...”The Man Who Hugged Women” Busy husbands and empty promises leaves desperate middle-aged women in need of affection. The fevered minds of western women find desperate solutions to get their affection; described in this text as hugs from a desirable father figure. Ethical questions about hugging with another man while married, and the “craziness” about this phenomenon are ‘discussed’ in this text. “The Man Who Hugged Women” is a text from 2012, written by British/Palestinian writer Mischa Hiller. Our main protagonist Freya is a middle-aged woman living in-or-around London - “…Freya and Pearl travelled on a cold bus to an address in North London”, since it is bus and not train/car does Freya probably live in London. She is married to a psychi-atrist with private practice; named Mukesh. Since their kitchen on p.1 l. 2, is de-scribed as large, and it is recently refurbished does it seem like Freya and Mukesh is a middle/upper class family. They have a child named Rita together, who is in uni-versity now. Freya assists, as a teacher’s assistant at the primary school where their daughter Rita had gone. She used the job to get rid of excess time and to give some-thing back to the school, even though she didn’t knew what. Freya doesn’t seem like an independent, strong woman in her decisions; she constanly thinks about what Mukesh will think, “ Did Mukesh like it?” “He’d pooh-pooh the whole idea of going to see this guy” etc. She didn’t ‘stand her ground’ on their daughters choice educa-tion...
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...The Man Who Hugged Women The story takes point in a discussion between the main character Freya and her friend Pearl. They are sitting and talking, when Pearl tells Freya about a man, who after Pearl’s opinion is much more interesting than Freya’s husband, who is Asian and apparently it doesn’t matter for Freya, because she finds Pearl a bit silly. Pearl is talking very interested in this man, which Freya doesn’t understand because she has a husband herself, and not like Pearl who seems to be interested in cheating on her husband, like she fears that Pearl is going to do. Freya also knows that Pearl isn’t a very smart person, which makes her tell stories, that she might regret what she has told to her friend. Because as Pearl tells that this man hugs women, Freya doesn’t understand how Pearl’s husband Jacob would react to that. And Pearl excuses that her husband even if he hugs her, does it in an indifferent way, and Pearl doesn’t understand the wrongfulness of it, she and Freya going to this man. Freya’s relationship to her own husband is good, but she also gets Pearl’s point, that everything about their husbands is predictable and not exciting enough. But Freya doesn’t want to admit that to Pearl, as she is the more mature person in their friendship, but Freya accepts that they’re going to visit the man at Thursday. Even Pearl apparently knows that Freya is interested in this course, because she mentions, “The sessions are only thirty minutes, and some of that is just him...
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...implication that he made love to the nymph, despite having a wife. Furthermore, when Odysseus “went up to that luxurious bed of Circe’s” and “hugged her by the knees”, it is further implying the relationship/love affair that Odysseus participated in. As a result, it reveals the disloyal and faithless behavior of Odysseus. Yet, despite engaging in these relationships and being unfaithful to his wife, Odysseus is still praised as a hero throughout the poem and within Greek mythology, revealing how it is socially acceptable for men to have multiple relationships and be disloyal to their spouse. On the other hand, if Penelope did engage in a relationship/affair during Odysseus’s journey, she most likely would be punished or killed, just like the disloyal maids that Odysseus hangs for sleeping with the suitors. Therefore, Penelope’s relationship with Odysseus reveals how women are held to a double...
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...personalities and get involved in the show. Next, as the author mentions, the humor of the project makes people have fun and get some interesting topics to chat about at parties. Also, she writes that the romantic, gorgeous settings in the show tempt us so well since everyone loves fairy tales and beautiful dreams. Moreover, Avin also mentions that people think they can learn some tactics about how to be alluring, find a lover, date and get engaged. Ultimately, the article ends in complaints about the program. In her words, the show is demeaning and disrespectful to women to some extents. In addition, some participants are not seriously looking for love; they just want to show off and be on TV. Avin’s complaint that The Bachelor is demeaning to woman is indeed correct due to its sexism, humiliation of contestants, and unnatural competition among the women on the show. Obviously, The Bachelor puts women in inferior positions and men in superior ones, which is sexist. For instance, in the rose ceremony, there were seven female participants and only one male. This is virtually an imbalanced proportion between both sexes because it means that the sole...
