... and domestic responsibilities. Such desires are quite vividly portrayed in the gender ideologies of Nancy, a character from Second shift [Arlie Hochschild, 1989: Pg. 39-41]. Nancy tried to establish herself as the career woman. Her gender ideology centered on the idea of herself as a woman who would be ... house keeper who has to run numerous domestic chores is described by Nancy as "a younger version of her mother, depressed, lacking in self-esteem, a cautionary tale whose moral was "if you want to be happy, develop a career and get your husband to share at home"" [Arlie Hochschild, 19...

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... needed to be called "accomplished" (38). As well as these skills, a woman must possess a natural grace and flawless manner "to deserve the word" (39). Elizabeth Bennet's reply of "I never saw such a woman" highlights Austen's concern with the notion of the ideal woman within her nineteenth-century English context. Commonly regarded as ... 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...

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Male dominance and female complicity in "Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding" Katherine Mansfield's "Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding" is a short tale dealing with the relationships between husband and wife in late 19th Century German society. This is achieved by viewing the attitudes of people in various stages of their relationship: A newly ... afterwards, which, if read by itself, would not intimate anything sinister or unhappy about the idea. However, the theme of suppression and domestic violence is developed very soon within the tale. Frau Brechenmacher's husband, from the first, ...

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... Bath clearly has her own perception of marriage, which Chaucer hints at in his Prologue and fully reveals in the Wife's Prologue and Tale. In both the Prologue and Tale of the Wife, we see the institution of marriage used to control financial and sexual powers. The Wife of Bath displays a complete sense ... of the Wife of Bath's life with five different husbands and the cruelty of some and the kindness of the others are mirrored in the witty tale she tells. She begins by showing how, even under the rule of King Arthur and his chivalrous knights, women are at the mercy of men; ... best....

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... Bath clearly has her own perception of marriage, which Chaucer hints at in his Prologue and fully reveals in the Wife's Prologue and Tale. In both the Prologue and Tale of the Wife, we see the institution of marriage used to control financial and sexual powers. The Wife of Bath displays a complete sense ... of the Wife of Bath's life with five different husbands and the cruelty of some and the kindness of the others are mirrored in the witty tale she tells. She begins by showing how, even under the rule of King Arthur and his chivalrous knights, women are at the mercy of men; ... best....

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... seen by them as God-ordained or Natural, as "natural- as it was in his culture that women have long hair and cover their heads (1 Corinthians 11), while men have short hair and take off their hats to pray . He could not rely on this analogy of hair and head coverings if he were speaking to a Church in the Middle East ... as well as women to be silent in certain situations, so that order can be established "and he finishes the topic with a balanced phrase of speech and silence in v.39-40 ""Therefore, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. But everything...

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... , when and under what circumstances a woman may obtain an abortion. According to the Guttmacher Institute, ("An Overview of Abortion laws") the following state laws are instituted: Physician and Hospital Requirements: 39 states require an abortion to be performed by a licensed physician, 20 states require an abortion to be performed in a hospital after a specified point in the pregnancy, and 18 states require ... counseling and the procedure is performed. Nine of these states have laws that effectively require the woman make two separate trips to the clinic to obtain the procedure. Paren...

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... to perform in cultural sphere (79.4% male, 71.7% female). The 36.6% of male and 41.3% of female respondents think that their political rights are infringed. But 47% of male and 39.9% of female respondents feel that it is possible to perform in political sphere. About 20% of respondent could not answer at least one question. Most of them are people from ... Female Male Female Economic 66.5 58.8 21.8 26.1 11.7 15.1 Social 71.9 62.1 15.8 21.2 12.2 16.6 Cultural 84.5 76.8 7.1 11.9 8.4 11.3 Civil 79.4 71.7 10.8 15.2 9.8 13.0 Political 48.0 39.9 36.6 41.3 15.4 18.8 Professional 59.0 54.3 27.0...

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... Kate Chopin's story The Awakening, one is able to see that the author planned to depict the final scene to be tragic yet triumphant. Like Edna's final act in chapter 39, the first half of chapter 6 allows the reader to understand that Edna is lost in her search for individuality and freedom in her life. Perhaps the most apparent connection between ... ...

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Karen Ford's feminist criticism brings up several interesting points pertaining to "The Yellow Wallpaper" that are not necessarily clear to the reader of this short story at first glance. However, once the story is scrutinized, these points become evident. When read with a feminist perspective, certain parts of the story start standing out more and taking ... women should do out with the old and resort to drastic methods to break away from their male imposed roles. Ford's explanation can surely help the reader understand that Gilman's tale of a woman's descent into madness is a story with d...

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... . At first glance and with the most shallowness of analysis it can be assumed that these women are "bad women ", especially when set up against the woman of "The Clerk's Tale " whose submissiveness was often celebrated and elevated as something all women should strive to emulate. The standard set to consider the "goodness " of a woman in this time period, then, must ... looks at Noah's wife in "Noah's Flood ", one cannot help but observe her initial defiance and write her off as an opposition to the ideal woman. Similar to the biblical tale of the ark of Noah, God has, with much detail, ...

