...Nicole Guilbault English 1100 Writing Project 2 October 6, 2015 Girl Power? “Girls rule boys drool.” “Girls go to college to get more knowledge and boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider.” These are just a few of the sayings used by adolescent females to flaunt their gender pride, but could they possibly be true? Barbara Ehrenreich compares the work ethics and social habits of males and females in her essay “Guys Just Want to Have Fun.” Ehrenreich believes girls are the achievers in today’s world while boys sit back and play, this causes her to conclude that one day soon females will rule the world. This may in fact have some truths to it, but gender is not the issue at hand. We’re all aware one does not need to drown himself in a pool of textbooks and obsessively strive for perfect grades. Also there is nothing wrong with having a little fun while being on your way to a college education. The fact of the matter is test scores and good grades truly mean nothing without a good personality and communication skills to back it up. It simply comes down to this; a person, male or female, who sits at home secluded from society with their noses buried in books will have no advantage over someone who receives average grades and enjoys a highly active social lifestyle. As time goes on and technology and social standards change, so do the skills necessary to hold a place in the workforce. The U.S. Department of Labor and education formed the Secretary’s Commission on Achieving...
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...about service and information the female sex rises and becomes the greater sex. Women are better at economics than men are today, because that is how it is today; women have the qualities that is needed to succeed in today’s society. Now in the States the women is for the first time the majority of the workforce, many middle classed leader roles are women as well, more women get a college degree than men do. Actually, the number is for every two men that gets a college degree three women will get one. In addition, the jobs that were lost during The Great Regression were primarily men that lost their jobs, jobs such as mechanics, construction workers and financial sectors – all men. Today it is easier to succeed, as a woman somehow, because again, they are the superior sex today, their abilities and strengths is what makes you successful in today’s society. Because every boy in high school will get the same, preach: “Don’t crash your car, don’t get a girl pregnant and stay in school!” while girls are raised to be nice, respectful and decent. That is also, why more and more couples prefer to have a girl rather than a boy. In the ancient Greece, men would cut off their left testicle, because they believed that would only produce boys and later on women would kill themselves or are killed if they did not give birth to a boy. For about 2000 years the man have been the greater sex, but today it is the woman, because of her kindness and women being able to multitask and manage to control...
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...Cindy Sherman was born January 19, 1954, and though she was born in New Jersey, she moved with her family to Huntington, Long Island as a child. She began to paint in college, when she attended Buffalo State College. She soon gave up painting for photography because, she said, painting was so restrictive, and with photography she could focus more on ideas. She is a renowned photographer and filmmaker, and is best known for her series of photographs depicting herself as various characters. She works alone; aside from shooting, she also directs the shoot, models, and does her own hair, makeup, and costuming. Her work depicts a vast range of characters, including starlets, rich matriarchs, clowns, goddesses, political figures, explicit nudes (although...
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...kept my hood up. Then, someone pulled my hood down from behind. Everyone started hysterically laughing and pointing at me. “Are you a boy?” an older girl had asked from behind. “Do you like girls?” a younger boy inquired. The kids were so unpleasant. I continued to keep my head up high and keep smiling. Bullying is an event that still occurs after high school. When I was in sixth grade, I had a circle of three best friends. We would spend every day together, hanging out, having sleepovers, etc. The third marking period, I started having problems. I had accidentally said a “bad word.” These three girls started to laugh at me. “You said a bad word” the girls joked as they pinned me against the gym wall. One of the girls tattled and told my teacher, and continued to antagonize me more. “I am sick” I told my mom when I woke up every morning. Eventually, my parents figured out that I was not sick and called the school. “We need to figure this out” my parents screamed on the phone with my school. A few weeks later, not only was the school involved, but the cops were as well. Not only did they talk to me, but they talked to the group of girls. The girls all tried to deny that they were bullying me. “We didn’t do it” the girls cried. “We never did any of that” they continued to whine. As the cops called in witnesses from class, the girls received detention strictly from the principal. This was the least of my worries. In middle school, I was an outcast. I sat by myself at lunch....
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...pompoms and skirts, it has relied on athletic accomplishments of agility and strength in recent years. As participants have perfected their basket tosses and pyramid routines, a complicated question has appeared: has cheerleading become a true sport? For many women, the answer for a long time was no. They feared that calling it a sport sent the wrong message to women- that cheerleading was a time when girls in tight-fitting outfits were expected to yell support for boys. But other women fumed at what felt like an insult. Why should cheerleading not be considered a sport when it requires a complex set of skills, physical fitness and real guts? Every cheerleader gets fired up when someone tries to argue with...
