Virginity

Once in her brothel, The Happy House, Lakshmi is doomed to have her virginity taken from her. After fighting with Mumtaz for weeks, after several dozen of Mumtaz’s beatings, the woman running the Happiness house decides to let Lakshmi live. Lakshmi is not relieved, as one would expect her to be, but curious as to what will…

What is the "problem with no name" as described by Betty Friedan? How did people in the 50s and 60s try to downplay or trivialize this problem? How does this relate to the cult of domesticity? "The problem with no name" referes to a widescale mental health crisis in the United States in the 1950s and 60s. Many women had chosen to get married and start a family at a very young age, as early as 17 years old. These women had become the perfect models for feminine domesticity. Staying at home and…

Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried portray heartbreakingly candid representations of what it means to be a man or woman in society unlike any other novels one might read in their high school career. Both texts delineate the delicate relationships between men and women. O’Brien paints how toxic masculinity perverts men’s ability to have meaningful relationships with women while Morrison illustrates the demonization of maturity in women. Morrison and O’Brien…

of the over 19 million newly diagnosed STD infections Americans acquire each year.” b. Virginity pledges ( /// ) are a key problem in the lack of STD education because students don’t know the risks of other sexual interactions. A quote from Peter Bearman, Ph.D., in an article published by Science Direct in April 2005 reports, “Because virginity is often culturally linked only to vaginal sex, to preserve virginity, adolescents and young adults may engage in other sexual behaviors that involve…

people in his novel brings about a more realistic sense to the story or life to his characters. In the book, Chronicle of a Death Foretold sets in his native country, Colombia and it also shows some of his culture values such as honor and preserving virginity for marriage. Márquez was also part of the Boom or “The New Novel” in which realist narratives try to document reality and express the vision of a complex subjective reality. This is shown in his story with the creation of the town and its…

“This Is Just My Face: Try Not To Stare,” is an expressive memoir by Gabourey Sidibe. In this article, the author narrates to us her journey to celebrity. She puts across the challenges she faced in her childhood, how she was brought up, her adulthood challenges, best moments in her career, and pricks in celebrity. Sidibe tries to portray herself as a fat black lady, who is not deterred by negativity but thrives on it. The reading begins with her being celebrated during a Halloween night. This…

In the 19th century the American view on women became clear. Many people began to write about the role of a woman and things the woman should be able to do. The cult of domesticity is one of the main outlines of the roles of a woman. It goes into the image of the ideal woman, a woman’s proper place in society, and lists some writings that will reinforce the cult of domesticity. It also goes into the four main principles that make up a true woman. The four main principles are stated as piety,…

men, making the idea of puberty both exciting and frightening, just as the ritual itself is. Dundes (2002) points out another connection with virginity in the title character of the legend, Mary, stating that the ritual occurs frequently in Catholic elementary schools alluding to the name being a variation on the Virgin Mary. This connection to loss of virginity could explain why many of the rituals involve a group of girls gathering together, seemingly as a means of supporting one another,…

and young women make vows and sign cards promising to remain a virgin until marriage. At the balls, the fathers and daughters sign pledges to protect the chastity of the daughter. The father is held responsible and, thus, owner of his daughter’s virginity (Fahs). Once she is married, she is now owned by her husband. Once again, women are seen as property that must remain unblemished and not people with their own uniqueness and desires. The women are not given choices, rather they are being…

Imagine living off of 2 dollars a day with a family and pressure from people to send your child to traffickers so that you can survive. So many young children in Cambodia are sold to help pay for their families’ debt, housing and food because many are diseased, starving or unable to work. No, it is not worth it and is morally wrong to sell them. There should be more enforcement of the law and they should stick to it. Also do more to protect the ones who have been rescued as well as new laws for…