...For centuries women have fought for their rightful place in society and their God-given rights as humans. In some countries, women are still subjected to harsh, defiling conditions. While fighting for these rights, women characters in short stories, novels, plays, and even poetry were made to beat the odds of normalcy. In some instances, these women were portrayed as heroines. Three perfect examples of women characters before their time are Nora Helmer from A Doll’s House, Antigone from Antigone, and Emily Grierson from “A Rose for Emily.” These sapid characters, Antigone, Emily, and Nora, step from the normal roles as women and fight against all authority, stand up for what they believe in, and break the laws as they fall. To better understand the character, one must first understand the author and the time period in which the story was written. Sophocles wrote many dramatic plays including, Antigone. Sophocles, like many of his characters in his plays, was a hero of sorts. He held many public offices and was a general during the Samian War and the Archidamian War. “Sophocles was a priest of Halon and helped introduce the cult of Asclepius, god of medicine, to Athens” (Gill). He grew up in a town known as Colonus, but he stayed in Athens most of the time (Gill). His play, Antigone, was written in 441 B. C., in Ancient Greece. (Sophocles 1465) . In the dramatic play, Antigone, Antigone undergoes a deadly battle with her uncle, future father-in-law, and king, Creon. Antigone...
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...Breast Cancer: The Fight in Men and Women Abstract Cancer is made up of many diseases. There are over 100 different types of cancers. Cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells split without control and intrude the likes of other tissues. Cancer cells normally spread to other areas of the body through the blood and lymph system. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the United States when it is referred to women. Breast cancer also can be found in men. It is said to be a rare occurrence, but it is a growing problem among the male species. Breast cancer has many risk factors that can play a huge part in the wake of this disease. There are several different tests that can determine your status. Cancer is a disease that is a major problem within our country. There are many naive people who may be unaware of the seriousness of this unfortunate disease. Cancer is the leading cause of death in the United States today. Breast cancer is the most common of all cancers that consumes the lives of many women each year. However, breast cancer is also a problem that attacks men as well. Breast cancer is considered a rare occurrence in men, but it is a growing problem that should be recognized. Because breast cancer is a disease that is more common in women, it is silently overlooked and rarely talked about in men. [Thesis might be revised further so that it summarizes the main idea of your essay more clearly.] In the United States there are 234,580 new cases of breast...
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...Women should have the right to fight alongside men. Why shouldn't women have equal rights? Why can’t women fight for pride and justice? Why shouldn't women be able to serve their country with pride? Men may say that women are weak and feeble, but we really aren't. Men have tunnel vision, they only focus on what they are meant to do. Whereas we women, are able to look outside the box and come up with other plans in case one of our previous ones doesn't take place properly. We live in a world where, financial independence, equal pay and employment opportunities for women are all backed up by the law. With rights come responsibilities. Women that sign up to serve their country's don't expect it to be all flowers and rainbows out in the field. When we sign up we know that every back street, every market place, every playground is a war ground. We do not expect people to make exceptions just because we are women, we realize that there are dangers in war. Women can endure double the amount of pain a man can, we go through child birth, we put up with our periods every month. Like any job, employee's are picked because of their qualities and skills. It's the same in the forces, soldiers are picked because of their qualities and skills. Women can have many different skill's. Why shouldn't women be allowed to fight in combat alongside men? The question isn't in what the women can do, it's what the men will think of it. Women deserve to be treated equally to men. We don't join the forces...
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...How far do you agree that women had made significant gains in their fight for equality by 1980? Equality is ensuring individuals or groups of individuals are treated fairly and equally on the grounds of their race, gender, religion, disability, age or sexual orientation. One such group of individuals who are in an unremitting fight for equality in context of gender and race are woman within the United States exemplified by the World economic forum global gender gap report of 2015, ranking the country 28th in terms of equality between men and woman. Although in terms of the global demographic the ranking appears adequate – impressive even by some accounts, the unwavering determination of the feminist movement leading up the 1980’s, disappointingly appears to pale in vain to the statistic. Indeed this trait of gender inequality is consistent not only today but also throughout America’s history. On the 3rd February 1870 the 15th Amendment to the constitution of the United States of America declared that all US citizens had equal voting rights. Indeed this would prove to be an unequivocally vital development in socio-political dynamic of the country, however the amendment ultimately marginalised and repudiated a fundamental gender arguing that they served no purpose other than to adhere to gender roles ministering to a man and reproducing. – The female. In perspective one could argue that the recognition of US citizenship within the parameters of voting rights proved to be the...
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...Have you ever wondered what caused World War I events? Secret cargo shipments were discovered on crashed war ships. Women went to war and drove ambulances around the fight, while saving men. Assassinations made army's weaker and other alliances stronger. World War I caused women to fight, secrets to be made, and alliances to be backstabbed. A cause of World War I was because secret cargo shipments. Secret cargo helped fights and gave advantages. “The remington .303 team discovered cargo on the ship used by the Britain military in WWI.” People scanned the wrecked ship used by the Britain military and found cargo hidden on the ship. World War I had plenty of secret cargo, and this cargo could have changed fights and made them easier for the military...
