... revolved around the warrior class. In order to gain land and power nobles gave their services in the military and lived violent lifestyles. Treatment toward women during this period was harsh. "In a society of landed nobility dispersed fairly loosely across the country in their castles and estates, the likelihood ... the woman and thus of a more or less unconcealed male dominance, is very great." (Elias, Page 325.) Men beat their wives and typically had little respect for them. Marriage was based not on love but on increase in influence and wealth. "But often enough we hear of the other s...

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... an increase of occupations moving from non-manual work. This allowed for a division between work and home, which then divided the roles of men and women. The woman became the mother and manager of the middle class home during this Victorian era. The home becomes a moral beacon and couples decide ... be left at the home of the last visit to let the hostess know when the invitee was available for a visit. Around the 1890's women began to enter the workforce becoming both the mother and working class woman. Many lower middle class families would not let their daughters work in factories .....

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... fit. This "phenomena- could be further facilitated through the media, advertising, art, film, or in the everyday world. I will be using different readings from, Women's studies Gender in a transnational world, movies viewed in class, and some sociological view points. When you view a person to be less than human it allows room ... of love and emotions but was still seen as "expressly forbidden."" (307) What kind of problem would this facilitate? The kind of problem where women are seen only more sexual if they are in a stance as being submissive creatures entangled with each other. Coul...

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... this. Eleanor again is a good example of this as she tried to make each one of her four sons rebel against her, one by one. Some women were very confident: Eleanor of Aquitaine rode into battle on one occasion. -Source 1. A lady named Black Agnes (named after her black skin) defended her ... The Church also blamed them for taking the apple that the serpent offered to Eve and therefore women were responsible for Adam being thrown out of Paradise - the Garden of Eden. Medically, women were thought to possess very little intelligence and to be incapable of rational or logical thought and t...

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... 1800's it was a big improvement. During the 1800's and early 1900's there were many different social classes present in Britain. There were the upper class women, who were considered to be too respectful to work, and if they did it was assumed that their husbands were not rich enough to support the family ... idle and as time went on they wanted to be given the opportunity to work and make a difference to society. Next there were the working class women, who had always made up a significant part of the workforce in the nineteenth century. Not only did they have to do the housewife duties ...

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... not have the right to meet in large groups, draft grievances, or vote in any of the preparatory elections. Nevertheless, some women did put their thoughts to paper, and though little evidence exists about the circumstances or the identities of specific women involved, the few documents offering their views expresses their concerns during this time of uncertainty. In 1789, bread rioters, made ... up of mostly women, marched to Versailles, disrupted the proceedings of the National Assembly with rowdy behavior, invaded the queen's bedroom, and ... an active part in the French Revolution. T...

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... this. Eleanor again is a good example of this as she tried to make each one of her four sons rebel against her, one by one. Some women were very confident: Eleanor of Aquitaine rode into battle on one occasion. -Source 1. A lady named Black Agnes (named after her black skin) defended her ... The Church also blamed them for taking the apple that the serpent offered to Eve and therefore women were responsible for Adam being thrown out of Paradise - the Garden of Eden. Medically, women were thought to possess very little intelligence and to be incapable of rational or logical thought and t...

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... wounds - helped stop death from Septicemia Decline in death rates was enormous from 1870's onwards. Housing To begin with houses were very crowded, and badly built - little sanitation (Row houses had 200 people to to 1 toilet). Built on rural model not suitable for cities. Houses had to be crowded near factories due total absence ... paid them one half to one third as less than men. While a man would get paid ten to fifteen shillings she would get five, and the little she did make went legally to her husband, or if she wasn't married it went to her father. This wouldn't be such a terrible...

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... is to say that the work in which they engaged was mainly physical, intellectually disengaged, and under-waged, so that there was little possibility of accruing excess capital. Members of the working class did not have the luxury of imagining that their financial circumstances would improve ... women. Between 1861 and 1911 the number of male clerks had increased fivefold while the number of women clerks had risen by 400 per cent- (28). From the description of Mr Darling on his stool, it is clear that he does not hold a senior position of responsibility but performs "routine- work that of...

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... her younger sister would die. The girl did tell most of the story and died having had most of her body burned. Things are getting better for women though. They are starting to be able to have inner caste marriages and marry for love. Though many times this is frowned upon families accept it as ... them before their wedding day, now they may have land too. Now things are trying to be done to evenly distribute things amongst the boys and girls. The women that receive dowries therefore have more than boys, who obviously do not. The way to execute a law forbidding dowries is a difficult one. ...

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... Well I"ll meet you in the lobby but only because you"re paying me to". Edward and Henry's temperament is similar though, and the women both handle the situations the same way: demanding respect from their supposed superiors. Vivian and Edward quarrel after she is propositioned by Edward's friend and ... things after their metamorphoses, the former returning to school and the latter deciding to try teaching phonetics. Edward and Henry both treat the women's newfound independence similarly. Edward and Henry still do not see Vivian and Eliza, respectively, as human beings, capable of emotion...

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... . However, Marx also comments that capitalism, which undoubtedly does exist, has not been proven false. As a result capitalism exploit's the working class, women are being badly treated, and it has created a bad quality of life for the proletarian family. In the novel The Jungle, Sinclair is able ... had hopes of prosperity, education for their children, freedom from oppression, and a life in a land that valued equality. However in an capitalist society women like Ona are faced twice as much oppression and sexual abuse by their superiors and bosses. According to Marx "our bourgeois, not ...

