The Gibson Girls were personifications of the feminine ideal in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They represented an optimistic‚ morally inclined‚ and traditional society post Victorian Era. From fashion to culture and beyond‚ much can be taken from the Gibson Girl drawings. These “women” reveal a tremendous amount about the social perceptions of femininity and the place of a woman in Society during the early 20’s. The Gibson Girl was the pen and ink creation of illustrator
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tree‚ eating toast with strawberries and drinking rose petal tea‚ a sweet girl takes a quiet moment to revel in the small wonders of the world before they pass her by. ~Welcome to the world of the Mori girls~ A community devoted to Mori-kei was founded in August 2006 on Mixi‚ a Japanese social networking site‚ by a girl known only by her alias ‘choco’ to describe a style she and her friends were already wearing. These girls went on to drafted up a checklist of a Mori girl’s preferences - everything
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Gender plays a big part in our society rather we realize it or not. We tell girls that they should wear dresses and dream to be a princess when they grew up. We tell boys to get dirty and stop crying if they fall. When a child goes not conform to the roles society has placed on gender than they are labeled as LGBT‚ even when they may not be. If a boy likes to play with dolls than people assumed the child is gay and if I girl likes to get her hands dirty than she is a tomboy. I wonder why there is not
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Being a girl trying to experience childhood‚ the girl in "Boys and Girls" was very restricted in finding out who she is‚ because of her dad’s expectations. Perhaps because of the way he was raised‚ he made judgments on her before she had even done anything wrong (or ’girly’‚ in his eyes). Before the day she let the horse out‚ her father seemed to be waiting for the day when she would slip. It was as if he expected her to let the horse out before it even happened. He categorized her as a foolish‚
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Dark undercurrents of teenage girls’ selfies Date July 11‚ 2013 Olympia Nelson Pouty self-portraits have turned boy-girl relations into a cut-throat sexual rat race. Actor Miley Cyrus poses for a selfie. If social media only caused narcissism‚ it wouldn’t be the worst thing. Instagram and Facebook are social networks that not only breed narcissistic tendencies but transform relations into a sexual rat race. On these ubiquitous portals‚ the popularity of girls is hotly contested over one big
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‘Girl’ is an astonishing prose poem written by Jamaica Kincaid‚ this is one of the monologue that is easily imagined in a clear dramatic context. The irony of this prose poem come from the title given to it “Girl” because the girl only gets to speak two line through out the text and the rest is covered by the mother. The prose poem consists of single sentences about a mother advising her daughter about femininity‚ society‚ traditions and sexuality. Throughout the text‚ the use of single sentence
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THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING A GIRL-CHILD It is a known fact that many parents have put a full stop after being blessed with boys after girls. But in my case‚ I sincerely thank my parents for lovingly accepting us in this world. The Great Lord has empowered us to lead a very Catholic life. In fact there has never been any complaint from my father that he could not manage or sustain so many of us‚ him being the only earning member. Rather he worked much harder and saw that nothing less has been provided
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harmless bunch always laughing and joking around never taking life to seriously. You could hear the laughter roar for miles we were all young teenagers not a care in the world.. I was happy on top of the world as i was an extremely popular 15year old girl with a great group of friends and a fantastic boyfriend who everyone adored and he was mine! We called ourselves posh and becks and nothing would tear us apart! This one particular day i remember not feeling so great‚ sitting at home watching tv waiting
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Be a Girl Because You Are a Girl “A girl’s confidence plummets during puberty.” In the “Like a Girl” campaign commercial‚ Always sends a message on vulnerability that during puberty words and stereotypes can have lasting effects on girls and their confidence. It is obvious throughout the commercial that a point is being made about women and their common stereotype. Even the women being interviewed know how and what the common response would be when asked to “do something like a girl.” This commercial
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Girls in Seventh Grade “Girls‚ they wanna have fun!” Madonna did have a great clarification about girls in that song‚ but what is thought when someone thinks about girls? Make-up‚ dresses‚ and most definately shoes. However‚ for most men‚ the one word to describe them is complicated. They think girls always have those mood swings every now and then‚ or cannot decide on what to wear. One minute they are happy‚ but the next they are going to rip your throat out. Maybe girls are complicated in some
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