At first perhaps you may be inclined to say 'yes' but I assure yo, your view would change if you considered what we have gained over the years as a sex... ... Today, women have just as much say as men, with regards to voting and every vote counts, regardless of the sex. ... Thankfully, now, we are seen as an equal sex in the job environment. ... There is no doubt about it, women's rights are no longer an issue in the 21st century. we have come long way, as a sex, and after great effort and work now have what we yearned for- FREEDOM! ...

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A Battle for Equal Rights Among Sexes Over an extended period of time, women have struggled constantly for equal rights. In history women have fought for appanages such as the right to an education, the right to vote, and the right to take on a career without sexual discrimination. Struggling ...

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To focus on one important example, consider the sex/gender distinction. ... To use sex as a variable means to ask whether it makes a difference whether an actor or a subject is male or female. ... Alleged differences in emotional level, sex-role programming, or personality type, are for the gender theorist, are unrelated to biology & can't be presumed to be studied merely by analyzing variations in biological sex. ... Gender is a more complicated concept then sex: gender theorists claim the two cannot be equated. ... "Gender rests not on biological sex differences but on interpr...

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Each issue tries to focus its articles on a main theme, such as the mother issue, the sex issue and the marriage issue. ... There are many ads in BUST though offering to better your sex life, either with your partner or by yourself. In the Fall 2002 Sex issue many of the ads are from companies that sell sex toys and offer other sex related merchandise. ... Women are not discouraged from wearing make-up, dressing cute, wanting sex and going after it. ... This is definitely not the typical type of sex advice column one would expect to read in a mainstream magazine. ...

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Words such as Commander, Guardian, and Angel name men's varying ranks of power, but the words themselves do not reduce individual men to their sex alone. ... There, we experience the juxtaposition of the Handmaid (Offred) used for procreation and the Prostitutes used purely for sex. ... He attempts "old fashioned sex", where Offred comments, "I can't afford pride or aversion, there are all kinds of things that have to be discarded, under the circumstances", showing that even in supposed enjoyment, Offred is under pressure to behave a certain way. ... The epigraph shows that pat...

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Examining how this victim/perpetrator framework operates in two paradigmatic examples of acquaintance rape on college campuses, this Note contends that the victim/perpetrator framework may actually be damaging to the feminist rape reform project because it relies on an overly simplistic account of the operation of power in sexual violence that fails to consider the way that sex and gender are performative, denies the possibility of a multiplicity of experiences and perspectives within individual incidents of rape, and participates in the disempowerment and traumatization of rape victims. ... ...

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In the Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir argues that "Women are not born, but made", which is also questionable. ... The Second Sex can be read in the most varied languages of the most varied cultures. ... The human culture, writes Simone de Beauvoir, has given supremacy to the sex that hunts and kills, and not to the one that gives birth, to masters of nature and not to the natural functions. ...

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Title IX is a federal law that states, "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." I will argue between two articles: The article "How a Good Law Went Terribly Wrong" by Christina Hoff Sommers, and the article "Prohibiting Sex Discrimination in Schools." I chose to write about Title IX, not because I noticed any equality improvements, but because I still see sex discrimination i...

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As of 1989, a study confirmed that nearly three-fourths of all high schools still use sex discrimination, even though federal law has banned it. Sex discrimination has also been found in many colleges. ... In the late 1980's it was found that, only thirteen states implemented the federal Title IX law-banning sex discrimination in schools. ... She states, "Man has traditionally ruled the social sphere But woman rules the sexual and emotional sphere, and she has no rival" There is a big difference between rape and sex; "Rape is breaking and entering Sex is inherently problematic". ...

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The first definition, states that feminism is "Belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes" (www.dictionary.com). ... As stated by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, feminism is the "Theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes," (The Merriam Webster-Dictionary 280) and the second listed definition is "Organized activity on behalf on women's rights and interests." ...

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The Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary defines feminism as the theory of political economic and social equality of the sexes and the organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interest. ... What happen to waiting for marriage before having sex? ... Since the feminism movement during the 60's sex has been looked with a grain of salt. ... Sex is more oftenly used for ''fun" or as a physical outlet for both men and women. ... With very little guidance and direction , children turn to other outlets to comfort there insecurities and troubles such as drugs and...

