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    the Quran tell the story of the creation of the first man, Adam and first women Eve or in Arabic Hawa. The background behind Adam And Eve are similar but different in Islam and Christianity. It begins by telling the people how the world started and how we as humans were created. Christians believe that Adam was made from dust, Muslims believe that Adam was made from Soil. In the Bible the creation of Eve says she was the only woman created from a man. In the Qur’an does not say that Eve was created

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    The Bible consist of many text and scriptures, that is considered to be a source for many people. This source is used as an ethnic guidance. The way humans live and the formation of society depends on their relationship with God and religion as a whole. There is a trace of religion in many aspects of humans’ lives, whether it is acknowledged or not. With the understanding of the Bible, humans follow the Ten Commandments because it serves as a guidance on how to be a good human. If one breaks one

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    upon a time". A man sharpens his razor on his balcony. He then opens the door, and looks up at the night sky. There is a young woman being held by the man. The man then slits the woman's eye with the razor. The scene is followed by a slide saying, "eight years later." Another young man rides down a street on a bike where the woman in the first scene, is shown in an upstairs apartment. She looks out the window and sees that the man has fallen off his bike onto the curb. The woman then comes out of

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    toward the side of equality. In Genesis, woman and man have an egalitarian relationship since, God was not inferior when He was referred to as a helper, sexuality was not defined until woman was created, and man never received dominance over woman. In the beginning of Genesis, women were not directly introduced. Instead, God said, “…I will make him a helper as his partner,” (Genesis 2:18; NRSV) this ‘helper’ was obviously woman. Many people believe that since woman was a ‘helper’ that automatically means

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    The, Man And Woman

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    Eden, man and woman have needed each other to survive in this world. Unlike in Eden, where both Adam and Eve were created by God to be perfect beings, once banished, both man and woman were put into a state of dependence; standing alone as individuals, they would never thrive. This advertisement depicts woman wearing the same pair of jeans as man. Both are standing on a white fur rug, staring with intense gazes. The man’s hand is bandaged, while the woman is standing with her arms around the man. What

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    When I was in a seminary in South Korea in 2008, more than one-third of students were women. As almost all of the female students belonged to a denomination which did not allow women to be ordained, they eagerly looked forward to the change in the denomination’s regulation. The denomination finally enacted a provision of women ordination through a general assembly’s vote at the end of 2011, my women colleagues could go through an ordination process. However, there are still lots of women concerned

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    Wonder Woman Hero

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    Spider-Man and Wonder Woman are not similar to the stereotypical heroes at the time, but they still had the attributes of a true hero. In the past, Stan Lee had thought of a superhero that would be similar to teenagers. Stan Lee wanted to construct a hero that people could relate to, and in the end he created Spider-Man. Spider-Man simply had the same abilities as a spider. Then in 1941, Wonder Woman made her first appearance from the mind of William Moulton Marston. William supported women's rights

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    to being a feminist, female empowerment sometimes undermines being a woman through word choice and subliminal messages. Female empowerment for pop singer Kesha has been a constant throughout her songs, albeit sometimes “raunchy” or “dirty” like in her early years. Those songs that are supposed to be empowering but are still sort of perverse show how there is actually a hidden ideology about what it means to be an empowered woman. However, that hidden ideology is often undercut but the initial interpretation

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    Addonizio’s “First Poem for You” and William Meredith’s “The Illiterate” and aide in supporting the themes that intimate relationships can be both intriguing and frightening at the same time. Love is conveyed in “The Illiterate” through the simple idea of a letter. The letter is used to symbolize a woman. This man has never received a letter from anyone and therefore one can conclude that he has never been with a woman and is unsure and anxious to find out what the letter, or the woman, means. The

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    not cite woman as to be the mother of all evil and suffering in heaven and earth, and he has a warmth towards woman while handling issues of creation(Charlesworth. et al, 2010 ). While Midrash is a little cynical of the role of woman in heaven and earth. The first similarity between the two interpretations can be observed by the question as to why does scripture call the likeliness of woman “a building”? it is explained in both texts that the harmonious coming together of man and woman is figuratively

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