covered with scars and bruises as a result of violent encounters with seducers‚ rapists and husbands. Yanomamo is a hot-tempered‚ drug-taking‚ warrior-husband. Kind husbands merely hurt and mutilate‚ the fierce one
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