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to many other like-minded societies, Romans looked upon women as possessions to be treated in often a violent manner. What this i...

fell into poverty during 2004. The number of women in poverty increased for the fourth consecutive year since 2000 ... [and] anoth...

and "chivalrous, heroic knights" rescuing beautiful maidens (Romance, 2006). Not all romances end happily (the poet Byron is a Rom...

(Yuval-Davis 621). One particular area in which gender is a cultural construct is the manner by which different societies r...

crown buttoned on a narrow brim" (Porter 322). As this indicates, Porter skillfully builds a detailed picture of Sophia Janes ch...

workers. For example, the bags Kathie Gifford would oversee that would claim international notoriety due to the sweat shops utiliz...

pressure and intimidation inherent to performing as well as their male counterparts in the coeducational setting speaks to the rea...

charge of other countries. In some way, the fact that the most powerful nation in the world is run by males plays into the idea th...

of Angela addresses the rituals that surround marriage in Latin American culture during this time. Bayardo brings Angela presents,...

the children to do. Families moved to the cities and the transition was difficult. Still, this larger change resulted in a reduced...

it doesnt meet their expectations of gender, such as a child whose mother is a physician saying that only men can be doctors (Witt...

notice in psychoanalytical situations. There are, in fact, many differences between males and females which interplay to affect s...

doesnt let this bother her in the least (Hurston, 1999). Interestingly, despite Janies assertiveness and her obvious independen...

still, when we think back to the 1950s and 1960s, one cannot help but conjure up images of womens roles versus mens work roles. W...

All the women are intrigued with Darcy and the potential marriage material he represents, however he is nonplused by what he consi...

in that it effectively gives the bride her share of the familys fortune. Traditional Uses Hanson (2002) explains that dowry...

a woman who is a leader of her people, and yet her role is reduced to love and childbearing. War of the Worlds does not have any s...

the perspective of the other characters, they are acting as men, not women. This scenario is intriguing for its points out, within...

Lighthouse, there is a subtle form of cruelty that thrusts the female protagonist into society as the woman is expected to act lik...

outwards. When we look at this time we can see that there was already a change, the loss of colonial power was...

dynamics of the power relationship between them is more complicated than a simple balance between active and passive: at the start...

makes men the center of her life. In fact, Beatrice makes it clear that she has no wish to marry, and thinks very little of most ...

contemporary society. "People began to look around to see the Hutchinsons. Bill Hutchinson was standing quiet, staring down at t...

to her being labelled as a slut, presuming on the grounds that it is the sexual activity per se, rather than her consent or lack o...

In five pages this literature review examines the connection between quitting smoking, gender, and gaining weight. Seven sources ...

In fact, Bastard Out of Carolina is very much the story of her own life (Dorothy Allison Talks About Working Class Guilt). Allis...

that same world. It could be maddening to watch him in action--a man who never seemed to care what others thought of him--but it ...

this work many critics feel that Joyce gave Dublin a feminized gender. They assert that Joyces Dublin corresponds to Claudine Herm...

conspicuous, while at other times remain quite subtle; however, one thing is certain: the formation of these variations originates...

support that assumption. Many people know someone who is thin as a rail and eats slowly and deliberately, actually consuming ver...