... is not born a woman, one becomes one". For both feminists and gender critics, society portrays binary oppositions like masculine/feminine or straight/gay as natural categories, but as David Richter notes, "the rules have little to do with nature and everything to do with culture." The word homosexual has only a short history of one hundred years or so (it ... Jensen argues that "Kilman reminds Clarissa of the choice she made to deny her lover for women and marry respectably" (as qtd. in Wu 65). Also as Barrett notes, there is a strong similarity among Woolf critics to see Kilman as "Cla...

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... at the very least, on television. Considering music videos to basically be ads, their portrayal of women affects the viewing audience in a similar manner as television ads. Kilbourne (Knutsen, 2000), p.1) notes in her first book that advertisements influence adolescents for three main reasons. One is that their money is more likely to be spent on what they want, not necessarily what ... for an adolescent to turn to music videos to understand what is going o in the United States considering MTV creates an unrealistic view of the world we live in. Aufderheide notes "with nary a reference ...

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... contract.10 With Colley using Marsh's book as a source for her biography, arose some controversy. In Elizabeth Marsh's writings of her travels, on no account did it contain any detailed notes compiled at the time of her journey, and no information about the society she was involved with.11 It was also written thirteen years later and submitted anonymously.12 This ... ...

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... with work. Melinda says, "Every year, just when she's stressed to the snapping point, she cooks Thanksgiving dinner. We beg her not to. We plead with her, send anonymous notes. She doesn't listen." (Anderson Pg. 57) The direct quote signifies that Melinda's mother feels cooking is necessary for her to perform during Thanksgiving. She is the mother and the ... ...

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... classes, but it is clear that struggling parents who work minimum wage jobs are forced to apply for Food Stamps, TANK, and other welfare programs. According to charts in the notes, a family of four needs an annual salary of $37,66l in order to get by without using welfare. If both parents are working in full-time, minimum wage jobs, which ... ...

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... asks of her, regardless of what the task is " (Cochran). If a man commands a women to do something women are to do what they are told without confronting it. As Omadjohwoefe notes, "The prevailing division of labor between sexes has led to men and women assuming unequal position in terms of power, prestige and wealth ". This implies that unequal portions of power ... ...

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... was looking out the window at the "tops of the trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life" (Chopin 635). She could also hear the "notes of a distant song which someone was singing" as well as smell the "delicious breath of rain" in the air (635). These images associated with Louise's sensory awakening ... ...

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... monitoring was as discreet as probable, and they intermingled modestly with the children, even though from time to time a child would ask what they were doing or "write " their own "notes " while sitting next to them. They changed their monitoring methods between unstructured field monitoring, in which they monitored the classroom in a complete approach and documented everyday activities, and more structured ... ...

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... a great deal about Feste's role in the play. Feste is shown to be not just a comic relief figure, like Sir Andrew; he is perceptive when others are not, as Viola notes after the encounter. The conversation is so spirited, because Feste and Viola actually have a good deal in common; both are paid servants who are much more than they seem to ... ...

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... have three moral imperatives: first impregnating one's wife, second, provisioning dependents; third, protecting the family." (Gilmore 285) Gilmore's term may be apply to Adrienne Rich's essay "Women and Honor: Some notes on Lying" because it contains similar ideas about how women are expected to behave according to the society they live in. According to society's expectations women's role should display femininity ... ...

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... a new phrase popping up everywhere: "Play like a girl". With the second season of the WNBA, girls who play basketball finally have sports heroes. Mattel is also in the spirit. Labi notes that "the company plans to have its new WNBA Barbie doll in stores by the holidays". If a girl is athletic and on sports teams, she is also that much less ... ...

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... John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums." At first glance John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums" seems to be a story about a woman whose niche is in the garden. Upon deeper inspection the story has strong notes of feminism in the central character Elisa Allen. Elisa's actions and feelings reflect her struggle as a woman trying and failing to emasculate herself in a male dominated society. Elisa is at ... ...