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... those times. However, after reading The Plantation Mistress, I have come to realize that the leisure status of the planter's lady is a fairy tale that I scooped up. Darn that Hollywood. Hollywood has also portrayed the plantation mistress as a romantic fairy tale. However, Clinton dispels this by using correspondence from women of the time, and summarizing the dilemmas and problems faced by these ladies ... ...

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... and thus be a "home for fallen women would be another total world for him to control. Here he could create and run everything according to his rules." (Hartley 39) The fallen woman shows defiance by making the transition from the private and feminine space to the public and masculine space. The punishment of death is Tennyson's stern warning to ... ...

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... society, it has been argued that the role of Muslim women became one of "passivity and submissiveness comparable to that already imposed on contemporary Jewish and Christian women."39 Moreover, Spellberg states that independence and vitality, the defining characteristics found in women of the first Muslim society, "were inexorably eradicated by Islamic norms."40 'A'isha's political ... ...

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... are to give birth or have just given birth. The idea of having a set amount of time and percentage of income for everyone reflects Deborah Stone's idea of equity. (Stone 39) In a Utopian society, there would be complete equality and everyone would be able to take as much time off as they needed, but this is not always true. The problem ... ...

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Aphra Behn's genre-blending tale "Oroonoko" melds travel narrative with fictional biography to tell the story of Prince Oroonoko, "the royal slave. Although Behn writes of Oroonoko's honor as unique among men, her admiration for ... ...

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... 's death Emily continues to be oppressed by patriarchal convention when Colonel Sartoris, the town's mayor, tries to save Emily from embarrassment by remitting her taxes; "Colonel Sartoris invented an involved tale to the effect that Miss Emily's father had loaned money to the town, which the town, as a matter of business, preferred this way of repaying" (Faulkner 426). Not only does ... ...

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... honest. John Ruskin's lecture, in which he gives his views on how women should behave, (those who he considered to be the weaker sex), and the song which tells the tale, (with the use of irony) of how male dominance, money and selfishness can make an effect on a woman's good name and on her life, are just two examples of the ... ...

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Medea is an epic tale of a struggle between two characters, an opportunistic, deceitful man and a barbaric sorceress, opposed by gender and capabilities. As such, this play highlights the importance of Medea's character through interpretation of ... ...

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... coming of age (Nash 614). Plath expresses her longing for escape from the confinement and inevitable fate of being molded into an ideal woman through Esther's sad and heart-wrenching tale of the bell jar enclosing her. The Bell Jar is set during a six month period in 1953, beginning with Esther's brief stay in New York while working as a guest editor ... ...

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"Hills Like White Elephants," written by Ernest Hemingway, is a captivating fictional story that is filled with hidden messages, themes, and symbolism. Hemingway's short story dates back to almost ninety years ago, initially appearing in a collection titled "Men Without Women" in 1927. In "Hills Like White Elephants," the reader finds ... theme of how man and woman relate to one another is an ongoing theme is much of Hemingway's work, including "Hills Like White Elephants." The majority of Hemingway's short stories overly demonstrate masculinity, but "Hills Like White Elephants" displays a m...

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... a concise bulleted list of its five-year plan to increase opportunities for women. In the blue box to the right of the page, under the title "Mexico", is a short sentence about the number of female associates at Walmart Mexico who completed its Taking the Stage program. In another blue box in the center middle of the page, under the ... the page, in two pale blue boxes, showcase two women in its Women's Economic Empowerment Initiative program. Each box has photo of the woman, her name, her job title, and short story on how she benefited from the program. On the very bottom of the page, ...

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... on the anthropomorphic transformation of the wallpaper as it parallels her own creative, yet mentally unstable metamorphosis while under the steady authoritarian control of her husband. The narrator of the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" moves to the countryside for relaxation to cure a bout of "temporary nervous depression" (Gilman, 302). Her husband John is a highly regarded " ... at last and I've pulled off most of the paper, so you can't put me back!" (Gilman, 313). Male authority figures dominate the life of the narrator in the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte...

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... Di Prima presents feminism through the use of her female character living out the unique, atypical female life of a bachelor in her autobiographical short story "Dinners and Nightmares" and "What I Ate Where". The uniquely styled short story primarily focuses on a woman living in what seems to be a one-bedroom apartment, jumping from job to job, eating anything she ... ...

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... Laura Kaplan wrote The Story of Jane, a compellation of personal stories, including her own, about Jane, an underground abortion counseling service during the late 1960s and early 1970s. After reading a short excerpt from it, I feel that Laura makes a strong, effective argument that persuades the audience abortions should be placed in the hands of the woman. Her points were very clear and ... presented with one side of the story. A reader with different beliefs might disagree with her opinion and find this article very lacking and unconvincing. On page 479, Kaplan does provide a short p...

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