... mold of "femininity", simply because she happened to be on the receiving end of a series of unfortunate events. Manley's text then, highlights not only the paradox surrounding the importance given to sexual chastity, but also underlines the foolishness of leaving women at the mercy of the often questionable chivalric urges of men. Violenta's inopportune fall from grace then raises ... , she emerges as a spectacular avenger on her own behalf! Deciding that what was good for the goose would be fair game for the gander, Violenta avenges her honor according to classic heroic codes: by taking...

• Word Count: 1986
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Graduate

... down and oppressed women's rights in the sixties. Women's rights and individualism were completely ignored in this text and feminists would perhaps view the text as being nothing more than a classic example of how destructive patriarchy was to women's rights in the 60's. The contemporary feminist reader, looking from 2002 would consider this expository text an outrage, "women give and men ... ...

• Word Count: 676
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Graduate

... , as well as its amendment from its predecessor, the Equality Act, dealt with the back and forth inclusion and exclusion of "gender identity." Bender-Baird made clear the far-reaching importance of state and local nondiscrimination laws and individual workplace policies for employee protection as these laws cover most of the transgender community's civil rights. The discussion of these laws provided ... , half of the participants claimed to be successful in their workplaces. A section of the book entitled the "I'm Lucky" Phenomenon reported positive experiences of transgender worker...

• Word Count: 1525
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Graduate

... . Thus the emergence of figures such as the mother of Michael Brown and Pauline Pearce – black women who are urging peaceful solutions to the crisis – becomes of intersectional importance because it demonstrates the complex inter-space between the simple dichotomy formed in the discourse on the riots. Rather than slipping through this gap, in the case of London and ... ...

• Word Count: 1528
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... a woman should marry to either preserve or advance social ties and familial goals, not to gratify her own romantic or sexual needs or desires. Egeus is so insistent about the importance of maintaining the dominant gender paradigm that he entreats Theseus to use the full weight and penalty of the law to punish his daughter if she does not obey, even ... ...

• Word Count: 2208
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... (MacLean & Kurczewzki 1994) at the expense of patriarchal privilege. Crucially, whilst the law has become aware of the potential for the exploitation of family members and in acting underlines the importance of public attitudes and legislation in maintaining gender inequalities and differential relationships; the reform approach cannot be seen as an open acknowledgement that socialisation patterns and family arrangements are male ... ...

• Word Count: 2689
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate