... we will not be able to reverse the unpredictable outcome. In the on-line magazine Slate, Eve Gerber writes, "The definition of a hate crime varies. Twenty-one states include mental and physical disability in their lists. Twenty-two states include sexual orientation. Three states and the ... persists in treating crimes committed against women less seriously than comparable crimes against men." Current law limits the potential for federal prosecutions of hate crimes, even when the crime is particularly abhorrent. Federal authorities cannot act on cases involving death or serious bodily inju...

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... we will not be able to reverse the unpredictable outcome. In the on-line magazine Slate, Eve Gerber writes, "The definition of a hate crime varies. Twenty-one states include mental and physical disability in their lists. Twenty-two states include sexual orientation. Three states and the ... persists in treating crimes committed against women less seriously than comparable crimes against men." Current law limits the potential for federal prosecutions of hate crimes, even when the crime is particularly abhorrent. Federal authorities cannot act on cases involving death or serious bodily inju...

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The song "Same Love," by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, discusses the struggles of being gay and coming out of the "closet." Its starts with a newborn named Ben, who is raised in a very masculine ... . "A culture founded from oppression Yet we don't have acceptance for 'em Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it.... It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment The same fight that led people to walk outs and sit-ins ... ...

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... them power over men's hearts (and loins). The poetry of Bernart de Ventadorn both praised and despised women for their beauty and power. Courtly love gave birth to chivalry but it also gave birth to the tradition of putting women on an inaccessible pedestal that they would perch on, unable to ... white, a beautiful mouth, a well-set nose ,"" (Anderson and Zinsser, 311). For one of the first times in this period women were worthy of something "love. A woman's beauty and virtue combined made her something men strived for; her qualities made her something men wanted not just because she cou...

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... women. His brother, Bagel, is another male in the story whose masculinity has been stripped down too. In comparison to Louie's other Pangs of Love short story Birthday, it also portrait the same stereotypes that Asian American man faces. According to Sarkar, Wallace Wong in "Birthday" reveals to the ... brief history of how Asian males are portrait by the white society, the image of Asian males can be better understood through these two short stories. According to Kingston, the stereotype that is placed on the Asian male reveals their emasculation. The white American society has control...

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... and passed down in order to keep people entertained and amused. In the past, before television and radio were invented, telling stories and myths was a form of entertainment, which never seemed to have disappeared. Now, in the present, these stories and myths are being presented on television to entertain the audience. Many tales and myths are presented in all different cultures of ... what they consider to be frightening. In general children view monsters, ghosts and creatures to be fear provoking. Adults however, may view things such as rape, brutal murders and news stories to be dist...

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... children values and beliefs that they should formulate for themselves. To watch television, one does not have to actively think. Information is presented and the viewer passively processes it. I would hate to see humanity become a species of unthinking, technology-dependent animals. Trust me, I know a few of them already and it's not a pretty picture. We cannot discount the evidence that these studies ... ...

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... Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, and Carl Jung, who are all considered psychologists rather than philosophers. However, they present multitudes of information regarding the disadvantages of women when it comes to love and marriage. The basis of Freud's argument comes from the Oedipal complex. Freud argues that in order to develop one's sexuality in a normal fashion one must join one's Affectionate ... Consequently, they dedicate their lives to "getting a man,"" and will do practically anything in order to achieve this goal. Therefore, it is not difficult to grasp a woman's understandi...

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... as a repressor of drive and determination, but also eventually causes lies and deception in a much less sinister fashion. The idea of love in both instances is represented by the female characters involved, with the male characters falling victim and carrying out the consequences of romantic alliances ... bring about destruction and chaos is largely linked to Shakespeare's portrayal of men as the only active physical aggressors in both Macbeth and Love's Labour's. In Love Labour's, almost all of the dominant males are prominent, powerful figures, with the King of Navarre and three lords...

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... because of sonnets like 116 and 20. One reason for this common misconception is the flowery diction which often makes little distinction between amorous love and platonic friendship of people of the same gender. Careful reading and separation of current societal values will show that it is beyond those ... on tempests and is never shaken; / It is the star to every wandering bark, / Whose worth unknown, although his height be taken." Shakespeare's love for the poem's subject is as fixed as the North Star in the sky above. It is oblivious to other's opinions and is "never shaken." ... ...

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... contradicts his peers with the speech by treating heterosexuality at the same level as homosexuality, arguing that both are predestined. It is a great view of Love that Aristophanes presented to us, that all of us were slashed in half by gods since the beginning of human history, for attacking and defying ... of us, then, is a "matching half" of a human whole, that is bonded and guided by Love to find our second matching half. It is perfectly accepted having males seek Love with females; if no Love is found having males interacting with the females, so that by the mutual embraces of man ...

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... on behalf of their women while the women have basically no say in where their lives will lead. The lives of the women in Shakespeare in love seemed to be more or less completely controlled by the influence of the males around them. In many instances we see that life altering decisions about ... through with the marriage sealed her fate as the wife of Lord Wessex and travels to America to live with him there. The film Shakespeare in love shows us the dominant role of males in Elizabethan society and how women of all classes have very little control over their lives. Despite viola's quic...

