Greene‚ F.J. (2005). From Clitoridectomies to ’Designer Vaginas ’: The Medical Construction of Heteronormative Female Bodies and Sexuality Through Female Genital Cutting. Sexualities‚ Evolution & Gender‚ 7‚ 153-187. Jeffreys‚ S. (2005). Beauty and Misogyny: Harmful Cultural Practices in the West. Routledge: Taylor & Francis‚ Inc. Jezebel. (2007). Pimp My Vadge: A Woman ’s Opinion. Retrieved November 17‚ 2008‚ from: http://jezebel.com/gossip/clinical-trials/pimp-my-vadge-a-womans-opinion-264835.php
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Title: Boys ’ Club--No Girls Allowed: Absence as Presence in William Golding ’s Lord of the Flies Author(s): Paula Alida Roy [(essay date 2003) In the following essay‚ Roy discusses how the lack of female influences in Lord of the Flies impacts the lives of Golding ’s schoolboys not only on the island‚ but also at home.] William Golding ’s Lord of the Flies is peopled entirely by boys and‚ briefly‚ adult men. The absence of girls and women‚ however‚ does not prohibit interrogating this text
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Mike Wright English 2367 29 January 2014 Medical Muse Hysteria has been an available diagnosis of female mental and physical health since the fifth century. Hippocrates is known to have fathered the phrase in reference to “the wandering womb.” An innately feminine issue‚ translated from the Greek “hysterika” meaning “uterus.” (Gilman 3‚ 4) History provides nominal modifications to the array of symptoms‚ yet culture has frequently rebranded
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Jianyang Zhang History 2351 5/11/2014 Karen Armstrong‚ Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time (San Francisco: Harper‚ 1992) Pp.240 The author of the book Muhammad: A Prophet of Our Time‚ Karen Armstrong‚ born on 14 November 1944 is a well-known British author and commentator for her books on comparative religion. She is a provocative‚ original thinker on the role of religion in the contemporary world. Being a religious thinker‚ she has written more than 20 books on faith and the major religions
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as both a conclusion and a summary of the problem as a whole‚ it clearly takes a different tone. Referring to the woman as "bitch" (when the speaker himself referred to her as "baby girl") drastically changes the tone of the relationship to one of misogyny and anger. This whole verse suggests that this woman (and women in general) are manipulators looking to trap men into marriage. Without pause‚ she runs through a series of reasons she is not having an abortion‚ starting where the previous verse left
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During the time of Queen Victoria’s coronation‚ there was a significant change in societal behaviours. In London‚ England an outbreak of crimes occurred including assault‚ robbery‚ petty theft and murder . In the White Chapel district in the East End of London there was hysteria due to an unknown murderer who targeted/ who’s victims were women of the night. This serial killer was later deemed to be Jack the Ripper. On the surface Victorian London may have seemed supremely confident and eminently
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An Analysis of Chaucer ’s "Canterbury Tales": The Wife of Bath ’s Tale In reading Geoffrey Chaucer ’s "Canterbury Tales‚" I found that of the Wife of Bath‚ including her prologue‚ to be the most thought-provoking. The pilgrim who narrates this tale‚ Alison‚ is a gap-toothed‚ partially deaf seamstress and widow who has been married five times. She claims to have great experience in the ways of the heart‚ having a remedy for whatever might ail it. Throughout her story‚ I was shocked‚ yet pleased
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the first scene. In line 15 of scene 1 when Gloucester asks Kent “Do you smell a fault?” (Shakespeare‚ 1110)‚ the editor’s notes indicate that “fault” can refer to either wrongdoing or female genitals. Indeed the speech between them is rife with misogyny. Gloucester goes on to say that there was “good sport‚” at Edmund’s conception‚ and goes on to call him a “whoreson‚” (Shakespeare‚ 1110)‚ thus indicating that Edmund’s conception was fun for him‚ but bad for Edmund’s mother. It is worth mentioning
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How does Philip Larkin explore the role of women in at least two poems you have studied? Philip Larkin’s relationships with women are often scrutinized in the media. He was often accused of misogyny and never married‚ though had several prominent relationships. Having once said‚ “Sex means nothing – just the moment of ecstasy‚ that flares and dies in minutes”‚ one could infer that Larkin had a dismissive attitude towards sexual relationships. Two poems from the Whitsun Weddings collection‚ Wild
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While this is true‚ it would be more beneficial to the environment‚ and to animals‚ if Americans at least attempted to consume more locally grown foods and substantially decrease unnecessary food trade. After reviewing all three combinations‚ it is clear how well they can all be combined into one ideology. Locavorism goes against the industrialized way that America makes food and encourages the humane treatment of animals‚ along with the decreased consumption of meat. Feminism says that locavorism
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