The main question is, what is the role of a woman, and what is the role of a man in society today? ... Now, this is not to say that a woman should not have a say in what goes on in the household, but that the man is supposed to be the authority. ... Some women become ministers or want to become president, going against what is typical. ... No one will ever be fully content with what they are. So, will there ever be no resentment between the sexes? ...

• Word Count: 1475
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Pretending that women and men are the same hurts women, because the ways they are treated are based on the norms for men, and are nonplussed when their words don't work as they expected, or even spark resentment and anger. ... Men and women have distinct viewpoints and attitudes towards life, think differently, and therefore do not have the same notions of what is essential in communication. ... Men, on the other hand, have been pressured to take center stage, challenging others and boasting about what they"re good at. ... Women make an effort to acknowledge and respond to what their in...

• Word Count: 2241
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout the usage of imagery, sarcasm, and Plath's ability to pit herself against her enemy shows her resentment of male oppression and her nostalgia for death. ... Diane Di Prima presents feminism through the use of her female character living out the unique, atypical female life of a bachelor in her autobiographical short story "Dinners and Nightmares" and "What I Ate Where". The uniquely styled short story primarily focuses on a woman living in what seems to be a one-bedroom apartment, jumping from job to job, eating anything she can to survive. ... When Diane ex...

• Word Count: 2160
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is true in the case of Jane, although it is necessary for Rochester to become physically disabled (loss of sexual appeal) and lose his property (loss of wealth and status) before she feels necessarily equal or superior to him – reflecting the attitudes of Victorian society of what connotes and what makes women powerful, also the significant extent to which men must deteriorate before women can be seen as superior or equal. ... The presentation of Blanche also demonstrates her to be a negative character, "Blanche, an accomplished lady of rank" (spoken by Jane with resentm...

• Word Count: 1797
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate