...Welcome Table by Alice Walker / what it's like to be a black girl by Patricia Smith represent African American women who have faced challenges of sexism, racism and stereotypes in American life. Racism and Sexism are questions that I will discuss and examine. I will compare tand contrast similarities of both poems. I will explain and give examples to show how these two poems exhibit different scenarios but similar views about how race and ethnicity can affect women of color based on prejudice and stereotypes. The main character is a nearly blind, old black woman with a lean build and a grayish tone to her skin. She wears a mildewed black dress with missing buttons and a grease-stained head rag covering her pigtails. She has blue-brown eyes, is ashen in appearance and much wrinkled. She is perspiring from her walk and is shivering from the cold. She enters the white Church and sits, singing in her head. She is physically thrown out of the church. After the woman is turned away she begins to feel a sense of loneliness, and an outcast. “She sees Jesus walking down the highway and is giddy with joy. Jesus tells her to follow him and she does, walking alongside him. He looks just like she thought he would, and he listens to her sing and talk to him. She feels great beside him and can walk as long as he wants. (Smith,).The women in my opinion feel that God will reward her in the end. Not because she is black but because she knows who she...
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...of this tabulation is 17652,000 (11.) V%shows us that 28.6% of frozen vegetables were eaten by men who aged 35-49 years old in the last 7 days in Australia. H% shows us that 57.2% of men who aged 35-49 years old ate frozen vegetables in the last 7 days in Australia. The difference is that the information provided by V% is the direct relationship from the column group to row group and information provided by h% is the direct relationship from row group to column group. (12.) 14-17 year’s old women who eat dried fruit have the weighted count of 120,000 for the last 7 days in Australia. Women aged from 35-49 years old has the weighted count of 726,000 for the last 7 days in Australia. This shows that more women aged from 35-49 years old prefer eating dried fruit compared to women aged between 14 -17 years old because women aged from 35-49 years old needs more vitamin C and iron in their body as their getting old and their bones and nerve system may not be so efficient which makes their bones more fragile and the flow of their inflammatory nerve system not so smooth. Moreover, the women who aged from 35-49 years old has a different taste bud from the women aged from 14-17 years old because they would not prefer eating things which are very sour, sweet and bitter. The women aged 35-49 years old also eats more dried fruit compared to women aged from 14-17 years old because they are more conscious about their weight, so they don’t end up eating and consuming excessive or unwanted stuffs...
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...This advertisement created by Old Spice Body Wash was an interesting way to not only market their product but it was also comical and entertaining to their audience in such a way that it will not be forgotten by the viewers, thus making it quite popular around the world. In this short to the point ad, it has the audience engaged right off the bat with superstar NFL football player Isaiah Mustafa shirtless showcasing his desirable muscular physique and speaking in a deep projected masculine voice directly telling the audience with full eye-contact that he’s “The man your man could smell like.” In a span of 30 seconds, the Old Spice Guy was able to gain popularity and also spread awareness all around the globe about the product that was being advertised. There are many reasons as to why this ad has gained so much popularity in recent years, and it’s not hard to see why. It is a very short ad that gets straight to the point and is rather easy to share and spread around the world. Another thing that the creators did well was the emphasis on humour. Generally, when we see an ad while watching T.V. and find it hysterical and humorous, we will proceed to search it online to view it and show it to friends and family. The main issues in this ad is the gender stereotypes that is easily noticeable, such as the idea that women like a masculine good looking male who smells good and a man who wants to feel manly and dominant like the Old Spice Guy portrayed in the...