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...Sexualization of young girls has become a major issue in today's society. To start, the "importance of appearance" (Morgan) has transitioned to younger ages. Carleton Kendrick, a family therapist from Boston, has noticed a drastic change in young girls who are strongly concerned about their appearance. "I pay a lot of attention to how children refer to their ideal selves... What 11-year-old girls were wrestling with years ago, we have ramped that down to young elementary school years" (Morgan). Furthermore, TLC shows such as "Toddlers and Tiaras" and "Cheer Perfection" are "heavily edited for sensationalism," (Morgan) according to Kendrick. Both shows revolve around themes of competition, pride, and demeanor, which steals creativity, playfulness,...
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...Summary of Farm Girl Anderson Jude ENG 115 Professor Chris Swindell Strayer University October 23rd, 2013 The short story Farm Girl is an in depth look at life through the eyes of a young girl growing up with her family on a farm. Throughout this non-fiction story the author Jessica Hemauer, does an amazing job of describing her surroundings to pull the reader in and make them feel like they are there with her. She begins as a younger girl describing how difficult it is for a child to awake from a deep slumber, and immediately get to work doing jobs some grown men would cringe at. “Cleaning out various huts and pens and laying down fresh straw are part of our daily duties” (Hemauer, 2011 p. 84). She continues by explaining how this is the worst of the jobs she and her siblings endure, and how the dust makes it difficult for them to breathe, but they all know there is no use in complaining because it has to be done (Hemauer, 2011). She continues her story into her teenage years describing vividly the life and struggles of a teenage girl, especially one with so many responsibilities and restrictions. While in eighth grade she describes to the reader how unusual her life is in comparison to her classmates, and how she dislikes not being able to participate in extracurricular activities. However, she finally does get the chance to be normal as she defines it. “In eighth grade I really want to play basketball, and after begging and pleading with my parents, they finally say...
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...Fixon Ball Clicker Erasable: Appealing to Younger Women There is a young American girl in the middle of the page. She is wearing a collared shirt and a sweater vest, she has her hand on her forehead as to show “oh no, not anther mistake.” She appears to be sitting at a desk in a classroom working on drawing pictures of animals. Above the girl’s head are the words “Erase every ‘Oops.’” in red, italicized font. At the bottom of the page there is a long red pen that takes up three-fourths of the width of the page. On the pen it says Frixon Ball Clicker Erasable. On the left side of the pen there is a picture of a hand using the pen to begin to erase the words Incredible, Erasable ink, in red little font. Under that illustration there is the logo for the Frixon Ball Clicker in blue font. Next to that, in the middle of the page, there is a brief description of the product. On the right side of the description, there is the logo for Pilot in blue and in the bottom right corner under that it says “Power to the Pen!” in black. The ad, placed in the Women’s Day magazine, is very effective in targeting the audience if mothers of young children. However, this audience is not the only ones that read this particular magazine. Young women, starting their own careers, and some still in college also read this magazine. This magazine provides many great ideas for women; ranging from healthy recipes, to relationship advice, to DIY home décor ideas. In this advertisement analysis and proposal...
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...Boys Against Girls Summary: Discusses the academic and social rivalry between boys and girls. Findings of a study conducted by the American Association of University Women regarding the issue; Gap between men and women in the sciences; Strengths and weaknesses of boys and girls. GENDER A 1992 study by the American Association of University Women reported that schools shortchange girls--letting them lag behind boys in science, silencing them in class and damaging their self-esteem. But some experts are arguing that it's boys who lose out. "The Columbine killings have been a wake-up call," says Judith Kleinfeld, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks. "Boys also have their problems." Kleinfeld refutes the findings of the AAUW study: With the exception of the (rapidly narrowing) gap between men and women in the sciences, she says, "most of the other findings are misleading or false." Studies show, for example, that girls receive better grades and more awards than their male counterparts. They also have superior verbal skills and are more likely to attend college. But while many schools sponsor interventions to coach girls in physics and math, few have tried to remedy boys' poor reading and writing abilities. And contrary to popular belief, many boys have a well-hidden low self-esteem, believing that schools are hostile towards them. "Women have been shortchanged in other areas of life," says Kleinfeld. "But schools, with their...
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...A quote from Amy Heckerling, an American film director, states “Body image - what we’re supposed to look like - is made so unattainable that all girls are put in this position of feeling inferior.” From the beginning of time, society has created a quintessential image for the way they desired women to look. The media influences women of the current idealistic body image they should maintain. The ideal body type varies as time goes on and is defined by the historic events that are occurring during that specific time period; we see these body statuses to become more elaborate and noticeable in the 1800s to the 1900s and they change every couple of decades post the 1900s. Women’s body expectations, for the most part, originate from a well-known...
