Essays on Sociology of Gender

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Impact of The Great Depression on Women

3 pages / 1463 words

The Great Depression affected women and men in quite different ways. The economy of the period relied heavily on so-called "sex-typed" work, or work that employers typically assigned to one sex or the other. And the work most directly associated with males, especially manufacturing in...

Great Depression Woman

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The Roles of Women in The Society

2 pages / 840 words

The roles of women in the society and their models of behavior had been distinct differently in the past between them and Men. Women are disadvantages in institutional setting, do a disproportionate amount of housework compared to men. However, there are been considerable change since...

Society Woman

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Equality in Workplace: Sociology and Gender Stereotypes

2 pages / 693 words

“Lessons about gender start early, and they have lifelong consequences.” This stigma of gender stereotyping still clings to many even though we tend ignore it. The expectations placed upon men and women today are stronger than ever, and define much of our culture today. Famous...

Gender Stereotypes

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Zagarri: Women and Politics

3 pages / 1485 words

Dr. A. Hunter HST333 12 February 2018 Zagarri: Women and Politics In Revolutionary Backlash, Rosemarie Zagarri explores the evolution of changing perception of women’s involvement in the political realm following the American Revolution and towards Andrew Jackson’s presidency. The American Revolution had an immediate impact...

Woman

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Masculine Insecurity in Dagoberto Gilb’s "Shout"

3 pages / 1331 words

In “Shout,” Dagoberto Gilb focuses his story on the emotions and headspace of his protagonist, a manual laborer returning home from a hard day’s work. While he looks to escape the toil of his labor, this laborer realizes that his home life does not provide...

Book Review Masculinity Protagonist

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It Ain’t No Sin: Carter’s Response to Freud’s Views of Sex

6 pages / 2727 words

Throughout her body of work, Angela Carter continuously twists and transforms conventional ideas. Whether Carter places a feminist spin on traditional stories or challenges conventional thought by raising questions, her writing reveals innovative insights. Her last novel, Wise Children, is no exception. In this novel,...

Human Sexual Behavior Sigmund Freud

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The Unfortunate Inferiority of Women in The Work of T.s. Eliot

4 pages / 1748 words

The work of T. S. Eliot frequently presents society as degenerate and infertile. The deterioration of the post-war world is represented through the oppression and suffering of women – a concept explored most notably in Eliot’s 1922 work The Waste Land, but also in a...

T.S. Eliot The Waste Land Woman

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Gender Roles in The Sound of Waves

2 pages / 965 words

In Yukio Mishima’s classic twentieth century novel, The Sound of Waves, one might initially hold some misconceptions towards the message of the story. It’s simple enough easily spot certain seemingly-sexist elements and immediately make the judgement that Mishima was a misogynist and plotted to display...

Gender Roles Novel

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The Issue of Gender in "The Recruiting Officer"

3 pages / 1193 words

George Farquhar’s 1706 play The Recruiting Officer delves into the careers and personal antics of a male ensemble cast in Restoration era Shropshire. Among these men are the two competing officers Plume and Brazen, the tough Sergeant Kite, and the gentleman Worthy–all of whom, though...

Gender Literature Review

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A Woman’s Journey from North America to Europe in The Portrait of a Lady

4 pages / 1593 words

In psychology, one of the most frequently debated topics deals with the issue of environmental and societal impact on one’s upbringing. It is commonly believed that society plays a tremendous role in how one behaves and how one readily conforms to the environment he is...

Novel Woman

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The Representation of Gender and Gendered Roles in "The Monk" by Gregory Lewis

5 pages / 2203 words

The Monk, published in 1796 by Matthew Lewis, holds the distinction of one of the most popular and most controversial Gothic novels of all times. Set in the backdrop of the Protestant Reformation in Spain, the novel addresses and challenges many sensitive, tabooed societal norms,...

Gender Gothic Literature

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Gender Roles and Women’s Initiative in The Merry Wives of Windsor

3 pages / 1571 words

One of the major themes of The Merry Wives of Windsor is the change in gender roles that was happening in Shakespeare’s time. Gender roles were changing to allow women more freedom and power. In the play, men are depicted as fools, delusional, jealous, and...

Gender William Shakespeare

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Disparity in Gender Roles in "Raise High The Roof Beam, Carpenters"

2 pages / 988 words

The core battle in the modern Feminist movement has been the battle against set gender roles. Women no longer feel that it is mandatory for them to be a mother and a housewife simply because they were born female, or that it is a man’s...

Feminist Literary Criticism Fiction Gender Roles

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Women’s Oppression in "Persepolis" and in Recent Nonfiction

2 pages / 949 words

The roles of women in Middle Eastern culture have varied throughout the decades, ranging from being delicate creatures in need of protection to becoming blind soldiers suddenly dedicated to a misleading cause. This is most noticeably depicted in the graphic novel Persepolis, in which author...

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Woman

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Battle of The Sexes: Gender Roles in Aeschylus’ "The Eumenides"

3 pages / 1525 words

In the third and final play of The Oresteia trilogy, The Eumenides, Apollo testifies for Orestes and the Furies testify for the late Clytemnestra in a trial that will decide whether or not Orestes is guilty. In this play, a new system of justice centered...

Gender Roles Literature Review Sexual Health

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She once Had Me: The Significance of The Women in Norwegian Wood

5 pages / 2495 words

The people in one’s life are often more important in shaping one’s future than the choices of that individual themselves. In Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood, the protagonist, Toru Watanabe, encounters various women who influence him and alter his outlook on life as he progresses through...

Literature Review Novel Woman

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The Issue of Black Female Sexuality in Quicksand by Nella Larsen

7 pages / 3245 words

The entertainment of a Harlem cabaret hypnotizes Helga Crane, the protagonist of Nella Larsen’s Quicksand. She loses herself in the “sudden streaming rhythm” and delights in the sexually suggestive moves of the dancers. Helga is “blown out, ripped out, beaten out by the joyous, wild,...

Novel Sex, Gender and Sexuality

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Women and Their Ability to Raise a Family in Pinter's Play The Homecoming

1 page / 607 words

In The Homecoming, Harold Pinter suggests that there are two types of women: whores or mothers. The whore, he believes, can have little success in family life; the mother, on the other hand, can create a successful family. Pinter’s statement is reinforced by the behavior...

Gender Roles Literature Review

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The Suppression of Women and Inaccessibility to Acquire Jobs Outside Home

1 page / 1811 words

Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique ignited the onset of the second wave of feminism in the United States. This book is a sociological study about the roots of the feminine mystique and how it turned “into a religion, a pattern by which all women must...

Book Review Gender Inequality Woman