... woman has a purpose and a job they are best suited for in life. Aristotle, though the majority of his ideas are sound, is incorrect in his dispositions on women, because, as Plato implies, the diversity offered by an equal share in the state between the sexes creates a stronger body. Plato's most apt pupil, ... the progeny is, it is wisdom and virtue in general- Plato, Symposium, 208c While Plato says women are restricted to a physical realm, men are free to explore the metaphysical and psychological realm and are able to posses and utilize intellect. Along these lines, Plato implies tha...

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... introduced especially with regards to the "welfare state". One can not forget the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which had an immense effect on all global economies. All of these factors contributed to the levels of unemployment and the experiences of those unlucky enough to suffer from it. ... when interpreting just how much statistics actually tell us and one must realise their limitations. Those women who were not insured would become dependant on their husbands (if they were married) or the help of local charitable organisations. It is possible that there may have been more women ... ...

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... something within their own society and they recognized non-western women and see them as being less fortunate (485). Feminists are blind; they only focus on the society that they come from, and then secondly, or sometimes never, on those outside of their own society (485). Feminism itself is a movement that is capable of aiming for the equal rights for all women ... on the grounds of political, social and economic situations (485). A feminist should be able to do this on a universal scale for all women including western and non-western, for they know that the two societies are essential...

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... actually ill or people think that their health is only affected by biological factors. However, our health should be a focus in our lives because our daily life has an affect on our health. Illness does not only have biological causes but is also influenced by social factors such as the socially imposed roles of gender and socioeconomic differences. Before the affect ... of gender on health can be discussed, the difference between gender and sex must first defined. Sex refers to actual physiological and hormonal differences between men and women; gender refers to the differences ... me...

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... , receiving the right to vote that is equal to that of a man. Women had scored some social victories as well, particularly the Law on Maternity, which provides for family planning, the recognition of consensual union as equivalent to marriage, equality of children whether born to a wedded or ... her own nature divided between the claims of moral responsibility and her passionate hunger for self-fulfilment. The effect that the immediate family has on a child has changed quite significantly, which may not always be for the best. Freedom of speech is expressed more openly and people are ......

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... such judgments of value." (4213) Nevertheless, Freud's writings have been greatly criticized for boasting a misogynistic tone. In addition, Freud's theories are absent of any separate findings on female sexuality. Michael Foucault, French structuralist philosopher known for his methodical reflections into historical states of society. In the social reverberations of the sexual revolution Foucault witnessed cries that ... civilization was facing the great crisis sexual repression. In response. Foucault in The History of Sexuality" challenged the repression problem. Instead, Foucault argued...

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... , receiving the right to vote that is equal to that of a man. Women had scored some social victories as well, particularly the Law on Maternity, which provides for family planning, the recognition of consensual union as equivalent to marriage, equality of children whether born to a wedded or ... her own nature divided between the claims of moral responsibility and her passionate hunger for self-fulfilment. The effect that the immediate family has on a child has changed quite significantly, which may not always be for the best. Freedom of speech is expressed more openly and people are ......

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... such judgments of value." (4213) Nevertheless, Freud's writings have been greatly criticized for boasting a misogynistic tone. In addition, Freud's theories are absent of any separate findings on female sexuality. Michael Foucault, French structuralist philosopher known for his methodical reflections into historical states of society. In the social reverberations of the sexual revolution Foucault witnessed cries that ... civilization was facing the great crisis sexual repression. In response. Foucault in The History of Sexuality" challenged the repression problem. Instead, Foucault argued...

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... of jokes, and good company" (541) turns into a grumpy, irritated, difficult man that makes his colleagues uneasy. The woman who is sunbathing on a roof then becomes his target to be harassed. When the weather gets hotter, Stanley's behaviors become more irrational and extreme, as he begins "stamping ... derisively in a chastising tone, ignoring the fact that the woman can act as an independent autonomous individual with reasons of her own for tanning on the roof that have nothing to do with her relationship to a man. Furthermore, when Harry tries to bring attention to Stanley's lascivious...

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... relation to the working and middle classes. Subcultures " express and resolve, albeit magically, the contradictions which remain hidden or unresolved in the "parent" culture (Cohen, 1980, 82-3). "Youth subcultures" form on the terrain of social and cultural life. Some are regular and persistent features of their parent culture while others only appear at certain historical moments commanding the stage of public ... which they find oppressive. This violence, drinking, hooliganism and crime is merely an expression of their feelings which they can not express properly due to their lack of ed...

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... past, women were given less value and importance than men, which resulted in less opportunity. This however, is changing with lifestyles. During the time of traditional lifestyles, society's perception on gender roles and responsibilities were influenced by stereotypes such as, women are weak and need to be maintained as opposed to men who are strong and support others. These stereotypes ... limited due to this environment. Above all, this advancement almost worthless because of e-mail she relieved from a male subject for instance, we seem to be strong on promoting gossip, cooking, star...

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... country that included equality for women but equally important it presents John Adams' reaction to her request possibly giving insight to the male position on the subject at that time and why it was not addressed by our counties founding fathers. The excerpts from the private correspondence between Abigail ... quot;Common Sense" is published and go through August 13, 1783 just prior to the signing of the Treaty of Paris. Throughout their on-going communication the Adams write about their family, concerns with the status of the war and its outcome, but most importantly political views of...

