"I am no strumpet, but of life as honest as you thus abuse me (line 142)." ... However, neither Emilia nor Bianca's mistreatment is as tragic as Othello's abuse of Desdemona. ... The fact that men abused women without consequence was a common one in Shakespeare's day and age. ... There seems little chance of voting for a female candidate for President, women's salaries across the country are comparatively lower than men's salaries, and sexual harassment, physical abuse of women, and rape are still prevalent in American society. ...

• Word Count: 4504
• Approx Pages: 18

Feeling Poetry Linda McCarriston shapes feelings of anger, rage, contempt and healing in her poetry through narration, metaphors with detailed sensory language as she unfolds the painful story of sexual abuse and family abuse at the hands of her alcoholic father. ... The reader can feel instinctively through the brutal insistence of the man's actions, the humiliation and abuse being committed to the young girl in the poem. ... Linda McCarriston renders this incestuous abuse in her poem and the reader experiences it with her. ... The unacceptable claim "a man is king in his own castl...

• Word Count: 3020
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The 1960's was the beginning of the sexual revolution which was a liberating social movement that challenged what individuals had previously seen as sexual norms. ... Both feminism and the sexual revolution works hand in hand because they both rejected the views of gender roles and fight the oppression women face in America. ... As I read this story I remembered my teenage days and how girls would get certain repetitions simply off of sexual behavior. ... In the song Keep Ya Head Up by Tupac Shakur he raps "And since we all came from a woman, Got our name from a woman and our game from...

• Word Count: 2997
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography

It is quite easy attest to Rob's sexual drive. ... So much value is placed on the sexual act. ... This song, extremely provocative, is crammed with sexual innuendos. ... Instead, Rob used her wealth as a means of abusing her. ... The need for sexual fulfillment is another. ...

• Word Count: 2791
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School