...Angelica Adams Mrs. McMullen English 200: World Literature November 17, 2007 The Power of Woman Women are often thought of as mild, weak, and gentle creatures; with characteristics like these, how can a woman co-exist in the world of her more brazen counterpart and still be influential? The answer to that question is simple; by using their milder qualities women have been influential in the many bold feats of man. Women have made great impacts throughout history through the use their of intellect, sexuality, and passive demeanor. The women in the following works, “Oedipus the King”, by Sophocles, The Iliad, by Homer, and Confessions, by Augustine, were influential in politics, war, and religion all male dominated. Politics has always been a male dominated arena in which women have recently joined, or has it? While men have been in the forefront of many political accomplishments, it has been many times a woman’s idea that brought home such victories. One example of this is Jocasta. In the story of Oedipus the King, by Sophocles, Jocasta is the wife of the king, Oedipus. She is a very mild-mannered woman and gives no signs of being harsh and brash, yet and still she is the most powerful person in the kingdom. An example of her docility is when Oedipus is threatening to put Creon to death; she saves his life by asking Oedipus to believe him for her and the sake of the people of Thebes by being a voice of reason (635). Her influence is noted in the by a specific...
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...Women on Board Web Site Creation Strategy Version 0.0 [Date published] Presented by: [Presenter's name] Web site creation strategy Developing a Web presence in the marketplace for your product or service is an important part of a successful marketing plan. The following steps and questions can help you to develop your marketing Web site. Planning the site Research Research and scheduling [Does your company need a Web site? Research your competitors' Web presences and then determine if you need a Web site, and if so, how soon the site should be developed.] Vision and purpose [Determine the vision and purpose for your Web site.] The vision is to reach out to women through social media answering question so offer support. The purpose is to show support, motivate and share knowledge when having mix emotions in their life. Strategic objectives [What are the strategic objectives of your Web site? For example, do you want to provide online ordering or to announce new products?] The objective is to have a forum by social media to share their thoughts, feeling and daily life without judgement. Critical success factors [Describe the processes required to create a successful Web site.] Technology [What technology will you use for your Web site? Determine the server type, where the server will be located, who will host your site, and who will provide technical support for the site and server.] Risk and pain factors [Determine the costs of deploying your...
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...For centuries men rightfully and genetically have been granted the power to control women. Whether it was physically, mentally, sexually, and verbally, all these tactics were used to gain control and define power over women. Back then women did not have the right or freedom to have power over men, but instead they were subjected to be their properties and sexual objects. Men owned women, and husbands would direct their wives behaviors or influence them in decision-making. Women had to follow tradition, and being submissive to your husband was the key to being a great wife. Also men controlled women for many years, because society ingrained in them that they were the weaker sex. Culture and tradition, stereotypes convinced women to believe that...
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...Ethics Term Paper Women in Power Women are not making it to the top of any profession anywhere in the world. The percentage of women in corporate governance remains low in comparison to men. The evidence presents itself through numbers. There are 190 heads of state, only nine are women. The percentage of women who are at positions such as chief executive officers, senior executives, and board members is significantly low in large, publicly-held companies. Women are not only underrepresented in the United States but all around the globe. Multiple surveys were conducted by the Pew Research Center concluding the general finding that “according to the majority of Americans, women are every bit as capable of being good political leaders as men and the same can be said about their ability to dominate the corporate boardroom.” Yet, 43 percent of women are held to higher standards in regards to top executive business positions and 38% of women in regards to high political offices. What causes the absence of women leaders in corporate governance? Do the causes follow ethical guidelines? Looking at the Pew Research Center survey, a major reason that more women are not in top executive business positions is because they are healed to higher standards than men and many businesses are not ready to hire women for top executive positions. A minor reason is that family responsibilities get in the way of women committing time to run a major corporation, women do not have access...
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...China, India and the internet: economic growth is driven by woman” The Economist, 12 April 2006 Until the late 1980s, women remained invisible as managers, and mostly few regretted their absence. But the last two decades of the 20th century saw rise of women in management. And ‘this is the first time in history that women have been working alongside men in the same job and the same companies, with the same levels of education, the same qualifications, and comparable ambitions’ (Adler and Izraeli, 1994). But, there are barriers which thwarts talented women from advancing to senior leadership positions. Women are generally considered politically naïve and someone who wields soft influential tactics such as joint action to gain power. This ‘old boys club’ thinking is supported by the cliché that ‘men are bad but bold, and women are wonderful but weak’. (Huczynski & Buchanan, 2013)This review sheds light on a woman’s journey from an executive to a managerial position in ABC. (ABC is India’s second largest IT Company, which provides business consulting, Software and outsourcing services). The review studies the barriers that impact her journey such as the phenomena: glass ceiling, the widespread stereotype that women lack ambition, aggressiveness, assertiveness and risk taking attitude. This review lays emphasis on the fact that an organization must use its best talent, irrespective of the gender and the organizations...