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...it is founded on a lack of theological knowledge, that there is biblical evidence supporting that God desires equality, and that discrimination is not condoned in biblical stories and teachings. It is easy to initially construct the notion of misogyny in the Old Testament when acquiring only a shallow view of scripture. However, when applying a hermeneutical approach, one can see that equality among genders is a common theme. The Bible itself is, without a doubt, patriarchal in nature, but presents evidence of equality. Of note is the theme of religious equality; “that is, equality of the woman as a person before God.” This essay will explore various events in the Bible, beginning in Genesis, to support the claim that the Old Testament, though patriarchal, is not misogynistic and demeaning to women. Equality in Genesis Genesis states, “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them” (Gen 1:27, NKJV). This verse provides evidence for equality between women and men and that they are both made in the image of God. Taking a look at Genesis 1:26-28 as a whole shows that the words “image” or “likeness” were used four times and implies significance. Men and women are both Godlike according to this passage, supporting that God created them equally. An examination of the second chapter of Genesis echoes the same idea. However, some may oppose this by arguing that woman being made second to man suggests inferiority. The...
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...both of the Greek plays Lysistrata and Medea, we see that a women is treated as far less than equal to a man in every way, and are always looked upon as their husband's property. In both plays, the husbands see their wives as liabilities, and they also see their wives as only useful to doing the chores around the home, and of course, to bearing them children. When Medea is betrayed and cheated on by her now ex-husband and father of their children, Jason, she says, “But I, without a city, am alone, Ill-treated as the property of a man Who took me from a foreign land as spoil.” (32-33). To a woman in ancient Greek times, bearing her husband sons to continue the family line, and being owned by him was the whole meaning of her life. Medea pushes this property belief further, and refers to her ex-husband Jason's newest bride as “your newly-captured girl.” (43). In Lysistrata, the Greek woman character, Calonice states that a woman's life belongs in the family home when she says, “...women who dwell in the retirement of the household...” (3), stating that this was the woman's only place that she could be in charge. In both of the plays, men often talk down to the women, further proving the fact that at this time a women was viewed to have a worth so much less than a man's. The Chorus of Old Men say in Lysistrata that they take care of their women, and that the women live off of them, “Here we have the women, who used, for our misfortune, to eat our bread and live in...
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...(2011) A Study of Elderly Living in Old Age Home and Within Family Set-up in Jammu Aruna Dubey*, Seema Bhasin**, Neelima Gupta* and Neeraj Sharma* * P.G. Department of Home Science, Govt. College for Women, Parade, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India ** Directorate of Distance Education, University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India KEYWORDS Elderly. Old Age Home. Family. Modernization. Urbanization. Life Expectancy ABSTRACT The last century has witnessed a rapid increase in the population of the elderly people in the developed and industrialized countries. This phenomenon is not restricted to the western world only, but many countries such as ours are now feeling the impact of this transaction. This situation could be attributed to a combination of factors such as increase in age, longevity and decreased death rates due to advancement in the field of medicine, improvement of life expectancy at birth, and enhancement in the average span of life. India ranks 4th in terms of absolute size of elderly population .The country is not adequately equipped to look after their special health needs and the changing traditional value system. A feeling is now growing among the aged persons that the attitude of the younger generation towards them is not as desired. In the above context, a study was conducted to understand the feeling of the elderly residing in the old age homes and within the family setup in Jammu. The sample of elderly women was selected using the “Purposive sampling”...
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...Although women were portrayed mostly through the lense of inferiority and negativity, in many of the tales narrated by Shahrazad, within tales of the first and second old man, lyes message that the action of one women doesn’t define another which provokes the formation of positive connotation for women which was something that was essential for Shahyara to have. In the “Tale of The First Old Men”, a negative image of women was depicted through the deceitful action of his jealous wife who wished the destruction of her stepson and his second wife. She was an expert in witchcraft and using such powers, she decided to abuse them and use it against her family. Ironically, in doing so she got played by her own medicine, magic and turned into a dear. However, the main...
