His identity throughout the older stories is largely a mystery. ... Once Upon a Time gave Rumpelstiltskin an identity he had never had before. ... His identity has become the nameless characters in all the other fairy tales. ... Especially in Once Upon a Time where he is given an identity. The funny thing is Rumpelstiltskin seems to have agency in the story and we seem to understand him even without a name, or an identity. ...

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Edna discovers her identity as an independent woman and breaks through the roles assigned by the patriarchal society. ... After she falls in love with another man, she discovers new things about her and tries to explore her newfound identity. ... But Edna wants to be womanly in her own way--to keep her own identity, her goals, her artistry, and to live a sexual life, liberated from the confines of societal expectations. ... Rather than forge a new hybrid identity that is neither traditionally masculine nor feminine, Edna hesitates between exchanging roles of power with men and subordinating ...

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One need to get her own identity because identity is the key of all human beings. ... People learn and acknowledge that gender has something to do with what they act out not only for their identity but also for others. ... By acting it out for others and seeing them respond positively, it validates one's own identity and give one a sense of "self"." ...

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Sociologists Candace West and Don Zimmerman argued that gender was less a component of identity -fixed, static- that we take with us into our interactions, but rather the product of those interactions. ... And this might result in the primary association of women's identities and purposes with motherhood. ... Women are being excluded from formal political processes, expelled from the paid workforce, and denied reproductive freedom as their bodies and identities are maternalized . ...

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By doing this, I will be examining positive and negative effects of factors in society under the field of families and identity. ... All three of the selected thinkers include conflicted identity, disruptive family structure and disorderly cases of childhood. ...

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According to Bell Hooks, "Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression." To expand upon this quote, oppression means that one may not have the same opportunities as others may. During the 1960's, men were expected to portray a more masculine, aggressive identity. Females...

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Critically examine recent theories of Gender How do we begin to examine recent theories of Gender. Changes in women's conditions over the 19th & 20th centuries from the perspective of the French Declarations of the rights of man & citizen (1989). In contrast to the conditions that existed before the declaration was issued, it can be said that its points have been fulfilled. The positions that women now occupy is vastly improved over that of prior generations, even though contemporary struggles would mask the gains that have been made. Class, gender, & education are but ...

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Pre-World War II the women of Japan were hidden and taught to be "shufu, woman deep inside the house,- Their identities would mimic only the leading men in their lives, forcing them to remain shallow beings of an over-traditional society. ...

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The Algerian War for Independence became a catalyst for change. It was a war that inspired many to fight against an oppressive system that had held onto them since the 1830s. It brought many people together in order to achieve the common goal of gaining independence. It brought men and women togethe...

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The United States is a world superpower, but under this glossy surface there are difficulties and hardship that the whole nation and its citizens have gone through in the past. During the early 1900s, America was experiencing the Gilded Age and Progressive Era in which the American government tried ...

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In "Mill on The Floss" Maggie's family environment is central to her problematic sense of identity as a woman, for instance, although her father praises Maggie's intelligence and quickness, he also maintains the socially conventional view that "an over cute woman's no better nor a long tailed sheep." ...

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In "Mill on The Floss" Maggie's family environment is central to her problematic sense of identity as a woman, for instance, although her father praises Maggie's intelligence and quickness, he also maintains the socially conventional view that "an over cute woman's no better nor a long tailed sheep." ...

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"Madness: The True Sanity in ˜The Yellow Wallpaper' " Ellie McGuire 4/11/14 "The Yellow Wallpaper " by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a story depicting a woman's dissent into madness. Gilman recounts the experiences of a woman who is suffering from postpartum depression while being treated wit...

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"Friedan encouraged readers to seek new roles and responsibilities, to seek their own personal and professional identities rather than have them defined by the outside, male-dominated society" (Unknown 1). ...

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., 2003, pp. 3) However, this appears to be the only value it has added to the discipline of victimology, as it has not necessarily added any further knowledge concerning the identity or tendencies of victims or offenders, and it is worth noting that many of the studies were criticised and discredited for flawed methodology and ideology. ...

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The beginning of feminism, spread like a plague. It was the fuse of a cannon being lit just ready to explode. The feminist movement had to be proclaimed no different than the civil rights movement for blacks. The feminist movement was a civil rights movement for women. This question has to be ask...

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For instance, Cornell (1991) argues that Robin West is an essentialist because she "maps the feminine into femaleness", meaning that she as a woman "shares common biological structure which affects psychic identity" (Cornell, 1991). ...

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This paper will identify with Collins on issues of race and how it affects black motherhood. It will continue to develop the concepts and features of Black Feminist Thought. Collins tries to identify with material experience, and the relationship amongst women. She says that these two elements ne...

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She pressed the idea that taking the man's name in marriage is a loss of identity for the woman, and that the word "obey- should be omitted from the service, along with the phrase, "giving the bride away."" ...

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