a group of women to protest against a highly anticipated Peloponnesian war by refusing sexual contact with their partners. Although it was highly implausible‚ especially considering the period of time in which the play was based on‚ the group of women were successful in ending the war. The play suggests that Lysistrata wanted the war to end so that the husbands could stay at home with their wives. Throughout the course of the play‚ the idea of listening to propositions made by women would be considered
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The Odyssey Essay One role of women in ancient Greek culture as portrayed in The Odyssey is subservient to men. For example‚ Calypso keeps Odysseus on her island. However‚ Zeus tells her to let him go‚ as Hermes declares‚ “Now Zeus commands you to send him off with all good speed” (5: 156. 125). She responds by protesting that Zeus keeps all the mortal women he wants. However‚ Calypso listens to Zeus and releases Odysseus. Calypso clearly wants Odysseus to stay‚ yet she still lets him go‚ on the
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Researching the Women in Afghanistan has informed me about the many different aspects that have shaped these women into who they are today. They have survived through incredibly harsh periods when education for women was illegal and when being out in public without a male accompaniment was a punishable act as well. Not only have the women of Afghanistan survived through these terrible times‚ but they never seemed to give up home schooling girls in their homes and searching for a way to better their
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Striving for Women Equality In order for our society to ensure that future generations of women will have equal access to the same important resources currently available to men‚ an increase access to resources such as land‚ credit‚ education‚ technology and information can give them the opportunity to participate equally with men in key decisions that affect their lives. In particular‚ economic and educational opportunities should be readily available to them. By increasing women ’s economic productivity
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Preferred By The Women Can you imagine the women walking into each shop in the megamall and try every shoes‚ clothes‚ and handbags for 8 hours straight without even feeling tired? Even Haile Gebrselassie‚ world’s best long-distance runner can’t do that! According to the research done by a group of students from the University of Melbourne‚ women love to go shopping‚ grooming‚ go for a massage or spa‚ reading‚ singing‚ cooking‚ art &craft and so on. Despite being so passionate about
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Women in Media/Advertisement WMST 300 12 June‚ 2012. Women in Media/Advertising Media has taken a significant part in our society. People in twenty first century are exposed to media everyday and everywhere due to dramatic advance in technology. As sex became more explicit‚ sexual content in media‚ especially in advertisement‚ become a social norm. Sexual matter is everywhere: in television‚ radio‚ movies‚ music‚ and sexual imagery in print media. Therefore‚ sexuality became a very powerful
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Articles Women Empowerment and Safety Today we have noticed different Acts and Schemes of the central government as well as state government to empower the women of India. But in India women are discriminated and marginalized at every level of the society whether it is social participation‚ political participation‚ economic participation‚ access to education‚ and also reproductive healthcare. Women are found to be economically very poor all over the India. A few women are engaged in services
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controversial issue. Although the rights of women have changed over the years‚ they have never really been equal to the rights of a man. This poses a threat on Iran because women have very limited options when it comes to labor‚ marriage and other aspects of their culture. I believe that equal treatment for women and men is a fundamental principal of international human rights standards. Yet‚ in some places like Iran‚ discriminatory practices against women are not only prevalent‚ but in some cases
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Informs & Empowers). Women in advertising and entertainment business has not changed a lot over the last 60 years. Women are still used more than men in commercials involving cooking‚ cleaning ‚ and taking care of kids. Women can be presented in commercials in several variants. The first one is the most popular: a housewife obsessed by a steam on a new tablecloth or a woman whose main problem is lack of ideas for dinner. (Case Study) Commercials/entertainment would not have women as doctors‚ lawyers
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Women are beautiful By Maria Batrakova Group 21 D Free and beautiful‚ that was how one of the greatest innovators of photography‚ Garry Winogrand‚ pictured women. (Here you can see a photo of him: http://imgur.com/AjnXCe6) Due to Art Blart (Art Blart‚ 2011) he was considered as one of the most distinguished photographers of the twenties-century in America. Winogrand’s amazing exhibition includes 85 spontaneous photographs taken between 1960 and 1975 in and around New-York city. (Series of his
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