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    Like women all over the world‚ Chinese women used to lead a life under the mercy of their husbands. Although they carry more than half the burden of the family‚ their position is always considered inferior. Chairman Mao liberated women by encouraging women to share the equal responsibility as men. On the surface‚ this sounded good news for all the oppressed women. However‚ when I look back‚ this has done more harm than good. The critical part is that this totally overlooked the difference between

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    been many disputes over whether or not Afghan women have been liberated from oppression. After the Taliban regime fell‚ President Karzai signed the Declaration of Essential Rights of Afghan Women. This stated that women must receive equal protection under the law. This brought about signs of hope and lessened the oppression of women however the Taliban are resurgent and people do not feel safe. Still‚ in some villages there is violence against women‚ arranged marriages and high maternal mortality

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    Women‚ which is half of the population‚ were always expected to become a housewife and not to work. They were expected to stay home and take care of the children and clean the house as well as go to different social gatherings in the neighborhood. Women were expected to always travel together or at least in the presence of another man‚ but never alone. So when women entered the workforce in world war two to fill the gap that men left

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    Double Bondage..Puritan and Women Being oppressed by their male counterparts‚ women were extremely disgruntled. As the quote explains‚ Anne Bradstreet’s “poetry must have been her outlet for her discontent.” This discontent stems from the oppression of women of her time. Women in Puritan society during the dawn of the New World in the English colonies were extremely oppressed‚ double-teamed by both religion and men. Puritan society in New England was a society with a strong patriarchal community

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    Many women remained unrecognized for their talents before and after the revolution‚ Cuba is well known for the sugar cane‚ healthcare‚ education‚ men and sports. Women transformations emerged within the island which generated a new “vision” for females in Cuba. “Cuba constitution in the 1940 banned discrimination on the basis of sex…gave women the right to retain Cuban citizenship regardless of marriage‚ established equal pay for equal work…in 1950 a civil rights law gave women the possibility of

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    Puritan Gender Roles Puritan beliefs were very strict and proper. They believed in a close correlation between church and government. One huge belief that they lived by was gender roles. These roles were ingrained in their society‚ seeing women as inferior. (Puritans). All puritans were expected to live by this‚ having the idea that there is a strict right and wrong. The Puritan belief of gender roles are not necessary or fair in society. Puritans had many reasons for this belief that they saw logical

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    in 1996‚ women were gaining rights and access to things they had never before hoped or imagined for. Once the Taliban came to power‚ all of the progress that they had made in the years past spiraled backwards and women had no rights throughout the entire country. The Taliban stood by a strict form of the Sharia‚ or Islamic‚ law. The Taliban interpreted this form of government in a way that provided no rights for women. After the Taliban gained control of the capital‚ Kabul‚ in 1996‚ women throughout

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    The uprise of the cosmetic industry and platforms created by beauty gurus has altered the way women are perceived by the opposite sex. Men often believe they are being fooled due to the enhancement of a woman’s appearance. Its is no secret that makeup can help a woman appear as she wishes and even be seen as a completely different person. In present times women have become known for fashion and makeup and are now making a living out of this profession. I believe makeup is not only serving for negative

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     In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter‚ life is centered around a rigid Puritan society in which one is unable to divulge his or her innermost thoughts and secrets. Every human being needs the opportunity to express how he or she truly feels‚ otherwise the emotions are bottled up until they become volatile. Unfortunately‚ Puritan society did not permit this kind of expression‚ thus characters had to seek alternate means to relieve their personal anguishes and desires. Luckily

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    a mother‚ a father and a child. In a Puritan society this standard was not forgotten. Other normalities in a Puritan society were mandatory church attendance‚ harsh punishments placed on those who strayed from God’s. Some punishments were more vigorous than others‚ executions‚ whippings‚ and public humiliations. In the case of Hester Prynne‚ her punishment for conceiving her daughter Pearl was to wear a scarlet letter A on her chest. Hester violated the Puritan law of premarital sex‚ with the young

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