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    into how sexual politics and the related institutions, like marriage, religion, culture and patriarchy, as is believed, often interfere with and mar, the commonly understood, and purely personal experience of being a mother. The dual position on motherhood, as that of a political institutional and that of a personal experience, has…

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    their school lives, to young adults unsure of being American and their connection to their heritage, and finally older adults who continually struggle to accept their new lives and forget their old. The children in these stories not only show how patriarchy rules the life of immigrant women but they will also show the cultural displacement faced by women characters in Interpreter of Maladies. But this chapter will focus only on selected women characters and how children help in presenting their…

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    In today’s society most feel that men and women are given equal treatment in and outside of the home. There is an impression that the world has progressed from men having dominance and authority over women, when this is typically not the case. Yes, women may have more influence, but at the end of the day men are still turned to for the final decision. Beginning at a young age women are conditioned to allow men to be the authority. This male authority has always existed, so why upset the balance.…

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    Alison’s War on Religion and Sovereignty The fourteenth century was a very oppressive time for English women living under the shadow of the patriarchy. Men controlled nearly everything: marriage, property, the holy church, and all of academia. Women were commonly seen and treated as less than their male counterparts, often lacking basic education and career options. Male authors from the fourteenth century often portrayed many patriarchal influences against women in their writing. Such was…

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    vCharlotte Perkins Gilman 's "The Yellow Wallpaper" tells the story of Jane, a woman who suffers from "nervous depression” (113). In "The Yellow Wallpaper," Gilman demonstrates the oppressive social roles expected of Jane, the narrator, such as not having any aspirations other than that of a submissive housewife and mother. First, Jane 's husband and physician, John, has total control of both Jane’s mental and physical reality. The combination of Jane trying to be a submissive wife and her…

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    their society. We are demeaning those forms which allow a sanctuary, a sense of community, of learning and of peace from ridicule. Fiske stated that "..negotiating a feminine terrain where feminine meanings can be made and circulated, they keep patriarchy under constant interrogation, they legitimate feminine values and thus produce self-esteem for the women who live by them" (Fiske, 199). The audience has the power to make the change of what is valued, and it is time that we…

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    actions do not go unpunished, as for Babamukuru “Anyone who defies my authority is an evil thing in this house, bent on destroying what I have made.” (Dangaremba 169) Her objection to his authority is a direct offense to the power standing of the male patriarchy. Babamukuru feels threatened as “Shona society limit women aspirations, pushing them, “to "contain" themselves, to make themselves small by kneeling, to lower their voices” (Shaw 11). The fifteen whips that she receives as a result of…

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    In terms of social class, power is mostly distributed among male characters in the play regardless of whether they are rich or poor as they display dominant roles, especially over women. For example, Mr. Higgins, a man of high social status, demonstrates his influence over Eliza by being her teacher, molding and instructing her on how to speak like a duchess. Higgins himself can be compared to Pygmalion the sculptor in Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”, an active male who carefully constructs his ideal…

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    A patriarchy is a male-dominated society or social structure and within this male dominated society we have norms that centered on men called androcentrism. So it’s not shocking the society presents these norms on men and women. Men are seen as powerful for a reason and a lot of products are representing that whether it’s as obvious as the five products discussed in this essay. Women are supposed to glide alongside men and be beautiful and skinny, because sometimes in todays patriarchy society…

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    imposed upon women in the late 19th century, detailing the struggle for female independence and freedom. Utilizing both direct and indirect characterization, Chopin's short story contains themes of societal repression of women, emancipation from the patriarchy and the pursuit of liberty, and the perils of marriage and monogamy. Chopin's use of a myriad of literary techniques such as imagery and repetition highlight the protagonists character growth and serves to illuminate her moral dilemma in…

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