book examining the role of women in the Salem Witch Trials. Karlsen was “concerned with the meaning of witchcraft for New England’s first settlers… and why most witches in early American society were women.” Karlsen obviously felt that there was a disparity of the females in the previous Salem interpretations. She focused on the social and economic roles women held in Salem and how these roles resulted in specific women being targeted as…
The consensus that ‘sex’ refers to biological components that define men from women while ‘gender’ refers to cultural constructs influencing masculinity and femininity is groundbreaking. Distinguishing ‘sex’ from ‘gender’ has cultivated radical ramifications that have reshaped studies of the human body and behaviour - particularly in the fields of anthropology, and science: both medical and social. This understanding provides an intellectual foundation to pioneer human studies to new paths -…
getting a divorce. Divorce in the perspective of many poor women is also seen as a huge failure and many want to avoid this, blow to their pride. Also, the meaning of marriage has been changing, before is was necessary to have a socially sanctioned relationship with someone and to start a family, but now that is now longer necessary and it is seen a passage to social acceptance or validation. Cohabitation may be a better fit for ideation of poor women. That is, many say they will not marry is…
The element of fear represents a complex series of both abstract and concrete ideals which depicts the nature of cultural anxiety. This entity, demonstrate the tangible factor which suppresses the central essence of a character through the use of extraordinary terror. The product fosters this component that arouses the danger of fear in human. The manner of irrational factor overwhelms the natural state of stability by manipulating the boundaries of security. Bram Stoker 's Dracula serves as an…
easily by himself. One of his friend’s view and the official status of Chari and Ghosh help him by getting rid of unhealthy situations involving his wife and her spiritual mentor Swami Markandaya has successfully explored deep into the sensitive relationship between a husband and a…
causes in colour as well as sex and sit here wondering which me will survive all these liberations. (CPA 92) Lorde expresses her anger over political issues; the cruelties and injustices in one’s life. But what preoccupies in her poetry is sexual and racial…
It is premised on the assumption that in a color-conscious racially stratified society, one response of populations defined as inferior would be to accept as true the dominant society's ideology of their inferiority (McVeigh, 2004). For some African Americans, the normative cultural characterization of the superiority of whiteness and the devaluing of blackness, combined with the economic marginality of blacks, can lead to the perception of self as worthless and powerless (McVeigh, 2004).…
2014). This study shows that African American women experience depression on a higher rate than whites, and they also experience higher rate of depression compared to the general population and like males they tend to “mask” the problem. Health disparities research has shown African Americans, low use of mental health services is due to poverty and that limits their options to access to mental health services. Another reason for the low use of treatment available is the quality of mental…
Part 1 • Analyse the difference between safeguarding and protection in relation to vulnerable adults. The concept of safeguarding vulnerable adults takes on this involvement of the whole community to keep individuals safe. The concept of safeguarding works best where professionals from different areas work together in an integrated way, with sharing of information to ensure that safety is paramount at all times, but also enables people to be aware of individual risk and allows them to…
The African-American survived due to the fact they helped each other, they took care of each other not only blood relatives but others also. During slavery everyone helped to raise each other’s children especially when parents were sold to other slave owners, other adults in the slave community took care of the children left behind, many slaves protected each other in spite of tribal and language differences. The biggest fear of families then was the threat of a child being sold. Even today…