... as ideal', but also can be seen as sexist and derogatory from alternative perspectives. A feminist reading of The Tempest would interpret the representation of gender within the play as both sexist and as a depiction of the inferiority of women. Being a Shakespearean play, the play is written from a ... "my rich gift- and as a "prize, honour you- that Prospero "tenders to thy hand-. It is even mentioned that Ferdinand "stood the test- in obtaining Miranda's hand in marriage, for which she is the prize. The fact that women were seen as possessions, rather than as humans, ... the play is...

• Word Count: 1829
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... different our ideals of beauty would be. Gail Dines writes in the chapter "Visible or Invisible: Growing Up Female in Porn Culture" used in the book Composing Gender by Rachael Groner and John F. O'Hara that women have went from the Stepford Wife to the Stepford Slut. Dines states, "a hypersexualized, young, thin toned, hairless ... all to men. Women are given "soft" topics. That is almost insulting to me. As if I got put in a lower class for failing one test. It makes you feel dumb. That is where it is the woman's fault for letting men think that they have all the power. I know women cou...

• Word Count: 2465
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... studies to show an inverse relationship, showing that a greater availability of sexually explicit material seems to correlate not with greater rates of sexual violence, but, rather, with higher indices of gender equality (Strossen 1995b). Strossen, along with other anti-censors, like to focus on the positive aspects of porn that they believe to exist. Strossen views sex instruction books, like The ... harm, and adversely affects attitudes towards women. In order to determine exploitation of sex, the courts created a "community standard of tolerance- test, to see not what Canadians would...

• Word Count: 2327
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... and 3 republicans took the survey the rest are unknown. Each of the participants completed a survey of 10 questions; 4 qualitative questions and 6 quantitative. Each participant was asked to write their age, gender and political affiliation at the top of each survey, no names were included. People seemed very open and willing to express their issue on the subject. I distributed my survey in ... it if legal 10 stated that the reason they don't smoke is not because they don't enjoy it but because they're scared of losing their jobs due to a drug test, if marijuana was made legal however t...

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... high school, Kesey enrolled in the University of Oregon. He won a fellowship to a creative writing program at Stanford University- (Leeds 3). While he was there, Kesey became a volunteer in a program to test the effects of new drugs at the local Veteran's Administration hospital. During this time, he discovered LSD and became interested in studying alternative methods of perception. He soon took a job ... and out into the real world, and were very apparent in areas like education and politics. In One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Kesey uses the reversal of these stereotypical gender role...

• Word Count: 1891
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As much as our society has become involved in the advancement of feminism and the equality of the sexes, there is one fact that neither gender can ignore; none can survive without the other. Love and the want of a soul mate keeps each member of man and womankind in constant search of the perfect person with ... in a relation is fear; fear of inferiority, fear of humiliation, and fear that they may lose the other person's respect. Phaedrus soon builds on this point by stating that a true test of one's love for their mate is the value of their life. Comparisons between the fates of Achilles an...

• Word Count: 2004
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School