Female pirates

them, and seeing women in the media and ads such as the Victoria Secret Models one can shape their whole perspective of themselves as well as other people. Johnson in his article says that: “When girls reach puberty, for example, the biology of being female dictates that they will rapidly acquire most of what eventually will be their adult body weight. This includes a naturally higher percentage of fat than is usually found in males. In some patriarchal societies, however, women’s flesh is so…

their own views and values of both Agnes and her conviction. Iceland was very much a male dominated society during the era of the book, exacerbated by the physical and domineering strength in which males possessed. Kent does, however, allow (show) females to present a different kind of strength to the males, which help them survive their harsh lives. It is clear throughout the…

Lisa M. Maatz, writing for Forbes magazine, researched information that will help prove that women who graduated college with the same majors as their male counterparts make less in the same fields. She focuses on the statistic that college educated females working full time were paid “an unexplained” 7% less than males with the same qualifications only a year after graduation (Maatz 2014). Maatz argues that this difference only a year after being in the workforce has extremely high…

potential allegations being made, for instance: when changing a child’s nappy, a view not upheld when a father has a child (Baker, 2012b), so why in the case of childcare is this seen negatively? However the case of Vanessa George highlights how females can also by guilty of abusing children (Savill, 2010) and from the case review the recommendation of risk assessments upon nappy changing considering no-one working alone within that situation was…

Here at Springfield College where I attend as a female student, I have realized that there is severe overtreatment, as well as under treatment, but sometimes even equal treatment of males compared to females in the classroom/labs, dorms, gym, cafeteria, extracurricular activities, and any other places where institution sponsored events occur. There happens to be a greater amount of cases where males are treated superior to women, rather than the other way around or equal- in my opinion. Granted,…

However, the men within the dentistry field continue to significantly outweigh the female counterparts. For example, when comparing the dentistry and engineering field to nursing and teaching fields, nursing and teaching has always been a common job for women. The amount of women pursuing a job as a nurse has only decreased by 5.5% from 1972 to 2003, by this change; females are gradually leaving behind the traditional female careers and moving into traditional male careers. As for women having a…

tyrannize”(Wollstonecraft Page 7). Some females are nervous about facing the men and achieving justice. One example of that would be Jennifer Lawrence. When wages for one of her movies were leaked and she realized that she was making significantly less than the other males, she was not aggravated. She did not “want to seem "difficult" or "spoiled"” (Jennifer Lawrence). She then went to question, “Are we socially conditioned to behave this way?”. That is an interesting thought. Females in the…

education, and improve their knowledge and skills. Sandberg empowers women to keep moving forward and aspiring more than the regular “woman’s obligation” of staying at home and raising children. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, females are more likely to attend college immediately after high school graduation than males. Their statistics show that women college enrollment has increased 12 percent between 1990 and 2010 (12). However, women tend to choose degrees in…

Theorists like Micheal Foucault and Judith Butler have provided great insight on various topics and critiquing what does not get questioned. Foucault has inspired Butler when it comes to the topics of gender and sex. Butler challenges the ideas that have been inculcated in our own culture by exposing the truth behind what is considered normal and critiquing the binaries in society. Queer theory is important to address because of the lack of knowledge our society has on queerness. Butler’s ideas…

gender equality is that the perpetual battle, has been triumphed. Contrastingly, mankind is not only fighting the same battles as the 1920s but finding new ones. In order to eradicate gender based barriers it is pivotal to determine the origin of female suppression. Throughout WWI, there were several major women’s rights movement that were prominent, however most resulted in minute progress. There were many events during the time that interrupted the momentum of the women’s rights movement. The…