“…Use curiosity to ask challenging questions about what appear as normal‚ everyday banalities in order to try and understand make visible’ the hidden gendering of the practice and theorizing of international relations” –Cynthia Enloe In times of armed conflict‚ women are most susceptible to violence and silencing through the sexualization‚ dehumanization‚ and stigmatization of their identities. Janie Leatherman highlights this point when stating “gender based violence often intensifies and becomes
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Bella Spooner Representation of Women in Horror Films. Since the inventions of television and film‚ media influences have become extremely important in modern society with people constantly being inundated by images and messages that come from film‚ television‚ magazines‚ internet and advertising. Researchers and theorists such as Carol J. Clover and Jean Kilborne believe that the fact that people are going to be affected by the media is absolutely unavoidable. Films can act as guides to
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Solving the Big Fat Problem As of 2010‚ more than one third of children and adolescents in the United States were overweight or obese‚ and obesity has become a major problem in the United States. Some blame the obesity epidemic on fast-food restaurants‚ others blame it on the person consuming the food‚ and others blame the government. All of these are factors in the problem‚ but the government can make a difference in reducing the rising issue of obesity by providing school-age children with healthy
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Using sociologist Erving Goffman’s technique of frame analysis and a further development of the original coding scheme‚ Katharina Lindner conducted a study to examine the portrayal of women in advertisements in a general interest magazine (Time) and a women’s fashion magazine (Vogue). The study reveals that advertisements in Vogue portrayed women more stereotypically than did advertisements in Time. The results agreed with the prediction since Lindner considered Time a magazine intended for a broader
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son Telemachus. In the words of Nagy‚ “Kleos is the formal word which the singer himself used to designate the songs which he sang in praises of God and man or by extension the songs which people learnt to sing from him.” Kleos is also the objectification of the hero’s personal survival in epic song‚ the imperishable fame which lives among men and keeps alive the hero’s name. Thus as Nagy points out‚ “The usual translation of Kleos as fame is inadequate‚ for fame indicates only the consequences
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Applying Marx’s Alienated Labor Theory To Women’s Domestic Labor In his work The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844‚ Marx states one of the most outstanding theories which is Alienated Labor. His theory mainly analyzes the labor in the public of society‚ in other words‚ the men in working class. Thus‚ Marx’s Alienated Labor Theory applies mainly to the alienation of workers in the public production field. Women at that time are considered as a second class‚ which have no status in society
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“There is no truth in advertising.” Discuss Advertising is omnipresent and inescapable in today’s world. It is claimed that an average person is exposed to 2000 advertisements every day. Due to its all-pervasive nature‚ advertising has a huge impact on our minds‚ both consciously and unconsciously. However‚ the credibility of today’s advertisements should be questioned. As media companies and advertising agents become increasingly profit-driven‚ advertisements now contain false information‚ promote
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The topic of equality is not something that is new to me‚ but as of recently has opened my eyes to new perspectives and ideas on the subject. Through women and gender studies‚ I have discovered that I am a post-feminist with sincere fictions about some of the people around me. Although I consider myself open‚ accepting and curious of other cultures‚ women and gender studies has allowed me the opportunity to explore a couple of topics through campus discussions to apply my newfound knowledge. I
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Jessica Butler Anthony Franklin ENGL 1110 05 November 2015 Feminism Portrayed in Legally Blonde In the film Legally Blonde‚ sexism and feminism are two very evident features‚ beginning in a negative‚ stereotypical way‚ and ending in a positive‚ strong willed spirit‚ promoting confidence and understanding your own self-worth. The film was released in 2001‚ potentially misleading viewers to believe that it was just another “dumb blonde” joke made into a movie. But what they encountered was more
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the Good 203‚ R. Bruce Douglass‚ et al.‚ (eds.)‚ pp. 217-226‚ 1990. Parfit‚ D.‚ Reasons and Persons (Oxford: Oxford University Press‚ 1984). Posner‚ R‚ Sex and Reason (Cambridge‚ MA: Harvard University Press‚ 1992). Radin‚ M.‚ “Reflections on Objectification‚”65 Southern California Law Review 341 (November 1991). Radin‚ M.‚ “The Colin Ruagh Thomas O ’Fallon Memorial Lecture on Personhood‚” 74 Oregon Law Review 423 (Summer 1995). Rhodes‚ R. "Clones‚ harms‚ and rights‚"Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare
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