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    Patriarchy in China Violence in the family has been happening since the beginning of time. Families have purposely hurt or injured each other in ways that are culturally tolerable in a certain society. Violence in the family has been especially directed towards the women. In the Chinese culture‚ women in general are treated different from men in their society. The women are treated different‚ mainly because of the prevalence of patriarchy in the Chinese society

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    to and able to related to‚ yet that relations are lost in age and often overlook for more “academic” purposes. One example is The Wife of Bath prologue from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. The Wife of Bath is shown to be very outspoken about the gender inequality and it could be said that she herself is one of the earliest example of feminist. It is rather baffling for us

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    Known as the Victorian Age‚ the early nineteenth century was not the most ideal time to be a female writer. Because of feelings of gender inequality‚ feminism was on the rise and women were beginning to make a stand for themselves. Due to the Industrial Revolution‚ the women of the upper and middle classes saw a massive change in gender roles (Radek). After the invention of things like the cotton gin and sewing machine‚ women felt as if their responsibilities in the home were no longer relevant.

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    Caste and Patriarchy

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    Priyanka Sisodiya Write a brief essay on the interaction between caste and patriarchy in India. A khap panchayat in Haryana ‘declares’ that mobilization of women(of a particular age gap) should be monitored(in reality restricted). Marriage by choice or outside one’s caste or inside one’s gotra is forbidden and those who challenge it‚ become a story in themselves. Young girls(at few incidents boys too) fall prey to moral policing. A high court judge asks the ‘wives’ to learn to adjust. In spite

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    that society than men and most occupations are males oriented. Women are disproportionally unrepresented and the powerful hold of patriarchy‚ exclusively maintained by men‚ deem morally right. Feminist‚ like Lois Tyson‚ strongly protested the patriarchal beliefs of women’s place in western culture as inferior to men by showing the negative effect of gender inequality that obscure women’s social status in that society. We also have to notice that women of color are being most victimized because of

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    which she has to be loyal to her man. She is expected to follow the requests of her man in thought and action‚ even if she disapproves of what he wants her to do. Gender roles in a patriarchal relationship are fixed‚ meaning that the man and the woman are expected to play specific roles that differ‚ which is a part of the inequalities of the relationship. In a patriarchal relationship‚ the most important part of a woman is her sexual body rather than her intellectuality. The man also dominates the

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    Vickie Nguyen Assignment #3 Ch. 21 #2‚5‚7‚10 (pp.486-487) 2. Look on attached paper. 5. The major causes of income inequality are incentives and efficiency. Income inequality largely rewards to individuals for supplying their talents and resources to the economy. Proponents of income equality falsely assume that there is some fixed amount of output produced and therefore income to be distributed. In reality‚ the government takes tax and transfer process of high-income individuals and rewards

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    In the nineteenth century European and American women lived in an age personalize by gender inequality. At the beginning of the century‚ women were not involved in social‚ political‚ or governmental rights they could not sue or be sued‚ could not vote‚ could not give evidence as a witness in the court‚ had extremely limited control over personal property after marriage‚ were not granted legal custody of their children in cases of divorce‚ and were interdicts from institutions of higher education

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    Race‚ Crime and Criminology j.byrne1@ulster.ac.uk Week 10 Lecture structure Language and policy around race and ethnicity Changes in society BME in the criminal justice system Explanations Contemporary examples Racial profiling Lecture outcomes Develop an understanding about race and ethnicity Consider the differences in people’s race/ethnicity and whether it is a factor in relation to numbers within the CJS Examine in depth the rationale behind racial Language Race – traditionally been

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    Patriarchy In America

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    As soon as women are birthed into the world‚ there is a set of social expectations and gender roles that they must perform. This is due to the patriarchal constructs that society builds due to the obsolete idea of a patriarchy which is where men hold the most power in the government‚ family‚ et cetera. Although women‚ specifically in America‚ have achieved the freedom to pursue their life goals‚ women still face a persistent patriarchal society today. For example‚ when applying for the same job

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