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... from many different angles. I have chosen to write it from a feminist point of view rather than the masculine approach. There are many different themes and lines of arguments; I have focused on three crucial subjects, The Validity and Reliability of Statistical Data, The Sex Role Theory and Biological and Psychological Reasonings. When discussing gender and crime, there is sometimes confusion around the ... word gender, however there is an essential difference between gender and sex. Sex is dependant on your anatomy and hormones in the body whereas gender is the role in which society has...

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... is not aggressive or a woman gets in trouble for being aggressive. Women in the workplace are also protected under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, which makes "discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions illegal (Fisher 434)." A woman cannot be fired or refused a job because of pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition. Employers ... training, which "stresses the process rather than the content of training and emotional rather than conceptual training (Duening 501)" when dealing with handicapped employees. Handicapped employees have...

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... the tragic loss of the Russian nuclear submarine the Kursk, and which states that submarines mostly operate in an extremely hazardous environment, more unforgiving that outer space. Her article goes on to tell that a submarine is no place for a feminist experiment or a civilian mandated compromise that could endanger innocent lives. (This disaster was actually caused by a new prototype torpedo, which found ... its direction with sonar rather than a fire and forget torpedo. The prototype torpedo mistook the Kursk for an enemy ship, turned, and detonated on the Kursk's hull killing all sa...

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... strategies should be developed for involving women more effectively in the development process so that women's potential can be optimized. Hence from that the government introduced the National Policy on Women in 1989 to secure the position and their rights in national development. This policy means that provide guidance and direction in all planning and implementation of national development program ... Islam and other women's organisations have set up various development programs in the form of brand and other support facilities. To assist the planning and implementation of the Nationa...

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... work, 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 chapter six vividly captures the harsh dilemmas confronted by older women. In chapter one, Munro argues that growing up for Canadian girls was marked by ... is that the lives of girls and women were profoundly shaped by the rural or urban character of their environment. The same chapter also highlights ethnicity...

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... introduction to the structure and the organization of the educational system, and how gender inequality emerged. Chapter Three consists of a discussion of the major hypotheses, findings, and interpretations with regards to the formal curriculum. Chapter Four involves an elaboration on the major hypotheses in relation to the informal curriculum, and explicates the results and their implications for ... goal was to create an efficient working class (Mifflen and Mifflen, 1982: 21). Ryerson introduced many policies including elected school boards, a property tax for the provision of free sch...

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... their backs, many succumb to the steady pressure and fall down the social ladder. Perfection as the standard, Ancient Greek society demanded the concept of "arete" or excellence from every free male in Ancient Greece. Men competed constantly, desiring supremacy in both physical and mental capacities. The meaning of arete signified the union of nobility of action and nobility of mind ... desire is to deconstruct the world, to tear apart the social constructions, the constructions of the "ancients", Ancient Greeks like Homer. Jack realizes, "he (Tyler) wanted to blast the world free from ...

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... Exchange in The Merchant of Venice, focuses on the structures of exchange as they exist Karen in Shakespeare's play. The play, she argues is told in the rhetoric of the commercial world, even, she notes, in Belmont where life is generally free of direct commercial involvement, but the love ... alliances forged there are a representation of exchange in the commodity of women. Before examining exchange in the play, Newman takes time to discuss the idea of exchange as it relates to anthropology. The first essay Newman names is that of Marcel Mauss who notes ... proposes consequences to the...

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... Each of his chapters pertains to a separate issue and all of them begin with a personal analogy that helps the reader understand what the chapter will discuss. It would be true to say it is not the quality of the texts arguments that makes the text effective, but also the ... no exception. Part of his chapter will discuss the woman's perspective of the change in gender roles, followed by a section that details the man's. By alternating these perspectives he lulls the reader into a false sense of security that he text is completely free of bias. However his use ... and severity to the ...

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... it involves identifying areas of bias (like the use of "he" as the basic pronoun) and replacing them with words and phrases that are truly gender-free (like "they"). The "feminisation" approach disagrees with this method because while it does remove the bias in favour of men it does nothing to improve ... tend to visualise men. She believes that this is because the sexist structures already present in the individuals within the society overpower the neutrality of the gender-free language. In other words the solution lies not in a language that promotes neither sex but a language that prom...

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... women are more effective in maintaining social networks. Both men and women tend to become more androgynous in the later years. This chapter, as a whole, has evoked mixed reactions from me. On one hand it was really nice to read a chapter that wasn't loaded with sexism and bias. In previous chapters, the authors were making statements that should have applied to most humans ... said "mother," they included "fathers" as well, and where they talked about lesbians they included dialogue on gays as well. There was a lot of hard fact and not author opinion. On the other hand, a lot of the ch...

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... wife. The husband prescribes a remedy for his wife, a woman, which he would not also recommend for a man. Because the doctor's decision was based on no physiological or proven psychological difference between man and woman, the doctor's rational is not merely medical, but sexist. Society supported the sexist idea that did ... ). All of us have Parent, Adult or Child data' guiding our thoughts and decisions, and Harris believed that transactional analysis would free up the Adult, the reasoning voice. The Adult in us prevents a hijack by unthinking obedience (Child), or ingrained habit or p...

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... which would enable them to classify it with one of the two available genders. Similarly Suzanne Kessler in her article "The Medical Construction of Gender: Case Management of Intersexed Infants" notes that natural or biological sex is altered into culturally created gender. Alice Domurat Dregger in his article "A History of Intersexuality: From the Age of Gonads to the Age of Consent ... socially constructed within our culture. Also the fact that there is no evidence of whether the intersexed infant is in any danger due to his situation and is only operated on due to aesthetical and cul...

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