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- 2401: History Of Feminism And Femini
- ... evaluate the alleged exclusiveness of feminism. a. A Descriptive Element: this a a statement of the empirical facts,it is usually in the form of descriptions of women’s lived experiences and of the present day social arrangements, specifically the arrangements of power and its relationship to gender, as well as racial issues and class structures.2 b. An Explanatory Element: this is an explanation regarding the reasoning of why women ... power and political standing is the way it is. c. A Normative Element: this is the recommendations for the elimination of possible inequalities that occur, whether it is in the social , political or economical sphere. d. A Practical Element: this is the physical commitment to the transformation of social organisations and institutions based upon the normative elements of the theory.3 In the construction of feminist theory one important element needs ... in public labour. It was during this convention that Lucy Stanton proposed one of the most controversial resolutions to be included in the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, it demanded the vote for women.12 d) Militant Suffrage in Britain and the US: 1850's-1920's Before this time, feminism had centred around the abolitionist movement, primarily for the reason that feminists viewed abolitionism as the perfect example of ...
- 2402: Middle East And Canada
- ... national and regional importance and in order to reflect both official languages. Beginning with a randomly selected date within the first three days of October (October 2), we sampled each of these papers every third day until December 31. Each of these issues was examined in its entirety for material dealing with the Middle East and all items identified were coded under several categories of analysis. All coding was done by ... observation provoked protest in Canada which the press duly reported. On January 21, Mr. Clark asserted that Israel was systematically abusing the human rights of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and the following day he met with the ambassadors of the Arab countries in Ottawa to express his growing concern with Israeli actions. Again, these initiatives triggered press coverage and there were also reports in the days that followed ... was substituted for ``Arabs.'' For a more detailed discussion of the causes of these policy shifts, see Goldberg, 1989, pp. 25-26. Goldberg and Taras (1989, p. 221) arrive at a similar conclusion. References Bercuson, D. (1989). Canadian policy in historical perspective. Middle East Focus, 11(3), 18-20, 30. Canadian News Index. Toronto: Micromedia. Choquet, M. (1984). Canadian mass media and the Middle East. In Tareq Ismael (Ed.), Canadian ...
- 2403: Ethan Frome 5
- ... and her cousin needed a place to stay, they took her in to help around the house. Ethan took an immediate propensity to her cousin, Mattie, because she brought a bright light upon his dismal day. He seemed to have found someone who cared for him was always happy and could share his youth, unlike his sickly wife who always nagged him. He longed to be with Mattie, however he had ... She told him without any discussion that Mattie had to go. Ethan could not find the words to make her alter her decision. His wife also decided that Mattie had to leave the very next day and Ethan could not do anything about it. It was stated in the book that his wife had the upper hand in the house by the line "Now she [his wife] had mastered him [Ethan ... seemed inevitable that his life would always be a string of failures. Ethan can t even succeed at ending his own life. Upon learning of this final failure Ethan says: Oh Matt, I thought we d fetched it (Ethan, 126)
- 2404: Homeopathy And Women
- ... career can serve as a model for research concerned with the place of gender in 19th-century medicine. Thus, at the macro-political level there are now numerous studies concerning the medical literature of the day, so far as this exercised hegemonic authority with regards to women. A ground-breaking monograph in this regard is Barker-Benfield's Horrors of the Half-Known Life (1976), which focuses on a cluster of ... patients thought about all this, Wood analyses the writings of a small group of feminist hygiene experts and lady doctors, who with "a masked but almost hysterical paranoia" recognized in the medical practices of the day "as a form of rape." The women doctors who began appearing in the 1850s regarded women's diseases as "a result of submission, and promoted independence from masculine domination, whether professional or sexual, as their ... serve to represent the tendency overall. In a paper read before the International Hahnemannian Association in 1929 - published incidentally in the same volume with a case study by Dr. Julia Green - Irving L. Farr M.D. observes in connection with the Biblical injunction to be fruitful and multiply that when misdirected the power of procreation can wreck homes and even cause the downfall of nations, "as history teaches." He goes ...
- 2405: Lord Of The Flies Personality
- ... show enmity towards building the shelters, even though this work is important, to engage in trivial activities. Af ter one of the shelters collapses while only Simon and Ralph are building it, Ralph clamours, "All day I've been working with Simon. No one else. They're off bathing or eating, or playing." (55). Ralph and Simon, though only children, are more mature a nd adult like and stray to work ... of most children their urge being more interested in having fun than working. Secondly, all the boys leave Ralph's hard-working group to join Jack's group who just want to have fun. The day after the death of Simon when Piggy ! and Ralph are bathing, Piggy points beyond the platform and says, "That's where they're gone. Jack's party. Just for some meat. And for hunting and ... another child who has adult-like qualities for leadership. Children are disobedient, violent and lose their innocence when there are no adults to supervise them. A child's life is a long and winding roa d in which they can be sidetracked quite easily.