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...left with only her 2 sons. Well Naomi’s 2 sons eventually married 2 women of Moab named Orpah and Ruth and they lived there for about 10 years until Naomi’s 2 sons died. So Naomi fled her native country to flee certain death due to famine and ended up losing her husband and her 2 sons. Back in that time, the man was the security for the woman. So after the tragedy of losing her family, Naomi heard that the famine in her native land was over and that the Lord was blessing His people, so she decided it was time to return; however, she also had her daughter in laws with her and they decided they would return with Naomi to a land they had never been to. In the midst of their journey, Naomi stopped and told the daughter in laws that they should go back home to their mothers in the land of Moab. She offered up a prayer that the Lord would bless each one of them by being kind to them because of the kind spirit they had in dealing with their deceased husbands as well as Naomi in her time of need. She also prayed that they would find security in new husbands because Naomi knew that men provided security for women and she wanted nothing less for her daughter in laws. She did not think it would possible for them to find new husbands in her homeland and because she loved them that much, she thought she would sacrifice her own love for them, so they could be happy and secure. They all cried and hugged each other and assured Naomi that they wanted to return to Judah with...
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...Free Hugs Lauren English Kerri Churches Psych 170-D200 11 October, 2015 For my research study, I decided to conduct an experiment to see how many people would be freely willing to give me a hug when holding up a sign saying “Free Hugs”. How many people would be willing to give a complete stranger a hug? Would there be more women that would give someone a hug, rather than men? If I stood outside the RVC campus, held up my sign, and asked if they would like a hug, then I believe more women would feel comfortable to give me a hug rather than men. I decided to stand outside the Rock Valley College campus to perform my experiment because I was very curious to see how college students would react. Also, there are many different personalities that are being dealt with because the campus is so large and there are many people. Though many college students range around early twenties, there are also many older adults that are on campus that have the ages between forty and fifty. While conducting my experiment, many people were shy to approach me. A lot of people that passed by either giggled and walked pass, or refused to make eye contact. I was really afraid that I was going to walk out of this experiment with one to none hugs. About fifteen minutes goes past, and finally, a group of boys notice my sign and each of them gave me a hug. They seemed very happy and pleased when they saw my sign. When people saw what the group of boys did, more people began to join in and gave me...
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...born in 1749 ( 25 years old) . Chapter 1. Here’s the story of Miss Lombardi… In San Pietro di Castello, Venice lived a small family, the Lombardi’s. Adriana was the eldest daughter of Rosalie and Sergio. She was known with her magnificent beauty, her amazing dark hair that attracted anyone who passed by her. Her eyes were two shining pearls that made any man melt. Her mouth, her tiny red lips and wonderful teeth made everyone call her smile ‘the silver smile.’ Her skin was fair and soft with not a single imperfection. When she walked, people could swear that she’s an angel; her steps were too small to be noticed. Sergio’s daughter was the symbol of perfection. She lived with her parents, a younger sister Elenore, and her cousin Leonardo, who was raised by the Lombardi’s. He lost his parents when he was one year old, and Sergio was too kind to let him raised by someone else. Sergio was a wise man, known by his generosity. He was a wealthy businessman who never hesitated to help the ones who needed help. He married Rosalie in 1749, and was faithful to her all his life. Rosalie loved her husband and admired his faithfulness, even though he was tempted so many times by many women, but his heart belonged to his wife. Elenore, was a charming demoiselle that loved to laugh and dance all the time, she had her own world. Every morning, Mrs. Lombardi prepared hot chocolate to...
