... . This portrayal of women offering sexual favours with career advancement opportunities as the return favours was also displayed in "The Associate". No, Whoopi did not offer sex in return for promotion but Bebe Neuwirth, the shamelessly aggressive Camille who uses her feminine wiles to get ahead on Wall Street. Working for ... As unfortunate as this is, it is the way it is. Although running her own successful real estate firm, Carolyn Burnham was always second best to Buddy Kane. He had many employees working for him, selling his houses, building his reputation. Carolyn was all on her own...

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Theorist William Rathbone Greg best summaries the feelings of the Victorian age towards fallen women: "If the passions of woman were ready, strong, and spontaneous, in ... the woman into a horrible specter." (D'Amico 69) The fallen woman came under stigmatization as a danger to the concept of womanhood. Sexuality for a woman was not only condemned and stifled outside marriage but within it. The expectations of women were to be asexual and display a bigger measure of maternal instinct (Gilmour 44). Consequently ... that has challenged the ideal Victorian view of womanhood. Tennyson consistent...

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... national development. This policy means that provide guidance and direction in all planning and implementation of national development program. The policy also ensure the interest and participation of women is not neglected, as good as target groups nor as agents of modern development community. The formulation of this policy is to clarify the government's seriousness towards helping women's participation in the ... the various fields of the life in general showed that the position of women lower than men's position. This situation experienced by women around the world because the relati...

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... to lead to sustained declines in fertility because of various reasons. The period of pregnancy significantly raises the opportunity cost of having children among employed women, especially those who are not in high level executive positions. A study conducted by the The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 1995 among 30 pregnant women who had permanent pensionable employment in large ... were unwilling to accept or share domestic responsibilities. Caring for a child that has traditionally been a mother's chief duty required sharing with the father since the modern work...

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... 't think of an idea good enough for that film he was talking about making. "So you're a hack again," Tibor says cheerfully. He's not criticizing George, he hastens to add; he admires him for realizing the limitations of his own ideas. "Better to remain silent than add to the cultural ... Sarah--now dressed and with piano accompaniment--begins rehearsing a sultry version of "Summertime." "You must understand," Tibor begins, "that before the incident, she was not the woman she is today..." Maria and her husband were a working-class couple, on what was for them a very extravagant vacation, b...

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... depiction from what is transmitted through the canonical gospels. First, Mary Magdalene is explicitly a part Jesus' inner circle. Second, Mary is described as " first among the apostles" not for being the first witness to Jesus' resurrection, but first in the sense that she alone understood Jesus' teachings completely. Third, she was Jesus' "beloved disciple," " ... 's wives to stay in their homes." This is the reason why, as noted previously, speculation about whether 'A'isha's participation in the Battle of the Camel was deliberate or not is so ardently debated. Shi'i Muslims, ...

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... (1993), Amores Perros (2000), and El Yuma (2012), seem to show the transition of cinema into an era where female roles are not subjected to such phallocentric notions. From a tertiary level the female characters seem to gain more respect and authority as the years progress, but ... degrees, contain a self-referenciality to and awareness of the concept of scopophilia and subjection to the male gaze in cinema itself. This does not conclude that these narratives are free from these misogynistic biases, rather that they are just aware of them and reference them to certain degrees ... voyeur...

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... a sort of kami herself (106). Women weren't really considered outsiders until the Tokugawa period. This being the warrior ruled time in Japan it's not hard to believe that during the Tokugawa period women were slipping through the cracks of a testosterone-fueled society. It is during this period in Japan ... food on a separate heat source when menstruating and a newborn girl must wait one day longer to enter a shrine then a newborn boy. Women themselves are not permitted in a Shinto shrine during their menstruation. These taboos are what give men the opportunity to control most of the re...

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... character of the woman cannot be predicted. Sexuality in medieval literature restricts the male character, but allows the female character the freedom that is not recognized in real medieval society. In other words, people don't seem to give the female enough credit because it is the different aspects ... typical character roles in literature, there is no set role for the women in medieval literature. Of course the man has a set role, but not the woman. She can be portrayed as tricky and conniving, like in "The Knight Who Could Make Cunts Speak", or graceful and heroic like ... be a goo...

