Why does a woman size determine if she is normal or average? When it comes to our everyday lives judgement and stereotyping people has been around for awhile and most likely will never go away. In the essay "Size 6: The Western Woman’s Harem" by Fatema Mernissi talks about her troubles she faces in America. Id like to believe that a womans self image and a womans physicality are very important to a womans issue. The environment created is an restrictive and demeaning as a harem by the idea that our
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Kennesha Lee Professor Nenna ENC1102- 403997 27 July 2014 Thematic Synthesis of “The School Days of an Indian Girl” & “Size 6: The Western Woman’s Harem” In both essays “The School Days of an Indian Girl” by Zitkala-Sa and “Size 6: The Western Woman’s Harem” by Fatema Mernissi the theme is based around alienation and the definition of normal‚ which is tested when these ladies step outside of their homelands. In Zitkala-Sa’s essay she tells the story of a young Indian girl who‚ in transit
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July 21‚ 2012 Size Six Western Women’s Harem Critique The inconsistency’s found in the article size 6: The Western Women’s Harem‚ written by Marnissi eave one to question the arguments validity. She starts by sharing her shopping trip to purchase a skirt in New York City. Then she blames Western men for requiring women to be young and a size six to be considered attractive. She also refers to the Chinese foot binding era that was abolished in 1912 equal to Women’s size six‚ the same as
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Expectations In “Size 6: The Western Woman’s Harem”‚ Fatema Mernissi‚ a middle aged Moroccan woman‚ ventures into an American department store‚ only to find a stuck up saleswoman who seems to be degrading her because of her size. The woman tells Mernissi that the high end department stores only carry up to a size 6‚ and that that is the norm in America. Mernissi explains to us that in her hometown of Morocco‚ the men drool over her “generous hips”; while in America‚ men seem to like women who look like
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East Africa 3. Adjustment a. Women 1. Many societies matrilineal a. But…Sharia…Islamic law says it must be patrilineal b. Many visitors shocked at African women’s equality 2. Impact of slavery – 4.8 > 7 million traded a. Always existed‚ Muslims brought it to new heights 1. Muslims saw slavery as process in conversion b. Used as servants‚ laborers‚ soldiers‚ administrators‚ eunuchs‚ concubines 1. Led to desire to enslave women and children 2. Children of slave
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The Contemporary Unethical Use of Rhetoric in the Media to Manipulate the Public Aristotle believed that rhetoric is an art that could‚ and should‚ be studied and that good rhetoric is not only persuasive but also ethical. I agree with Aristotle’s claim that good rhetoric is not only persuasive but it is ethical. Rhetoric is value neutral in that the principles of rhetoric are not necessarily moral or immoral; it is dependent on how they are utilized. I believe it is unethical when good rhetorical
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The use of rhetoric is everywhere in our world today. The common American is persuaded in multiple ways every single day without them even being aware of the influence. Society is constantly being manipulated by the media and here are some real world examples of rhetoric that are used everyday. 1. The year 2016 brings forth a significant nationwide event‚ the presidential election. Campaigning for an election is full of rhetoric‚ each candidate is saying everything they possible can to convince
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To persuade or not to persuade; that is rhetoric. The art of effective speaking or writing‚ especially the use of figures of speech and other techniques is the exact definition of rhetoric. Rhetoric is considered an art and is influential to writers today. Rhetoric is often known as persuasion but‚ depending who you are‚ could view it as trickery. Aristotle is most known for his use of rhetoric in his writings‚ he wrote a book titled‚ “Rhetoric’ as a matter of fact. His book had an immense influence
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Antony’s Use of Rhetoric In "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚" William Shakespeare shows the power of rhetoric. Rhetoric is the ability to speak or write effectively. Shakespeare shows this power through Antony‚ Julius Caesar’s best friend. Antony shows this at Caesar’s funeral‚ at which Brutus‚ one of the conspirators who killed Caesar‚ allowed him to speak to the public under the condition that he not speak badly of the conspirators. Antony was a powerful speaker and was deeply gifted in the art
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against plus size women shopping in there stores. My objective is to develop a research and marketing plan to incorporate this particular target market into today’s biased society because plus size women want to look and feel phenomenal too. As a way to end size discrimination we want to create an environment that accepts those that are different in terms of size and let people know that “fat” is in‚ but not in this context; (PHAT) is back and we view plus size women as PHAT-PRETTY
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