... democracy can not be explained solely in terms of civil and political right. Feminists claim that the explanation of democracy must concern not only civil and political right, but also class, gender and race structures. Therefore, in terms of Eisenstein's argument that women's girl bodies determine democracy; free from violence and sexual abuse, free from malnutrition and environmental degradation, free to plan their own families, free to not have ... 's reproductive freedom may be understood in the broader context of patriarchal control of women by the "maternalization of the female bod...

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... families are developing much more joint conjugal roles and that there has been a large amount of equality between men and women. Young and Willmott also suggest that symmetrical families are opposite but sill similar stating that the husband and wife might still complete different task but there is still a fair division of roles and contribution around the house. Another aspect of the Symmetrical family is that the role ... paid employment still has the major responsibility for housework. There is no evidence that the domestic division of labour has been improved but there is evidence th...

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... there has been little disagreement that there are obvious differences between the sexes in regards to aggressive behaviour. Statistics comparing FBI reports of crime rates between males and females in 1981, show not only that significantly more men were arrested for criminal offences than women, but that the crimes committed by women tended to be crimes less associated with violent ... physiological responses to explain the differences, while nurture orientated theories argue the influence of society and constraints of social roles. Ethologists such as Eibl-Eibesfeldt (1989) argue that...

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... sports."1 It might seem to some that it's only fair to share school resources and scholarships equally amongst all sports; however any person with an ounce of logic and common sense can recognize why in this case equality is not the same as fairness. There are a multitude of reasons why men's sports deserve more money than women's sports, including the facts that they generate far ... more money than women's sports, there are many more male participants in college athletics, male sports programs sell much more sports memorabilia, and receive many more alumni donations. The most obvious r...

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... rights. (Barberet, 2010) In essence, feminist victimology concentrates on the social construction of gender, and heavily focuses upon "uncovering, assessing and responding to the victimisation of women and, in particular, men's violence against women" (Newburn, 2013, pp. 322). Subsequently, the field of feminist victimology includes women in what has traditionally been male-dominated research. It has ... shown that females are more likely to be the victims of certain types of crimes, such as domestic violence, sexual assault, and sexual harassment, and that the perpetrators of these crime...

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... other reasons put forward, for instance could it just be the fact that men are more likely because it is expected of them or because it is not frowned upon as it would be for a women, are they just playing out a part given to them and expected of them by society and culture? (Dunbar et al,199) This would be the reason given by social ... a very big influence on us when constructing our identities and also what paths we take in life, from career making decisions , personal relationships to child rearing and expectations of our futures. Many thought of as gender segregated jobs are though...

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... the events which followed. In both riots, gender and intersectional politics were both evident in the nature of the riots and in the discourse and language employed by rioters and the media. The process of gendering occurs when males and females are constructed as masculine and feminine through social norms and discourse. In the case of the August riots in London, a gendering process ... a voice calling for peace (Gorman, 2014). Butler (1994) has highlighted the inadequacy of models of femininity and masculinity which oppose social norms such as violence and peacekeeping. Feminist readi...

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... this Shakespearean society, it was men who held exclusively the official posts of authority and power, and men who kept the agency and influence to direct the outcome of events. Nevertheless, the careful reader notices a curious trend in many of Shakespeare's plays: many of Shakespeare's female characters exercise a rather great deal of delicate forms of power and influence, and often do so in unusual and even subversive ways that challenge ... this detail particularly interesting and important is that most women in Shakespeare's day did not work outside the home, particularly if they we...

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... acknowledgment that "an unused thing it is that a woman should give public council to men" , she confirms her sex, rather than challenges it, as Elizabeth declares her own "body but of a weak and feeble woman" , and doesn't defy gender hierarchy. Enhancing her "quiet magnanimity" Cleophila, while accusing her audience as "men who have forgotten all manely government" , demanding they "be ashamed" maintains their favour, alluding ... . From this perspective, one reads a monarch, Basilius, neglecting his kingdom in search of idle, almost womanish pursuits. His friend Philanax illuminates t...

