... encoded in the images (the benevolent, protective figure of Amma) and the meanings decoded by the receiver (the intrusive, dictatorial, authoritarian figure). Mediation is also an important aspect of identity formation as reflexive social entities, such as selves, societies, and cultures, are fundamentally constituted through the process of mediation while this same process produces a fiction of pre-mediated existence ... small effect. Here, however, the goal of the invocation of the imagery of the goddesses was to help mobilize the women against the British in what was clearly a traditio...

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... and undignified attitudes towards prostitution. These dichotomized feelings reflect his inner struggle with masculinity and are mirrored in his feelings towards the people of Vietnam because he searches for his identity in both the land and the women of Vietnam. Both become targets of his displaced self-hatred and guilt. As his journey progresses and he purges himself of self-loathing ... the sacrifice, Andrew recognizes it as degrading for the women involved, although he constantly engages with them. Andrew's opposing reactions to this sex industry mirror his confusion about his own id...

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... giving visual, voyeuristic pleasure to the audience, is to reinforce the masculinity of the men around her. This blatant portrayal of scopophilia and masculine dominance may not be as shallow as it initially seems. One, appealing to a combination auteur and genre theories of film analysis, would ... billboard represents a more perfect and easily fetishized version of herself, and as she puts almost all her value in her beauty it represents her voyeuristic identity. As the two stories collide, however, Valerie is stripped of her beauty when she is in a tragic accident, injuring her leg a...

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... character. Through Leslie Bell's research as a psychoanalyst, themes of rebellion, religion, lack of confidence, and self-determination in women have provided new explanation and reasoning for why actions create one's identity. In "Selections from Hard to Get: Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom," Bell focuses on a few of her patients - namely, Jayanthi, Claudia, and Alicia - ... Get: Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom, Bell adds a new dimension to female reasoning. Many of the things discussed with her patients lead to prove theories that iden...

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... research subjects' abuse records ruled these theories out. And if this were the case, then why is homosexuality present in different cultures? This research will specifically focus on the sexual identity of lesbianism and how it is dealt with in other cultures globally. Exploring sexuality in other cultures exposes how different yet similar homosexuals are treated in relation to the United ... , black lesbianism is used more so to describe women with middle class and Eurocentric features. (Wekker 1993: 145) In similar context, writers, Ruth Morgan and Gramae Reid discuss the social ident...

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... women with men in all aspects of Canadian society was exactly what she wanted ("Florence Bird", 2000). As Canadians, this added an unbiased character trait to our Canadian Identity, especially when Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, a male, instituted it. In early 1965, Judy LaMarsh wrote that Pearson seemed to finally accept her advice and set us the commission. She provided ... , if women are never in certain roles, then we think it is almost unnatural for them to be in those roles. That is why in most cultures leadership is gendered masculine (Lang-Dion & Wicks, 2008). Lastly, Equal Vo...

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... by unstable emotions. Her nature along with that of the other female characters in the novel such as Myrtle Wilson and Jordan Baker is characterized by a lack of purpose and identity which explains their ambiguous behaviors. Daisy proves her real nature and her love for material luxury when she chooses Tom over Gatsby. There is only one part in The Great ... increase of industrialization at the end of the 19th century, women's right movement grew and this contributed to a degradation of the connection between the "feminine" and the "masculine" sphere. Men suddenly felt the threat coming...

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... theatre is not just about political change, then this play can hardly be classified as feminist theatre. "Wasserstein herself as well as her main character, Heidi Holland, eschew a feminist identity in difference to a humanist one, and thereby become spokeswomen for a feminism that failed, that left women like Heidi 'stranded'."[Lyn93] As Lynda Hart discusses, the climax of the ... is being viewed is evaluated? As seemingly trivial as this line of reasoning may appear, it is a crucial part of the interpretation of feminist theatre. Judging feminist theatre based on masculine or pat...

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... , which kept women financially dependent. Theorists on personality would use the status quo as a means of describing the "true" nature of men and women, but in recent years, masculine and feminine roles have come to be viewed as socially constructed rather than naturally occurring (Worell & Remer, 2003). Overemphasis on traditional gender role norms can be very limiting for men ... anatomical differences between the male and female bodies. Most sociologists believe differences in sex are a result of differences in the thinking and behavior of men and women. They argue gender identity is ...

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... thoughtlessly when the supplication eye looks for them." (Letters 219) In the opinion of Mary Wollstonecraft, attitudes and expectations that perpetuate female weakness are institutionalized by the texts that express masculine assumptions of what feminine behavior should be. Men want women to be pleasing, which makes them incapable of doing anything else. The two main problems that caused this are economic ... lead useful and happy lives. Women suffer other handicaps because the law even denies them adequate protection if they are single and if they are married, they have no legal ident...

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