Hidden Passion’s In John Steinbeck’s short story “The Chrysanthemums” imagery and symbols are used to show the repressed feminine qualities, hidden passion and feelings of inequality in the main character Elisa Allen. Who is a strong, capable woman kept from social, personal and sexual fulfillment . Elisa is a homemaker living in Salinas Valley, California with her farmer husband Henry. Elisa is a lonely woman whose days consist of nourishing and growing “chrysanthemum” flowers in her fenced in garden. Steinbeck uses the “chrysanthemum” flower, the variation of her clothing, the way she interacts with her husband and the tinker as examples of symbolism.
• I washed my hands. • I disinfected the changing mat and washed my hands again then put on the glows. • I laid the baby down on the changing mat. • I took of baby’s trousers. • I opened up a new clean diaper and placed the back half under baby.
Wearing the hijab is a way of oppression for women. They do not have the freedom to choose not to wear it. Even if they desire to wear beautiful and colourful clothes, they can’t. Every woman must have the desire to be pretty because of her own will and also to satisfy herself, but a lot of them are marginalized. However, according to Naheed Mustafa, the author of the article My Body Is My Own Business, “Young Muslim women are reclaiming the hijab, reinterpreting it in light of its original purpose – to give back to women ultimate control of their own bodies”.
Her marriage was an arranged marriage and the young man was a clerk working for the Minister of Education. “She suffered from the poverty of her dwelling, from the worn walls, the abraded chairs, the ugliness of the stuffs” (Clugman, 2010) represents how she perceived her status. Her concern was she was not living in the royal manner she believed she was born to do. Her husband lifted “the cover of the tureen” (Clugman, 2010) and all her mind could do was wander to places where she had exquisite meals and service. He was quite satisfied with her cooking, but she was never satisfied.
Second, you should never act desperate around women. Being desperate (in a sexual way) is one of the most unattractive things you can do. The reason is because this means you simply would choose any woman to sleep with. As a result, she will feel anything but special to you! Therefore, you should instead be very selective about the women you want to date, and you do that by raising your standards.
Jennifer Hare Professor Penelope Deutscher Philosophy 230 / Gender Studies 233 17 April 2012 Assignment #1, Question 6: The Paradox of Rousseau’s Roles for Women In Rousseau’s Emile, he describes the prescribed roles for women to serve their husbands by remaining appealing and creating a proper familial environment as being based on natural feminine characteristics. However, his argument is inherently paradoxical, because women must artificially feign and amplify these characteristics in order to successfully fulfill their prescribed roles. Rousseau bluntly states his role for women on page 322 by proposing that, “woman is specially made for man’s delight”. His view is that women’s role should be, “to be pleasing in his [man’s] sight…to train him in childhood, to tend him in manhood, to consel and console, to make his life pleasant and happy, these are the duties of woman for all time” (328). Rousseau justifies this role by testifying that, “this is not the law of love, but it is the law of nature, which is older than love itself” (322).
Being always ready to help she is obliged to forget about her own wealth. Helping is her paramount destination. Sometimes girls feel as if they are alone in this world and they can do nothing with the pressure of gender stereotypes, as soon as all their actions will be considered as inapplicable for the standards of society. A girl should stop for a moment and think of what she can undertake in order to reverse the situation. There are three effective ways of avoiding having culture’s gender stereotypes derail girls’ dreams: a search for the supporters, a careful explanation, and an attempt to go through the personal experience.
This is not normal and it should not be put into action. Women should not be ashamed to show who they are and be proud of themselves. Pink has always been associated with the female gender. Even for people who hate the color pink, you will notice something on them that has the color on it. It is almost inevitable to buy things without the color pink being on it.
Women giving into their own desires – especially gluttony and lust – are taboo. Even those sexualized images are not about women pleasing themselves (the ones that are get banned.) They’re usually about women offering themselves for others’ pleasure, which is an entirely different thing. Thin fits the Puritanical ideal, of sacrifice, self control, and hard, un-fun work. Even at its most beautiful, it steers clear of portraying much in the way of female desire.
Views on Marriage in Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice[i] The brilliant novel of Austin shows rather different attitudes of young girls who come from middle-class families in the country towards love by describing their diverse modes of dealing with love and marriage, which reflects the author’s own views on marriage: it is wrong to marry in pursuit of property and status, but it is also stupid to marry without paying much attention upon the elements above. Therefore, she is not only opposed to marrying for money, but also against toying with marriage. She puts much emphasis on the importance of ideal marriage and regards the affection between two lovers as the solid foundation for arranging an ideal marriage. In Pride and Prejudice, it is five kinds of marriages that run through the whole book: the tolerable kind because of incompatibility of sentiments between Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, the imprudent kind for the favor of appearance and ardor between Lydia and Wickham, the dependent kind for the sake of property between Charlotte and Collins, the harmonious kind because of heart-to-heart love between Jane and Binley, the blessed kind as a result of knowing each other well and exchanging hearts between Elizabeth and Darcy. We can also divide those five kinds of marriages in three sorts, according to the diverse foundations they are established upon.