... my response paper on the movie Boys Don't Cry. I spent a lot of time thinking of what I could do that would be interesting to both you and me when this movie came on TV. I recorded it and watched it three times over the next two days. This movie makes many bold statements about gender vs. sex and poses a lot of ... questions for the viewer to think on long after the credits roll. The comfortable boundaries of gender and sex are pushed to their limits. Watching this movie, you can feel yourself in each ... overview while avoiding going into details quite yet. I"ll fill in more details an...

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... expectations. Women's morality and sensuality were very important during this time. For this reason, Bronte decided to take a romantic approach to the book. Bronte uses the theme of Sex Scandal to have a rebellious and romantic feeling. "The theme of sex scandal goes along with women's morality and sensuality because it, also, went against the prior conservative social expectations and beliefs for women ... she was a possession, not a girlfriend, wife, or even a human being. In the Novel on Page 420, Jane says, "Forced to keep the fire of my nature continually low, to compel to burn inw...

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... internal struggle a mother has. Moreover, it also led me to ask myself why a child was so important to a woman. In the chapter, it says that "my husband spoke eagerly of the children we would have; my parents-in-law awaited the birth of their grandchild" (page 25) yet she herself was unsure if she wanted a child where she says, "I had no idea ... gender roles? It led me to think of the intention the author has while she wrote this book. This chapter itself points out many things that many take for granted. In general, I saw many overlaps of being a woman and being a mother in this chapt...

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... , Marjorie Shostak, provides at the beginning of each chapter in her book a short introduction of the subject matter which precedes text in the actual chapters recounting Nisa's life. This work covers Nisa's life as she remembers and also provides some insights that the author has outside of the interviews with Nisa. These perspectives are given from the viewpoint of having lived and been with the !Kung ... (her) children died, (she) just continued to live." (Shostak, 1981, P. 326). But there appears to be a particular emphasis on Nisa's sexual trysts with men from chapter 4 onwards, "Th...

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... dominant gender.) 10)Club Kid -- (Outrageous party costume, often with mixed genders.) 11)Fetish Dresser -- (Gets sexual pleasure from wearing certain clothing.) 12)Butch -- (Woman with some masculine characteristics.) 13)Diesel Dyke -- (Very butch lesbian, looks at home behind wheel of truck.) 14)Bulldagger -- (Extreme butch, sexual "top") 15)Drag King -- (Performs caricatures on stage. May or may not be transgendered.) 16 ... , and wants to wear make-up. Number four - a "boy" - who wears rugged clothing, likes the colour blue and plays with soldiers, participates in competitive team sp...

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I felt especially strongly about the topics we read about and discussed dealing with female health and reproductive rights. My health and reproductive rights are extremely important to me and I feel like this topic was the most controversial in my own point of view. The book had many facts and percentages dealing with women's health today. In our society, health is basically a requirement for happy living. We ... young mothers who tried to have abortions and were unsuccessful. It made me really appreciative of birth control methods that we have today. The list of instruments used for abortion...

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I felt especially strongly about the topics we read about and discussed dealing with female health and reproductive rights. My health and reproductive rights are extremely important to me and I feel like this topic was the most controversial in my own point of view. The book had many facts and percentages dealing with women's health today. In our society, health is basically a requirement for happy living. We ... young mothers who tried to have abortions and were unsuccessful. It made me really appreciative of birth control methods that we have today. The list of instruments used for abortion...

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... were portrayed as being round and soft with many curves. The artwork from the past, especially from the Renaissance period, exemplified the idealized portrayal of womankind, such as in "Fiero" Chapter 17, in Botticelli's "Birth of Venus" painting (. The majority of artists during that time painted nude bodies: the women were always pale, with large, round stomachs and wide hips. However, today the idealized ... for gender equality. Late in the fourteenth century, de Pizan "attacked the long anti-female tradition that had demeaned women and denied them the right to a university education...

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... daughters and granddaughter defy traditional ideals. But as she worked to make her family established, she became a more independent woman herself, by breaking some of the Confucian ideals she held so dearly. When Ning was just a young girl she learned her place in the Confucian society from her parents, ... go home at night exercising her newfound freedom that many women did not experience in imperial China. The more Ning was able to take control of her life and actions we can see peace and happiness in her family. She had worked hard to give her children what they needed ... well into...

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... runs counter to prevailing interpretations. Trible's insights on the creation of women are different from the usual way the passage is read. Phyllis Trible's unusual interpretation of the second story of creation is that when the first human being was created, it was not yet differentiated into man or woman. Trible's interpretation of the second chapter of Genesis is so unusual because it runs counter to prevailing ... creature." "And Yahweh God built the rib which he took from ha-adam into woman [issa] and brought her to ha-adam. And ha-adam said: This, finally, bone of my bone And fle...

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... contemplates every available situation. So, who is the better driver? You"re average stereotypical heterosexual male, or female? Actually, in my opinion they"re equal. Stereotypically you can't say that all males are terrible drivers even if scientific evidence says that they run ... may get angry in situations that call for a different response. This may cause bad decisions when driving (i.e. ROAD RAGE!) However the left side of the brain is connected with happiness as well as all emotion. So someone who is more left brained may freak out a lot easier than a ... right brained person. ...

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... dreaming about how her life would be like if she lived that way. The man showed her a new way of living and she comes to realize how routine her life has become. Elisa is a woman who wants to come out of her shell and live a "man's" life. "It must be nice. It must be very ... she meets the man, a tinker, on the wagon. She looks for stimulation conversation and sex, two components lacking in her life. Although Elisa was blunt towards answering all of the tinker's questions, she admired having his company. A reader could tell by the way her breast swelled passionately and the way her voic...