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...ongoing campaign to abolish inequality between the sexes on a multitude of platforms. The movement has been a prevalent part of history around the world, with origins as early as the 1500s with literature sprinkled with the mention of women having mind, reason and a voice that is equal to that of a man. This fight for women to be placed on the same level as men has seen much struggle and oppression that is still prevalent in today’s world. However, the fight for women in today’s world is labeled as feminism, which quite literally means the social, political, and economic rights of the sexes. Rebecca Lewin depicts feminism as a “model for a social state – an ideal, or a desired standard of perfection not yet attained in the world”. Lewin expressed this in 1983, and still today’s society has failed to reach this goal. Feminism has transformed into the second “F” word, where society labels feminism as a harmful, extremist movement. The feminist movement has become synonymous with man – hating, bra – burning, lesbians who engage in radical protests to ultimately eliminate men from society and become a female dominated world. Which, is why this world needs a continued women’s rights movement to eradicate the ideology that fighting for the equality of women is obscene or unnatural. Feminism eventually inspired the term “Herstory”, which emerged in the 1960s, a very exciting time in American history full of social change. Herstory aims to look at history through a women’s perspective...
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...Integration of women in the U.S. Military | Hill (2013) | King (2013) | Summers (2013) | German (2008) | Difficulty accepting equality in the U.S. military, possible influences from it | Best case--we're not as advanced on issues of equality as we'd like or need to be.(p.51) -Worst case--We continue to hold onto outdated and sexist views of women; i.e., we've fundamentally not changed much at all since their full integration in the early 1970s.(p.51) -In other words, women should be able to do anything they are capable of doing. (p.52) | -Even women who are strong enough to serve in combat present a problem because the armed forces, focused on war-winning (not employment equality), are unable to apply gender-blind standards to women; they cannot treat them equally and tend to be too lenient.(p.13) Despite extensive attempts to integrate women since the 1970s, women constitute only 15 percent of the US armed forces. (p.20) | The women everywhere had a long journey and struggle to make it to the U.S. Military. It’s always been a battle of the genders. The male soldiers provide a measure of superiority in their roles. The gender bias makes the women feel less worthy. (p.71) The combat arms are closed off from women. All women should have the same opportunities as the men. (p.72) | Since the beginning of time, women had difficulties being in the U.S. Military. They would just flee with their families from the warzones. Later on, women became...
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...using this quote in her book In Search of our Mother’s Gardens. What is womanism? What are womanist views of feminism and are they well founded? Many womanists would agree that the feminist movement was only to created to end sexism. Author Bell Hooks states that anyone who supports feminist politics needs to comprehend the fact that the work does not end with the fight for gender equality (Hooks, 662). Many womanists would believe that feminism was only created by middle-class white women for middle-class white women, and they would be correct. Many feminists only believe in equal rights for middle-class...
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...Merrit Duke History of American Women May 27, 2015 Equality: Too Much to Ask For? The Equal Rights Amendment has been the source of much debate for almost an entire century now. Since first purposed by Alice Paul in the 1920s one’s stance on the potential amendment has been a dividing factor in the political sphere. Though the amendment was shut down in the 1920s there has been discussion about adding the Equal Rights Amendment into the constitution today. If the potential amendment was to be brought back up my stance on the debate would be in support of the amendment. For some background on the debate on the Equal Rights Amendment it would be good to look back and see where activists in the past were split and what about the Equal Rights Amendment has divided them. The Antebellum era gave two different types of women activists, the true women and the Early Feminists. The True Women argued for gender distinctions, separate spheres, domesticity, and women as moral guardians in their natural role as a mother. The True Women would be the women who be apposed to the Equal Rights Amendment and would be active in the fight against it. Arguing against the True Women were the Early Feminists who stressed gender equality, suffrage for women, equal education, human rights, and saw women as rational beings. This group of activists would be in support of the Equal Rights Amendment. Next would be the Progressive era where the two parties in the debate would be the Early Feminists and...
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...was always aware of the fight for equality among women and men but I was never aware of the amount of strategic planning and combined effort that this battle took to win. Foolishly, I viewed the battle simply as one gender against the other, blind to the variety of what was deemed important to the different types and classes of women. The story of women’s liberation is proof that good communication is the key ingredient to solving differences. I was very impressed with the amount of combined effort and corporation it took to put together the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective. I always viewed the fight for women’s liberation as a slow process, never viewing it in the different stages that now seem so obvious. In my opinion the first wave of women had the hardest battle to conquer. Although they focused on mainly one issue, the right to vote, it was the first barrier of many to break down. The first barrier is usually the toughest, as is apparent in the number of years it took to complete this task. The second wave feminist did not have it easy but at least some men were already on their way to accepting women’s right. The fight for global women’s rights may end up being the toughest fight to win. As mentioned previously corporation and understanding is the key to getting tasks accomplished and with the great distances and differences in nationalities among women globally it is going to take a great deal of teamwork. Today’s working women tend to have more medical...
