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In this article, the writer discusses that Robert Browning's poem, "My Last Duchess" illustrates the attitude toward women in the sixteenth century. The writer points out that the setting in Browning's poem demonstrates how men could control their wives, one way or another, in this backward-thinking society. The writer demonstrates how women are treated as objects in this poem. Robert Browning's poem, "My Last Duchess" in an interesting look into the many ways that women have been viewed over the centuries. Even in an aristocratic family, a woman still had to please her husband as seen here with the flighty Duchess. The writer concludes that in a sense, the Duke is experiencing the best of both worlds, thanks to the antiquated thinking of society and their misguided perceptions of women.

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"Now her depth and passion are controlled in an environment where the Duke cannot be embarrassed. Her excuses need not worry him anymore and her unwillingness to bend to his rule need not be an issue. The fact that this conversation can be had, with another man undoubtedly, illustrates how women were perceived as nothing less than things that men could own and do with as they pleased with no regard for the woman's feelings or her life. That he was not the reason that her cheeks were glowing might have been something for him to investigate and improve their marriage; however, she was just a woman and why would he bother himself with such trifles.
"In short, the duke can commit murder if he feels that his wife does live up to his expectations. Obviously, there are no ramifications for his behavior as he brags about the event and is very pleased to display the new and improved version of his wife that is under his complete control. "

Tags:Duke, aristocratic, society, wife, control

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This paper first explains that "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen and "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams are two plays that explore the ways in which a woman can be very desirable but cannot satisfy either herself or her world. The paper then goes on to explore how the protagonist Nora in Ibsen's play reacts to her relationship with her husband and finally rejects it. Whereas, Blanche Dubois in Williams' play, after considering desire as her only source of life, retreats into insanity. The paper stresses that society has formed the ways in which these women are viewed.

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"This quote shows that for him, the whole point, the whole image of being a man derives from a masculinity that is shown through the dominance of women. Nora is his dream come true, constantly playing the "damsel in distress" in need of his assistance. It also shows a certain falseness in his love for her, as he does not actually say "love" in this passage but instead "attractive", suggesting that he is only interested in the surface of Nora."

Tags:flirtatious, feminine helplessness, manipulative husband isolated

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The objective of this paper is to conduct a review of literature relating to the re-settlement experiences of Iraqi-Kurdish Muslim women asylum seekers who currently live in the Dover area. It examines how the plight of the migrant and refugee Iraqi-Kurdish women is one that is complex in that the country of origin and the country of destination have differential rules of law and society. It also discusses how this can be defined in terms of acceptable or illegal behavior in the treatment of women.

Outline
Objective
Introduction
Profile of the Kurdish People
History of the Kurdish People
Western Media Propaganda has Negatively Affected Perception of the Kurds
The Demands of Kurdish Women upon the Government Relating to Education
Healthcare is Almost Non-Existent for Kurdish Refugee and Immigrant Women
Factors in the Lives of Kurdish Refugee and Immigrant Women
Postmodernism and Feminism
Human Rights Watch Urges E.U. to Establish Definition of Fundamental Rights
Current State of Affairs for Refugees and Migrant People in Britain
Migration has Gender-Dimension
Battered Migrant, Refugee and Immigrant Women - Legal Aspects
Summary of Literature Review

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"The Kurds are a diverse ethnic group living across Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria and provinces of the former USSR. The Kurds have suffered persecution because of being 'stateless' and persecution in Iraq has been the most noted. Women hold a high place in the family of the Kurdish clans which are based on paternal lines. (Cultural Diversity in Health, 2006) The Kurdish people are reported to be the single largest ethnic group in the world without a country of their own. The area called Kurdistan is home to 25 million of these people which is a mountainous region stretching some 200,000 miles from the southeastern edge of Turkey, along the Syrian northeastern border touching north Iraq and west Iran. Those who flee the era do so to the Middle East, Central Asia, Australia Europe and North America. "

