Before her story even begins, Marie de France contests the idea of female inferiority. She believes the women deserve as much respect and power through literature as men. Guigemar’s lady herself is a representation
The people of China have been most influenced by Confucian ideas, and during the Han Dynasty Confucianism became part of the official education. Since Confucianism was being taught widespread it influenced the minds of the Chinese people enormously. Something the Confucian ideals taught was that women must hold a position that has less power than men, lowering the status of women. The only way a women could gain any type of respect was by birthing a son. It was taught that women should not have any type of rule and no one should care about a women’s ideas.
- to avoid preconceptions whereas men can make superficial decisions ranging incomparably narrow. In addition, Tannen suggests an example where women can be simply judged based on their titles - “Ms.” and “Mrs.” Tannen adds on by referring to Ralph Fasold’s research that it is actually the male that is marked. She writes, “Fasold points out that girls are born with fully female bodies, while boys are born with modified female bodies.” Tannen admits that she herself who is writing about the inequality between genders could be seen as a feminist, yet doubted that anyone would put that label on Fasold. Tannen concludes that she is unhappy about women not having the freedom to be unmarked as men had. Some days she just wants to get dressed and go about her business.
Do you agree that Shakespeare presents Beatrice and Katherina as “offending against society’s expectations about women”? The idea that both Beatrice and Katherina offend against society’s expectations of women in the plays Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew is open to personal interpretation. We must take into account which society it is we are suggesting they are offending against, if we are judging it on Shakespearean society’s expectations we could, in theory, agree with the statement, due to the fact that at that time, women were largely expected to be submissive, quiet and respectful to the superior sex, males. However, it would not be correct to say that Beatrice and Katherina offend against modern day expectations of women. Further to this, it would also depend on at which point in the play we are making our judgement.
According to Roads Murphy, the Chinese regarded the Westerners as an uncivilized people, but more ill-mannered than any foreigners, and as potential troublemakers and corrupt beings that will lead them astray of Chinese morality. During the early modern period were Kangxi and Qianlong sat on the throne for the longest time in the history of China, the great majority of them were content with their own far older and more sophisticated ways and religious traditions, and there were few openings for what were seen as alien faiths, promoted by resented outsiders the West, which in the book of Jonathan Spence, The Question of Hu, narrates the story of the two cultures colliding. The two greatest emperors of China, Kangxi who reigned the longest
Sexism Sexism caused a lot of problems in history. For example during the industrial revolution women are prevented to have a job that is paid equally as a man does although they do more work than a men does, and this lead to women rights movement. In ancient China women were not allow to go out they couldn’t have a job all they do is stay at home and do housework. It’s not really because their religion didn’t allow them. It’s because Chinese people think after women get married they will live with their husband and they will become a part of the other family.
The central theme of Herland is defining gender, the roles, how it is socially constructed, and how it is viewed as unchangeable by both genders. . In comparison to the women of their world, the men view the women of Herland to have masculine physical features: having short, functional hair and lacking curves. But in If He Hollers Let Him Go by Chester Himes, it is almost the complete opposite. He depicts women as people with lots of sexual appeal and goes about this by having basically every women character when introduced having something mentioned about her appearance.
He ends his entry by saying that “The Duchess hath been a good, comely woman, but…” and proceeds to describe his negative opinion of her appearance. Similarly in document 13, a Gottingen newspaper article reported that those women who learn the higher sciences have neglected their clothing and their hair will be done in an antiquarian fashion. The article expresses the opinion that women who gain skill in science are not proper women. This isn’t just the view of the author of the article which is being expressed here, because a newspaper would be very likely to report with mind to the opinions and attitudes of the audience which reads it. In document 10 Johann Junker, a head of an
The Issue of Gender Bias in Nursing NUSC 4P60 Marlee Heywood 4918116 Andrea Bodnar October 29th, 2014 Introduction In the healthcare field, nursing is predominately viewed as a female-concentrated occupation. The viewpoint of McLaughlin, Muldoon, and Moutray (2009) states that despite the historical fact that men are considered “pioneers” of the nursing profession, if they choose to pursue this occupation they can expect to be considered an “anomaly” to their gender orientation. The notion that nursing is not an appropriate career from men stems from the socialized view that caring is a uniquely feminine trait essential for nursing practice (McLaughlin et al, 2009). In society, women are viewed as caring, nurturing, and kind. Men, on the other hand, are viewed as strong, aggressive, and dominant.
Ladyboys--Ladies? Or Boys? “Life can be complicated enough for members of the transgender community — the last thing they need is to have to choose between two bathroom doors: male or female.” Ladyboys is one example of transgender people, and controversy over their gender identification never ceases. Totman describes them as “glamorous and attractive men, who are now women”, with which I couldn’t agree more. Though they are neither female nor male in conventional concept, ladyboys can be categorized as female in China, because of their feminine appearances, effeminate mannerism, and stereotypically female-oriented occupations.