Pregnancy discrimination

For years, men and women have strived to stay within social norms. These socials norms included stereotypical roles of men and women. Now, in 2018, women are gaining more rights and typical gender roles and other social norms are starting to fade, although they still have an effect in all of our lives. Shakespeare, who lived and wrote nearly 200 years before us, tried to break these “rules” of gender roles. Shakespeare plays with traditional gender stereotypes through the characters of Romeo and…

The support for gender equality is not only applicable to women. In "Why gender equality is good for everyone - men included," Michael Kimmel's goal is to provide further explanation as to how gender equality is beneficial to all genders. Kimmel states that "making gender visible to men is the first step to engaging men to support gender equality"(5:03). In his performance, Kimmel focuses on the family "roles" which can be improved by promoting gender equality. Through the support of equality a…

In this day and age, social injustices occur on a daily basis due to discrimination against one’s race, gender, sexuality, skills and more. These common occurrences promote the idea that more equality will better a nation which raises the question, would total equality actually benefit society? Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron succeeds in addressing this question and exposes the consequences of complete equality. His short story takes place in an egalitarian society where the government…

Hence, it is safe to say that as long as there exists a wide difference in the living quality and conditions of people, there will be a presence of a dominant class and a recessive one. Kathryn Stockett’s The Help puts forth the theme of racial discrimination and inequality faced by the black maids under their ‘superior’ white masters and it also shows the various distinctions among the white women…

with Othello's character: in fact, many derogatory terms are used, especially by the villain Iago and his confederate Rodorigo, to define Othello. This would certainly lead the reader to believe that the entire story gravitates around a racist discrimination of Othello, since we are not given any description of the protagonist rather than his racial difference. Both Iago and Rodorigo often refer to Othello simply as “The Moor”…

story The Secret Life of Bees to portray the negative effects of racial discrimination through the lens of a 14 year old white girl who feels marginalized by society. Because, she has run away from home, with her only role models being her new African African “family” she gives another point of view to the civil rights movement. Those that are not African American, but are still affected by the marginalization and discrimination. However, Sue Monk Kidd isn’t the only author that uses motifs to…

Throughout the years, women have fought for the same rights as men do. Some may argue that women are still doing this with the current wage gap and the fight against sexual assault. But poet Carmen Giménez Smith does this in a different way. In her poetry, she shows the raw reality of being a female in the darkest ways. Giménez Smith work explores many issues that affect the lives of females. Many of her works have an underlying tone of brutally honest realism in it. For example, in “Bleeding…

includes freedom of speech, property rights and equal access to certain social goods and services. The existing differences amongst others in today’s society lead to racism which causes individuals the need to seek equality. Racism is seen as the discrimination directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. Racism contributes…

How do the poets effectively explore a young person's need to belong? In the poem Heidi with blue hair (1980) a young girl decides to dyed her hair blue and for this she is sent home. The headmistress is arguing with her that blue is not a school color, even though there was no rule against it she was punished. Although the situation her father stands up and defends her child. Her father does not want to mention her mother's death but somehow they believe that the rebellious attitude is due to…

story sets place in Jackson, Mississippi, in the early 1960s, which is a big turning point of Civil Rights Movements in the United States. The city is located in the zone called deep-south, and at that time, it is an area of an extreme racial discrimination. Even when there is the Civil Rights Movement, this…