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Nicole Newman English 1101 March 20, 2003 Boys Don't Cry The movie Boy's Don't Cry is based on the real story of a young woman named Teena Brandon who has a sexual identity crisis. Teena Brandon has a hard time being accepted and goes to great ... believe many that criticize are not hateful, rather ignorant. Homosexual behavior certainly does not feel normal or natural for heterosexuals. Heterosexuals often have strong feelings of revulsion towards the idea, and therefore it is to be considered morally wrong. Many people may just agree with the bible and their religion or go ... growing up,...

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Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" can be read and analyzed in a variety of different ways. Every one of the common critical strategies could be sufficient. Taking a look at a work from all of these points of view can be very difficult and drawn out. Briefly touching the surface of one of these strategies alone takes much time. There is a lot of thinking and analyzing that has to be done ... she admits that she loved her husband sometimes, she still felt that sense of freedom being given to her. When she finally comes out of her room, she notices someone opening her front door, and in walk...

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... must understand why the text was written in order to be able to fully comprehend and apply it appropriately. In order to appropriately interpret texts, one must read that text in light of the rest of the scripture. You cannot isolate a certain passage and correctly understand it. Some people who advocate for women's subordination in the church have isolated certain passages in order ... (Matthew 28:7). The newfound freedom and role of women in Christ is clear also in the writings of the early Church. The book of Acts frequently mentions the presence and activity of women in the founding...

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... she chooses not to as she desires power. We first see this duality in an early scene where Margot leaves to cry after realizing the true extent of her husband's cowardice, but she quickly returns with multiple cutting remarks against Francis. Wilson comments on this, saying, "She ... and what she should be doing. Margot is overwhelmingly masculine throughout the story, but we see glimpses of femininity that help reinforce that she is a woman. As discussed earlier, her taking a moment to cry early in the story and her sleeping with Wilson are "feminine" acts in her otherwise ... mascul...

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... social and cultural attitude where women are inferior -- and discrimination tends to start at birth " (The Burden of Womanhood: Third World, Second Class). And this ideal of male dominance is first developed in the chapter "No Name Woman " in the memoir Woman Warrior. In this memoir, Kingston's aunt went against the norms ... , but even in our so called "advanced " society too. Also a reoccurring pattern in China, according to the video "The Women of China ", is the use of abortion in regards to female babies (China From the Inside). According to Chinese law, a couple is permitted one chi...

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... similar to the old Hollywood code of no sex and little violence. While there is no actual sex in this book (to the best of my recollection), the topic of sexuality is explored in such depth that it cannot be denied: this book is about sex. Of course it's also about how we ... depend on our gender stereotypes to order our world, and how individuals don't always neatly fit into the roles we might assign them. How much less shocking this volume is today at the cusp of ... voice that acknowledges errors and frustrations, and still tries to convey the truth of what really occurred. It is his ...

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... fact that in universities today, women outnumber men for the first time in history. I also feel that Rich neglects to include the roll society, the way young girls are taught by their mothers, and American culture played in the oppression of women. I feel that times have changed since 1979 when women's lib and the feminist struggle were newer concepts. In America today ... greatly belittles them. Many women want to start families and have children and therefore do not aggressively pursue positions of "power". I also feel Rich devalues motherhood and I don't believe she realizes the impo...

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... she considered a "good" student. Social inequality is also another way to look at this type of treatment. The teacher obviously considered athletes to be unequal to other students. In this situation the achieved status of student athletes was looked at as being more important than nonathletes. In chapter 9, pg. 230, an achieved status is described as an open system that encourages competition among ... members of society. The feminist perspective might have played a role in her thinking. Because the teacher dressed in ... reasons. This will probably continue until all people view the h...

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... right away and some can never find who they really are. When someone finds them self they find a place were they fit in among their peers and the rest of society. The search usually happens during someone's teenage years. How does someone go about finding him or herself? Through the research I have done, I have found no ... want to be seen with her. This shows how she might have been accepted, but no man was proud to be with her. While thinking of research only one book came to my mind that would show the exact opposite, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. In this story Yo, the oldes...

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... . He is a very bright man and he seems to be almost perfect. His importance is that Taylor falls in love with him. "He touched my cheek. I was afraid that I was going to cry, or worse. That I would throw my arms around his ankles like some lady in a ridiculous old movie and refuse to let him go." This statement not only shows how Taylor ... falls in love with Estevan but also how women would not be able to survive without the companionship of men. If the world was made up ... of women and only women there would be ... ...

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... between mother and daughter we are treated to further conflict within the story. The writer seeks to explore the conflict between other ways of life, and of the women not liking Adoniram, but being grateful for all that he provides them with. "S"pose your father made you go out an ... too preoccupied with work and chores to do anything else is highlighted in the manner that the men quickly polish of their dinner and set of back to work. All of the conflicts that precede Sarah taking control are invaluable in providing a background to the characters and, in turn, ... up and her eyes sho...

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... exploitation, would not be as accepted in today's society as it was some fifty years ago. 2 So, I had to wonder about the changing role of women, expectations placed on them as well as their accepted role in society, over the last century. Throughout history, women have generally had fewer legal rights ... today can do whatever they want, their choices no different than that of any man, there is nothing holding them back. The 4 assumptions once placed on women, that they will stay home and be housewives, is nothing but a chapter in a history book now. I have found that women do not exist ...

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... gap between the negative attentions that is displayed to boys as apposed to girls. When it may be something that isn't right on the exterior of the situation and could easily be understood within a few questions. This makes the girls in class twice as likely to be more confident in what ... that interact with him. This problem starts very early in the home and with the mother not dealing with the emotions of the boy, instead she is telling him not too cry and acting like a girl. This displays the female as a weak and vulnerable creature and the male is supposed to ... on boys makes the...

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