... , economics, politics and cultural studies" [Goo03]. Wendy Wasserstein, the author of The Heidi Chronicles, draws attention to another feminist issue: the "[] lack of respect for women's voices" [Goo03]. The main character of the play, Dr Heidi Holland, a savant art history professor at Columbia University, discusses the paintings of great female artists like Sofonisba Anguissola, Clara Peeters, Lily Martin Spencer with her ... that even if they shed blood, sweat, and tears for a career, certain dilemmas didn't go away – namely, how to balance the part of themselves that was active in ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... having to watch and be careful about their dress (i.e. cover up otherwise you'll invite leers and harrassment). Without having to watch what they say for fear of offending people's cultural sensibilities (which are created by males anyway i.e. supposedly for the female gender's own good... but it is for the excuse that men ' ... and the heat/stress/pressure imposed upon them by the male-dominated culture, social expectations and lifestyle. She wins a victory for women in this issue of 'having the right to exist' and also the issue of sexuality and women's bodies - that we own our bodies ...

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• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

... ideal woman within her nineteenth-century English context. Commonly regarded as a realist writer in her accurate portrayal of everyday, Regency era life, Austen was moreover "one of the great formative and founding influences on how we think about 'England' and 'Englishness,' as well as class, ideology and gender issues."2 Her novels raise central matters ... personal values, Elizabeth informs her that "I am not to be intimidated by anything so wholly unreasonable" (337). Likewise, Elizabeth's lack of shame and self-pity at her upbringing and education defy social expectations...

• Word Count: 5516
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... between the characters of the narrative themselves. The final look is what primarily concerns this essay as all of the films contain an awareness of the elements of objectification and scopophilia either in the characters themselves or through subtext. She subtly bemoans these tendencies and offers hopes to "[transcend] outworn or oppressive forms, or [dare] to break with normal pleasurable expectations in order ... gaze, and this movie (by introducing her to us through the medium of television) allows us to viewers to observe ourselves facilitating this process. After moving into a new ...

• Word Count: 4301
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate