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    Women and femininity in psychoanalysis Jacques Lacan Yasaman Rafiei Prof: Nancy Frelick Span 501B Introduction One of the unclear and questionable subjects in psychoanalysis, from Freud to Lacan, is the psychology of women and femininity. Male-centered psychoanalysis, which with no doubt is a reflection of tradition, patriarchy, misogyny and women discrimination as a second gender,; is the most important factor that this theory is static and conservative despite some valuable revelation.

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    location it is a problem that is occurring all over in the world (2009, pg. 148). Like every other issue in the world criticism come into play by psychologists and others when someone claims that they are victims of the Battered Woman Syndrome or the Battered Woman Defense when they are taken to trial for killing their batterers (BMW) (2009, pgs. 162-163). One criticism in particularly relates to whether or not if there some legitimacy to a victim claim as a battered woman and also was

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    Critique of "Death of the Author"      The title to the story "The Death of an Author," by Roland Barthes, suggests this story may be a fictional novel about the story of an author's death. Perhaps one might pick it up, and skim the foreword in hopes that beneath the cover of this book there would be a mystery, a story of detectives, eye- witnesses, clues, and a puzzle for the reader to solve. Before I read this story, the title "The Death of an

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    Why Don’t We Complain Essay? In “Why Don't We Complain?", William F. Buckley, Jr. addresses how Americans are having the tendency to sit back and accept what comes, to purely endure what happens to them. I think that Buckley’s ideas on passive compliance and heedless insurance are precise and effective. Passive compliance refers to sitting through the problem without stepping up to correct and in this essay, Buckley reflects on his own experiences throughout the essay with complaints about society

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    1) Which criticisms leveled against Nike do you consider to be "fair"? Explain. Nike 's corporate practices are good indicators that the company is only interested in exploiting low wages in third world countries. This is indicated by investing in these countries through worker training or human resource investment but has continually shifted its operation to the country with a lower wage. Nike is in control of its subcontractors – They dictate the price of a shoe and the cost of operation to

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    say we cannot escape the inevitability (in ev i ta bility) of criticism. Aristotle once said, “Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” But I beg to disagree because people will criticize you for saying nothing, doing nothing and being nothing. Someone once said, Criticism is the muck in which the plants of the Lord grow strong and no child of God should fear Criticism. Criticism has the potential to help believers in their spiritual growth

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    which draws a significant amount criticism toward them. Then they or someone defending them will cry freedom of speech, in a bid to defend it. And this is a bad thing for the culture of our public discourse. Now before anyone makes the mistake of misunderstanding this, I am not attacking freedom of speech, I am criticizing people who draw up claims of free speech, where it is irrelevant to the matters at hand, and use such claims as a way of trying to deflect criticism. Because those types of misused

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    The last critic that will be evaluated is Margaret B. Wilkerson. During the time that her critical study was composed, Margaret B. Wilkerson was the Director of the UC Berkeley Center for the Study, Education, and Advancement of Women. Wilkerson critical analysis is titled A Raisin in the Sun: Anniversary of an American Classic. Wilkerson’s critical analysis discusses the “various social, historical, and artistic factors that have contributed to the play’s contemporary relevance and popularity,

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    Human relationships are so heavily complex due to fact that there are hostile and compassionate aspects to them. Also, these complex relationships make it possible to be physically close to someone without being emotionally connected to them. This is shown in the excerpt from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy through the characters Mayor Henchard and his daughter Elizabeth-Jane. The Mayor and his daughter have a critical and unloving relationship resulting from their previous estrangement

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    Are you “a” leader but not “the” leader? That is the category into which most leaders fall. Great things can be accomplished by those who lead from the middle. They may or may not get the credit. However, credit is not the goal. The goal is faithfulness, progress, success, change, or resolution depending on the situation. It does not matter who gets the credit so long as the job gets done. I love and respect my leader so very much. I also take joy on those occasions where he says or initiates something

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