A Double Standard In “A double standard for “Hooking Up”: How far have we come towards gender equality?” Rachel Allison and Barbara Risman offer a current study with students from 22 colleges‚ and universities in the United States. Focusing on‚ if the students approve of casual sex‚ and are men and women viewed differently. Allison and Risman are determining if inequality occurs‚ and if there’s still a stigma with both sexes with casual sexual encounters. “Our results confirm previous research findings
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Crisis demands change in the behaviour of individuals to free the community from the conflict it faces. Geraldine Brooks’‚ novel ‘Year of Wonders’ and Arthur Miller’s‚ play ‘The Crucible’ both see characters undergo great tests in their morals as humans when faced with morality. Some such as Elizabeth Proctor and Anna Frith demonstrates loyalty and self-integrity‚ while other characters like Abigail Williams and Jos Bont use lies‚ manipulation and betrayal during the hysteria to better their own
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accusations of disloyalty‚ subversion‚ or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques‚ especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism. In The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller draws a parallel between the Salem Witch trials of 1692 and McCarthyism of the 1950s‚ when communism became the devil and a community of people used “evil” as an excuse to take out their personal spite on those they had always wished
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because of Arthur Miller‚ a man who believes that past events are connected to present realities through a strong moral logic. The trial’s motives and themes seemed to parallel those of a major movement in the late 1950s—McCarthyism. In his play‚ The Crucible‚ Miller retells the story of the witch trials and relates themes that were prominent in Salem to those prominent during McCarthyism. In doing so‚ he creates a character who nearly exemplifies Joseph McCarthy himself—Deputy Governor Danforth. As the
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Bell Hooks’ Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom proposes an engaged pedagogy to handle the overwhelming sense of boredom‚ disinterest‚ and apathy that teachers and students feel about the learning experience. According to the author‚ the feeling of student alienation in the educational institutions can be traced to discriminatory‚ racist‚ and classist policies present in these settings. Hooks (1993) leverages on her past experiences to show the impact of race and gender on
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In reading bell hooks’ opinion about sexism and misogyny I had to admit to myself that I had no idea what she meant by sexism and misogyny. So‚ to accurately know what she was referring to‚ I looked them up on the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. For the word sexism‚ I found there were two meanings that support hooks’ ideas: 1: prejudice or discrimination based on sex; especially: discrimination against women and 2: behavior‚ conditions‚ or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based
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A Friends Crucible I walk into the dull atmosphere classroom‚ pictures of present and past high school baseball players stare back at me. The marker board covered in scribbles of math and assignments that will soon be issued to us by the teacher. One look at the teacher and you can tell he wasn’t in the best of health. Starting with his overweight physic to his white‚ pasty skin‚ almost a bit discolored in some areas. It was soon discovered early in the year that he suffered from a heart deficiency
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The book The Crucible by Arthur Miller was successful in warning the citizens of America against McCarthyism during the 1950’s. McCarthyism began because of a man named McCarthy and in the story The Crucible‚ a young girl named Abigail started the madness which lead to the witch trials. Abigail was galvanized by love‚ creating a duplicitous version of herself and sparked conflict between herself‚ Proctor‚ and Elizabeth. Deceitfulness and lies is constant throughout the story‚ and Abigail is the
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arise from mixed feelings and the perdu of the so-called “witchcraft.” Occurring in Salem’s rigid Puritan community‚ these witch trials were a perfect example of injustice spurred from vengeance. During the era of McCarthyism‚ in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ not all is lost when the race for John Proctor’s heart is between Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Proctor. The town experiences witch trials due to the unexplainable events from the town citizens. Miller utilizes the characters Abigail Williams‚
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Possible Essay Topics for The Crucible 1. Which character in the play best exemplifies courage and integrity‚ and in what ways? 2. The causes of the witch-craft hysterias include many things: vengeance‚ jealousy‚ greed‚ power (the formerly powerless accusers suddenly gained total power)‚ sexual repression‚ guilt and shame and the need to confess one’s sins‚ the need to blame others for one’s own misfortunes ... pick a character who sees and recognizes all these true motives and argue that
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