... not enjoy complete freedom. The figures that seem the most interesting to me were La Senora, Mimi, and, of course, Eva Luna (I hope I was allowed to include Mimi in this list). I think that in the lives of these three women the struggle for personal and social success and fulfillment took especially dramatic character on the background of political chaos, financial hardships ... the industry with traditions going back to the dawn of mankind - she started an upscale ladies escort service by catalog. Commercial magnates and the biggest political figures were on the list of her regular cus...

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... femininity associated with women in lesbian relationships. At most, the viewer of the film is prompted to consider that trouser-wearing, card-playing Idgie's love is "latent" lesbianism, but nothing prompts the viewer to consider that in the "normal," "feminine," pretty, soft-spoken, maternal Ruth they also see a lesbian woman. The film illustrates the conflict inherent in the coming-out process ... ...

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... awarded the title of an 'accomplished woman' at this time. Moreover, a woman must "possess a certain something in her air and manner of walking" (39). According to this list of requirements, Caroline and Emma Woodhouse of Emma are two of the few women who could fit the 'ideal' model. Both women are beautiful and capable of the necessary ... romance genre and treatment of the hero and the happy ending emphasises the challenges women faced in society and accentuates the importance of unconventional heroines. As Ashley Tauchert states, Austen's writing did not simply capture the ...

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... at loggerheads with reality possesses an artistic gift he can transform his phantasies into artistic creations instead of into symptoms" (Lectures 56). For Cisneros this artistic gift was writing. By using writing as her outlet, Cisneros was not only able to cope with her suppression, but she was also able to sublimate inappropriate wishful impulses/phantasies into a socially acceptable form. ... empowerment. Essentially Cisneros fulfills this optimistic vision of a better future for women when she published The House on Mango Street; hence, her dedication to "A las Mujeres/To the Women...

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... portrays the fact. The women in the study found difficulty around the adjustment of work duties and hours to accommodate the physical changes during their pregnancy. Just under half the sample did not reveal the true date of expectant delivery to their managers because they wished to adjust their maternity leave to maximize the amount of time they could spend with ... ...

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... clarity and control. When experiments were done to test this hypothesis, however, support for the theory was found in North America, but none was found in Asia. In the Asian sample, men and women were equally likely to use supportive tools of communication. This suggests that culture does indeed mediate gender differences in communication. How can we account for these communication ... ...

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... were asked during the session, completing the session, and finally analyzed the data. The group was stayed focused in the discussions with myself being the researcher and the gatekeeper. The sample questions asked were as follows, do you feel that men and women do have specific gender stereotypes, and if so what are they? Another broad question I asked was if the ... ...

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... family's faces. The advertisement's slogan, "a home's true value starts with what you value ", focuses and directs the attention onto the buyer. In addition to this slogan, the advertisement also includes a list of all the details and the amenities that this house has to offer along with some ideas that each feature can bring. The extra bedroom gives the family a choice of ... patio provides a place for family gatherings and parties; last but not least, the open floor plan allows for many different opportunities to renovate the area. The slogan combined with the list makes the buyer to ...

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... . They consisted of undergraduate psychology students who agreed to participate for course credit. Two questionnaires were administered to all students. Both questionnaires contained a list of 58 adjectives in random order. The first questionnaire, along with the 58 adjectives list, contained three semantic categories and a 5-point scale for each. The categories consisted of bad/good, passive/active, and weak/strong. The second questionnaire ... ...

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... phallogocentrism, or male-centered discourse, permeates every aspect of literature: vocabulary, syntax, rules of logic, and inclinations toward binary oppositions such as male/female, order/chaos, language/silence, speech/writing, 3 etc. In order for women to defeat this system of placing precedence on one entity over another (man/woman) they must "make the old single-grooved mother tongue reverberate with ... capitalize on the errors and the holes within the phallogocentric discourse. "The Laugh of the Medusa- exemplifies this course of action through the circuitous, repetitive, and con...

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... in treating her and deciding what is best; he prescribes that she have little to no social interaction and that she stop working (writing) until she is absolutely cured. Within the first couple paragraphs of the text, the narrator questions the authority of her husband stating that ... before" (Gilman, 305). The reader can make the connection that the wall becomes expressive at the same exact time that she does (through writing). The more the authority figure-physician becomes insistent in the patient's isolation and "hardly lets [her] stir without special direction" ( ... Gilman, 313). ...

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... attempts and subtly names her doctor as a Nazi. By making such harsh connections to her oppressor, the reader can see Sylvia Plath's use of feminist writing flourish in order to prove the true issues of oppressive patriarchy. And there is a charge, a very large charge For a word or a touch ... female character that contorts the patriarchal female gender role. Although not nearly as melancholic as Plath, Di Prima goes above and beyond within her writing in order to change the traditional idea of the domestic position of a female. Diane Di Prima presents feminism through the use of her fema...