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... 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 take- This quote would be seen to be very simplistic and narrow minded because of its hypocrisy in today's culture. Whilst taken from the sixties ... point of view, it would been seen as the truth to many women in that time who would regard it ... contrast a sixties male would see this text as a good foundation for a marriage with its cle...

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... a package from the train station, she is ambushed by a band of young boys, who maliciously harass her and have implied intentions of rape. The selection of this gang of boys illustrates that in our oppressive male society generations of men have been conditioned to see rape as a normal manifestation of male dominance. Composition has also been used within this scene by placing ... steady composure, her leather jacket and motorbike helmet. Her typical "biker" ensemble can be seen as a type of armor, offering her theoretical protection from the predatory nature of men within the town. Her c...

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... gender identity refers to one's anatomic sex as stated by (Bailey 2003). Having gained all this information it changed my perspective and how I view homosexuals. Prior to attending this class I was homophobic, where as a result of my value system and religious belief I engage in gay discrimination, but with all this in dept information on sexual orientation I can say I no ... longer hate gay people, because it is something most of them have no control over and they deserve to be treated equally as heterosexuals are treated. There are several theoretical perspectives that are associated w...

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... 's important that to be clear with what changes need to be made. Compared to the knowledge of the gay and lesbian community, most people are generally unaware of the discrimination and everyday struggles transgender men and women face. Society has stigmatized those in the transgender community, and while there are a handful of transgender men and women in the media, there hasn't been much public education in regards to curbing ignorance ... and intolerance. Written reports whose targeted audience is the general public differ in language against reports directed to the government ... ...

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... in public. Yet, the institution can only pursue its segregationist strategy because the individual patriarch subordinates the individual women daily. Walby's description of patriarchal structure looks powerful where there are fewer variables - e.g., when women and men seem to share the "privilege" of being exploited equally as a labour force working equal hours for equal pay in equal conditions (Haug, 1998). Haug (1998) cites research from ... approach cannot be seen as an open acknowledgement that socialisation patterns and family arrangements are male dominated (MacLean & Kurczewzki 1...

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... has always played a key roll in the originality and success in the literary arts for both men and women. Tradition in this case refers to the heritage of struggle and triumph that has characterized men and women's lives and their writings throughout history. For centuries there has been a struggle between men and woman in the literary community and this struggle has manifested itself in the fact that ... prior to the twentieth century women did not have much of a tradition ... to draw from, there would be no successful women writers. Furthermore, men who had the advantage of education,...

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... notion that males commit sexual offenses while females are the victims of such. The victims of sexual assault and misconduct have many resources available to them after an incident of harassment, which universities set up specifically for such reasons. The University of Southern California, for instance has a center for Women and Men. Although the language is organized in such a way that prefers women to sexual assault, the ... center is available to both genders and therefore implies that harassment occurs to both sexes. Northwestern University, ... female initiated the sex, the fact...

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... contradictory foundation upon which 18th-century concepts of femininity and female sexuality were based. The text presents a society in which the stringent regulations of femininity and sexual chastity were upheld, and in so doing, traces the logical consequence of a belief in and implementation of arbitrary societal constructs that at their very foundation are contrary and illogical: the creation of heroines driven to extreme acts of violence that must be considered heroic ... the importance given to sexual chastity, but also underlines the foolishness of leaving women at the mercy of ...

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... considered the age parameters, sexual orientation, type of occupation, and income levels of the participants – one of the many strengths of this book, which notably removes a considerable amount of information bias. The author's sensitivity about the definition of terms regarding transgenders entails her meaning precision and phraseological consistency. All five chapters of the book focus mainly on transgender issues, with minor and considerate glances on controversies affecting the LGBTQ spectrum ... her arguments from the transgender's perspectives towards a careful deliberation o...

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