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... clothing choices and accessories promote their identities as being female. The high heels, dresses, and skirts are articles of clothing that females are supposed to wear. According to the class notes on September 19, 2003, "gender is something you do." Fashion and culture go hand in hand. Fashion can represent belonging to a certain group. Fashion constitutes social relations. Drag is its ... ...

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... Africa. She doesn't know if Celie is receiving them but writing them gives Nettie strength to live through the years she spends in Africa. During Nettie's time in Africa, Samuel notes to her that the Olinka women have a strong relationship between each other. Being married to a man who already has other wives make it bearable because of the strong relationships that ... ...

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... to live through the years she spends in Africa. Sofia claims that her ability to fight comes from her strong relationships with her sisters. During Nettie's time in Africa, Samuel notes to her that the Olinka women have a strong relationship between each other. That's how being married to a man which already has other wives make it bearable because of the strong ... ...

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... increase their budgets on sports that create revenue, specifically men's football and basketball, leaving much lower budgets for some men's and almost all women's sports. The executive director, Donna Lopiano, notes that smaller schools (Division II & III) are adding male sports, yet the Division I schools, who put a lot of pride in their popular teams, are eliminating other sports "Because they're ... ...

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... to live through the years she spends in Africa. Sofia claims that her ability to fight comes from her strong relationships with her sisters. During Nettie's time in Africa, Samuel notes to her that the Olinka women have a strong relationship between each other. That's how being married to a man which already has other wives make it bearable because of the strong ... ...

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... be whatever that they have seen on television. And we all know that television is rarely accurate, when it comes to portraying something for what it really is. Postman also notes that every bit of technology is negatively reshaping the American culture without them even realizing it, that now technology has become a medium, and that it seems to always find itself ... ...

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... , the wife gets so sick of her son that she locked herself in her room. She eventually stays in that room and doesn't come out. She and her husband write notes to each other to keep in touch. The wife had a job to do and she was running out of time. One day the husband and son came home and found ... ...

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... boyhood innocence is destined to be "destroyed " by the female temptation. The social harmony, as the play suggests, should be built on the basis of reciprocity of women and men. Notes All textual references are from The Winter's Tale, Annotated Shakespeare, Vol. 11, the Commercial Press, Bejing, 1998 ① Patricia Southard Gourlay, " O My most sacred lady" Female Metaphor in The Winter ... ...

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... many women encounter are "Barbie Doll" by Marge Piercy, "No Name Woman" by Maxine Hong Kingston and "The Woman Hanging from the Thirteenth Floor Window" by Joy Harjo. The reader notes that a major theme of the three works is the long-term effect of outside pressure on the subjects from birth. In these works, each character represents a woman trying to come ... ...

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... all the world," (Ibsen 1587). She is beginning to wonder if her actions will have a negative affect on her own children and is horrified by the thought. According to Ibsen's "Notes for a Modern Tragedy," a woman cannot be herself in modern society. Nora didn't even have a "self" to be. "It is an exclusively male society, with laws made by men and with ... ...

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This essay by Barbara Ehrenreich is on that I give a lot of credit to. This essay speaks of all the things women should learn from men, both on serious and sarcastic notes. For the most part, however, it explains that women should in fact learn to get tough, and take credit when credit is due. Ehrenreich does not agree with many of ... ...

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... time, she understands that a woman's work doesn't have to be magnificent or lucrative or even grand to make her happy. She observes the cleaning woman in a blue-collar job and notes that even in a bathroom of all places, the woman has a respect for work and that is what makes her happy with her life. When thinking about Levine and Oliver's perceptions ... ...

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... a marker of low status. Though all humans need both intimacy and independence, women tend to focus on the first and men on the second." The beginnings of these differences, Tannen notes, can be seen in childhood interactions. Boys and girls tend to play in same-sex groups and, though some play-activities are similar, boys' and girls' favorite games are different ... ...

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