An Unmarried Woman

“Wal-Mart Wander” During my Wal-Mart wander I noticed in the pharmacy section that there was only women working in that section and the pharmacist was a woman as well. I also noticed in the checkout section all women were checking out customers. Where were all the men? I’ll tell you, they were in the back unloading boxes from trucks and putting them on the shelves. I didn’t see any women working back there when I was observing. I’m guessing they have the men in charge of unloading boxes and…

The Woman on Wendover Road - Draft It was a foggy October night, and Martin O’Neil was driving back from work to his new home in the countryside. Fully focused on his driving, and straining his eyes to see the street names in the darkness, Martin was startled a loud ringing noise. I glanced at my phone that I had previously thrown onto the passenger seat of my car, curious to see who was calling me so late in the night. I was quite surprised to see my beloved wife’s name on the caller ID, as…

For hundreds of years, women were seen to be inferior to men. Men and women had different obligations and rights at first. Women’s roles were solely focused on household area, and they were prohibited from voting, having a job, getting education, and much more. Women nowadays have different roles and responsibilities due to the changes that happened in the last hundred years. Since the globalization era and women’s rights movements, females and most males stood up to defend women’s rights and…

spectrum and are expected to be true in all different kinds of women. For example, a women must be, “intensely sympathetic,” , “immensely charming,” , “utterly unselfish,” and above all, “pure,” (angel). These characteristics should encompass all that a woman is emotionally according to the public and men. In modern times, these standards still have power. Women are expected to act or be more “innocent” than men and they are not supposed to speak their mind to the extent of the males. This is…

The Progression of Protagonists All stories have protagonists who are usually in an illusion that creates a fake feeling of happiness which is frequently the cause for conflict with others. When faced with challenges, the character suffers and experiences personal growth. In the story ‘A lamp at noon’ by Sinclair Ross and ‘Boys and Girls’ by Alice Munro, both protagonists found similar and different ways to evolve as a character through identity and suffering and ultimately evolving throughout…

Societal Standards of Female Beauty Society has set certain standards of beauty for women for ages. Moreover, such standards, though varying by culture and time period, are rooted in the same motives and have the same control over females. Women are valued for their looks, for females should strive to achieve and maintain the socially constructed notion of physical attractiveness, or the feminine beauty ideal. Common with the Victorian Era, women are still expected to have feminine traits of…

Gender role have changed dramatically over the course of history because more women have become independent and have not leaned on men 's support as much. Also men have taken responsibilities on that most people saw as a woman 's role. Another thing is women have been doing more and bringing themselves up in work, family and education wise so they are bettering themselves and not living in the original gender roles. Although there has been changes in gender roles there are still moments in…

Chaucer and The Church In Geoggrey Chaucer’s, The Canterbury Tales, 29 people are on a pilgrimage to Canterbury to worship the shrine of the martyr Saint Thomas Becket. One of these pilgrims is a Wife of Bath. She has a unique story; she has wedded five different men. During this time, (The Medieval Times) The Church was one of the most powerful institutions in Europe. The Church had an immense influence on people and governments all across Europe. In the Medieval times, The Church looked…

1848-1920. Women of all ages came together to fight for the equality of the sexes. Woman affected many laws and changed human nature. They held meetings, spoke publicly, and changed the morals of many people. The leaders of the Woman 's Rights Movement, fought for freedom in religion, family life, government, employment, and education. Today, women have successfully gained these freedoms because of how this group of woman fought hard and never gave up. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the leader of…

It took centuries for the world to adapt to this revolutionary idea, “there is nothing more rare, nor beautiful than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection” (Maraboli). Beauty is something that does not come from appearances it comes from within a person’s mind and soul. Through the eyes of Donald Hall in his book Literary and Cultural Theory, the audience can infer how the “key to all feminist analysis is a recognition granted to and exercised by women…