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took it upon themselves to “protect” women. These men created the ideals of the Cult of True Womanhood, and worked to preserve these virtues at all costs. The Cult oppressed both black and white women of this time because the men forced them to adhere to this restrictive lifestyle. While the Cult was made to restrict the actions of all women, it specifically applied to white women because black women were seen as incapable of being lady-like. Black women were forced to obey the restrictions…

her fill-the-room grin brightens the scene and you think to yourself, “gee, I wish I could be as famous as her.” Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Abigail Adams, Marilyn Monroe, Rosa Parks, Beyonce are a few names that come to mind when we think of “famous women in history.” In a high school assembly I learned that there are a few kinds of people in the world: those who make the news, those who report the news, and those who watch the news. The news is like watching history in the making, and so many…

is very smooth and soft. As the passage talks more about the full-blown flapper, the excitement in her tone rises. While sometimes harsh, the tone describes the full-blown flapper to be important. Using phrases like “carless pose”, “vulgar”, and “wearing ridiculous clothes” Shows that the flapper girls stood out considerably. Their carelessness aided them into showing the significance of those times today. “In a story in the issue of April 3, 1926, there is a girl who is the very type: a girl…

like “talented,” “complex,” and “unconventional” in describing both the women they promote—like April’s cover star, Shailene Woodley—and the women they seek to reach. Attempting to support her case for the “everygirl,” Myers describes the magazine’s continuous efforts to represent not only occupational models, but additionally women who are “model citizens,” “model power brokers,” “model creatives,” and overall “model women.” Why then, should Amy Schumer, the “everygirl,” feel so offended by…

In all three of the Vignettes, Esperanza seems to have struggled with self definition or identity. In “My Name,” Esperanza says her great grandmother was a “wild horse of a woman” who didn’t want to marry but was forced into it (Cisneros ). She then goes on to comparing her name with the number nine as if the number is unlucky. This proves that she doesn’t want to end up like her great grandmother, but she does know that one day, no matter how strong she is, the same thing will happen…

something very similar- she puts out a picture of herself that she has altered, because she thinks that is what the men she is looking for want to see. Both of these women, then, misrepresented themselves in the hopes of finding love; however, fundamental differences in their personalities and lives created very different outcomes…

The media has such a huge impact on what people think is right and wrong and when it comes to body image, women and young girls often have a hard time finding a “realistic body” to compare to theirs. Advertisements in the media have given this false “ideal” body image that women and young girls try to compete with and obtain in order to be deemed beautiful in the eyes of others. This false image can lead to early dieting and eating disorders in adolescence and adulthood. At a young age girls…

Beating all Odds Growing up you feel like anything is possible, you are given certain ideas that any dream or goal you have can be met with hard work behind it all. Is this always true? Maybe, maybe not? I want to introduce you to my cousin Melina. This young woman, I viewed as my oldest sister. She was born and raised in the Coachella Valley to a teen mother named Diana. Melina grew up in a broken latino family, with her father leaving her as a child. She then had a stepfather who wasn’t the…

1. Ladies in Lines follows a group of women as they’re trained for the armed forces and follows their struggles and achievements. Normally we would associate the armed forces with men but with Ladies in Lines we see and learn that women can be trained up for the armed forces just like men are. Women are usually seen as being innocent and so at first we wouldn’t expect the women in Ladies in Lines to be able to cope with their new environment in the training centre. However, Ladies in Lines…

Marge Piercy’s, “Barbie Doll,” uses a variety of literary elements including language, tone, and irony, to discuss the treatment, or rather mistreatment of women in our world. The girl in the poem ends up killing herself after being harassed for her lack of feminine charm, the poem written in 1973 makes the reader question the way women are viewed and the heavy repercussions these expectations may carry. Piercy’s view of the way the world treats young girls is illustrated through the language…