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... spoke for every woman's problem. She felt that Freidan did not take in the views of the lower-class woman's struggles. She said that some women always had been in the working class, and maybe some who were forced to work would rather sit at home and watch their kids grow up. ... Company. "I try to explain who I am and why I've been working here to the women on my team for the day . My announcement attracts so little attraction that I have to repeat it" (128). This part caused me to chuckle a little because she wanted some sort of acknowledgement of her superior life, but instead she was ...

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... who did it were sometimes viewed as criminals. A lot of the cross dressers who couldn't find work turned to the world of criminals and also prostitutes. Women were not allowed out on the streets so dressing like boys gave them a chance walk around in the city in which many believed gave the cross dressers ... the punishment could be for their actions. Through transcripts and court documents, they tracked cases through the years of 1550 through 1839 and found that most of these women came from lower class society and broken homes. In "Twelfth Night", Viola dresses like a boy in fear of wh...

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... she would be unable to provide adequately for her family and would had to of gone to extreme measures to support them. History also shows us how in earlier days women had little control over their future. Their futures mainly depended on the men in their lives and how successful they were. The oppression of the mining company inOdour of Chrysanthemums? and ... on her secret until the day she died. Even though these two stories are tragic, history shows us that their situations were very real. Until the civil rights movement women have had very little say so in their futures. It all most...

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... chapter 23, Jane expressed that she against the social class prejudice towards Mr. Rochester, "Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!-I have as much soul as you-and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty ... law regarded a married couple as one person. The husband was responsible for his wife and bound by law to protect her" it shows that the married women must obey their husband, teach their children at home, and fulfil the duty as a housewife (Abrams, 2001). As in this novel, Bronte shows that Ja...

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... the man of the house although unusually his wife is of a higher social class, this means he almost has something to prove and must work a little harder at gaining respect from his peers than other men at that time. Mr Birling is immediately recognises the possible business advantages that the marriage may have ... of Sheila the inspector makes a short speech which once again addresses issues concerning the whole theme of the play; There are a lot of young women living that sort of existence in every city in this country", although he is talking about Eva Smith it could also be taken as a...

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... marriages,but are able to follow their true desires to be free. Both films portray a strong female lead to show that when put in difficult circumstances , women can over come their stereotypes and do what their hearts desire. At that time marriages were very different to what they are now. The societies conception of ... be married to Amish Ascots, son of Lord and Lady Ascots. Her mother thats still remained alive unlike her father who passed away when she was a little girl arranged a marriage with her fathers former business partners son Hamish. There was lots of pressure that Alice was ...

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... Their husbands spent what they wanted before turning the rest over to the household. The women received no spending money. Of the rare times that the whole family decided to do something together it usually didn't cost little to nothing. On those rare times it usually wound up just being more work ... , amusement parks, picnic grounds and in the streets. Socializing in the street was the easiest form of leisure because it was free and there was little supervision. The apartments were very small and the there was no privacy, so the streets were filled with working class people. Social clu...

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... people were laid off from work and evicted from their homes. When Moore interviewed Tom Kay, a GM lobbyist, it was clear that Kay showed little concern over the lower class workers who worked for GM. Kay causally mentions how workers that were laid off should make money elsewhere because they ... GM only cared about making profit, the corporation caused people to lose their jobs and homes. The golf women presented in the film also showed little concern about the layoffs on working class people. The women thought that the people were just lazy because they did not have jobs. They made it ...

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... of the "excessive individualism which then prevailed-(118). The wealth that was created from the monopolies only benefited people's private luxuries. The government had little to do with the way the businesses were run. It was only concerned with the profit. Even though at this time the industry was ... rich and the poor.       This book helps people understand the past. Unlike Julian's utopian society big business were only benefiting them, and a women s place in society was to take care of their households. Monopolies were being created and everything was not equal.   The governme...

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... people were laid off from work and evicted from their homes. When Moore interviewed Tom Kay, a GM lobbyist, it was clear that Kay showed little concern over the lower class workers who worked for GM. Kay causally mentions how workers that were laid off should make money elsewhere because they ... GM only cared about making profit, the corporation caused people to lose their jobs and homes. The golf women presented in the film also showed little concern about the layoffs on working class people. The women thought that the people were just lazy because they did not have jobs. They made it ...

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... enslaved people). Though very close on a map, these two places were very different when it came to things such as government, the role of women, social structure, military, lifestyle, education, etc. Though they were very different, we find they had some similarities. In Ancient Greece, there were ... was trade and government. Though these city-states seem so different, they did have something in common; women, no matter what age or class, were given little freedom. Athenian women were first owned by their fathers, until they were passed on to their husbands. They had simple responsibili...

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... Eliza Dolittle, her status is that of a flower girl with a strong, cockney accent. She has limited or no education. This was the norm for people, women in particular, of the lower classes in English society. The transformation that would eventually take place at the end of the novel is that of Eliza turning into ... she is a "good girl". She kept repeating this phrase until it got a little annoying, but what we see here is a young lady trying to escape from societies stereotypical views of poor, young women. It is no secret that the plight of women in English society was not merry and ea...

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... business in conservative postwar Canada. In the 1930's the economy went through a change from production and thrift, to consumption and credit. Very few Canadian women conformed to popular ideas, and the change was strongly resisted. The chapters of this novel are organized in a thematic manner, some showing a sense ... marriage, housewifery, and motherhood. Some chapters are more bold than others. Chapter two and five are familiar ideas regarding working women, contraception, and childbirth. In chapter four, Munro investigates the intricacies of household management, and the beginning of...

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