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Dare to Love While standing in the check out line at the grocery store many of us have often seen a magazine on the rack that usually has a very attractive, scantily clad young ... She has found a man who is the sexual object that she will now use and enjoy. The text is a 26 point Times New Roman-type font that reads DARE TO LOVE in a deep gold color; the only color in the ad. In the bottom, left corner there is a small picture of three pieces of jewelry that one would assume is ... suggestive image, give a powerful invitation for women to explore their daring, risky sides and break out of ...

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... In his July 27, 2001 article from The Washington Post called "What's Love Got to Do With It?" William Raspberry expresses his concerns to a survey report he reads about college students" promiscuity. Raspberry's article includes comparison between dating in his youth and dating ... ...

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... Gina Prince-Blythewood directed Love & Basketball with little experience at all. Having come from UCLA, where she ran track competitively, Prince-Blythewood had all the means possible to relate to this story. Since age seven, ... ...

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... , and the chatterbox were vilified in the fabliaux" (Three 67). Females are portrayed in the Fabliaux as having certain distinct characteristics. In "Sir Hate and Lady Hateful", "The Chevalier Who Made Cunts Talk", and "The Miller's Prologue and Tale" medieval women are portrayed in similar ways. Women ... speak in the medieval era. This is not present in certain fabliaux and medieval stories because in these stories you have the most loosed-tongue women of the entire history or woman-kind. "Sir Hate and Lady Hateful" portrayed a woman that extremely overstepped her boundaries of feminin...

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... Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, the women were very different from what they are today. The only thing these stories have in common is that the era or ambiences of these stories are very dark and full of problems for women. One of these problems was that men have the power of command ... in catastrophe or even in death penalty. At this era women, not minion the problems with new power, their feminine touch and their love always pondered the hate and power of men. Women have the power and touch of easing the power and showing men how to care and ... in the new fairy tales. A p...

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... to marry again & fulfill their personal requests. Chaucer also introduced the concept that women demand that men respect their wishes & unique insight. The Wife also claims that she wants a love that she cannot have. "Faced with coyness we bring out all our wares; a great crowd at the market wares expensive, and what is too cheap is held to ... themselves more interesting. The Wife argues that women do not like their flaws pointed out to them. "I hate that man who tells me my vices" (Prologue ln. 662). She does not care about her husband's proverbs or misogynistic stories, nor would she...

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... and there will be a celebration in heaven." Aren't Christians taught to accept and love all people, know matter who they are or their personal preference? Teaching to be against homosexuality is another way of teaching hate and discrimination. It's also hypocritical. This is America, the place where people should ... has a severed spinal cord and is paralyzed for life. Dan is just one of thousands of gay men and lesbians who fall victim to hate crimes each year. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has a record of 7,031 incidents nationally during 1989 ranging from harassment to homic...

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... these books vary greatly and I did not want to begin altering my views on each so that they would fit into certain contrived connections. What interests me most in these stories is how the authors utilize certain character's within their given environment. Their instincts and reactions are a wonderful window into how the authors perceive thesepeople? would interact with their surroundings and ... the jock/bully role perfectly and Bloor amplifies this by using Paul's voice in his writing. Paul deems Erik's goals asThe Erik Fisher Football Dream? and even comments on his love life. I gues...

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... a homosexual male its not even considered a "Black Thang", but more like a European American Infection that is destroying the African American community. African American males have be brought up to have a love for their families and strength in their community and the source of history which to build a foundation on. However, the fear of losing their family and facing the wrath of ... few of African American gay males are willing to take so most African American gay men will chose the obvious one, the common one, to continue to be invisible and hate it, but the only way to over come th...

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... . While on the surface this may sound like a good idea, in truth it is a major problem with the criminal justice system in America. Hate crime laws can take away our Constitutional equality. They make the crime against someone of a different race, sexual orientation, or gender more serious than ... up nicely: "Justice is not served when some individuals are treated differently than others for the same crime." A second argument against the passing of hate crime laws is that instead of punishing the crime itself, it punishes the thought behind the crime. Clyde Haberman, who is a columnist...

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... to expose these gender injustices to the public eye and hopes that in due time, would reach a meaningful concurrence for political officials to consider. The book also covers authentic stories that happened within the last decades, which is relevant enough to be included in the provision and formation of sexual diversity politics. A conspicuous firmness about Bender-Baird's book ... were only enacted within the American borders, signify that even in the most advanced and educated countries, people who do not conform with gender norms are severely susceptible to hate, exclusion, and bia...

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... and she refuses. In turn he terminates her employment, ""you will be paid up to here," he said. "We"ll mail you the check." If I took the sword, which my hate must surely have forged out of the air, and gutted him, I would put color and wrinkles into his shirt" (Kingston 49). By using her story telling to illustrate what she ... on my skin." (Kingston53) She talks of the "words at our back" meaning that she has this whole superstructure against her and that her only revenge is to make these stories up that help to reveal what she wants to do to her boss and how the ideology of gender ro...

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... to them. I have chosen to deconstruct Cinderella and Snow White as I have found them to be sexist and to be portraying women in a subordinate light, which oppresses them. Both stories perpetuate stereotypical thoughts on the "ideal virtues- of women. They are shown naturally beautiful, vulnerable, passive and obedient. "These tales teach us our little girls that the only way for ... cries. Then, with the help of magical force, she acquires beautiful clothing, jewellery and transportation to the ball. Here, the prince is mesmerized by her beauty and falls in love. He decides to marry her a...

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