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Before Title IX was passed in 1972, women were prohibited from getting education and did not receive the same opportunities as men in the workplace, thus the conventional consensus is that women are treated unfairly in the workplace. But Anne-Marie Slaughter, the president of New America, a think tank and civic enterprise, asserts that the work system is unfair to both men and women in general. Even though Slaughter does not give coherent solutions on how to fix the unfairness of the…

people who would consider themselves avid fans of anime and manga. The term used for such people in Japanese is otaku. Amongst fan culture, another term used is fujoshi which translates into “rotten girl” (Tanka and Ishida 77) and is used to describe females who are interested in yaoi, also known as Boys’ Love (BL) which revolves around male on male relationships in a romantic or erotic form. In this paper, the anime series Kiss Him, Not Me (also known as Watashi ga Motete Dōsunda in Japanese)…

allow each gender to focus on specific roles and ultimately complement each other for the good of society creating a strong kinship (a goal of this society). Throughout the Pre-Columbian society, we will see the strong differences between male and female roles due to the clear sphere separation created by the Incas.…

Section A Take a second and think of the dirtiest “f-word” you can fathom. That's right, you should be thinking of the word “feminism.” More people every day are offended by the concept of feminism than the use of any other “f-word” to be thought of. Men and women ask why women are still fighting when there's supposedly nothing left to fight for, but feminism is still a popular subject. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie explores the taboos of feminism and its stereotypes in her essay We Should All Be…

Compare and contrast how the two female charters are presented in the stories “Veronica” and “The Necklace”. In the stories Veronica and the necklace, the female characters Veronica and Madame Loisel are represented in many different ways. In both the stories, the writers explore the theme of fatalism. however, the characters view it differently. With both the stories being written in different times and places, it might affect how a woman is brought up and what opportunities she is granted.…

“I am those 66 million girls who are deprived of education”-(Yousafzai,2018). Malala Yousafzai was one of the few to raise her voice for girls and children's education while living in a country where women aren't even allowed to leave the house the without a man relative. She also touches the subject of freedom in her country from the taliban . Malala was only 14 like many other girls was shot and threatened to be killed to fight for the right to have an education . While later writing a book…

by addressing the “kick-ass culture,” while Orenstein focuses on how princesses have diminished the feeling of confidence and independence that young girls should experience. While some may believe that princesses show the younger generation that females possess the ability to accomplish anything a male can, others believe that this trend aggressively encourages the idea of “perfection” in our modern society. Both “The Princess Paradox” and “Cinderella and Princess Culture” discuss the rules and…

The idea of what an “ideal” woman should represent oneself in our society have always been criticised if societal expectations is not met. However, one flawed can be made ideal, imperfect can be made perfect, unacceptable can be made acceptable and it’s only achievable through stepping out one’s comfort zone to be who you are not with dedications and hard works. As our world progresses so rapidly, we are so keen to establish in a new change and expectations are never the same. In relation with…

Cinderella is perhaps one of the most famous childhood fairy tale stories of all time. Over the years, numerous versions of the story have been recreated and have been told to children all over the world. The original story of Cinderella follows the life of a young girl who is mistreated by her step mother and stepsisters. With the help of her fairy godmother, Cinderella is transformed into a beautiful princess and goes to the ball to meet her prince. However, she has to leave the ball at…

Let Your Scars Show A person is said to be a virgin if he or she has not had sexual intercourse. Before, there were many areas, villages and countries that were patriarchal or male-dominated. In these countries, women were seen as objects owned by men, as beneath them. In some of these areas, especially in Africa, the purity and virginity of a woman came alongside their honor. In Haiti specifically, there was a common practice called virginity testing, where a girl’s mother would check if the…