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    construction of cruelty helps explain the female role perpetrators. By examining the situations where women are placed and immersed in it explains the roles and actions that they choose to take. In considering the role of gender for perpetrators I personally feel that the role of women in a genocide is vastly underestimated. I think that society has a stereotype for looking at women as unable to be perpetrators of genocide‚ nor do I believe that women do not hold the structure and store in society

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    Role of women in Odyssey Homer wrote the Odyssey in 8th century and it is a Greek epic poem. The story background begins ten years after the Trojan War. After the war‚ Odyssey tried to go back to his home‚ but he had a lot of hardships. During that time‚ many people helped him‚ but not all of characters. There are various important characters and each of them has different personalities and roles. In 21 century‚ most of women play a big role. What about in 8th century? According to the book Odyssey

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    not felt by everyone equally‚ women in particular were adversely affected by Renaissance ideals and therefore did not equally benefit from the Renaissance as men did. In a society that restructured to be dominated by patriarchal ideals and structure women lost the influence and power they previously had‚ before the beginning of the Renaissance period. Gender roles increased in the period‚ as women were seen as objects‚ were considered the weaker sex and

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    Role of Women in Persepolis In the book‚ “The Complete Persepolis” written by Marjane Satrapi every woman had a prescribed role. The role of Marji’s maid was to show that social class differences do exist and to show what happens within these social class differences. Marji’s mother’s role was to support Marji and make sure that she was well off‚ while her grandmother’s role was also to support her and give her words of wisdom. Her school teachers’ role was to make sure that the female children

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    The role of women in the United States has changed dramatically in the last 50 years. The proportion of women attending college‚ matriculating from graduate schools‚ and obtaining doctorate degrees has increased dramatically. No longer are women associated with low expectations both in education and the workforce. Women now seek and receive the highest leadership roles in education‚ professions‚ and business. For example‚ according to Laff (2006)‚ in the banking industry women holds several management

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    ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE POLITICS OF PAKISTAN How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! INTRODUCTION: The battle of the sexes is as old as the hills. Since Stone Age‚ even before than that women are considered as weaker sex; therefore they should be subjugated to men. They should work for the betterment of the men folk in their family. In patriarchal societies‚ women are conditioned to accept men as the superior sex. In this regard‚ I have made a couplet:

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    The Women of Beowulf: More Than Just a Pretty Face Throughout time‚ female characters have never played pivotal roles and do not gain recognition for what the contribute. In a book titled “The Women of Beowulf: A Context of Interpretation”‚ Gillian R. Overing writes that “the women of Beowulf…. are marginal‚ excluded figures…” Even Bernice Kliman claims that “their inferior position in society results from their lack of strength‚ the most important attribute when war is a constant activity

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    Lancelot to poems like Lanval‚ women are portrayed differently. From lovers to witches‚ women are given side roles. Male characters are the one who move the plot forward and women just play a part in it. The ladies have no active role in the stories. Most of the tales revolve around men. Women are described as beautiful‚ fair and young. They are constantly complimented on their bodies. Their body shape is explicitly described through the texts. There is no description of women being intellectual. “Don’t

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    Each of the sources suggests certain aspects about the roles that women played in Ancient Greek society. Three things it suggests about women are that not all women were of the same social status‚ women were generally used as slaves or laborers‚ but were still a vital part to Grecian society. The first thing the sources suggest about women in Greek society is that despite being female‚ which was looked upon as the lesser sex‚ not all women were of equal social class. This is made apparent through

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    In this book there are three major women Linda‚ Martha‚ and Mary Anne. Linda’s role is positive yet very saddening because she in a way has given Tim O’Brien the power to tell stories so in depth using memories. Mary Anne’s role is encouraging because she comes to Vietnam and throughout the journey she discovers herself; she redefines the typical role of women. Martha’s role in this book could be considered positive because she is keeping up Jimmy Cross’s morale but‚ at the same time it could be

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