... 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 administered also listed the 58 adjectives, in the same order, and subjects were asked to rate each word according to its gender connotation. ... female participants suggested. Overall, frequently applied words with feminine connotations were rated as "good." Significant results were not obtained on an overall evaluation among the weak/strong and passive/a...

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Introduction A. Reasons for Undertaking Research. Today, during these democratic transformations, women are becoming more active in many spheres and trying to compete with men and take their rightful place in a new society. ... possible job loss 5.6 18.1 71.8 5.5 Job placement opportunities 5.8 16.2 74.8 11.9 Out of the 130 respondents, only slightly more than 6% are members or active participants of public or political associations. And about 80% of those who participate in political associations are men. Political parties and socio-political associations placed last. Only 10,7 ... a resul...

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... amount of power in film and their women are either glamorized or tamed. Since "the male figure cannot bear the burden of sexual objectification"3 they are given an active power over the screen while women remain a passive image. At the end of her essay Mulvey establishes three 'looks' in which this scopophilic dialectic can take place: between the ... 's lifestyle, essentially prostituting her as he is paying her for her sex. This adheres to Mulvey's classic construction of male dominance and women submitting to their sexual superiority along with active and passive roles. Susana, m...

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... 's upbringing" (gender role in Medicine Section). Also, the modern gender roles could be described by giving women more emancipation through making many opportunities for them. Women are to be an active member in the society by giving them more space, such as to be a manager of a company and to be a candidate in the election, and have the power in different fields ... dual-earner couples" (p. 18). In other words, the parents who are a part of the society are more excelled in their lives and that could lead to make the society more active. According to Himsel and Goldberg (2003), who are ...

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... also on Saturday morning cartoons. So children are constantly exposed to these negative stereotypes. A study of Saturday morning cartoons showed that women were shown less often than males, were less active, played fewer roles, and worked primarily in the household (Streicher, 1974). Though this study was conducted over 25 years ago, no large change is evident. More recent studies have shown ... affects boys over girls because boys represent 53 percent of the Saturday viewing audience (Beckon, 3). Commercials also for children's programs seem to have boys shown more frequently and in mo...

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... actions. The fact that it is the male characters in both plays that ultimately bring about destruction and chaos is largely linked to Shakespeare's portrayal of men as the only active physical aggressors in both Macbeth and Love's Labour's. In Love Labour's, almost all of the dominant males are prominent, powerful figures, with the King of Navarre and three lords, Biron ... romances occurring between the male protagonists and the objects of their affection. In the courting process of the Princess, Katherine, Maria, Rosaline, and Jacquenetta, the male suitors are acting as active pursuer...

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... appropriate accommodation between A) his strong belief in the spiritual equality of women and men (Galatians 3:28) and the way that it enables women to almost transcend cultural limitations and become active, speaking messengers of Jesus , and B) the way Paul and his peers were brought up to view women in his strongly legalistic Jewish training and how he sees women and men ... matters was not considered necessary or appropriate "the Jews regarded it as a sin to teach women . Yet Paul argues that women should be permitted the freedom to take an active role in their own spiritual educati...

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... free of any sexual aggression. Their primary role in society was to be a homemaker. She was completely isolated from public life, which was primarily a man's domain. While the men were active participants in social life, women were not to participate in any kind of social life since there was a belief that it would taint their pure virtue (Lawrence 281). This idea ... ...

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... such accuracy. As the author, Cisneros, "sits inside the mind of the hero[ine] . . . and looks at the other characters from the outside," while the heroine, Esperanza "plays a very small active part; [s]he sees the actions and suffering of other people pass before [her] like a spectator" (Freud, Day-Dreaming 149-150). These vignettes offer the reader a glimpse of the roles of ... ...

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... to great lengths to maintain their patriarchal power, through battle, manipulation and even the law. Egeus comes to the sole conclusion that Hermia's decision to reject Demetrius is insupportable. Since active decision making seems to be the prerogative of the male sex, he resorts to "taking Hermia to the literal and symbolic seat of the highest authority of the land ... ...

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When one thinks of traditional gender stereotypes, women are often thought of as submissive, passive, dependent, and gentle, and men as dominant, active and decisive. Through these gender roles are being challenged today, these characteristics have been seen as the appropriate gender identities for centuries. Examining the portrayal of women and men in ... ...

