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infanticide, where it's actually the most popular. The documentary “It’s a Girl” first shows an Indian women stating “Women have the power to give life,” she explains, “and the power to take it away.” (It's a Girl) India and china have rooted in them the practice of infanticide. The film opens up with a woman telling her story about her births. She has been pregnant eight times, all of these eight times she gave birth to only girls, and eight times she had strangled and killed her daughters. She…

In today’s society people are surrounded by what the perfect body should look like and what one should strive for to obtain this image. The standards pounded into people’s minds can and will have negative effects not only to the body, but also can lead to psychological concerns that can become hard to recognize or treat if needed. The role social media plays in today’s society consumes the majority of everyday people’s lives, through the ideas of body image expectations versus reality,…

Why should girls and boys be on the same sports team? Why I think boys and girls should play on the same sports team? think that boys and girls should play on the same sports team. I think that it would give a variety of different kinds of sports players on the same team no matter what gender they are.Just because girls aren’t as strong as boys are ,or as fast as they are they can still do the same thing even if they are different.Girls can do the same thing boys can do!…

When I was in middle school, there was a boy named Richard who would always pick on me and come up with names that were hurtful to me. One thing he would say was, “You’re such a nerd!” This offended me and made me feel self conscience because when I think of the word nerd, I think of someone who is socially awkward. The word nerd has two different meanings, one being, “a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.,” and the other being, “an intelligent but single-minded…

asking a popular girl out onto a date. The example is small but shows that the nerdy, nervous teenage boy was willing to risk his pride…

After reading Marge Piercy’s Barbie Doll, the girl in the story had killed herself because she felt that others saw her as ugly. Upon further reading, the poem shows that there is more meaning behind it. The poem is not just about a young woman who takes her life for not being perfect. Piercy uses literary techniques and figurative language that describes a society for women. The writing style in this poem includes long, descriptive lines. Having the long lines with the descriptions helps to…

Today, aged 52, and with two children of her own, Julie re-reads her letters for the first time in years, and offers several reflections. “I feel the sadness of the little girl that was me. I also feel the desperation of the little girl wanting to be heard,” she says . Therefore, Julie’s overriding memories of Cholmondeley Home are complex: “It was a good place, and also a traumatic experience. ” To her, the two are not mutually exclusive. Moreover, several memories stand out to Julie, which…

“Hey girl, open the walls.. Play with your dolls.. We’ll be a perfect family..” “Falina, quit being greedy and give your brother some pizza” said a young black haired woman, She was glaring down at a small skinny little black haired girl. The small girl flinched back and lowered her head “S-Sorry M-Mama..” she said quietly pushing away her pizza to her younger brother. The young boy squeaked in excitement and ate it all up in one bite, Falina’s stomach growled loudly. She tried to hide it…

are less likely to cross gender lines than girls” (Auster & Mansbach 2012, 375). However, in some cases this can lead to a patriarchal like reproduction in gender neutral toys. For example, at Target, the “Melissa and Doug” brand has several gender neutral toys. Among them there are six dress up outfits with a picture of a little boy and a little girl wearing the outfits to signify their gender neutrality. If it wasn’t for the picture of the little girl wearing the outfits as well it would seem…

nineteenth century there were clear cut boundaries between what was expected of girls versus what is expected of boys. Girls were taught from a young age to care for a house and children. In the Mother’s Book by Lydia Maria Child women are counseled to give their daughters “A knowledge of domestic duties… Every one ought to know how to sew, and knit, and mend, and cook, and superintend a household” ( , 168). These girls are allowed to have an imagination but are taught to keep it reined in.…