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...When women in power take on a city’s beloved sports institution, shocking things can happen. Earlier this month, the five women who make up the first female majority on Seattle’s nine-member city council in nearly two decades voted against a street-use ordinance that would have helped bring a new basketball arena to the city. The women immediately faced a wave of misogynistic attacks, violent threats, and charges of gender-based incompetence.* Some writers simply called the women names: “I fucking hate those BITCHES ,THERE NOT GONNA BE IN OFFICE IN 2 YEARS AND THEY SAY NO .. THEY CAN BURN IN HELL,” said one letter. Others said the council members lacked the intelligence to understand how important sports are to the city: “This is why women...
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...Often when thinking of the Renaissance, the flourishing arts, influential families, and in particular powerful men come to mind. In Italy during the fourteenth century, women did not seem to hold power, and were often seen as inferior, stuck to labor within the household, and holding few rights. However, while women were treated as inferior to men during the age of the Italian Renaissance, woman exerted some power. Through a reflection of Renaissance art, one can not only see the historical subjugation of women but also the hidden power that women held. Women during this time in Italy were essentially controlled by men, who determined what they could do, where they could go, and even who they could marry. Women’s roles were limited since they were denied political rights and left with little autonomy. Within a marriage, often arranged without her consent...
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...Cultural Action for Freedom Paulo Freire Introduction I think it is important—for my own sake as well as the reader’s—that we try, at the very outset, to clarify some points fundamental to the general understanding of my ideas on education as cultural action for freedom. This is all the more important since one of the basic aims of this work, where the process of adult literacy is discussed, is to show that if our option is for man, education is cultural action for freedom and therefore an act of knowing and not of memorization. This act can never be accounted for in its complex totality by a mechanistic theory, for such a theory does not perceive education in general and adult literacy in particular as an act of knowing. Instead, it reduces the practice of education to a complex of techniques, naively considered to be neutral, by means of which the educational process is standardized in a sterile and bureaucratic operation. This is not a gratuitous assertion. We will later clarify the radical distinction between knowing and memorizing and the reasons why we attach such importance to the adult literacy process. But first, some words about the socio-historical conditioning of the thinking presented here, as well as an explanation of the necessity for critical reflection on such conditioning. From a non-dualistic viewpoint, thought and language, constituting a whole, always refer to the reality of the thinking subject. Authentic thought-language is generated...
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...Lituma Women in Leading Business Dr. Jeana Wirtenberg 02/24/2015 Analysis of a Note on Women and Power The article by Pfeffer “A Note on Women and Power” focuses on how women attain power and how different it is for women to attain power, compared to men. According to the author, women tend to earn less compared to men who have equal qualifications. Women are given occupations and titles that are less paying despite their qualification in comparison to men. The article notes that women are not well represented in the senior management ranks such as CEO and board positions. However, the gender based career discrimination has been declining over the decades, but its persistent raises many questions (Pfeffer 2). The author analyzes the questions that arise due to discrimination of women in work places. One of the most common questions the article addresses is on why women are disadvantaged in career tournaments in organizations. The author binds this question to the fact that power and political skill are bound with success in career. One way that can be used in understanding women’s underrepresentation is exploring the relationship between gender and the power dynamics. The article therefore goes deeper into exploring the relationship between gender and power. The author also notes that there is a difference between the rules for men and women in the game of power. He also looks into what can be done to make the rules different to build power for the...
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...the importance of women in society. For the longest time the history of the world has been written by men who have been the head of the patriarchy and have forgotten the role of women in history. It is important to realize that women do in fact have a place at the table with men when it comes to importance in history, and are not just the ones cooking and serving the meal. It is women who tasked with raising the next generation. By looking at women of the past, people of the future can learn and evolve to fight oppression and gain their own power. Come up with a good thesis that doesn’t suck. While women hold different experiences with power,...
