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    The societies of the Middle Ages were centered around the honorable Noble Man while leaving the piteous duties to the housewives. Men of medieval cultures were idealized as the heroic protector of the community while the ideal lady took care of children and stately manners. The role and treatment of women during the Middle Ages, expressed in Beowulf and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, paved the way that led to the modern day treatment and role of women. Modern day practical heroes are strong and…

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    Jenny Fields: Feminist Jenny Fields is the mother of Garp. She is a well-known author of A Sexual Suspect, a book about her life as a woman who isn’t interested in having sex, being with a man and being the stay at home traditional housewife. She has inspired thousands of woman and even has her own women’s retreat at the old place the she had raised Garp. She is adored by many due to her strong stance on being independent and due to her lone wolf lifestyle. She isn’t your traditional feminist.…

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    Work Before War

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    factories and made weapons and everything else you can imagine. So when they left to go off to war who was left to do all their work? The women were. All their lives women were pretty much told they couldn't do anything and had to stay home and be housewifes. Once the war started and all the men were sent off to fight women stepped up. Women did the same work as men but got paid less, imagine that? They worked in factories, business offices, they were police officers, firefighters, bank clerks…

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    Gender Narrative Amy

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    12. The gender role that this ad clearly shows, is that woman are meant to be housewives. Instead of having a regular job, they need to stay at home cleaning and cooking. This is a stereotype that many people have from the past. Back in the days man where the breadwinners and woman were stayed at home moms. Another thing this ad shows is that man are dominant. In this case the man in the picture is demanding the woman to clean even though it is Mother’s Day. This is a sexist message, can affect…

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    have the ability to go to school while another girl could be thirsting for the need of knowledge.The girls in third world countries already have their life planned by someone else like arranged marriage.If those girls didn’t have to get ready be a housewife just yet and if their country allowed it they would be in…

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    Tet Offensive Dbq

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    Before the Tet Offensive, the U.S government was encouraging patriotism and telling Americans that the South Vietnamese and the American soldiers were winning. Even after press released images and videos of the Tet Offensive, the government was desperate to cling to any form of public support, according to Charles Kaiser in the book, 1968 in America, “Just four days after Tet began, [President] Lyndon Johnson called the enemy's military effort a complete failure”(Kaiser, 79). Even after seeing…

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    AkaashVani “Ladies and gentlemen flight M20 is delayed one hour, flight M20 is delayed one hour,” said a woman on the loudspeakers. “Oh no, Ria one more hour.” Ria is my best friend. She is tall and skinny because she works out. She is always conscious of how she looks. Any guy that sees her would fall in love with her. She is always dressed up like today she is wearing a pink sundress and has her hair straight. I, however, am wearing tights with a pink workout tank. I don’t work out, I don’t…

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    in the sitcom. Robert’s character is very funny, loving, family oriented, business man, intelligent, and professional. Jane Wyatt is the perfect mother in the sitcom. She’s stunningly gorgeous, gives great advice, patient, family oriented, and a housewife. Her role is to do the cleaning, prepare meals, babysit, and stay at home mom. Lauren Chapman plays the little young sweet daughter, that’s lovely, energetic, always leaving mistakes for daddy to fix, and very affectionate. Billy Gray is the…

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    In the past, and even now in the present, the majority of societies around the world are labeled as patriarchal civilizations. These patriarchal societies are partially categorized as this considering that most are run and lead by the men in the community. While there are differences between the specificity of the ideology, the majority of self-proclaimed feminists agree that, “Western culture is fundamentally patriarchal, creating an imbalance of power that marginalizes women and their work”…

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    an independent woman, who does not rely on the company or finances of a man. In “The Book of Salt” Gertrude Stein is a prominent figure in society and is self-supporting through her success in her career and abstains from the traditional role of housewife that was…

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