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    Jamaica Kincaid

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    what would make her a respectable woman in their culture. She tells her daughter how to be perfect to help her daughter have a good reputation in their community and live a pretty straight and narrow path. Yet, Girl also goes much deeper by using the instructions given by the mother to her daughter as a way to analyze and give insight into their culture. Girl is a set of instructions from mother to daughter that reflects upon the…

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    It was almost as if a woman was a man's property more than his spouse. They were told what to do, where to go, and what to wear. Over time women have spoken out and this is not the case anymore, but for a long time women lived very hard and difficult lives. In the dark ages marriage was done much differently than the traditions today. A woman did not choose her husband, they were chosen for her by her parents (Moocow, 2015). Marriage wasn't necessarily something a woman looked forward to, when…

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    Gender Roles

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    “The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved”(Matthew Henry). The twenty-first century; in today’s society the male, masculinity roles are usually associated with strength, aggression, and dominance, while the typical woman's feminine roles are usually associated with passivity, nurturing, and…

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    artist from Paterson New Jersey he hit number 2 on US Billboard, Hot 100 with “ Trap Queen “ but everyone is looking at the song as good when really it’s giving woman a bad look like it’s okay to have a strong woman on your side to rely on but no woman should have that on her background she should be treated like a lady. “Seen yo pretty ass soon as you came in that door. I just wanna chill”,ok this far right here its ok nothing major but when he say. “got a sack for us to roll. Married to the…

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    Women's Role In The NFL

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    lineman averaging from 200 to 300 lbs. In NBA the average basketball player is 6’6. Not only are size and weight big differences between men and women but also strength. The strongest man in the world can lift almost twice the amount as the strongest woman in the world. When you were young i’m sure your parents told you that men should never hit women. If women were allowed to play in the NFL they would be getting hit by very large men at full force. Some men can’t even take their hits…

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    Stereotypes In Body Art

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    Perhaps some do tell the truth about females with tattoos, but that does not involve every woman that is included in the same group. Now stereotypes can be exaggerated, but it is telling the truth in a way. Even though stereotypes are true, they do tend to have an exaggeration on some parts and sometimes it can expand the truth further than it…

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    Axe Body Axe Ad Analysis

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    Axe Body Wash – Woman Being Sexualized Stephanie Attar Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi Axe was launched in France in 1983 by Unilever. Its original name was Lynx. They couldn’t name it axe back then in France, due to trademark issues. Since then, Axe has evolved to become its own product. From 1990 to 1996 Axe used mostly geographic names to name the scents. When axe was made, their product was mostly to help men attract woman. Supposedly, this went totally opposite of what they thought…

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    the house and the children. One big similarity is the representation of the room that the narrator form The Yellow Wallpaper was in and how it used to be a nursery, the room represents the innocence that is also expressed in the song by the lyrics “pretty and petite” and “little” from the song. In the yellow wallpaper there is also an instance when John calls his wife a little girl “What is it, little girl?” (Gilman .9). During the victorian era women were expected to be more innocent and…

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    how men are supposed to follow up on one moral law and woman are supposed to follow up on another moral code, both codes are very different from each other. The moral law for men would be how they are the breadwinners of the family and how there are known to have power. The moral law for woman is that they should stay home, cook, clean and make the house look good. This is shown in the play by Nora, Krogstad and Helmer. Moral laws for woman are shown in the play at several different places in…

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    Growing up, all us young girls played with Barbie dolls and dressed them up to be pretty. The girl in the poem represents women in society dealing with the unrealistic expectations and standards they face. A girl is born into the world, innocent and pure, unknowing of what she is going to encounter in her life. This child is tormented throughout her lifetime on what people say she should look like or be like, and is haunted by the anticipation of what is normal. The speaker appears to be very…

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