gender is a social construct‚ defined by societal norms that attribute different roles and values to men and women. Moreover‚ these sex-specific roles‚ rights‚ and obligations are not just different‚ they also tend to be unequal (Kishor‚ 1999). Unequal gender relations -- existing to varying degrees in most if not all countries of the world-- feed directly into the status accorded to women and girls in society. Women’s status is a term that describes women’s situation in both absolute terms and
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Vonnegut ’s Changing Women What follows is an argument to the effect that‚ in the novels written before 1973‚ Vonnegut ’s female characters generally are presented negatively‚ either as pro-authority anti-individualists or as helpless or male-manipulated victims who never "grow" in either a personal or literary sense. In addition I maintain that‚ in at least two of Vonnegut ’s later novels‚ certain female characters exercise individuality in their own existences and effect positively the awareness
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DBQ During the time period from the end of the American Revolution to the Civil War‚ American womanhood changed greatly. Due to differing beliefs during the time the American women’s ideals became to change. At the time‚ main beliefs were the “republican motherhood”‚ or the thought that women had power in the country’s politics in the sense that they raised the next generation‚ and the “cult of domesticity”‚ or the thought that women should be submissive‚ moral‚ and take care of their husbands and
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effects of women in the workforce Women in the workforce earning wages or a salary are part of a modern reality‚ one that developed at the same time as the growth of paid employment for men; yet women have been challenged by inequality in the workforce. Until recently‚ legal and cultural practices‚ combined with longstanding religious and educational conventions‚ restricted women’s participation in the workforce. Dependency upon men‚ and consequently the poor economic status of women‚ have had
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of workingwomen are examined during the early 1900’s in Montreal. Women who no longer chose to stay at home and be a housewife were divided into three distinct categories. These groupings were based on class‚ education level and income. Although no woman could earn as much as a man did‚ they were slowly being more accepted and respected in the workplace. The levels of job varied greatly depending on the level of education a women had. In most industries there was not much time or money for training
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Compromise * Missouri Compromise (1820) -It didn’t allow slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except Missouri. Allowed Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. * Compromise of 1850 ( 1850) - Admit California as a free state; uphold popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah; Includes Fugitive Slave Act; Settles Texas/New Mexico border disputes; Ban slave trade in Washington D.C * Kansas Nebraska Act (1854) - Divide the Kansas territory into Kansas
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unfulfilled and constantly deferred dreams‚ the only the dream that is fully realized is Lorraine’s dream of being recognized as “a lousy human being who’s somebody’s daughter or somebody’s friend or even somebody’s enemy.” In dreaming of Lorraine the women acknowledge that she represents every one of them: she is their daughter‚ their friend‚ their enemy‚ and her brutal rape is the fulfillment of their own nightmares. Mattie’s dream presents an empowering
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The bond that women share has always been a mystery‚ surpassing any other type of relationship. Throughout history‚ there have been many Thelma and Louises or Betty and Wilmas. It ’s a cohesive connection that goes beyond a comprehensive definition. However‚ when this type of relationship is perceived as lesbianism‚ the traditional gender role belief system is threatened and this can often lead to negative outcomes. It ’s evident how the close bond between women threatens traditional gender roles
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Who are the women of Brewster Place? Mattie‚ Ciel‚ Etta Mae‚ Kiswana‚ Cora Lee‚ Lorraine‚ and Theresa. Each of these women will tell their experience while living in Brewster Place‚ a big brownstone blocked by a brick wall on a dead end street. Mattie is the mother figure in the apartment building. Mattie grew up in Tennessee ‚ where she lived a sheltered life with her mother and over protective father. One day Mattie and Butch Fuller‚ a man her father despised‚ went to pick sugar cane. Butch seduces
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Changing Women Through Literature The 20th Century brought about many changes for writers. It was during this time that the war along with the feminist movement began to come forward. These two issues began changing the way women were viewed in society. Writers had the option of whether or not to keep their female characters the domesticated subservient homemaker or to bring forth the new emerging woman in their stories. The roles of women were changing from the passive homemaker who stayed at home
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