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...Susan Niditch, in the book Ancient Israelite Religion, provides a study of Israelite religion based on critical reading of the biblical text. Niditch discusses the Old Testament story, some archaeological discoveries, and the worldview. The book looks into the experiential, mythical, ethical, and ritual components of the Old Testament story. In an effort to greater understand the way this text informs my reading and interpretation of the Old Testament, I will go through each chapter and discuss elements that impacted my understanding of the Old Testament text. Niditch begins with a discussion of the experiential elements of the Old Testament. In this chapter she looks into covenant making, annunciations to women, Jacob at Bethel, Saul’s encounter with the deceased Samuel, Moses and his return to Egypt, and visions of heaven. The most impactful element of this discussion, was perhaps that of the annunciations to women. Niditch suggests that, “[The annunciation to women] is probably male-generated, is perhaps patronizing in its implications for modern women, but is nevertheless an empowering cameo of the experiential for women.” As a young woman in the church, it has often been hard for me to read the Old Testament and feel validated. I often looked at these texts and saw the patronizing elements, and the churches response to those texts did not make matters easier. I rarely saw the empowering nature of these stories. In reading Niditch’s book, I was able to see a more...
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...LYSISTRATA CLEONICE MYRRHINE LAMPITO MAGISTRATES CINESIAS CHILD OF CINESIAS HERALD OF THE LACEDAEMONIANS ENVOYS OF THE LACEDAEMONIANS AN ATHENIAN CITIZEN CHORUS OF OLD MEN CHORUS OF WOMEN (SCENE:-At the base of the Orchestra are two buildings, the house of LYSISTRATA and the entrance to the Acropolis; a winding and narrow path leads up to the latter. Between the two buildings is the opening of the Cave of Pan. LYSISTRATA is pacing up and down in front of her house.) LYSISTRATA Ah! if only they had been invited to a Bacchic revelling, or a feast of Pan or Aphrodite or Genetyllis, why! the streets would have been impassable for the thronging tambourines! Now there's never a woman here-ah! except my neighbour Cleonice, whom I see approaching yonder.... Good day, Cleonice. CLEONICE Good day, Lysistrata; but pray, why this dark, forbidding face, my dear? Believe me, you don't look a bit pretty with those black lowering brows. LYSISTRATA Oh, Cleonice, my heart is on fire; I blush for our sex. Men will have it we are tricky and sly.... CLEONICE And they are quite right, upon my word! LYSISTRATA Yet, look you, when the women are summoned to meet for a matter of the greatest importance, they lie in bed instead of coming. CLEONICE Oh! they will come, my dear; but it's not easy, you know, for women to leave the house. One is busy pottering about her husband; another is getting the servant up; a third is putting her child asleep or washing the brat or feeding it...
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...Geoffrey Chaucer was one of the worlds most famous english written. The Canterbury Tales is by far Chauncer's best known and most acclaimed work..The Canterbury Tales was written by different characters .The Wife of Bath was one of his stories that was told by Alisoun.The Wife of Bath is the most fully developed and discussed women in medieval literature. Although she is the most expierienced woman at her time knowing about marriage and relationships her prologue was viewed as anti-feminist rhetoric. The Wife of Baths is known for her attitude towards marriage and relationships that prohaps make her the best known character in The Canterbury Tales.Some critics love the Wife of Bath and her controversial prologue, proclaiming that she is a...
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...In “The Wife of Bath”, the King grants the Queen power to do what she sees fit to the knight because he deprived a maiden from her power, so she summoned the knight to discover what women most desire and that is complete sovereignty. In “Federigo’s Falcon”, Monna Giovanna has the power over Federigo because he is completely in love with her and will do anything for her. In both stories, the women use power as an advantage to get what they want, but in the end of “The Wife of Bath”, the women pass the power back to the men and left it back questionable on what women most desire. In “The Wife of Bath”, the women want complete power over their companions, but in the end, it is completely contradicted of what they want by giving the power back...
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...The image of women in the Gospel of Luke Name: Instructor Affiliated Institution Paper: Date The image of women in the Gospel of Luke Abstract Many studies have been carried out show the image given to women in the traditional context. These studies show that a woman was inferior to the man who made her perform inferior tasks such as cooking and giving birth. Studies have also been carried out to show the image of women in the New Testament. Luke is one of the gospels that show the clear intention of Jesus mission on women than any other gospel. This research seeks to discuss some of the images that Luke gives to women in the society. The first part of the paper gives a brief introduction to the topic and defines some of the terms the reader will often encounter. The second part analyzes some of the images given to women in the Gospel of Luke. Finally, the third part compares the nature of women in the Gospel of Luke and their nature in the Old Testament. Data for this paper was collected from peer-reviewed journal articles and the Gospel of Luke. Table of Contents Abstract 1 Introduction 2 Definition of terms 3 The image of women in the Gospel of St. Luke 3 Introduction 3 Women as the chosen ones 4 Women as witnesses of the ministry of Jesus 4 Women as examples of faith 5 Women as good examples in Jesus teachings 6 Women as part of the mission of Jesus 7 A comparison of the image of women in ST.LUKE and in the Old Testament 8 Conclusion 9 References 10 Introduction...