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...Women Equal to Men This world has many questions to ask about Global Warming, Why Animals are going Extinct, Technology advancing quickly and The Growth of population. A common question that is commonly debated everyday is Are Women Equal to Men? Of course each gender has their answer to the question. Men say that they are more dominant and have harder responsibilities. The Women say that Men do not have harder responsibilities and they can do the work Men Do. Men work to provide income for the family and Women stay at home cook, take care of the kids, wash clothes, and do house chores. This is the kind of wife every Man desires. Men and Women must realize their respective equal roles and strive the complement each other in their shared struggles to improve life. Traditionally Men are the ones that go out and make money to provide for the family. This is why they think that they work harder than Women. They say that women are weak and cannot do the jobs that they do. For example imagine a women being a carpenter. This would be abnormal for a woman to do hard labour work and make carpentry. Men are the ones that have experience of formal jobs, get higher paying jobs, and have more opportunities. “Men-the-sovereign will provide woman-the-liege with material protection and will undertake the more justification of her existence: thus she can evade at once both economic risk and the metaphysical risk of a liberty in which ends and aims contrived without assistance” (Beauvoir 346)...
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...Gender roles are heavily displayed throughout society, patriarchal as opposed to matriarchal, but still gender roles are easily conflicted. The movie Fight Club directed by David Fincher demonstrates the means of gender inequality throughout the film. Fight club presents the view of Marla Singer being a low life character, Robert also known as “Bob” being an over dramatic character because the removal of his testicals characterize him more women like and the violence symbolically revealing nature's way of dominance. Fight Club conveys manhood and masculinity and the unimportance of women through the duration of the film. Marla Singer was the only main character played by a women in the film which shows the gender roles. Throughout...
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...scared flying high. B. In the east, I hear women say “marriage is faith”. C. Arranged marriages lead to the reinforcement of family values, reduce the rate of divorce, and strengthen the bonding between the couple. ii. Lead to the reinforcement of family values A. Couples are dependent on their family 1. Parents arrange marriage 2. Society values marriage B. Family members have responsibilities 1. When fights take place 2. Parents could get the blame iii. Reduces divorce rate A. Similarities between spouses 1. Similar views on family and marriage 2. Couples will focus on each other B. Places more emphasis on the practical 1. Primary emphasis is not on love, sex, and physical beauty 2. Lets couples focus on building a great family iv. Strengthen the bonding between couples A. Similar cultures or religion 1. No problems... Outline i. Introduction A. As the church bell rang I looked through the big arched window and saw all the birds scared flying high. B. In the east, I hear women say “marriage is faith”. C. Arranged marriages lead to the reinforcement of family values, reduce the rate of divorce, and strengthen the bonding between the couple. ii. Lead to the reinforcement of family values A. Couples are dependent on their family 1. Parents arrange marriage 2. Society values marriage B. Family members have responsibilities 1. When fights take place 2. Parents could get the blame...
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...Proposal Group 4 Potato Pancake with Tuna Prepared for ;Women with Breast Cancer Prepared by: Ishola Azeezat Oluwatosin Nnagozie-Ochi Somgolibe December 16, 2013 Food Product Description p.3 Target Marketing Research Annotated Bibliography p.4 Product Name and Recipes Proposed for Development p.5 Works Cited p.6 Food Product Description Breast cancer is a leading disease in women now. It is a very serious issue that kills roughly 40,000 women a year in the United States. We are going to make a unique food that is aimed at attacking and helping many women with breast cancer. Some of the foods that fight the disease are; eggs, pomegranate, lentils, blueberries, walnuts, tuna, broccoli sprouts, mushrooms and ginger. Our product includes many of this foods and it will greatly help women with breast cancer. We are making a food product (Potato Tuna Pancake) that helps fight breast cancer in women. This product contains most of the nutrients that have been recommended by doctors to help women with breast cancer. Also, the food product has most of the nutrients needed by the body so not only will it fight the cancer but it will also make them stronger and not make them nutrition deficient. We believe many women with breast cancer will benefit from this product and...
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...Rape Why Fight It Just Remain Alive Abstract As I awoken with a knife to my throat I felt very confused, frightened and alarmed. I was unaware of what was taking place until I heard a faint whisper warning me not to move or scream or I would soon meet my fate. I gently felt his hands caressing all over my body violating my most intimate parts. I suddenly rose up in disarray, as he began to burrow the knife deeper within my throat. At that moment I just relaxed to allow him to do as he pleases. I thought to myself that I just need to get through this, besides why fight it; I need to remain alive. According to Wikipedia “Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person’s consent,(2011),. A person who commits an act of rape is known as a rapist. The Act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of a valid consent”. Statistics show that the vast majority of women are more prone to be raped than males, with 99% of the offenders being males. Statistics states that women are more likely to be hospitalized or worse during a violent attack by their male counterpart. Without a reliable plan or proper self-defense class training, if the rape victim chooses to fight they will more and likely end up severely injured or dead. Women are not built to fight a man, for...
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