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    is the real woman and the woman in the picture is who she pretends to be. Women post pictures on the internet while they have on their nicest clothing, have their hair perfectly styled, have on a full face of makeup, and have a big, alluring smile on their face. People will scroll past the woman's picture and assume that the woman has glamourous life. In reality, they are unaware that the woman is pretending to be perfect. Every female is naturally born with flaws. If humanity showed recognition

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    Given that a woman’s face was her ultimate beauty, seen mostly by other women or her family, and as such, both hair and face were subjects of criticism and complement in many of the works of literature written at the time. "'Ugh!‘ said one of the maids. ‘Those eyebrows of hers! Like hairy caterpillars, aren't they? And her teeth! They look just like peeled caterpillars‘" (Morris, 1994, pg. 205). “The hair of the Heian beauty was straight, glossy, and immensely long. It was parted in the middle and

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    As I was watching a few television series on Netflix, I have concluded that most of these productions demonstrate young women being involved in love triangles. Some television series that stood out to me were the Vampire Diaries and One Tree Hill. Both of these television series are filmed in a high school and college setting. Young women are illustrated as being involved in love triangles where they have to choose between a guy that either has a great or horrible reputation when it comes to their

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    The whip made a loud ‘Thwack!’ against the woman’s skin, as it added a new wound to the spiderweb of cuts adorning her back. Not able to withstand her own weight, her legs collapsed underneath her, and she fell in a heap on the dusty road. The Nazi, satisfied with his work, turned away on his heel to rejoin his comrades. Anne stood, petrified like a statue, unable to move. The woman’s pleading gaze rose to meet Anne’s, and it told a message Anne would carry with

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    alone in the woods shows her standing their in solitude. The look in her face is of a type of contemplation. It is hard to determine whether it is a sad or happy inspiration or maybe both. Mrs. Mallard she instantly cried with sudden desertion and went off into the room all alone.

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    being disloyal to Claudio is if she were to die. This quote supports how a woman’s reputation is everything because in, the beginning, Leonato was very loving and supported her marriage with Claudio. But right after she was denounced as disloyal, his feelings towards her completely change and he lashes out at Hero. It is extremely drastic for a parent to wish death upon their own child ad proves the importance of a woman’s

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    however, compared to such displays of sexuality and nudity as found in magazines such as Penthouse and Playgirl or X-rated movies, the picture is perceived as a modest, proper display of sexuality. Today there is nothing offensive about the woman's display of sexuality. One other reason that the critics and public would have found this picture offensive is that to them this is not a display of nudity, but a display of nakedness. The woman is perceived as naked rather than nude, because

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    girl has begun to feel shameful of her body. She no longer feels comfortable in her own skin. She lives in fear as to wonder what consequences she shall face today. She will begin to see herself as a lesser value to the world. She must be a “lady”, thus meaning she no longer can sit how she wants nor wear what she wants. All young girls will face this same epidemic for the world’s view on women and their bodies as objects. Dress code has been proven to be sexist. For example, the staff at schools

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    Thanks to fashion magazines, fast food and size-0 actresses, American women live in a crazy funhouse mirror -- the more the obesity rate rises, it seems, the tinier and more unrealistic our idealized standards of beauty become. But is it that way all over the world? That's the question journalist Julia Savacool wanted to answer when she embarked upon a world tour of body-image issues that became her new book, "The World Has Curves: The Global Quest for the Perfect Body," and discovered that, globally

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    deals with the struggles and obstacles which women face in patriarchal society. Moreover, Gilman argues that marriages cause the subordination of women, because male is active, whereas female plays a domestic role in the marriage. Gilman also argues that the situation should change; therefore women are only able to accomplish full development of their identities. At this point, The Yellow Wallpaper is a crucial example that shows repressed woman’s awakening. It is a story of a woman who

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