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    concealed most of their limbs. However, flapper culture was the basis for a more modern woman. The 1920’s were very high paced and altered the way society was sought. It was a big social, political and economic change and it gave new opportunities to women. It was in…

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    In traditional Mexican culture, young girls turning fifteen are expected to have a quinceanera, showing their transition into womanhood and thus their ability to date. Yet a quinceanera is not solely about aging, it also revolves around the church, as many of the gifts given to the woman are holy symbols or symbolize her commitment to God. My families division stemmed from more than just culture, but the faith - or lack thereof - of my parents. Since my father is religious and my mother is not,…

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    When the term “the perfect women” is used, a general image comes to mind. This women is tall, thin, and conventionally pretty. She has a symmetrical face, straight hair, and is white. This women is meek, attentive, virginal, and easily controlled by man. This women does not exist, and has been created by society in order to keep women docile. Expectations for women’s identities, – their looks, their actions, and their thoughts – have all been constructed by society for societal gain, and are…

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    the latest gossip. Whether we realize it or not, the media influences our lives. Who is the media aiming toward more? Young women are prime victims to media due to their lack of experience and because their minds are still growing, young women are persuaded much easier. However what is the influence the media is having on these young girls? media displays the perfect women in their heads, influencing their preference on body type as well as providing them with poor choices for role models.…

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    Women in The Big Sleep As I have mentioned before, this was true in the case of the rise of feminism. Before the turn of the century, “Women arrived, en masse, [to the Western frontier], and the ‘male-dominated homosocial world of gold rush California’ gave way to a ‘settled domestic Victorian discipline’” (Hoefer 49). That ‘Victorian discipline’ gave way in the 1920s to a deviant social norm, exemplified by Carmen and to a lesser extent Vivian. Right before Marlowe expresses how much he…

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    The participation of women in sports has increased enormously since the inception of Title IX over 30 years ago. However, women’s sport still have not reached the size and passion of the fan base that men’s sports draw. There are a number of factors involved that has caused the development of this contrast. These factors include conflicts in the view of American womanhood, fans only accepting athletes who meet the “white beauty queen” standard and athletic competition being seen as being a…

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    In the film Real Women Have Curves, which is a coming of age story, the main conflict was between a daughter, Ana, and her mother, Carmen. The mother and daughter cannot get along because of their age and traditional differences. Ana’s mother was old fashioned and wanted her daughter to graduate highschool, lose weight, join the family in their dressmaking business, and find a husband. Ana did not want her life to be this way and wanted to go to college and be and educated women who finds true…

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    I decided to research gender stereotypes after studying “Pretty Hurts” by Beyonce. The writer raises the issue of how the media tells young women how to act and look if they want to be seen as “perfect”. This made me think about how girls all over the world are constantly trying to be seen as “perfect” and the lengths they go to better themselves. To find out more about how this applies to the real world, I decided to do my research report on this. My hypothesis is: “In today 's society woman…

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    The poem Mother Who Gave Me Life by Gwen Harwood and the novel The Penelopiad by Margret Atwood both demonstrate the oppression of women when their achievements are seen as a threat to the patriarchal views of society. Mother who gave me life implements the idea of feminine sacrifice in the biblical allusion, “your voice calling me in as darkness falls on my father’s house” expresses…

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    Children are still battling to go to school! Sometimes we can take things for granted, unlike women in developed countries there are a lot of females who do not have the option to go to school. I am originally from Yemen. It is one of the poorest countries in the Middle East At the age of 15 I had a best friend who is my age. I’ve known her for a long time. Once she came to school and told me she was getting married. I was shocked! I asked her why? And how can she be getting married at such a…

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