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conflict, whereas Gertrude and Ophelia are blatantly constructed to subordinate and to submit to all of the whims and desires of t...
of men, she was sexually attracted to women and made no attempt to hide her lesbianism, much to the shock of her Victorian contemp...
been victims of domestic violence.4 Furthermore, there is evidence that women who are in situations of conflict and female refugee...
libidinal desire and an internal examination, which tends to idealize self (Naiman 333). The one factor which unites the two symb...
men who had money if they wished to do more than survive. Women did not work, save as servants and perhaps teachers, and as such t...
has changed into that of "practicalism" which she describes as a way of thinking that "arises from and is tested against practices...
of Wicca, a matriarchal based religion. When one studies the ancient belief systems in which the goddesses were worshiped it is no...
a patriarchal world would be a gross understatement and one that would also be staunchly supported by the likes of both Bertrande ...
that "Nothing happened in Bertrandes marriage bed, it seemed, neither that night nor for more than eight years afterward. Martin G...
are powerfully illustrative of the claim that many female writers of the time used the ghost story as a means of examining, indire...
They have mixed emotions after an acquaintance rape, and if their own husband is responsible for the rape, they question whether o...
themselves in a great deal of trouble. They may not be able to pay their bills and this can create more criminology such as borrow...
"a shrewd businesswoman in an emergent bourgeoisie, a master of parody providing a corrective to the truths of conventional autho...
a whole has revolted against. The primary perpetrator of this situation in Mary Shellys "Frankenstein" could be identified as Dr....
to my mind)--perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster. You see he does not believe I am sick!" (Gilman). Because her...
can further see feminist perspectives. Lorie Jerrell Leiningers essay, The Miranda Trap: Racism and Sexism in Shakespeares Tempes...
hygiene she also realizes are very large and she is shocked. This is a significant statement by the wife, since up until this time...
than an idiot, indicating that he had no real knowledge of who she was. However, as the story progresses she slowly began to emerg...
In fact, the idea that women were dubbed "useful" should be frightening. While of course things have been good for women and tod...
women should be admired for their inner qualities, rather than their outward beauty. However, it is nevertheless true that Pope im...
and mother. At the age of 17, she eloped with Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, already a married father of two. She didnt rea...
material conditions and may be equated with historical materialism ("Exploration," 1992). They emphasize the economic value of wo...
of psychology so the attraction to social factors is often minimized. Another reason why Freud was influential in terms of soci...
considerations. CHAPTER 5 The basic assumptions about human behavior and the structure of society as they relate to the theories...
a man who is looking to the future. He looks to the future through his three daughters, imagining that his favorite, the youngest,...
assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression -- a slight hyster...
the movement as a whole. Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, at the time a school teacher, met at one of the...
as adjuncts of male society, defined through the male gaze and the male cultural perspective....
An article on the Taliban rule in Afghanistan and how it has oppressed women is discussed through an application of Joan Scott's f...
women to the sidelines of history, as insignificant to the progress of humanity. By implication, this view says that women did not...