Gender bender

Maria Montessori is widely known as an educational philosopher who has influenced children’s education. In Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire 2006, Pavla Miller states that “Montessori, Maria (1870-1952), one of the most influential contributors” and “she was one of the most famous women in the world” (1). Montessori’s hard work represents as being the first female doctor in Italy and one of the women’s rights activists in addition to a significant educational…

While reading martyr narratives one might see a horror film play out before their eyes. The scenes of torture and brutality should not be considered as just another woman martyr who becomes a saint but a woman who is in a real life horror fiction. These stories are not for people to learn about martyrs, or how to act virtuous, but as a form of entertainment for people. These stories were meant to be used as teaching methods to show people how to be chase and for women to keep their virginity,…

Have you ever been in a difficult position that changes your life forever? in Ji-Li Jiang's book, Red Scarf Girl Ji-Li had to make many decisions that change her future. She has been in many difficult positions like when her father got detained or locked up in jail, When she had to do summer labor in the countryside, when she has to cook and take care of her family and when she could not go to a dance academy because of her political background she has faced many challenges that transformed who…

guidelines of a third sex or gender, preferring instead to fit the standards of male and female binaries (Kulick, 1997:580). However, travestis also do not identify themselves as transgender. The difference between these non-normative conceptions of gender and sexuality is found at the core of their identities: while travesti individuals define themselves by their sexual preferences, transgender individuals are defined by the anatomy of their sex and how it manifests in their gender…

Exposed Skin Care vs. Proactiv Introduction: If there is something that people think a lot about, it's beauty. And when it comes to beauty, the brand does matter. While talking of the skincare brands, there are two big names in the market - Proactiv and Exposed Skin Care. But do you know that these two are also the toughest competitors in the market? While both have a name and fame for themselves, they also have a negative fan following. As for the brands, they both claim to have a complete…

In Alice Walker’s short story “Everyday Use,’’ there are three main women. These three women have a great love for memories and history. Each woman’s connection to their grandmother’s quilts suggests something. It suggests that females are instrumental in preserving and handing down a family’s history. Mama knows the story behind each piece of clothing, these clothing are used to make the quilts and she wants the history preserved and handed down. Mama holds a lot of history. History by having…

A book like an abstract painting, Charlotte Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” can be perceived in many ways. These perceptions can vary in its use of symbolism and what everything could mean. One of these is the idea that the women/narrator is either trapped in her own home or she is a patient in an asylum. There are facts from the story that help argue both sides, but there is more in favor of the woman being trapped in her own home. The evidence that supports the woman being trapped in her…

To the “Night Witches” of the 588th, their femininity was the focus as much as much their dedication to their dangerous missions, as shown in snippets of true stories that members went through. Although definitely not the only one to experience such dangers, Nina Raspopova’s near death stories highlight some of the many dangers that the 588th faced, and she stresses in her account that she was never not afraid (Noggle, 2001). During one of her missions in 1942, she and her navigator, Larisa…

“I thought the earth remembered me, she took me back so tenderly,”( line1), introducing the earth as a female in the beginning of the poem“Sleeping In The Forest” was a bold move made by Mary Oliver. The poet uses metonymy, personification, and symbolism to move the direction of the audiences thought of a forest into a whole new idea of peace and softness. Her main idea is to show how men view women in their full integrity through the correspondence of a dark forest and a woman. The speaker is…

Discrimination of women is a very real problem all around the world. Women are protected from gender-based discrimination in the workplace by federal laws enforced by the Unites States Employment Equal Opportunity Commission, the USEEOC. Though these laws are in place, many companies or workplaces find ways to get around them. Because women are often thought of as the weaker sex, that is most often the reason for these gender-based discriminations. Though women are thought of as weaker and are…