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in her mind are only passed so that liberals can give themselves a thump on the back rather than to addressing the real issue of child labor. The article, the way it uses emotions, is brilliantly placed in Salon magazine which generally has a large female readership and maybe persuasive to that particular audience,…

Should gender stop someone from being who they want to be? During the early seventeenth century, many social barriers prevented people from being themselves, such as remaining the gender they were born with throughout their whole life. Any movement and straying from their gender, based on their biological sex, was not acceptable and was looked down upon. Societal structure and law made very clear that biological sex must be the same as sexual orientation. However, in the play Twelfth Night, or…

earn. Lastly, men who show feminine attributes, such as being emotional, are ridiculed. Through the media, unrealistic ideals of physical beauty for both men and women are promoted. As a result, there is a growing number of people, both male and female, who undergo cosmetic procedures. According to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS), breast augmentation and liposuction are the leading surgical procedures. (Jordan News Gazette, 2014) This reflects a general mentality…

Since the speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” was given by Sojourner Truth in 1797, there have been significant changes in the rights of women. However, the speech poses a question of more than just equal rights among women of different races, but human rights in general. The theme of Ain’t I a Woman is widespread throughout the speech and is personified as equal rights as women, equal rights between races, and equal rights as humans. Ain’t I a Woman forces the audience to decipher between acceptable and…

Around 405 B.C, the Oedipus trilogy was written by Sophocles. Throughout the play, Sophocles creates an undertone of misogyny which greatly effects the female characters decision making and views of themselves. Some character react differently than others. For example Antigone chooses to go against gender roles while Ismene chooses to except the way things are. In the Greek tragedy, “Antigone” by Sophocles, the motif of gender bias helps establish the character of Ismene as a conditioned,…

In today’s society, gender equality is not found everywhere. Women have faced all types of oppression over the years when trying to assume jobs and full gender equality. Obstacles such as harassment and sexism are found among many social situations. This also is true for women who faced challenges and unfair treatment in the work place. Women are often frustrated and turned away from jobs forcing them to become housewives. Although the common perception in the workplace is that women are…

not one’s own. Furthermore, using only a male dominant point of view has resulted in a sense of confinement and mental stress for women. To build a healthier relationship and continue life’s long journey of decisions, equality between the male and female is…

perceived as being the die-hard, risk taking front-runners of medicine and the development of new medical research and practices. Surgery itself, however, is predominately controlled by males. According to the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, females only represent “approximately thirty-three percent of all surgeons in the United States” (Freischlag). While establishing a gradually increasing presence over the centuries, women make up the noticeably lesser population of physicians in…

Women Stereotyped in Literature Niceness, kindness, and smartness are often seen in women in modern literature and society, but women once were tortured by stereotypes of stupidity, weakness and greed in the past. Two representative myths, The Norse Myths and Genesis prove this to be true. In “The Theft of Idun’s Apples” of the Norse Myths, the goddess Idun is portrayed to be so innocent but weak and stupid that she easily gets tricked and kidnapped by the god Loki, who needs to take…

Furthermore, in Chronicle of a Death Foretold and The Bluest Eye the character's’ perpetual abuse towards women can be attributed to the impact of a father figure. Both books take place during a time period where sexism was considered a norm, women were not granted equal rights to men. Cholly and Santiago were raised with the concept that women are subordinate compared to men. It was “a cultural value that bestows upon men rights and privileges” that women aren’t worth of, entirely based on…