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    The lives of women improved during 1920s and 1930s because women attained political equality. After all the protesting suffragists did to obtain the right to vote in political elections‚ women finally earned their right to vote. According to Canada statistics‚ women around all provinces (except Quebec) received the right to vote by 1925. (Canada Statistics) Furthermore‚ as women became active in political involvements‚ they began to get elected representing different political parties. Canada statistics

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    Throughout world‚ and particularly in mainstream media‚ women and girls are depicted in a sexualizing manner. I know that this exists because I have grown up in a society that objectifies women and it has had a negative effect on my whole life as well as the lives of all my female friends. Sexual objectification is vicious and it needs to stop because it is harming women everywhere; women are essentialized as sex objects rather than individuals with personalities‚ thoughts‚ emotions‚ and their own

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    Female Victorian women‚ in Great Expectations and Jane Eyre do not conform to their stereotype. During early Victorian England‚ women did not have suffrage rights‚ the right to sue‚ or the right to own their own property. Women were seen as belonging to the domestic sphere. This stereotype obliged them to provide their husbands with a clean home‚ food and to raise their children. When a Victorian man and woman married‚ the rights of the woman were legally given over to her spouse. Under the law

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    in the music industry and of which genre portrayed the most significant ratio of degraded women through the lyrics and music videos. In these scholarly articles‚ all stated it has been found that women have been sexualized in nearly every genre‚ however‚ it occurs most frequently in the Rap genre. The first article is about how women are perceived and how different factors interrupt men’s perception of women when it come to dating- relevant cues. In the article‚ a group of young adults were tested

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    Personally‚ I don’t think women need to be in combat roles for the U.S. military. Mainly due to the simple fact that no one is ready to implamente this until all the kinks are worked out. One of the biggest kinks is the enviroment women will face when they are in a combat unit. In my personal experience‚ along with others who serve as combat arms‚ a lot of men are very unprofessional at times (ex. they’re deployed or in the field) and discuss very real and innappropriate topics. As a leader‚ it is

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    Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults PSY317: Cognitive Functioning in the Elderly Ragota Berger June 25th‚ 2012 Cognitive Functioning In Older Adults Not only is the country’s population growing‚ it is aging as well. Older adults are the fastest growing population on the charts right now. There is no point and time when a person overnight just becomes “old.” Obviously everyone knows we simply just age; it comes with getting older. This thing called “aging” happens to everyone at a different

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    majority of perimenopausal women will experience bothersome symptoms due to declining or fluctuating estrogens level in their menopausal transition [1]. Because of a development of medical science‚ women now live more than one-third of their lifetimes beyond menopausal transition [2]. There are several symptoms associated with menopausal transition but the VMS almost affect 75% of women [3-5]. However‚ the presentation and severity of VMS varies between each women as in some women with significant physical

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    was a quite controversial decade concerning women’s position. People‚ trying to forget about the shock of the Great War‚ buried themselves in an unabashed materialism and hedonism. It was a decade when all old norms were extinguished not only for women but for the whole society. It was the time of one of the greatest changes American society ever experienced. Probably‚ this change was especially true for women’s position. They acquired the voting right by the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment

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    Iran Women Essay

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    middle class and wealthy women gather together‚ drink spice scented tea and debate about their choice of an evening dress for the upcoming party. They wear heavy makeup‚ beautifully manicured nails and their hijabs removed‚ reveal carefully coloured and pampered tresses that are the latest in updo’s‚ lengths of silken hair coiffed to perfection. Iranian women look to underground boutiques for special occasions. Photograph: Sara Afzal Such is the passion of the Iranian women for fashion‚ that the

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    Honors Mrs. Ligon 11 April 2011 U.S Women During World War II When the United States entered World War II most of the men at home were sent overseas to fight against the axis powers. When the men were sent overseas there was a shortage of workers created on the home front and to offset the shortage women began to work. When women entered the work force it initiated a change in their social standing that brought them to where they are today. In the 1940s women lacked the rights that they have today

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