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    this in when she is told by her mother, “…this is how to hem a dress when you see the hem coming down and so to prevent yourself from looking like the slut I know you are so bent on becoming …” (Kincaid 271). The girl in the short story has done nothing wrong, but her mother insists if she does not have the right skirt-length she will become a “slut” or an outcast of some sort. In “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves,” as well, the girls are expected to keep a ladylike appearance. One of…

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    Girl” written by Jamaica Kincaid is essentially a set of instructions given by an adult, who is assumed to be the mother of the girl, who is laying out the rules of womanhood, in Caribbean society, as expected by the daughter’s gender. These instructions set out by the mother are related to topics including household chores, manners, cooking, social conduct, and relationships. The reader may see these instructions as demanding, but these are a mother’s attempt, out of care for the daughter, to…

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    kidnappings, and cheating seem to be all over the media today. However, they do not focus on what actually happened, but instead on who is the victim and who is the villain. Has sexism changed since 1692 and what beliefs about it stayed the same? Adultery, slut-shaming are examples of how sexism still prevails as an issue that women must face, however, the social effect today is still worse for women than men. Today in society with technology, it is much harder to get away with cheating. People…

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    for being acting like a slut and not wanting to act the same as her. Kincaid probably wanted to show her reader the conflicting opinions of an older generation and a younger, while also showing the…

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    are a lot of new perspectives that have come about especially since the third wave that need to be brought to the discussion. If there was a fourth wave covering what the first three may have missed I believe its many focus would be on sexual abuse, slut-shaming, women in the work world and the views on the word “feminism” itself. The first wave of feminism took place in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It began in July of 1848 with the Seneca Falls Convention. The convention,…

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    women’s sexual behaviors are policed and disciplined. More specifically, a girl who wears a mini dress and high heels on campus, has several casual sex experiences, and likes expressing her love by kissing and hugging in the public is labeled as a “slut” or a “whore.” However, if a boy enacting the same sexual behaviors may earn positive sexual reputations as a “player.” Derek Kreager and Jeremy Staff, in their article “The Sexual Double Standard and Adolescent Peer Acceptance,” defines the…

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    stomach; on Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming;” (Kincaid 1725). This same statement about the “slut you are so bent on becoming” is repeated on several occasions throughout the work. In the final instance of this phrase being used, Kincaid alters the words just slightly to read “…this way they won’t recognize immediately the slut I have warned you against becoming;” (1726). The word “slut” is a sexual term and has a negative connotation; in…

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    The word ‘slut’ is repeated three times throughout the story as the mother warns the daughter not to become one. The mother breaks up the listing of instructions on how to clean and behave with warnings such as, “This is how to hem a dress when you see the hem coming down and so to prevent yourself from looking like the slut I know you are so bent on becoming…” (483). Kincaid makes it clear through this repetition of the word “slut” that a good reputation is crucial for…

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    Stereotypes In Media

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    Mass media uses stereotypes to allow viewers to identify and recognise representations of men and women in media, this allows media to create its own version of an ideal reality. Mass media uses a variety of different mediums to broadcast information, such as; television, magazines and newspapers, radio, and social media. Media can also influence the individual’s views, thoughts and opinions of the world. Stereotypes that media uses to describe male and female characteristics may include the…

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    To whom it may concern, in my experience, being a woman is difficult. Throughout American history, gender equality has played a significant role in the stereotypical American culture. The media has had a very large role in the depiction of how women should be portrayed and treated. Throughout the decades many women have faced some serious challenges that unfortunately they still face today. We as a country should have moved on from these stereotypes and false depictions a long time ago due to…

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