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Essays 121 - 150
Accordingly, each parent represents a much-needed entity in the growth of a child: The mother provides stability and sanctity, whi...
of independence and material possessions as a way to shed the discomfort of her less-than-copious upbringing. While Dreiser sough...
of female entrepreneurship and female career choices as well as underlying economic conditions (Mayer et al, 2007; Baughn et al, 2...
that pushes her into insanity (Gilman). John is both a man and a doctor, and so presents a strong authority figure. When she firs...
deviance, and personality disorders. Cultural attitudes are transferred from one generation to another, and the first generation...
most famous lovers. The "merry war" referred to in the title is that which is waged by this pair; as Leonato says, "There is a kin...
made him a little sad because he found that even in the 21st century, many men are still straitjacketed in stereotypes" (Dowd). He...
two they took and carried away alive" (Rowlandson). In this she is clearly just presenting the facts, as anyone would do, be they ...
in their lives or there is something wrong with them. Society also dictates the kinds of jobs that women can hold, if they have ...
intervention to sculpt the individual into a better reflection of a particular sex in terms of their external genitalia. Parents ...
unison (Rosen, 2005). Plato (1996) writes: "Is not the community of pleasure and pain the tie that binds? The sharing, to the grea...
see as "maternal in its parental aspects, and feminine in its sexual aspects" (p. 259). Mundugumor men and women, in contrast, ea...
In two pages this play is analyzed in terms of its representation of gender roles as manifested in the neurotic Hedda Gabler. The...
In thirty two pages this paper considers postindustrial Great Britain in a consideration of its family diversity including single ...
liberating for both men and women. The woman who chooses to pursue what was previously viewed as a "male" occupation, such as bein...
(George Eliot: Biography). But Lewes remained with her until his death, and the union was apparently a happy one. Looking at thi...
abuse anyway? Does it mean beating another human being exclusively or can other physically violent acts qualify? In studying this ...
to many other like-minded societies, Romans looked upon women as possessions to be treated in often a violent manner. What this i...
(Yuval-Davis 621). One particular area in which gender is a cultural construct is the manner by which different societies r...
for. There is less time for the couple to enjoy each other, and Ben especially resents the lack of sexual spontaneity. In one fl...
by men. Some people have argued that our society itself allows men to abuse women because of the fact that they are male. Michae...
demanded. They were depicted as speaking little or no English and as sticking out in terms of being different due to their distin...
politeness in womens communications, for example, that is often lacking in mens communication. Holmes (2005), in fact, describes ...
in England, the daughter of parents originally from Senegal, and moved to the United States to attend college. While attending a ...
Stereotype vulnerability is the manner by which ethnic populations believe themselves as being subordinate to their white counterp...
In Peasant men cant get wives: language change and sex roles in bilingual community by Susan Gal the community being studied speak...
to "active" and "aggressive" pursuits. This is not the model we find in Beauty and the beast. In the fairy tale itself (this expl...
of females in allopathic medical school constituted forty-five percent of the total number of students (Salsberg and Forte, 2002)....
very self absorbed.. He may recall taking care of her, taking her to ballet class, and claiming to be worried about her, but there...
as the defining characteristic of an unmarried woman. In other words, according to the cultural definition of femininity a "good" ...