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... greatly throughout the story, symbolizing the transformation occurring within the narrator herself. While at first she attempts to relieve her need for expression through writing on the "dead paper " within her journal, John's opposition to her writing forces the narrator to take that energy and closely observe the symbolic patterns in the wallpaper instead. Literary critic Lisa Kasmer suggests that she makes ... this transition to interpret the wallpaper once she "is stopped from speaking " and "at that point, turns to the wallpaper " (Kasmer 4). Instead of writing down her thoughts, s...

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... sense of independence. Kate Chopin, living in the midst of female oppression, experienced all three of the latter and the personal conflicts these evoked greatly impacted her life and her writing style. The Awakening also suggests that Chopin saw something universal in Edna's experience, making it a general critique of a culture that severely restricted women's opportunities for emotional accomplishment and ... self-expression (Murfin 16). In the process of writing The Awakening, Chopin uses her life experiences along with the repressive social status of women during the turn of the cen...

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One of the main aspects of Shakespeare's writing that literary critics assess and praise is his ability to write women that are fully developed and rich in character. Women who were intelligent, willful, and opinionated, were under-appreciated ... women was an unfamiliar concept, the idea that they could maintain power without the support of a man was generally inconceivable; however, the reign of the Virgin Queen, accompanied by the writing of William Shakespeare, became a platform in which people could begin to discuss the predicament of women.

The Elizabethan's paradigm of the 'ideal...

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... gendered tensions that continually affect their identities and daily lives. In So Long a Letter, Bâ uses an epistolary form to narrate the reflections and struggles of Ramatoulaye Fall, a Senegalese woman writing to her lifelong friend, Aissatou, who now lives in the United States. Ramatoulaye, a recent widow, writes a detailed, intimate letter reflecting on her and Aissatou's roles as women, students, wives, mothers ... in women's lives. In So Long a Letter, the very form in which the novel is written highlights the importance of female friendships in women's lives. The main character...

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... dependent on men for stability and the majority of writers were male. In fact, women were not even allowed to sign contracts on their own. The start of Aphra Behn's writing career coincided with the opening of the London theatres, where she began to write for Sir William Davenant's Duke of York's company at Dorset Garden. Comedy flourished in the theatre ... of the Restoration resided in may have been, Behn utilizes The Rover to serve as a warning to women of the time who push the boundaries too much. While Behn was writing this play, actresses were beginning to appear on the stage in E...

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... scared, and I was scared too. I had people sit me down and say, 'You're going to die if you don't take care of yourself.' " Lohan says, "They sat me down, literally before I was going to do the show and they said, 'you need to take care of yourself. We care about you too much, and we've ... ...

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... of women in medieval society. She is described as confident and in control as she sits atop her horse on page 23, lines 471-475: On an ambling horse she sat easily, well wimpled; and on her head was a hat as broad as a buckler or a shield; a footmantle was about her ample hips, and on her feet a pair of sharp spurs. The ... ...

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... ; as concern about the sovereign's gender formed one of the primary social considerations of Shakespeare's day, one might expect to see these gender considerations revealed in Shakespeare's writing." It's interpreted that Shakespeare whilst writing in the 1500's, may have been governed by the societal norms and was simply unable to divorce himself from societal concerns (Dall, 2000). This theory is stabilised ... ...

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... that marrying for money is wrong but by remaining neutral on the matter she focuses the reader's attention on the importance of the woman herself. The next flower on the list is yet another lovely flower, the iris, which is also dismissed despite being "straight" and "fine." Yet it is these very words that give the impression of a regal, cold woman ... ...

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... a sense of what Woolf considers essential problems a woman must deal with due to not being financially independent. She states a rather domino effect that not only affects women but also in writing fiction. Women writers suffer the ability to express themselves properly due to lack of privacy and constant interruptions from exterior sources. These constant interruptions lead Woolf to consider why many ... brother William her works go unnoticed. The education Judith receives is minimal compared to her brothers and due to society's standards she is forced to conform and deprive herself of...

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... plan to his family, his wife refuses to enter the ark and even encourages him to marry again if he fully pursues his plan. "Ere row forth, Noah, whither thou list, and get thee a new wife ("Noah's Flood " 73). The wife has disorderly defied her husband and ultimately God by declaring to stay behind and gives, what some consider to be ... ...

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... willing to cling to this torturous tradition so they would not be shunned by the men who created this horrible tradition in the first place. Many societies have created a long list of demands that create the "proper woman ". It is easy for Americans to see that female circumcision is a barbaric means of control over woman in Africa. It is also easy ... ...

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... p379)," in order to support what John wants her to think: "but I find I get pretty tired when I try (Gilman p379)." However, the narrator eventually secretly disobeys John by writing a journal, which awakens her realization that she desires escape from her husband and the room. The narrator seeks out escape through the yellow wallpaper on the walls of the room ... yellow wallpaper also serves as a symbol to reveal the relationship between creativity and insanity. As a physician, John tells his wife to stay in bed, suppress her imagination, and discontinue her writing in order to improve...

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