Tags:feminism, abuse, violence, human, rights

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"There is a prevalence of sexually explicit images of women in men's and women's magazines that result in female objectification. Women are much more likely than men to be seen in magazine advertisements in a stereotypical manner, such as submissive, sexual, and/or in a caregiver role. This objectification of women in today's magazine advertisements clearly fuels attitudes of male domination and gender inequality resulting in men viewing women as submissive sex objects, while creating self-doubt and self-objectification in certain populations of women. This has been supported in various studies indicating the sexual objectification of women in magazine advertisements has a negative societal effect. Introduction A prevalence of sexually explicit images of women in men's and women's magazines has resulted in female sexual objectification. Furthermore, Women are much more likely than men to be seen in magazine advertisements in a stereotypical manner, such as submissive, sexual, and/or in a caregiver role. This objectification of women in today's magazine advertisements fuels attitudes of gender inequality, resulting in men viewing women as submissive sex objects, while creating self-doubt and self-objectification in women. Hence, young people should be educated on the ills of such images and the negative effects they can have on society as a whole. Content Analysis Methods To complete this content analysis, texts were researched to analyze the meaning and relationship of certain words and concepts. The Internet search engine Google was used, along with Questia, an academic database, with keywords such as objectification, women, and magazines entered to elicit results. Hence, academic journals, data, magazines, and books written about the subject were examined. This produced insight into the sociology of the objectification of women. Furthermore, the content analysis involved reading and interpreting information "

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Running Head: OBJECTIFICATION The Objectification of Women in Men's and Women's Magazines By Student's Name Name of University Abstract There is a prevalence of sexually explicit images of women in men's and women's magazines that result in female objectification. Women are much more likely than men to be seen in magazine advertisements in a stereotypical manner, such as submissive, sexual, and/or in a caregiver

Tags:women, sexuality, inequality

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The paper examines the unnatural altering of women's images to conform to a patriarchal manipulation of women into sexual objects of desire. The paper discusses how the use of digital graphics arts to improve the image of a woman's body into an unaltered image creates negative and unrealistic ways that women can be harmed-both mentally and physically. The paper explores how these unnatural images are created through a vortex of patriarchal manipulation, which has been proven to influence bulimia and anorexia in all age levels of the female populations.

Tags:media, women, sex

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In this article, the writer looks at hip-hop culture and notes that men are seen as the premier gender, and women continually allow themselves to be represented as individuals that only had physical attributes and sexual prowess to offer. The writer maintains that today, in regards to women, hip-hop has evolved into nothing more than a culture of oppression and victimization with a focus still heavily rooted in misogynistic ideology. The writer offers rationale behind this transition back to pre-industrial categorization of women, and examines the hip-hop culture and the social mechanisms that apply.

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"Women have continually had to fight for the sociological position assigned to their gender. It was not so long ago that the woman's position in the household was thought of as secondary to males, and basically consisted of rearing children and creating a home for the male. However, as the 20th century began, women continually began to shift the social mores that were upheld in the United States. Working as a collective gender, slowly these norms started to change. The feminist movement has faced steep challenges in mounting the quest for equality. Just a century ago, employers could get away with working women over 10 hours a day without having to pay them similar wages to their males counterparts."

Tags:equality, beats, rhythms, females, sexual, objects

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In this article, the writer notes that in our consumerist society, music is one of the most important money-spinners. The writer points out that as noted by Julie L. Andsager and Kimberly Roe, music videos are very important in this industry as they play an important role in launching the careers of artists. Moreover, the writer describes that music videos enjoy an enormous following among teenagers, which means that they likely play an important role in forming their opinions about important issues such as gender roles. This research paper investigates the key issue of how music videos portray women. The writer maintains that as music videos have the potential to impact the lives of so many women, and to form the opinions of so many young people of all genders, the portrayal of women in music videos is clearly a matter of great importance.

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"Clearly there exist destructive music videos which encourage sexism and the objectifying of women. This is cause for great concern as such music videos clearly have the potential to encourage men to treat women as mere sex objects. Even more troubling is the fact that some music videos seem to actively encourage and promote violence against women. For example, Van Horn found that more than half of the music videos he examined contained violence, and that all too often this was violence against women. An Eminem song, Kim, illustrates this chillingly well. The following is not the entire song, but merely excerpts, but it should be kept in mind that the entire song is sickeningly violent, not only these excerpts."