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To make it easier to observe and understand the levels of authority that are meant here and the theoretical explanations of rights and liberties that have been already given to the "weaker sex", the chapter Theoretical Framework was provided with the theories, written laws and norms. ... Shortly, all 103 respondents were people of both sexes, different ages and social status. ... In the following chapters the work will be based on the objects to compare the level of using political rights between men and women and to find out the reasons for "unequal correlation of representation of both sexe...

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Capitalism is a necessity of capital structure to increase profits and the necessity of wage labor to earn its living: for instance sex, age, or ethnicity. ... The old fashioned thinking feel threatened with change of sex roles especially in power relations. ... It returns to golden age of traditional sex roles and sexual values. ...

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Feminism is the belief in social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. ... Feminism is beneficial to men, women, and their families because it is allowing mothers, daughters, and sisters to have an equal opportunity in life to achieve all they can without any discrimination based on their sex. ... There is a lot more equality between the sexes now than there has ever been. ...

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This scene tries to blur the lines between the sexes. ... In the film the difference between the sexes will be removed. ... Ripley serves as a good feminist hero, not showing to much skin or shown as a sex appeal. ... But Ripley's issue with Ash is the most event scene where we see male anxiety toward feminism and equality of the sexes. ... Kind of like a prize for watching a movie with a woman and not seeing any nudity or sex for a whole two hours. ...

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Unfortunately, the new law had little effect on narrowing the wage gap between the sexes. ... Opponents of the ERA argued that a legal doctrine of equality threatened to erase the traditional differences between men and women and confuse the distinct roles that the sexes played in society. ...

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Unfortunately, the new law had little effect on narrowing the wage gap between the sexes. ... Opponents of the ERA argued that a legal doctrine of equality threatened to erase the traditional differences between men and women and confuse the distinct roles that the sexes played in society. ...

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Simone de Beauvoir in her article "Introduction to the Second Sex" discusses that women the situation of women in that they live in a world where men automatically assume her to be the "other." ... The only reason for which a woman is essential for a man is for sex. ...

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A way of engagement of what we are able to achieve for the equivalence of different sexes. ... In this wave, the feminists focus on ideas such as abolishing gender role expectations, defending sex work, reproductive rights....

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This issue has been on the forefront of college campuses the country over; this issue is gender equality in sports, introduced in 1972 as Title IX of the Education Amendments, was put in place to set standards for universities; stating in short that no person in the United States on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation, nor be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program receiving federal financial assistance (collegenews). ... However, individuals who make the move across gender boundaries in any sport are helping pave the way for equalit...

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Ironically, this feminist woman died at the guillotine herself, having (as the newspapers explained) "forgotten the virtues suited to her sex"." ... The author states that women in the modern society are still viewed as sex objects. Women are pressured to have sex, which Sidel states is a "treacherous mine field." ...

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The variances of the two sexes exist predominantly anatomical: not in thought or greatness of writing. ... But through the mastery of language, she clearly demonstrates equality among authors of both sexes. ... Today's educational playing field is more level for both sexes. ...

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The essay "Hypocritics", published in The New Republic, and written by Peter Beinart, uses an article by Noemie Emery to make his point that feminists are resoundly "confusing consensual and nonconsensual sex" and "portraying women as sexual victims". ... , written by Ginia Bellafante, makes what could be the most important point of all, regarding the direction feminism has taken: "Fashion spectacle, paparazzi-jammed galas, mindless sex talk - is this what the road map to greater female empowerment has become? ... Bellafante also points out that the older feminists are upset with the current m...

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She is primarily known for her 1949 treatise, The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism. ... The First major premise of The Second Sex is that man, considering himself as the essential being, or subject, has treated woman as the unessential being, or object. ... The Second Sex. ...

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Throughout the world in the nineteenth century feminist were shifting from arguments on equal rights based on similarities of the sexes to the differences between men and women. ... Feminism " in all its manifestations is radical in that it seeks to redefine the basic human relationships between the sexes and to redistribute power and other social goods." ...

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