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...in the woods as she was migrating from Egypt in order to find a better life in Greece. She was on a horse with a group of migrants who were also traveling and she fell asleep and fell. She had been unconscious for over a day now, and woke up because she had gone into labor. She would yell and no one could hear her. The pain she was under was more than she could handle. The nearest city was Athens, but the travel was long. It had been more that 8 hours and she was still in pain, and no one had come for help. Suddenly a tall woman, wrapped in a white draped observed the Nila, the woman in labor. The woman began talking to her asking her what was wrong. When Nila told her she was in labor she ran. After an hour, the woman came back with two other men. These men were carrying a long flat shaped wood that they were going to use to carry her. They asked Nila to be calm and told her everything was going to be all right. The next morning everything seemed calmed for Nila. She was awakening from the deepest sleep she has had in a long time. It seemed that the women had done a hypnosis on her that sent Nila to a long sleep. As she woke up, she saw she did not have the belly anymore. She began to yell and ask for her baby. The woman turn around and in her arms was Nila’s baby boy. She felt so relieved that everything was ok. She kept thanking the women over and over again. Nila asked, “Where...
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...Two days later, early we say farewell to Gilbert’s grandmother. In the company of grandfather, and a woodcutter settled in the wagon pulled by the horses. Gilbert's grandfather explained to us; we're a family on his way to a nearby village to a funeral. The trip made on routes between farms throughout the region to cross a village which passes through and arrived at a farm where two younger women. There we parted from Gilbert Grandpa to the woodcutter. They told us these persons be responsible and lead us to the following stage. They offer to eat and hid us in the high spot of the barn. One of them called Solange, stayed, the other, she will return to continuing our journey. The sun had not yet raised when Solange woke up us, gave us...
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...This story took place in 1930’s in Southern Alabama when the injustice between black people and white people was very deep. In this period, the black people were considered as the Mockingbirds, the innocuous birds for people’s lives. However, these birds often were killed without any guilt just like the black people were shot and lynched by the white people even though they were innocent. It was the fate for the black people in the South who lived in the 1930’s. Especially, through the court scene in “To Kill a Mockingbird” which was about the trial of Tom Robinson, a married black man, who was sentenced for raping Mayella, a white woman, Harper Lee emphasized deeply the injustice for the black people. Indeed, the black people did not have any justice in the South in 1930’s. Tom Robinson was the defendant who was accused of raping Mayella on the night of August 21st. The truth was that Tom did not do anything bad to Mayella. On that day, he only passed by Mayella’s house and came in to her house to help her as she requested. Suddenly, she hugged him around the waist and kissed his face. She made him so embarrassed and afraid that he had to run away. Although Tom did not commit a crime, he was still accused of raping Mayella by her father, Bob Ewell, just because he was black. In fact, Tom only wanted to help Mayella and he also knew where the black and the white people stood; so he always tried to keep himself in the right position in the society. He never had...
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...Lincoln. In the memoir, Keckley explains her life at the white house with the Lincoln’s; including both the good and bad times. Keckley created a relationship with Mary Todd Lincoln that started out to be just business but soon was personal (Perry). Giving us in depth looks at three people and their characteristics that the ordinary person may not know Keckley explains that: Abraham Lincoln was a fun loving, affectionate, simple kind of man; Mary Todd Lincoln was a difficult, bold, strong woman; and Elizabeth Keckley was an honest, hardworking, loyal woman. Like every other president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln was perceived to always be held to the highest standard. However, Keckley explains Lincoln as more of a fun loving and simple kind of man. She recalls a moment that she was dressing Mrs. Lincoln and he comes into the room: “ Mr. Lincoln came in, threw himself on the sofa, laughed with Willie and little Tad, and commenced pulling on his gloves, quoting poetry all the while” (Keckley 178). Keckley explains Mr. Lincoln as a very simple man. He owned two pets that he treated as if they were his own children. One afternoon he talks to Keckley about his goats he is filled with enthusiasm. He says to her “Madam Elizabeth did you ever before see such an active goat? . . . [h]e feeds on my bounty, and jumps with joy. Do you think we could call him a bounty-jumper? But I flatter...
