... Trouble. Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. New York: Routledge, 1990/1999. De Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex. Trans. and Ed. by H. M. Parshley. (1952) New York: Random House, 1989. Goldman, Jane. The Feminist Aesthetics of Virginia Woolf. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1998. Hawthorn, Jeremy. Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway. A Study in Alienation. Sussex University Press. 1975. Warner, Michael. The Trouble with Normal. Sex ... ...

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... out that there are many other instances of this tendency. For example referring to a woman as "Harold's widow". It would be extremely unlikely for anyone to refer to a man as "Jane's widower" even if the term "widower" was still used in our society. In fact Wardaugh (1992) believes that the fact that terms like "widower" and "spinster" have died out while ... ...

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... of money in marriage. Him and Pahl ("93) say that there has been no real change. An example of this gender role-reversal is shown in "Husbands at Home" by Jane Wheelock. It's called "Mr and Mrs Turner: an exchanged-role family". The Turners have 4 children altogether, with a son at high school and a daughter who lives at home but works, as ... ...

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... the same. Modern films and literature are now doing a modern take on ancient fairytales. The traditional damsel in distress is giving way to a strong, assertive and intelligent breed of heroine. Jane Yolen's version of Sleeping Beauty called Sleeping Ugly attempts to reverse the obvious stereotypes and tries to teach children that inner beauty is more important than physical beauty. The tale ... ...

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