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...Sargodha | Women Empowerment in Punjab, A Case Study | Supervisor: Dr. Mussarat jabeen | | Muhammad Waseem Abbas – 02 , Sumera Imam – 04 , Tufail Niazi- 28 | [Pick the date] | Department of International Relations and pol-Sciences | Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 1.1 Understanding Power 3 1.2 Understanding Empowerment 5 1.3 Empowerment and its meanings 6 1.4 Women’s awareness about their rights 8 2-Punajb and women empowerment 9 2.1 women empowerment in Punjab Pakistan 9 2.2 Economic benefits of women empowerment 11 2.3 Punjab assembly work from 2008-13 11 2.4 women issues and provincial government 13 2.5 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PUNJAB AND OTHER PROVINCES IN WOMEN EMPOWERMENT 14 2.6 Punjab women empowerment package 16 3-Future of women in Punjab, Suggestions and conclusion 24 3.1 Future of women empowerment in Punjab 24 3.2 suggestions for women empowerment 25 3.3 Conclusion 25 References 27 Chapter-1 1. Introduction 1.1 Understanding Power At the core of the concept of empowerment is the idea of power. The possibility of empowerment depends on two things. First, empowerment requires that power can change. If power cannot change, if it is inherent in positions or people, then empowerment is not possible, nor is empowerment conceivable in any meaningful way. In other words, if power can change, then empowerment is possible. Second, the concept of empowerment depends upon the idea that power can expand...
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...Throughout history there has always been a struggle for equality in society, especially between men and women. Although countries are becoming more equal in today’s society, there was still a time when men were extremely superior to women. Men held the power in many important roles in society. This was especially prevalent in government, and because men were making the rules, they wanted to keep the power to themselves. Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, is about an African tribe called the Igbo. The Igob tribe was all abut their own tribe, as most tribes in Africa were, but they were even more concerned with power within their own tribe. The struggle for power within the Igbo culture has lead to an extremely patriarch society that isn’t questioned by anyone and has lead to women having no power and no equality. This can be seen through the expectations of women, how they are treated, and their insignificant role in society. One way that the Igbo tribe show’s that women have no power or equality is through the expectation of women. In the Igbo tribe the women are in charge of the household chores. These chores include collecting firewood, cooking, cleaning, taking care of the children, and anything else their husband’s assign them to do. All of his wives are required to make their husband’s dinner and do all the chores around their home equally. Another expectation is educating their children. The wives are in charge of telling the children stories to educate them with their...
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...1. In their article, "The Balance of Power in Dating and Marriage," Peplau and Campbell found which of the following to be true about power in African American and Chicano marriages? a. African American marriages tend to be more female dominated and Chicano marriages more male dominated than are white marriages. b. African American marriages tend to be more male dominated and Chicano marriages more female dominated than are white marriages. c. African American and Chicano marriages are more male dominated than are white marriages. d. There is no significant difference in power among African American, Chicano, and white marriages. I thought the answer was A?? The answer is D. A is what is thought it be true, but D is what was actually observed. Ah okay thanks! 2. According to Cancian, the "feminization of love" results from: (please answer): a. women's superior ability to love. b. men's inability to communicate or express their true feelings. c. a societal definition of love as expression and emotion, qualities associated with women. d. the feminist movement. Lecture Notes: Week 2 What is sociology? * Explains and analyzes important matters in our personal lives, our communities, and world. * Religion, love, Econ, business, poverty, war, peace, etc. * the ability to see and understand the connection between broad social forces and personal experiences - C. Wright Mills calls this the “sociological imagination” * explores “taken-for-granted”...
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...Lesko’s article argues the fact that women in ancient Egypt were as important figures as the men were. The title suggests that women left a monumental mark, such as tomb chapels and temples, rather than just an impact on ancient Egypt. Though Lesko’s argument tries to portray women of great power and ranking, being director of the dining hall for example is not a position to be exuberant about. Lesko’s argument did not persuade me into believing the supposed unbelievable power women held; not counting the few royal women. However the abundant presence of art and architecture dealing with women in ancient Egypt is surprising. Lesko’s main argument dealt with women of ancient Egypt supposedly holding the same power and rights as the men. A strong point that exemplifies her argument is the presence of female art depicting women sitting beside their husbands rather than standing behind them. The importance of men and women being portrayed side by side shows equality between the two, rather than a portrayal of a woman servicing her man. Another strong point within Lesko’s argument is the fact that women had statuettes and life-sized statues dedicated to their obvious importance to ancient Egyptian society. Having life-sized statues of women is a bold statement that exemplifies the importance women held in society in conjunction with men. However, Lesko’s argument contains some problematic points such as women holding the same stature and power as men did. Men were pharaohs and kings...
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...Essay #1 09 March 2016 Ambiguous Roles Throughout centuries women have tried to be equal to men, from their position in the workplace to voting rights, women have struggled to obtain the power that men withhold. In the ancient society, many would say that women had no power, but after reading The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Odyssey it revealed that the role of women is actually very diverse. In some readings, women play little to no role at all, but in others, women demonstrate their power and play vital roles. During this era, women endured many difficulties which had ultimately shaped them into a submissive figure. While women were not the most influential gods, nor the strongest or intelligent humans,...
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