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...directed toward the study of age-associated sub-fertility in women. The objective was to characterize and validate a bovine model for the study of age-associated sub-fertility. A hypothesis used by this particular research team as stated by (Malhi, P.), “We hypothesized that aging in cattle is associated with elevated circulating concentrations of FSH, and reduced concentrations of steroid hormones.” This group had several hypotheses which were rejected on their way to finding a hypothesis that was supported (accepted). The experiments were conducted on female cows and their daughters, because they are similar to women. The hypothesis that was accepted is: “To conclude, endocrine, follicular and oocyte developmental changes in old cows are consistent with those reported for women approaching menopause. Therefore, our results validated the use of a bovine model to study age-associated sub-fertility in women.” This study was conducted to help women who suffer from reproductive organs due to aging. The research team decided to use female cows because they had similar reproductive organs. All of the experiments that were conducted used 13-14 year old cows from the same group, and their daughters from ages: 1-4 (mother-daughters were used to reduce variations in genetics). Some of the results from the experiments conducted are the following: Follicular wave pattern in a natural reproductive cycle was maintained in old cows similar to that in daughters. We hypothesized that aging...
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...The Old Spice “Smell Like a Man, Man” Campaign In 2010 the “Smell like a Man, Man” campaign was born. Proctor & Gamble (Old Spice’s parent company) launched this brilliant campaign in the United States, to market their Red Zone After Hours body wash for men. The main objective of the campaign was starting a conversation between men and women about body wash. Essentially they wanted to get people talking about their brand and to generate enough interest to boost sales. In order to achieve this goal, P & G did their market research and realized that 60% of all body washes are purchased by women. In order to increase sales, Old Spice would first have to win over female shoppers. Old Spice then hired former football player, Isaiah Mustafa as the new face behind their brand. He was the perfect spokesperson- funny, manly, and oozing with sex appeal. With women being their target audience, he became “the man your man could smell like.” By using a clever combination of short television ads, word of mouth and social media platforms like YouTube, twitter and face book, the “Smell like a Man, Man” campaign became one of the fastest growing and most popular interactive campaigns in history. To really appreciate the success of this campaign, it is essential to have some background information about the brand. Old Spice is an American male grooming brand that has been in existence since 1934. Given the longevity of the brand, Old Spice tends to appeal to an older customer...
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...and to the people. Therefore government of any country should act wisely for the development of the community. Social welfare is a policy in which the well being of a society at large is the main target. It includes every class/group of people in the society i.e. children, women, the disabled, old etc and the basic standard of living is guaranteed to every one. ROLE OF SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT OF MIZORAM Social Welfare was created as a small wing under Education Department during 1973 – 74 with one State Social Welfare Officer, one District Social Welfare Officer and a skeleton supporting staff. During 1974-75, the Social Welfare Wing was strengthened by posting one Programme Officer. Today, as many as 506 staff belonging to different grades is working in the Department, covering the whole of Mizoram. The Department of Social Welfare has been taking up various schemes for the upliftment of women and children, handicapped persons, old age persons, management of correctional institutions and social defense, strengthening of voluntary organizations and development of rural infrastructure. SCHEMES AND PROGRAMMES 1) INTEGRATED CHILDREN PROTECTION SCHEME The Govt. of India, Ministry of Women & Child Development has formulated a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme – “Integrated Child Protection Scheme” (ICPS) with the objective to provide a safe and secure environment to the children in the country who are in need of care and protection as well as children in conflict...
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