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...1- It’s an amazing feeling to make a child happy. I went to my nephew’s 6th birthday party, I got him his favorite toy “Power Rangers”. After he plow off the candle, he started to open the presents. When he opened the gift from me, he was so surprised and happy and he said “coooool”. He ran to my arms and hugged me very strong, his beautiful black eyes looked at me with full of love. After an hour playing with the toy, he realized that he was very busy with the “Power Rangers” toys that he forgot to eat cake. When he went to sleep, he moved his teddy beer and he put the toy I got him next to him. I’m so happy that I put happiness in my nephew’s little heart. 2- The human’s personality is very difficult to understand, especially if you have many bad experience with people. Sometimes I think who is the problem is all people wrong, or is it me who can get along with them. A real healthy friendship is must be to consider each other feeling when we have a difficult time in our lives. If my friend need me one time and I couldn’t help him because of any circumstances in my life, I don’t agree that should affect our friendship. If that situation can affect our friendship, that means he was pretending he is a good friend. That kind of experience makes me wise to help me find a real friend. 3- The best thing in the world is to be a mother. When I was a child, my mother used to say “you’re not going to imagine how much I love you, and you’re not going to understand why I always...
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...understood the meaning of the trip. I thought that it would have been a boring meaningless trip. “Why do we have to such a place where I find nothing interesting?” 10am, we arrived at Hoa Binh village. Because the entrance was too small, we had to leave our car outside and walk into the village. “Such a dirty and dilapidated place”- I thought. There were only about fifteen houses in the village, all of them being really small and old. We went into the first house. The atmosphere smelt weird, like dirty diapers. Someone was yelling at the corner of the house. Coming closer, I realized that it was a boy, no, an adult, wearing a underwear and talking with some language that I did not know. He was not a normal person. He looks like a 30 years old man, but he acted like a baby, playing with the three wheels car, smiling unconsciously and talking with himself. I was absolutely surprised, and scared. “Almost of people in this village were like that. They are affected by Agent Orange from the war. They cannot live like normal people. They are not aware of what happens around. They do not live, they just breathe. And being alive.”- Our guider told us about people in this village. We walked around the house. I could not believe that there were 10 people living in a fifty square meters house. All of them were attached by the rope at every corner of the house. Talking with themselves. Crying. Screaming. Playing with everything they found on the ground. Laughing. All of these noises obsessed...
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...Throughout time, women have been abused, oppressed, and thought of as a lesser being. Even today, women are mistreated around the world. From getting the right to vote to Hilary Clinton being the first female presidential candidate, women have been making huge leaps and bounds towards equality. Although these achievements are great, women still have a long road to equality. We are all so different, but experience many of the same struggles. I feel as though these interviews showcase the differences as well as the similarities between generations of women. My first interview is “Penny”. Penny is 19 years old, single, and has no children. She is currently attending college and has lived in Ohio for the majority of her life. When she was younger,...
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...“Distance means so little when someone means so much.” When two people are parted it doesn’t mean they don’t miss or love each other, they just can’t see one another. The Roar by Emma Clayton had twins named Mika and Ellie. They have been apart for 1 year and it has been pretty hard on both of them. Ellie was kidnapped by a man named Mal Gorman and everyone thinks she is dead, but not Mika. A family's love is a strong bond that will never be broken even when they are separated. Mika’s actions in the Roar demonstrate how much he loves his sister. One example is, one day on everyone's desk at school was this little pouch called Fitmix. Mika is the is only one who thinks it is kind of odd that they had to drink it. Mika refuses to drink the Fitmix and gets in very big trouble for it. One day when he heard about a new game a friend named Helen says he might find Ellie if he plays the game and drinks the fitmix. So, when...
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