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    The Civil Right to Equal Pay In the United States, the notion that women can perform any task at the same ability as a man is normally considered the truth. There are female physicians, female police officers, and females serving in the army. All of these occupations lead one to believe that women can do any job a man can do, but the simple truth is that women still do not get paid equally when compared to men. Even after the passing of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, women working full time “still…

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    In the paleothic time child bearing was very common. The female could start very young and keep going. That is as long as she stayed in good physical condition. Back then was a lot different. They had no medicine to help them bare with the pain. No midwives or medical team to help them through it (Shostak, 161)…

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    state, she is dominated by men whom are defined in terms of public role, presenting both male and females as polar opposites in terms of equal opportunities. Oroonoko is acknowledged and praised for his achievements, the narrator deems him ‘one of the most expert captains and bravest soldiers’ . Juxtaposing male and female descriptions apparent in the text in such a way highlight the woman as other. Females are fundamentally seen as less worthy, their attributes seem unnecessary to their…

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    Women are often not treated with the same amount of professionalism and respect as men in a professional setting. A report on discrimination in the workplace states that “Fourteen percent of female workers categorize the discrimination or unfair treatment they experienced at work as severe while 61 percent described it as moderate” (“25% of Women…”). About three-fourths of working women are experiencing degrading actions towards them from their…

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    For one, females are born with slightly different hearing capabilities than men, a newborn female can process sounds better than her male counterpart (Legato, 60-61). Because of this, listening and understanding dialect is easier for women than for men (Legato, 63). Not only do women have different assets…

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    traits from male and female of two Bruchinae species, which are Senegalia tenuifolia seed-predators, and how these traits are influenced by the resource traits variation under different conditions such as sampling events and sites. In respect to our hypothesis in which the increase in resource quantity increases body size and biomass, we have confirmed it partially. In general, female insects tend to have a larger body size than the males, and the difference between male and female is more…

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    assume that gender, and the roles ascribed to each group within the binary, will also impact the political nature of an individual. Differences in socialization, education, experience, and demeanor have ultimately developed a dichotomy between male and female legislators. The dualistic terms in which we assign traits (e.g. classifying one action/emotion/trait as feminine and its counterpart as masculine) has placed women at a significant disadvantage when we consider the process of becoming an…

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    The campaign for women’s freedom to vote became a very controversial matter between genders, which then grew into a campaign for women who required to receive the same rights as men. Marinetti’s supremacist rendering of futurism exposed a rather misogynist organization, deeming a woman inclusive government to be detrimental to the entire male sex. Mina Loy, highly influenced and inspired by Marinetti’s prominent and influential radicalism, in regard to futurism, took his artistic approach to…

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    morals, I learned what the course text recognizes as gender roles throughout my childhood. I grew up in a family with a mom and dad who loved each other. I have always watched how my parents would interact and treat each other. They were male and female who would kiss each other and love each other. Growing up this lead to what I identify as my gender socialization. The book defines gender socialization as (). I have learned what is normal from witnessing a heterosexual couple. My parent’s…

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    The female characters in The Boys and Girls and The Chrysanthemum are oppressed by society, reminding them of what gender they are, and not letting them do anything they desire. The Narrator in “The Boys and Girls” was really trying be a boy deep down. Elisa in The Chrysanthemums, don’t care about anything, but she is trying live life good. In The Boys and girls & The Chrysanthemums, both stories the female characters are told that they aren’t just female, they’re just women and they shouldn 't…

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