Nearly half of India’s children are girls. However‚ the girl child is considered a lesser child in our society. Irrespective of class‚ caste and economic conditions‚ she is discriminated against and neglected at all the levels. This result in the denial of basic services required for her survival‚ welfare and development. The girl child is perceived as a burden to be passed on to another family. Her contribution in the household economy is not acknowledged. Various factors contribute towards
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COMPUTERS AND GIRLS. The girls in this sixth grade class in East Palo Alto‚ California‚ all have the same access to computers as boys. But researches say‚ by the time they get to high school‚ they are victims of what the researchers call a major new gender gap in technology. Janice Weinman of the American Association of University Woman says‚ “Girls tend to be less comfortable that boys with the computer. They use it more for word processing rather that for problem solving‚ rather than to discover
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something‚ and others think or do something in response to the action or the words as they are understood. Which will be described in the matter mentioned. The question ask to my wife and I by our 22 year old son was "what do you’ll think about my girl friend?" Not having enough information to answer his question I asked‚ "Do you mean how pretty she is?" He answered‚ No‚ I mean what do you’ll think about me living with my girlfriend again? My wife immedately attempted to answer his question which
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almost a decade since the classic teen movie "Mean Girls" hit the silver screen and this 30th of April 2014 would mark its 10th anniversary. The film has become iconic for its amazing comedic screenplay‚ written by the talented Tina Fey and its realistic portrayal of high school drama. From backstabbing popular girls to the art-nerd revenge‚ Mean Girls characters has surely taught female movie-watchers few important life lessons about high school‚ girl world and womanhood in today’s society (Cills‚ 2014)
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Discrimination against female children has been a topic of debate. It has been a subject of concern and sociological significance. This subject raises the cultural aspects about the role of a female child in society‚ what her human rights are as a human being and a number of sensitive issues.This issue is important because there is nearly universal consensus on the need for gender equality.[1] Gender based discrimination against female children is pervasive across the world. It is seen in all the
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In Dalton’s Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal‚ there is an image labelled “Juang Girls.” This image portrays two young Juang females. They were described as “wild timid creatures” and the photographer‚ Tosco Peppe‚ stated that they were difficult to take pictures of. The two females are portrayed in front of a wooden‚ fence-like background
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Good Girl by Martia Conlon-McKenna Some people might say that the power of love can conquer all‚ but when religion and other factors come into play it tends to get more complicated. Falling in love is something that happens to all of us. Love is a certain kind of strength. Whether this strength is powerful enough to keep two people together despite different religious beliefs or political opinions depends on the two lovers. Religion is love. It brings people together and offers them strength to
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friendships with quite a few of the other teenage girls. Among the patients admitted to her ward‚ Kaysen describes Polly‚ a kind patient with disfiguring‚ self-inflicted burns to her face and body. Lisa‚ another patient‚ entertains Kaysen with her flee attempts and embellished hatred for hospital authorities. Kaysen’s roommate‚ Georgina‚ struggles to keep a relationship with Wade‚ a vicious and unstable boyfriend from another ward‚ who tells the girls apparently strange stories about his father with
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for bringing cigarette-and-pot smoking rich kids into three-dimensional color. As naughty as these characters seem on every page‚ they are revealed to be real kids wanting to fit into accepted‚ meaningful lives as much as sleek clothes.." Rich girl Blair Waldorf is about to discover what it’s like to not get her way. Almost seventeen‚ she has careful plans: to lose her virginity to steady beau Nate and get into Yale. But life has alternate designs. Her mom is marrying a bald-headed dweeb and
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child population is content or happy with their current life status. In the books we have read in class‚ each author attempts to search for sympathy in the reader to make the novel they’ve written something readers appreciate. Sara Nović‚ author of Girl at War‚ creates more of a sympathy-searching plot than Hannah Tinti‚ author of The Good Thief‚ by using characterization and emphasis on tragedy. At age 9 or 10 it’s pretty tough to be unhappy with the endless
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