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    new type of women arose, a women who rebelled against society’s standards for women, the Flapper Girl. The new Flapper Girl shocked society by setting a new type of women beauty that expressed their independence just like men. Meanwhile the Gibson Girl was the ideal figurehead for female beauty, they were often shown as fragile and vulnerable. Flapper Girls astonished the world by pushing the limits of the average Gibson Girl setting new limits that were never foreseen before for women. Before the

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    Catharine Maria Sedgewick's Hope Leslie The title character of Catharine Maria Sedgewick’s novel, Hope Leslie, defies the standards to which women of the era were to adhere. Sedgewick’s novel is set in New England during the 17th century after the Puritans had broken away from the Church of England. Hope Leslie lives in a repressive Puritan society in which women behave passively, submit to the males around them, and live by the Bible. They allow the men of their family to make decisions for them and

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    military job opportunities to women. Which seems like a great step—except that more than 200,000 positions will still remain exclusive to men, from front-line infantry positions to high-level special operations roles.” States Dani Moritz from The Muse. (Mortiz) Women have been thrown out of spotlight when it came to genuine positions. Does this shout disparity for women, as well as stereotyping and it for the most part tosses women’s rights ideal out of the window? Women began to climb the ladder and

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    If you are a woman, then these strong women quotes are for you. They are from some of the strongest women in the public eye, and their messages are worthy of every woman's attention! These women know what it takes to be strong women, and while they are already living that strength, they want it for you and every other woman out there, which is why their quotes are so powerful. Their quotes are the truth and the guidelines to becoming stronger in every aspect of life. 1. How To Become A Stronger

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    Women of early to mid 1900’s were oppressed by the man’s perfect view of what a woman should and should not be. Hastily after they were given the right to vote in 1920, men pressured women to stay in the realm of expertise they had already participated in for centuries, domesticity. Sylvia Plath the writer of, The Bell Jar, uses the life of Esther Greenwood to show how cultural views of women disabled women from reaching their highest abilities. Women who sought a higher education or an occupation

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    media uses to describe women. In society women have to be perfect and act lady like. Women have to have a good attitude and always pleasure men. One example of this is the clip titled “Flirting with Danger” where young women were interviewed and had the opportunity to talk about their sex life and difficult experiences. When they were being interviewed many women mentioned that they felt like they had a double personality were they were expected to act both mean and nice. Women often have to deal with

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    beginning of her tale, “Were there no books at all on the subject, my own experience gives me a perfect right to talk of the sorrows of marriage . . . I’ve married five husbands . . . .”(Chaucer 174). The point of Alison’s long-winded prologue is to crush the idea that men have a hierarchy of dominance over women. Chaucer makes this point, and also the point, through Alison’s tale, that if women are given what they want, then they will be obedient and faithful to their men.      The

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    female dependence; women had to obey men because in most cases men held all the resources and women had no independent means of subsistence. Women were solely controlled by the society crafted by men and expected to act as a feminine ideal of that period, in addition, women were supposed to live a highly restrictive life with their life centered round their husband and subsequently their children. Although, women were supposed to be treated with respect by men, most men viewed women as weak and having

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    multiple differences and similarities. A&P is about a teenager and his lust for young ladies and Araby is about a young boy who had a crush on a older girl. I will be comparing and contrasting the portrayal of women, love and epiphany in the two short stories A&P and Araby. I believe women are portrayed negatively in A&P. I have came to this conclusion because I believe Sammy treats the “Queenie” positively but treats the other two females negatively. For example Sammy describe the other girls using

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    options for girls. By learning the household work and being perfecting on it, it was believed to be the way to be a good woman or an acceptable woman in the society. Women were treated like a machine, expected to do the work with a less expectation, just like the machine needs fuel, oil to work and handled by an operator, in the same way, women would work with less or no expectation but the acceptability in the society and handled by the society itself. The

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