Tags:gender, roles, sex, objects, sexism, lyrics, violence

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This extensive paper examines a number of issues related to African-American women and breast cancer, with an emphasis on detection, treatment and survival. The paper gives a brief overview of cancer, the breast and types of breast cancers. The author then describes the purpose of this study, which was to determine the impact of racial disparity on breast cancer survival. The study also addresses socio-economic factors, such as lack of health insurance, and low incomes. The study attempts to identify the reasons why African-American women have a higher mortality rate than all other ethnic groups. Finally, the author questions whether education, community out-reach programs, resources would influence the probability of reducing breast cancer mortality rates among African-American women.

Outline:
Introduction and Problem Background
The Breast
Development of the Breast
What is Cancer?
What is Breast Cancer?
Major Types of Breast Cancers
Risk Factors for developing Breast Cancer
Purpose of Study
Research Objectives
Limitation
Assumptions
Definition of Terms
Scope of Study
Review of Related Literature
Historical and General Background
Possible Barriers to The African-American Women having Mammograms
Existing Studies
Another Study of Racial Disparities in Breast Carcinoma Survival Rates
Methodology
Instrumentation
Statistical Approach
Relevant Results and Significant Studies
Summary of the Literature Reviewed
Findings
Association Between Socio-economic Status and Breast Cancer Survival
Relationship between racial difference in treatment, and breast cancer mortality among the African-American women and the Caucasian-women
Summary, Conclusions, Recommendations
Summary
Conclusions
Recommendations
References

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"The incidence of breast cancer among the African-American women is slightly lower than it is for the Caucasian women. In any given year, 95 out of 100,000 African-American women are diagnosed with breast cancer, compared to 112 out of every 100,000 the Caucasian women. However, the African-American women are slightly more likely to develop breast cancer after age 50 (www.netwellness.org, 2004). Breast cancer is the cancer with the second highest death rate for both the African-American women and the Caucasian women. The overall lifetime risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer is 10% for the African-American women and 14% for the Caucasian women. However, about 31 out of every 100,000 the African-American women died from the disease each year compared to just 27 out of every 10,000 the Caucasian women from 1989 to 1992, but the rate also rose by 2% for the African-American women during the same period."

Tags:African-American, women, breast, cancer, tumor, treatment, detection

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This paper looks at the status and role of women in Islam and discusses some of the reforms underway that are having an impact upon Islamic women's political participation. The paper considers the relationship between Islam and women, feminism among some Islamic women and how their goals and objectives differ from Western feminism.

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"The purpose of this essay is to consider the relationship between Islam and women, who constitute an important element within Islam and who are as responsible for the maintenance and transmission of the religion to succeeding generations, as are males. The stereotypical view of Islamic women is one of oppression and subordination; a view with certain validity from the Western perspective and a view that is at odds with the fundamental teachings of Islam on gender relations. Islam like any of the other..."

Tags:Women, ISlam, Koran

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The paper discusses how men and women use different words to refer to the same concept primarily because women are situated in a different place in society and view the world differently from men. The paper explains that Danesi (117) holds that "in some societies, grammatical gender often mirrors perceptions of biological gender roles". The paper argues that in every case where men and women are using words to refer to one concept, the biological gender role is at work. The paper looks at how Agadjanian (198) explains that the "patterns of men's social interaction are rooted in the dominant social organization and division of labour".

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"Men and women use different words to refer to the same concept primarily because women are situated in a different place in society and view the world differently from men. Danesi (117) holds that "in some societies, grammatical gender often mirrors perceptions of biological gender roles". In every case where men and women are using words to refer to one concept, the biological gender role is at work. Agadjanian (198) explains that the "patterns of men's social interaction are rooted in the dominant social organization and division of labour". Unlike women who are completely..."

Tags:men, women, language