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... audience of women, but she is acutely conscious...of being overheard by men (p.169)." This is the main obstacle Rich is striving against: writing not from within one's self, but from within the compulsory borders of a patriarchal society. The female writer cannot form an independent identity while conforming ... anachronistically free in her own writings. But Dickinson's works were "edited" by her family after her death; the freedom in her work would not be evident for nearly 100 years. The work that did make it into mainstream publication was "undistinguished [in its] language...remarkab...

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... His Coy Mistress" are taken from Perrine's Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry Tenth Edition, copyright 2001, Harcourt College Publishers, Toronto.) One needs not look deep into the text to find the first of many sexual connotations peppered throughout the piece. While the flea does suck from its victims, this ... Here, the speaker furthers his campaign, claiming that if blood can mix, as it does in sex, through such a miniscule flea, then sexual acts could not possibly present any more wrongdoing than to have been bit by a flea. His sexual/phallic imagery continues with the mentio...

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... of Rebecca's boat; luckily the coroner delivers a report of suicide, rather than murder. But soon Rebecca's cousin Favell, certain that Rebecca did not kill herself, accuses Maxim of the crime. The local magistrate, Colonel Julyan, investigates, and finds that on the day of her death, Rebecca ... people they both know. They have recently been through a period of great suffering, connected to the destruction of Manderley, but the heroine does not reveal the nature of their predicament. Pieces of a vanished life float vaguely about: the heroine misses her dog, Jasper, and remembers how ... ...

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... their ancestors. The see that their writings can be identified with what the unknown African-American women of the past longed to say but they did not have the freedom to do so. They both admire many literary greats such as Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, and Jane Austen, but they appreciate these ... Walker states that: Therefore we must pull out of ourselves and look at and identify with our lives the living creativity some of our great-grandmothers were not allowed to know. I stress some of them because it is well-known that the majority of our great-grandmothers knew without even "k...

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... have their best interest at heart. Women were encouraged to support the Revolution by assuming the duties associated with being a good Frenchwomen, not by forming legions or social clubs that argued for equal rights. An aristocratic women's duty was to live simply and modestly, abjuring ... 1791 and 1793 were written (1). At no stage were women included with in the definitions of citizenship. Women, like domestic servants, were not considered autonomous human beings; they were nature's 'passive' citizens, and their rights were rendered invisible in the constitutions. The most eloquent ....

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... dreamlike: "it was possible to say things you couldn't say anyhow else, things that needed an effort; possible to go much deeper. But not for her; not yet anyhow" (P. 188.) When Clarissa returns home to the small attic room she is secluded and lonely. She thinks of her experiences with Sally ... The others disappeared; there she was alone with Sally. And she felt that she had been given a present, wrapped up, and told just to keep it, not to look at it- a diamond, something infinitely precious, wrapped up, which, as they walked (up and down, up and down), she uncovered, or the ... World ...

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... living alone"(Our Friend Judith). But this label is a complete misinterpretation of the story's lead character. Judith is shown as a personality, whether deliberate or not, who gives her friends plenty to gossip about. A women who lets young American strangers occupy and destroy her flat; who retains and displays her old ... Riviera. Gayle Greene defines Lessing's story by stating, "Dorris Lessing's fiction is visionary and reversionary in getting us to see that our reality is not the whole of reality and to imagine an elsewhere (Gayle Greene page #20). The whole idea of the story revolve...

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... genders engage in listening behaviour. In Gender and Communication, Judy Pearson suggests that although no clear evidence suggests that one gender is a more superior listener than the other, men are not as capable of spontaneously perceiving emotional situations as women. (Pearson, 1985, p. 162) Simply, women are better able to recognize what type of emotional approach is needed in a specific ... mathematical problem solving, while girls are better at learning language and developing vocabularies. (However, this evidence only accounts for differences in brain development at an early age,...

