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Essays 151 - 180

Sophocles' Antigone

declares to Creon that the laws of heaven are "unwritten and unchanging, not of today or yesterday is their authority; they are et...

Women of the Middle East

Egyptians whose women can come and go as they please. When an Egyptian family goes out, the man carries the baby and the wife walk...

Analyzing 'The Joys of Motherhood' by Buchi Emecheta

find "something she was good at" (Holmes PG). Much of the young Buchi Emecheta can be found in the female protagonist, Nnu Ego, i...

Mexican Women's Health and the Impact of Oppression

In seven pages this research paper discusses how the Mexican patriarchy oppression of women impacts their health in a considerati...

'Sleeping Beauty' Fairytale and Psychoanalysis

reach the real world, they are rudely awakened to the fact that life is nothing like it had been portrayed in the well-worn fairy ...

Adrienne Rich's Poetry

In eight pages this paper discusses the works of lesbian poet Adrienne Rich in a consideration of how she has influenced culture a...

Family Systems of China

In seven pages traditional and contemporary Chinese families are compared in terms of marriage customs, power according to gender,...

Contemporary Patriarchy

In eleven pages this paper examines the modern patriarchy in a consideration of Somalia. Eight sources are cited in the bibliogra...

New Family Paradigms and the Demise of the Patriarchy

it" (Briffault 191). Early kinship groups had a matrilineal structure, that is along female lines of descent, because the paterna...

Feminism and the Male Power Myth

In five pages this research paper examines the power myth that fueled the male patriarchy and considers the feminist inroads made ...

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs and the American Patriarchy

In five pages this paper discusses how gender slavery is the byproduct of the American patriarchy with references made to this 186...

Gone with the Wind, Patriarchy, and Gender Roles of the Antebellum South

also of the survivors of the overall destruction of this exclusive caste system. Shortly after the initial publication of Gon...

Feminist Approach to Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

the road to female freedom and self-expression has been paved with patriarchal intolerance and characteristic skepticism so much s...

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

up in the feminist movement. The authors insightful notions of patriarchal elitism, which are particularly apparent in chapter 3 ...

A Historical Critique of 'The Yellow Wallpaper'

This paper of 7 pages chronicle's the female protagonist's descent into madness due to the oppression of the patriarchy and its in...

'The Youngest Doll' by Rosario Ferre

In five pages this short story is analyzed in terms of women's desires and their positioning in the aristocratic patriarchy of Pue...

Eating Disorders and the Patriarchy

In five pages this paper examines eating disorder increases and the role of the social patriarchy, particularly the mass media. T...

Workplace Patriarchy and Problems of Women Balancing Work and Family Responsbilities

by means of which men differentially accrue material [economic]as well as ideological [culturally valued] privileges from the exp...

The Theme of the Violent African American Patriarchy in The Color Purple by Alice Walker

In five pages the focus of this paper is on how women of the African American community must come together and form a unified sist...

'The Eumenides' by Aeschylus

In this paper consisting of seven pages the conflict between the traditional matriarchy and the newly developed patriarchy as repr...

Magazines and the Depiction of Women in Redbook, GQ, and Cosmopolitan

to create a semblance of organization between and among the foundational elements of feminism. It has always been the primary que...

Othello by William Shakespeare and its Depiction of Women

In five pages this paper discusses whether or not women are depicted as complex people trying to survive in a patriarchy or serve ...

Gender Issues in Euripides' Medea

Gender issues are the focus of this analysis of Euripides' Medea in a paper consisting of 5 pages with the social codes of the pat...

Burning Brides in India

In eight pages the extent to which patriarchy rules India is examined within the context of the shameful practice of burning bride...

Stories of the Nineteenth Century That Feature 'Unruly' Women

This paper consists of 5 pages and considers women that did not faithfully follow the rules of the social patriarchy such as the h...

Triangle Between Bill Otley, George Marlow, and Jane Tennison in 'Prime Suspect'

In 5 pages, this paper considers a complex love triangle that addresses issues of social patriarchy, priorities, acceptance, and s...

A Feminist Criticism of Traditional Male Patriarchy

This paper examines the methodology of feminist criticism as it relates to traditional views of male dominance. The author review...

Patriarchy and William Shakespeare's Othello

In five pages this paper examines how the social patriarchy victimizes Othello and his bride Desdemona in an analysis of Othello b...

Patriarchy, Women, and Desdemona in Othello by William Shakespeare

In six pages this paper examines the patriarchal oppression Desdemona experiences in the tragic play Othello by William Shakespear...

Charles Dickens' Hard Times and Patriarchy

In twelve pages this paper examines how patriarchal concepts are expressed by characters featured in Hard Times, a novel by Charle...