The Other Girl

They avoid responding too deeply to other people’s problems, instead giving advice, changing the subject, making a joke, or giving no response. Unlike women, they don’t react to troubles talk by empathizing with others and expressing sympathy” (Barnett and Rivers 290). Giving suggestions, changing the topics of discussing, making a joke, and responding nothing are men’s communication troubles. Women care about other’s problems, and they will support others to deal with the problems. Some…

Disney’s interpretation of women is starting to raise a few eyebrows. It has become evident that girls are starting to act more mature at a much younger age which leads to them being sexualized. Considering young girls obsession with Disney princesses many parents are left wondering if the Disney princess franchise is acting as an aid in this horrific epidemic. In Stephane Hanes article, Little Girls or Little Women? The Disney Princess Effect, Hanes explores the seemingly innocent world of…

studying at a friends house and when it started to become dark, the girls were constantly checking their phones because we all had curfews and were expected to be home at a certain time. In the other hand, the guys seemed to not worry about time since their parents were less worried about them and let them stay out late at night. I understand that it is dangerous for young teenagers to be out late but why is it that even though a boy and a girl are both young they are treated way differently.…

relevant throughout human history and exists today in many forms despite more progressive feminist movements in western pop culture. There are other places in the world where revolutions against patriarchy are less well-known, including the bacha posh in Afghanistan. The bacha posh tradition is an obvious practice for families without a son since it gives girls in the Afghan culture an opportunity to have more freedom as they also provide more stability for their families; however, there are…

occurrences. A simple text stating “I just got robbed” and other things of that nature may soon become the norm.…

the store. In the conclusion of the story, Sammy sympathizes for the girls. When the three girl first walked into…

what is the influence the media is having on these young girls? media displays the perfect women in their heads, influencing their preference on body type as well as providing them with poor choices for role models. Through time the media has changed the standard for what the “perfect” woman looks like. Todays choice for beauty is to be thin. Thin women are displayed for advertisement and are the very celebrities which many…

with lust over a girl. The two boys are different ages and go to different lengths to impress the girl they want; however, each story has a similar theme, inciting incident, and final ending. A theme in both of the stories is immaturity, or ignorance. The narrator of Araby is an unnamed boy who is probably not yet an adolescent. Being a young boy in a dull town with little exposure to anything from the world outside of his, he is, by default, ignorant. His first experience with a girl is with…

how play influences social development, friendship formation and social interactions. This observation took place at the Brookhaven Head Start Center on February, 2016. In this group of preschoolers there was about an equal amount between boys and girls; to make a total of 20 preschoolers in the classroom setting. The very first thing I completed was observing them in the classroom during story time, station time and singing songs while they were dancing. This preschool classroom was small,…

He then frowns as a giggle and a shriek come from the bathroom, Lloyd guesses that the girls had near frozen the water in which was hitting a certain part of Emil’s anatomy. “Are you ok with the girls taking a shower with your boy toy?” Lloyd clinches his fist, and grits his teeth, as he resisted the urge to shatter Alexander’s jaw. Raising twin girls has most definitely helped Lloyd’s patience, and anger control. If it had been five years earlier Lloyd wouldn't have…