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... . This image is sometimes so out of skew and so hard to achieve that it pits the genders to have to constantly groom themselves to look young and constantly stay active just to appear to others to be what society expects you to be. By having such rigid and specific traits to mirror in a potential ad, it drastically reduces the number ... ...

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... wholeheartedly dismiss this Sunni defense and condemn 'A'isha as a serious political player who desired to become caliph herself.19 Shi'i author Ibn Shahrashub depicts 'A'isha as an "active, determined, and independent political persona" who is "fully responsible and culpable for her actions at the Battle of the Camel."20 Shi'i polemic ascribes 'A'isha's motivation ... ...

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... the physique they want. Advertising also causes over consumption, as most women do not realize that these bars contain a lot of sugar and an over consumption of them without an active lifestyle can lead to weight gain and cause health issues. The ideologies this ad displays to women, signifies that that they need to be slim to be beautiful which is ... ...

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... intended audience in an obvious visual with the use of the woman as a character. The woman is shown to be stretching, illustrating that she is probably about to do something active, which relates perfectly to what the company is trying to sell, women's athletic apparel. The woman is obviously athletic and may possibly even be a professional athlete bringing in more admirers ... ...

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... simply cannot withstand the urge to be with this man. In both instances, the woman is made out to seem uncontrollable to even herself. The man, as Jhally agrees, is "active, alert, and ready to respond to or to initiate action"" (Jhally 8). Comparing the message sent to men with the message sent to women, the realization that both indulge the male ... ...

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... stereotypes and feelings of inferiority regarding age, body image, and sexual appeal. Advertisements do their best to associate the thin trend with images of women that can be perceived as active, wearing fashion forward clothing, or even just by using adjectives like healthy, happy, popular, desirable, and so on. For example, a teenage girl flipping through the pages of Glamour magazine would ... ...

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... was of great interest to me particularly because of a time frame in which the story took place - the first half of the twentieth century. It was not only a period of active introduction of such political ideas as world social revolution and communism in Russia, and Nazism in Germany, it was also a stage when even in the western world women did not ... ...

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... kitchen and bring up children, which is why those countries are economically struggling. For a nation to succeed, the men and women have to join hands to create a workforce twice as active. The achievement of full equality between the sexes is essential to human progress and the transformation of society. Inequality restricts not only the advancement of women but the progress of ... ...

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... it gathered help bring women's issues on to the table. The women of Paris traditionally had been very involved in street politics, especially if the issue centered on subsistence. These active Parisian's expressed their opinions and channeled their energies through petitions and demonstrations. In towns and cities, in particular Paris, women were the prime movers behind disturbances at the marketplace, some ... ...

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Motherhood: The Last Alternative for Heidi The feminist movement has played a major role in the accomplishment of many benefits regarding women's situation in society. For example, nowadays they are active members of the economy of many nations and have privileged positions in governmental institutions. Tired of being defined by men, feminists demanded, among other issues, being defined for what they ... ...

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... exists in workplaces. Let's look at the research made by Dr. Anara Tabyshalieva in Central Asian Region: Women's leadership Although many think that women in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are more active in political life, compared with other Central Asian countries, top political posts are still unavailable to women. In all Central Asian states a male-dominated upper echelon do not hear the ... ...

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... . These women were confident, ambitious and determined not only to succeed, but to outdo their male counterparts. According to a "Woman's Forum" database, sixty-percent of women in North America are active in the workforce today. This fact alone represents the vast change that has occurred in the role of women in our society. Although feminism still exists, at large, the goal ... ...

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... be classified as just good wives or strumpets. Emilia's nonconformist acts are a sign of true feminism in Shakespeare. Emilia's actions toward her husband and comments at Desdemona's actions show her active role in the play. Her unwillingness to be owned by anyone and more importantly any man, emphasize her role as the contrast to the binary view society holds of women ... ...

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... . But while she was young, Sarah also opened and operated a school, teaching for seven years until her marriage to David Hale in 1813. David was a model husband and father and active participant in his community. He and Sarah had five children together before his sudden death in 1822. Being widowed at thirty-four proved to be the shaping event of Sarah ... ...

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