The suppression of women through marriage, lack of education, and how they were raised to act and expected to behave all created a monster of depravity and corruption that was expressed time and time again by and through different people of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. ... It was not expected or welcome of women to act in an educated or well-behaved manner; that would serve as a threat to men who would view them as unattractive and not worthy to marry. The common characteristics of what was expected of a woman hundreds of years ago was someone who acted as if they had no cares, unedu...

• Word Count: 2740
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mooney's Deceitful Act The Boarding House, written by James Joyce, takes place in a small neighborhood located in Dublin, Ireland during the early 1900's. ... Pretending as though she has no idea of the matter, the inconceivable act of fornication occurs between the two-thus, scarring her daughter's honor for life. ... Doran and her daughter would ultimately result in the act of intercourse. ...

• Word Count: 2723
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

woman abuse Male domination and patriarchy have been under challenge by feminists and the women's movement in recent decades. The economic, social and political subjection of women around the world, the violence brought against them and their confinement to the domestic sphere have been analyz...

• Word Count: 3590
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The preservers of the old south put the southern lady on a pedestal where she would act as preserver of southern religion and morality and as an inspiration to her husband and children. The United Confederate Veterans literally placed young prominent virgins from each state on a pedestal at their annual reunions to eulogize the ideal women who is loyal, and obedient, trusting solely in the protection of their men (Wheeler "New" 8). ...

• Word Count: 3206
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Preface Marriage and families founded through marriage constitute the basic cells of the society. It involves a multi-layer relationship between neighbors and other elements in the community, and it is so regarded by the Chinese as the top issue of the morality of human kind. Wedding ceremony is the...

• Word Count: 9974
• Approx Pages: 40
• Grade Level: High School