Essays on Sociology of Gender

685

A Study of Tree Girls

2 pages / 905 words

“A sex symbol's currency lies in her youth, her curves, in the suggestion that a sexual encounter lurks around the next corner.” (Sharon Krum, The Guardian) The power struggle between genders in society is something that can be seen every day, particularly in the media....

Homosexuality Short Story

686

Sexual Roles in Guests of The Sheik

3 pages / 1173 words

Gender roles and relationships in Islamic societies are best understood through historical and religious context. This is because social norms and customs that regulate the behaviours of Muslim men and women are rooted in sacred texts and pivotal events, that date back to the formative...

Gender Roles Literature Review Muslim

687

What is Pink Capitalism and Its Representation in Giovanni’s Room

7 pages / 3178 words

The emergent evolution in the traits of human personality, both physically and psychologically created a new and unique dimension to extend the nebulous boundaries of exploration. While grouting the breaches that occurred during the understanding of the intricacies of man as a social animal, several...

Capitalism LGBT

688

Same-sex Relationships as Depicted in Free Love by A. Smith and Hemingway’s Mr. and Mrs. Elliot

3 pages / 1351 words

Introduction In Ali Smith’s “Free Love” while traveling abroad in Amsterdam, a teenage girl is able to explore something she has never been capable of before, her sexual orientation. Whereas, in Ernest Hemingway’s “Mr. and Mrs. Elliot”, to society Cornelia and Hubert seem to be...

Ernest Hemingway Homosexuality

689

The City of Ladies: Analysis of The Logic of The Created World

3 pages / 1538 words

Christine de Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies is a book of philosophical and logical refutations and arguments. It is a direct response to several writings in which the male authors make claims against women’s purity. These books, according to de Pizan, slander...

Book Review Society Woman

690

Gothic Perception of Females in The Bloody Chamber

3 pages / 1386 words

The corruption of innocence and the gaining of experience are common aspects of Carter’s stories in ‘The Bloody Chamber’, which are applied to many themes such as sexuality in The Tiger’s Bride and The Bloody Chamber, self-awareness in Wolf-Alice and horror in the collection’s namesake....

Gothic Fiction The Bloody Chamber Woman

691

Female Experience and Feminism: Correlation

2 pages / 924 words

Most literary representations of the sexes include implicit and binary differences between women and men. Women are typically written as pure archetypes who strive to find constancy in their relationships. In contrast, men as seen as libertines who seek multiplicity, novelty, and otherwise rakish desires....

Book Review Human Sexuality Woman

692

Eliza Haywood: The Rise of The Female Author

8 pages / 3441 words

The very form of the sentence does not fit her. It is a sentence made by men; It is too loose, Too heavy, Too pompous for a woman’s use Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your...

Literature Review Woman

693

The Impact of Gender on Imposing Justice in Ancient Greece

3 pages / 1359 words

When two men confront similar situations and meet distinct fates, the perennial question emerges. Why does Orestes in Aeschylus’ The Eumenides win redemption, and Pentheus in Euripides’ The Bacchae die ignobly? Both address the same moral dilemma between condoning retributive justice and upholding social order....

Gender

694

What Contemporary Women Are Capable of as Per Terry Pratchett

2 pages / 759 words

Women in classical literature have been characterized as the submissives who lack the intellectual substance for lead roles. As the generations evolve into the modern culture, hints of sexist ideals latch themselves onto societal norms. Women’s bodies are not their own, but property of another...

Literature Review Woman

695

Analysis of Women in Aeneid

5 pages / 2070 words

Virgil’s Aeneid details the trials and tribulations of Aeneas and the Trojan people en route to Italy from Troy. The journey parallels the epic adventures of the Homeric hero Odysseus. Virgil borrows Homer’s narrative style and frames a story that pays homage to the founding...

Poetry The Aeneid Woman

696

All a Woman Needs is to Be Beautiful: Analysis of Aeneid

4 pages / 1694 words

Admirable qualities of men in Virgil’s The Aeneid include bravery, honor, and courage, but a woman’s value is based less on their power, wit and brains and more on their beauty, or lack of beauty. There are many instances within The Aeneid where both male...

Poetry The Aeneid Woman

697

Psychoanalytic and Feminist Approaches to "Sons and Lovers"

4 pages / 1834 words

Postmodernism was a movement which took place in the Arts from the 1930’s to 1980’s, which sought not just to act as a continuation of modernism, but to attempt to reform its modes, which had themselves become conventional, as well as breaking away from elite...

Gender Psychoanalysis Sons and Lovers

698

Masculinity Construction by James Baldwin

2 pages / 939 words

James Baldwin provides several constructions of black masculinity through his two texts Everybody’s Protest Novel and Sonny’s Blues. Since this essay is comparing works from the same author, it is essential to look at what these constructions are and also the consistency of them within...

Masculinity Short Story

699

Rising The Woman Question: Works of Leigh and Browning

3 pages / 1493 words

The Victorian era was a period of great social and political upheaval, especially for women. Increasing opposition to the lack of women’s political rights in relation to marriage and property laws, such as the fact that any income a woman earned automatically belonged to her...

Gender Poetry

700

Homosexuality and The Bible: Interpretation and Understanding

4 pages / 1661 words

This essay addresses the current debate in our country over gay rights. It talks briefly about my limited knowledge about the bible before going into specific quotes and passages from the bible that religious activists often use in their arguments against gay rights. It looks...

Bible Homosexuality Types of Love

701

Discussion on The Importance of Gay Marriage Legalization

2 pages / 684 words

Why is it important to people in same-sex relationships for gay marriage to be legalized? In the United States, there are only 14 states in which gay couples can marry. (Quin, Campbell) The truth is those who are homosexuals do not receive the same benefits...

Gay Marriage Homosexuality Same Sex Marriage

702

Gender Stereotypes and Citizen Journalism

11 pages / 4814 words

Every citizen is a reporter, Oh Yeon-ho said as he launched Ohmynews in 2004, largelyas a fierce reaction to partisan politics in South Korean (Oh, 2004). “The citizens of the Republicof Korea had long been preparing for a grand revolution in the culture of news...

Gender Stereotypes

703

The Importance of Accepting The LGBT

1 page / 659 words

The Importance of Accepting The LGBT LGBT is a community which consists of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender individuals. Moreover, LGBT is a global trend issue nowadays, and some people are starting to talk about it. This is because they are a minority community that...

LGBT