Young Women

hysteria over accusations of witchcraft. This was a time of great change. The puritans feared that their strictly religious society was crumbling, and that fear allowed for the hysteria to take over. Young women were accusing vulnerable people of the community, mostly older women, of witchcraft. Women of the time were extremely unequal to men. They were thought to be “intrinsically weaker, morally speaking” ("Salem Witch Trials," 2011). This unfortunate factor of society in that time contributed…

In the article “‘Gender I’ve been pondering whether you can be a part-feminist’: Young Australian Women’s Studies students discuss gender,” Kate Hughes interviews a group of 20 undergraduate first year students taking Women’s Studies in a large Metropolitian University in Australia. The program is classified as ‘new wave’ for Women’s Studies. These students came from different backgrounds, for example, Italian,Vietnamese,Turkish,Germany, Greek and New Zealand. The interview is focused on the…

Fad Diets Body image is something that affects people globally, especially women and young adults. People are willing to try a variety of methods to achieve their weight loss goals, some of which are extreme. Fad diets are a common method to lose weight and generally consist of restricted meal plans and lifestyle regimes to either burn more fat or stop the fat going on in the first place. Fad diets come in many shapes and sizes and are often very unhealthy. In many cases they can cause negative…

Women in The Big Sleep As I have mentioned before, this was true in the case of the rise of feminism. Before the turn of the century, “Women arrived, en masse, [to the Western frontier], and the ‘male-dominated homosocial world of gold rush California’ gave way to a ‘settled domestic Victorian discipline’” (Hoefer 49). That ‘Victorian discipline’ gave way in the 1920s to a deviant social norm, exemplified by Carmen and to a lesser extent Vivian. Right before Marlowe expresses how much he…

The participation of women in sports has increased enormously since the inception of Title IX over 30 years ago. However, women’s sport still have not reached the size and passion of the fan base that men’s sports draw. There are a number of factors involved that has caused the development of this contrast. These factors include conflicts in the view of American womanhood, fans only accepting athletes who meet the “white beauty queen” standard and athletic competition being seen as being a…

femme fatales, Esperanza’s struggle between her budding sexuality and her desire for freedom is revealed. On the first few chapters, it is clear that Esperanza’s goal is to escape Mango Street and live in a house of her own after seeing the trapped women around the neighborhood. Not only that, in “Boys & Girls” Esperanza already understands the inequality between the boys and girls in her society when she mentioned that her brothers don’t speak to her outside the house because she’s a girl.…

Sexuality in adolescence Sexuality is the most notorious and common sign of development in adolescence.“The House on Mango street”, by Sandra Cisneros is a coming of age novel where Esperanza transitions from a girl into a young teen. In her journey, Esperanza comes across many challenges, she is forced to grow up by life’s adversities. In the short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, a mother advises her daughter and scolds her into becoming a good woman. In her guidance, the mother is worried…

“good girl” one must know how to do the things that are expected of them such as cooking, cleaning, sewing, and behaving like a lady. These thoughts coincide with the discriminatory idea conveyed throughout this story that men do the real work and the women stay at home and cook and…

Dolly Parton once said, “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” But even when people follow this advice, many others do not take the time to discover who those people are. This is apparent in the book Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy. When people see Willowdean Dickson, they think “Fat Girl”. However, if they got to know her better, they would see that she is so much more. Therefore, the theme of this book is prejudice, which often prevents people from seeing who others really are. Willowdean…

Classifying Classifying others is typically viewed negatively, as if we are stereotyping them, but occasionally classifying groups can help us better understand these groups with a broad view of how the people in these groups function together. Cliques can be very easily classified, but doing this without stereotyping can be difficult. When classifying, it will either be positive or negative, and the way we classify others will determine the outcome. Rosalind Wiseman's essay, "The Queen Bee…