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... product being sold (Zarchikoff, 2). By the 1990's women were still negatively advertised for cleaning products, groceries, and even the legendary minivan. Women were shown for attractiveness and figures, and not for intellect and personality. "Often shown in sexually compromising positions, and sexually submissive postures, with sexually connotative facial expressions" (Zarchikoff, 2). In all ad's women were shown as being passive ... endurance and performance, where women are depicted as attractive sex models (Witt, 2). Men are twice as likely to be shown as competent and being able to s...

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... complementing the classic Masculine Male. It is very easy for female readers (sensitive male readers at that) to despise such a man. Even modern liberal women who espouse gender equality may not appreciate men like Rob. It is one thing to be financially dependent, and another thing to become totally irresponsible. A relationship can be cluttered with many corollary concerns. Indeed, money is ... disillusionment. As mentioned, one may easily feel sympathetic towards Rob. Many people know what it's like to pour everything into a relationship, and lose everything in the end. Though this do...

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... expel Hermione, his idyllic life is pushed into disorder. The break between him and polixenes reveals profoundly that the masculine social order will not be operated without the participation of women. Hermione takes a crucial role in the development the plots. Shakespeare indicates his appreciation for Herminoe. ... , Paulina and the others who love her. Identified with all the feminine virtues, Hermione is unrealistic perfection. This kind of woman will not live in the real society. That is why she is designed to be an icon. She represents the ideal feminine image and acts ... jealou...

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... breed no worthy antagonists- (Boothe, 66). If one takes a deep look into Sylvia, numerous instances could have made her a heroine if there was not such a presupposition in the reader to believe that she was out to get everyone. At the very beginning of the play, Edith and Sylvia are discussing ... is a true friend. In many instances, critics may argue that Sylvia was self-absorbed or too much of a gossip. In reality, however, Sylvia may not have been able to deal with bad news about her friends. In A theory of Personality by George Kelly, we find that everyone deals with traumatic stres...

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... Shug Avery" (Walker 7). Celie finds warmth and protection when she is with Shug. The relationship gives support that then provides a defense against male violence. Shug encourages Celie not to give up on God. " What God for me? I ast. She say, Celie! Like she shock. He gave you life, good health, and a good ... a man-made, man-dominated society" (Blake). Celie never experiences true emotion and passion for another person sexually before Shug. Because of Shug, Celie not only finds love, she gains the confidence to stand up to Mr._____. Celie's recognition of her own beauty is the first ste...

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... different stance: "Fairytales portrayed a society in which women were as competent and active as men, at every age and in every class. Gretel, not Hansel, defeated the witch; and for every clever youngster son there was a youngster daughter equally resourceful. The contrast continued in maturity, when women ... the significant older male figures were either dumb macho giants or malevolent dwarfs." Many critics believe that fairytales that promote female resourcefulness would not be as successful as those that don't. Although the traditional Folk-Tales presented woman as strong and compet...

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... dreamlike: "it was possible to say things you couldn't say anyhow else, things that needed an effort; possible to go much deeper. But not for her; not yet anyhow" (P. 188.) When Clarissa returns home to the small attic room she is secluded and lonely. She thinks of her experiences with Sally ... The others disappeared; there she was alone with Sally. And she felt that she had been given a present, wrapped up, and told just to keep it, not to look at it- a diamond, something infinitely precious, wrapped up, which, as they walked (up and down, up and down), she uncovered, or the ... World ...

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... Orlando's poem The Oak Tree is completed and published. Orlando's journey to find life and love is an experience to discover him/herself. Not only being a fictional incarnation of Vita, Orlando is also the representation of human, who, obviously, include both male and female. His/her ... who are similar to Woolf's uprooting "Angles in the Home"-the traditional virtue of women. Here Woolf expresses her opinion that a woman should not be enchained by false traditions like subservience to man but that every individual should possess the strength to be obedient, chaste, scented, and exquisit...

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