- 2406: Lord Of The Flies Themes
- ... Jack's challengers towards Ralph made the job of chief more difficult but Ralph still maintained that the group had voted him chief and this usually held off Jack's attack on Ralph's leadership. d) Jack was always ordering others around and in the eyes of Ralph he appeared to be the one reason everything was falling apart. Piggy helped Ralph by protecting the "littluns" and he also agreed with ... plans and helped to carry them out. e) Ralph was more cautious around Jack as he knew how dangerous he was (probably from the way he enjoyed killing pigs), and he also knew that one day Jack would go too far. Piggy knew this and he was usually the "butt" of Jack's jokes but he became unable to be cautious after his glasses were stolen and soon died in a ... c) The re-enactment of the killing of the pig was like a ritual dance that they performed several other times. This dance also seemed to be like Jack painting his face and becoming uncivilized. d) The head was an offering to the beast in hope that it would leave them alone. e) Simons conversation with the head seemed to be like he was worshiping it in a way. While ...
- 2407: Lifes Many Obstacles - Catcher
- Life’s Many Obstacles In J. D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” the protagonist, Holden, is faced with many obstacles. Like most tragic heroes, he is a man who is reasonably happy at the beginning of the tragedy, but as ... s date is Jane Gallagher, a girl whom he knows and likes. In the course of this conversation, Stradlater persuades Holden to write his homework theme for him. While Holden is upset at his brother, D.B., because the latter “prostituted” himself to Hollywood, he himself easily gives in to doing Stradlater’s theme paper. The conversation illustrates the state of general boredom and confusion that Holden lives in daily. Although ... almost self-imposed loneliness, habitual lying and exaggeration to cover up his uncertainties, and his boredom with the “phonies” and redundancies of life. Although “hero” may not be the right characterization for Holden, his four day journey is certainly tragic and therefore somewhat comparable to two other young lost teenagers-Romeo and Juliet. All three characters were mostly blind to the forces of nature and society working around them and ...
- 2408: Hemp...A Help For Today
- ... of these oils that birds will live much longer if they eat hemp seed. With hemp seed, a vegan or vegetarian can survive and eat virtually no saturated fats. One handful of hemp seed per day will supply adequate protein and essential oils for an adult. Hemp requires little fertilizer, and grows well almost everywhere. It also resists pests, so it uses little pesticides. Hemp puts down deep roots, which is ... Cook Book. Guysville: The Ohio Hempery Inc. 1994 2. Shepherd, R. Gordon. Science News of Controversy: The Case of Hemp. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communications. 1979 3. Grinspoon, Lester, M.D. Marijuana, the Forbidden Medicine. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1997 4. Mathre, Mary Lynn, Ed. Cannabis in Medical Practice. London: McFarland & Company, Inc. 1997 5. Peterson, Robert C., Ph.D. Marijuana Research Findings: 1980. Washington DC: Department of Health and Human Services. 1981 6. "Hemp Fact Sheet" Online. Internet: html://www.ran.org/ran/ ran_campaign/old_growth/hemp_fact.Html#advan. 7. Herer, ...
- 2409: Looking For Alibrandi
- ... all that great. On page 255 Lee tells Josephine, "I just said it wasn't as great as people make out and to answer your question, Josie, you would've felt guilty now if you'd slept with Jacob." This statement from her friend most likely would have finalised Josephine's decisions and lessons she had learned about sexual activity and relationships. Probably the most important discovery Josephine Alibrandi makes in ... from yet another character helps her in her discovery of the truth in this area of life. She seems to have finally learnt this lesson when she is talking to Jacob Coote and says, "I'd hate to be as smart as John. I mean he was really, really smart and to be that smart means you know all the answers and when you know all the answers there's no ... Because of the similarity of conditions in which Mrs V grew up in compared to Josephine's upbringing, many of the cultural, social and religious practices were done by both their families, for example "tomato day". Also because of these similarities, Mrs Vanaria faced many of the same difficulties that Josephine faced. Mrs V struggled with identity due to her multiculturalism just like Josephine. She mentioned to the class "Somewhere ...
- 2410: Tarot Card Use In The U.s
- ... that the reply was: I felt extremely comfortable, the surroundings were rather eerie, like that of a movie, but other than that, its was fine. I would definitely go back again, its an experience I d like to share with my friends as well, I learned more about myself which I didn t know existed until the reading. I recommend that everyone gets at least one Tarot card reading in their ... time or another during our journey. These cards have a strong emphasis in a reading. Drawing a Major card should be looked at with extra attention. The minor arcana are the 4 suits, and represent day to day lessons, situations, etc. In conclusion, its quite obvious that tarot card use and other forms of astrology have become intensely popular, from the Internet, to TV, to street corners, it seems like they re ...
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