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    like “talented,” “complex,” and “unconventional” in describing both the women they promote—like April’s cover star, Shailene Woodley—and the women they seek to reach. Attempting to support her case for the “everygirl,” Myers describes the magazine’s continuous efforts to represent not only occupational models, but additionally women who are “model citizens,” “model power brokers,” “model creatives,” and overall “model women.” Why then, should Amy Schumer, the “everygirl,” feel so offended by…

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    by Kindergarten” shows that ads only sell products and not ideas. But behind the rose-tinted glass, ads show that women are being labeled by marketers. This leads to stereotyping and generalizations of women. When something becomes generalized by the population it is automatically accepted as the truth. Labels on women should not stigmatize them and should not exist. Ads do not let women be who they want to be, but what advertisement considers who a woman should be. This demonstrates how…

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    Valley High School, not to mention ASB president and the top of her class. She initially became the first generation to attend and complete college in my family. Melina attended UCI and graduated with a Bachelor’s in Social Science and a minor in education. After graduating she started as the student assistant for the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science at UC Irvine and moved up to being…

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    House on Mango Street: The development of a Hispanic Women’s Sexuality Chicana feminist took shape during the late 1960s. Chicana feminism stemmed from women not being able to voice their opinion in the male-oriented Chicano movement. During this time, Chicanas demanded access to education as well as social, political, and economic opportunities. Women of Mexican descent were typically silenced by the voices of the men. This made it difficult for them to speak out about the oppression they…

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    with women, most of the judgements are sexual judgements. Whether it’s about skirt or short length, if any part of the bra is showing, how much cleavage is bared, etc, women are always being judged based on whether they have sex or not. The sexualization of women, especially young women, has gotten so bad, that girls in grade school are actually forced into a strict dress codes that if they break it, they are sent home. This implies that they’re clothes are more important than they’re education.…

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    was not intended, although it is happening more and more. In today’s society young girls feel pressured into having to worry about their body, personal image, and relationships; targeting creates an illusion for teens that they should act older. Women struggle with the aspect of comparing one another, so young girls struggle with it too. Majority of everything in a little girl’s life consist of a cookie cutter figure such as Barbie’s, Polly Pockets, and princesses on movies. All of the…

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    married and goes to live with her husband. She is beard children; remain in the kitchen, and implicitly obey her partner. Kamala Markandaya works on the lower middle class women. She portrays the poor conditions of these sacrificing women. She boldly asserts that these helpless victims of nature and men need economic independence education and mental experience before they get married. She wants this…

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    NOVELIST/ Dr. P. SATYANARAYANA, Vice-Principal, Balaji College of Education, Anantapuramu, A.P. India. Abstract: In this paper, I analyse the novels of Githa Hariharan, basing on Theme and Technique. There a quite a large number of novels that use mythical events, characters and motifs as narrative strategies. The use of the Sita myth in Githa Hariharan’s ‘The Thousand Faces of Night’ focuses on the tragic predicament of Indian Women. In ‘The Ghosts of Vasu Master’, the novelist weaves a…

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    change. In “The Story of an Hour,” Kate Chopin provided a brief look into how repressive marriage was during the 19th century. Examining the rights of married women in the 19th century, one would agree that the marriage benefited only the husband. Kate Chopin’s work was published during a time of industrial and social change. Many married women were not confined to just…

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    of the Reproductive Health Bill in the Philippines. The Reproductive Health Bill guarantees universal access to contraceptives, fertility control, sexual education, and maternal care. The campaign is used as a vehicle to promote the message of female dominance in female health practices. The campaign as a whole depicts exclusively Filipino women with pieces of men crudely attached to sections of their faces such as their mouth, eyes, head and even their entire face. This particular ad relies…

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