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...It appeared the neighborhood skank, who bathed on Saturdays, was ready to settle down some, a change she wasn't fighting. Sally wasn't the same girl or naughty teen hiding dirty underwear, she was cooking, doing laundry and shopping at Safeway with the wives. It was Tuesday, and her monthly visit to the doctor, so she jumped in Samuel’s car and kept her appointment, but something very disturbing was about to play into their arrangement, their marriage arrangement. Sally's blood work and lab results revealed Samuel Bourne was the child's biological father, not the sleaze bag from the trailer park. The girl next door assumed the father was her ex because of the time element, that and Sally's irresponsible habits, a habit that kept her going over to the lab results and shaking her dizzy, redhead, a head that needed caffeine. She drove to the ballpark, used temporarily for soccer practice, and confronted Samuel, something she dreaded, but it was imperative. "I didn't realize, Samuel, I'm sorry." She cried, but was more embarrassed than anything, wanting to run away, but she held her ground for what she figured was a punishment. "Samuel reached out for her, and held her like never before, his fiancé, the girl that had grown into womanhood with love and understanding. "I'm not angry, honey, I'm proud of you, being...
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...Cooties and Crayons Everything was fun and games when we were kids. The biggest worry was who would share their crayons. Going outside between naps was just for fun. Where girls were gross and boys had cooties! And nobody ever consumed their time in love. Time changes fast as we grow into adults. The swarms of kids surrounding the lunch line was always a mass of fun. Scariest people that walked the school were the adults. A mature, young boy sits down; a young blond girl yelps,“ew, cooties!” The worst thing a boy could break was her crayons. Where crushes were just crushes that didn’t turn into love. Because, in reality, they are only kids! This chaos continues at daycare, at home, in the presence of adults. Tiny little buggers run off to play, complaining and giggling about the nasty cooties. Inside the daycare, the walls are collaged with crayons. Oh, these walking little beasts have so much fun. The excuses never change; they are only kids! When the parents arrive the little monsters are showered with love. As we grow up, it’s STDs; not cooties. All because we think we’re in love. Doctors sit down with guardians and try to explain; “they’re still just kids.” All the parents think they are in charge they’re the adults. Teen boys and girls tease each other, harass and bully, all in good fun. Multi-colored kaleidoscopes turn black and blue and grey; pens and pencils replace crayons. When it’s stressful, we regress and pull out the crayons. Sneaking...
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...For Girls. It’s Be Yourself, and Be Perfect, Too: Pressure on Young Women For young women today there seems to be enormous pressure to be beyond perfect. Why as a society do we place these kinds of pressures on our children? A good example is the story “For Girls, It’s Be Yourself, and Be Perfect, Too” by Sara Rimer. It focuses on two amazing teen girls Esther and Colby who have to face many issues that many young women today have to confront now as well as the stress it entails. Esther and Colby learn right from the start that they have to be perfect during every waking hour and not waste anytime. The girl’s lives are influenced by their parent’s desires and the opinions of their peers. They don’t even think of themselves. Today’s amazing girls are facing pressure from their parents, as well as images they see on T.V., in magazines, as well as everywhere they look. Society pressures young women to be smart, sexy, and athletic. Sara Rimer writes; “If you are free to be everything, you are also expected to be everything” (page 2). At one time young women were viewed as the lesser sex; and were expected to become obedient wives and good mothers. They weren’t expected to go to or even complete their schooling. It was viewed as a waste of time. As time passed women started to become able to receive an education, vote, and have a job outside of the home. Society then started expecting more out of young women. The young women today have to become the amazing girl’s...
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...A++PAPER;http://www.homeworkproviders.com/shop/psy-202-week-3/ PSY 202 WEEK 3 MY PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE PSY 202 WEEK 3 My Past Present and Future I am a forty one year old divorced mother of two girls that reside in rialto, California. Currently I am in my third year of college in hopes of earning a Degree in Psychology at Ashford University. This paper will reveal a few of my life experience that assisted me developing in into the woman I am today. This paper will also analyze some of these experiences using the adult development theories from this class. I will also draw attention to the long and short term goals in my life that will be accomplished through hard work and integrity. In the early years of my life I was the product of an divorced couple who should have never gotten married. My mother a CNA worker and my dad an ex marine who ended his career at retirement level as a supervisor at General Motor Cooperation. The early memories of my father was great, he would consistently pick us up every weekend. My parents had two children with each other a boy and a girl the boy being the oldest. My parents went through a very painful divorce, so early on in my childhood it was well understood they hated each other. It was obvious early on that my dad wasn’t stable, he dated quite a few women, until he married my step mother who he later divorced after...
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...In today’s world, one simply cannot escape the judgment of others. At the most judgmental time of their lives, teenage girls in the United States struggle to accept themselves while craving the approval of others. As young women strive to reach perfection, the view on women today may influence their dedication for a perfect body. While society shames bigger women for their weight, degrading thoughts begin to take-over the minds of developing teens. Studies show that negative psychological thoughts of oneself often result in eating disorders among teenage girls in the United States; these degrading thoughts can come from clothing companies, the media, and society’s view on women. First, clothing companies can have a big impact on the view that...
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