This part of the course is focusing on ‘explorative strategies’ which
helped us with using different methods of looking at Women’s role and
understanding
Task 1- Unit 1.
Over the past few weeks we have been studying Women’s Role, past and
present…We overlooked the typical stereotypes we usually give women of
the past and looked deeper into their lives and how different it was
to modern days now.
This part of the course is focusing on ‘explorative strategies’ which
helped us with using different methods of looking at Women’s role and
understanding this. We started off by looking at wealthy families in
the 18th century and Thought-tracking some of the members of the
family to get an inside look as to how they were feeling in a
particular moment i.e. at dinner time which is a very important time
as dinner in those days was a very formal occasion and usually the
children rarely spoke unless permitted to, so this can show all their
thoughts that they could not say out loud.
Role-play was a good way of exploring all characters by putting
themselves in different positions and imagining what the other person
would feel, say and think. We explored Hot-seating which is an
excellent way of understanding a role you are playing, we did this in
small groups of five or six and each person had different questions
fired at them and all the time would have to think what the person you
were playing would say and think and answer the question in a way the
probably would.
Recently we have been ‘Cross-cutting’. Again we were in two small
groups of four or five and had a family, 18th century and modern day.
My group picked Christmas time to perform and the differences in
behaviour were huge.
A while back in a lesson we used freeze frames to so our work on the
18th century life… this was hard as with freeze frames you have to try
to show and express as much as possible to make it clear to the
audience what’s going on, I found some of the other explorative
strategies better to work with as freeze frames limits you in what you
are able to show.
We studied for a few lessons the relationship between a mother and
daughter in the 18th century household and tried to put ourselves in
their shoes and how they would feel about their lives and
relationship. In one of the lessons we got into groups of four,
divided into pairs and one person of the pairs would be the same
daughter of the family and the other two would play the mother of the
Although the temperance movement was concerned with the habitual drunk, its primary goal was total abstinence and the elimination of liquor. With the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, the well-organized and powerful political organizations, utilizing no holds barred political tactics, successfully accomplished their goal. Prohibition became the law of the land on January 16, 1920; the manufacturing, importation, and sale of alcohol was no longer legal in the United States. Through prohibition, America embarked on what became labeled “the Nobel Experiment.” However, instead of having social redeeming values as ordained, prohibition had the opposite effect of its intended purpose, becoming a catastrophic failure.
...ent help her to see that her old life is not as frightening as she once thought. Chihiro returns home a changed person who is better equipped to live in the ordinary world.
The ASL, under the shrewd and ruthless leadership of Wayne Wheeler, became the most successful single issue lobbying organization in American history, willing to form alliances with any and all constituencies that shared its sole goal: a constitutional amendment that would ban the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol. They united with Democrats and Republicans, Progressives, Populists, and suffragists, the Ku Klux Klan and the NAACP, the International Workers of the World, and many of America's most powerful industrialists including Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Andrew Carnegie – all of whom lent support to the ASL's increasingly effective campaign (“Roots of Prohibition” par. 6).
“Boys will be boys, and girls will be girls”: few of our cultural mythologies seem as natural as this one. But in this exploration of the gender signals that traditionally tell what a “boy” or “girl” is supposed to look and act like, Aaron Devor shows how these signals are not “natural” at all but instead are cultural constructs. While the classic cues of masculinity—aggressive posture, self-confidence, a tough appearance—and the traditional signs of femininity—gentleness, passivity, strong nurturing instincts—are often considered “normal,” Devor explains that they are by no means biological or psychological necessities. Indeed, he suggests, they can be richly mixed and varied, or to paraphrase the old Kinks song “Lola,” “Boys can be girls and girls can be boys.” Devor is dean of social sciences at the University of Victoria and author of Gender Blending: Confronting the Limits of Duality (1989), from which this selection is excerpted, and FTM: Female-to-Male Transsexuals in Society (1997).
protect with a lot of different protocols in the process of the whole situation. The police would
By the turn of the century, temperance societies were a common fixture in communities across the United States. Women played a strong role in the temperance movement, as alcohol was seen as a destructive force in families and marriages. In 1906, a new wave of attacks began on the sale of liquor, led by the Anti-Saloon League (established in 1893) and driven by a reaction to urban growth, as well as the rise of evangelical Protestantism and its view of saloon culture as corrupt and ungodly. In addition, many factory owners supported prohibition in their desire to prevent accidents and increase the efficiency of their workers in an era of increased industrial production and extended working hours. (History.com Staff)
Domestic Violence cases are very hard to handle. Whether you are a police officer,EMT, or first responders, lawyers, judges, and etc. These types of situations can be dangerous for the victim and the law enforcement agent working the case. With the long hours, and endless pain and stress that goes into working these cases, the dedicated officials carry the weight with them daily. As a law enforcement agent, their job is to protect and serve. Through research and interviews, with professionals in this field. How comfortable would you be coming into a home where someone’s life is being threatened, and you have no idea what the abuser has in the home? Are you willing to risk your life or family’s life to defend the a stranger’s life?
Suggested roles of all types set the stage for how human beings perceive their life should be. Gender roles are one of the most dangerous roles that society faces today. With all of the controversy applied to male vs. female dominance in households, and in the workplace, there seems to be an argument either way. In the essay, “Men as Success Objects”, the author Warren Farrell explains this threat of society as a whole. Farrell explains the difference of men and women growing up and how they believe their role in society to be. He justifies that it doesn’t just appear in marriage, but in the earliest stages of life. Similarly, in the essay “Roles of Sexes”, real life applications are explored in two different novels. The synthesis between these two essays proves how prevalent roles are in even the smallest part of a concept and how it is relatively an inevitable subject.
Many Americans, religious leaders, and political leaders saw alcohol as the key to all that was evil, a curse on the nation. Significant numbers of people believed that the consumption of alcoholic beverages presented a serious threat to the integrity of their most vital foundations, especially the family (“Prohibition” 846).
The Changing Roles and Status of Women In 1903 the suffragette movement was born with the formation of the Women's Social and Political Union (WPSU) by Emmeline Pankhurst and her two daughters Christabel and Sylvia. At first the newly formed suffragettes relied on spreading propaganda to gain support. However, on the 18th October 1905 they gained considerable unplanned publicity when Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney stood up at a public meeting and asked if a Liberal government would introduce women's suffrage. Receiving no reply they stood on their seats waving a banner which said, "votes for women".
Gover, A. R., D. Pudrzynska Paul, and M. Dodge. "Law Enforcement Officers' Attitudes About Domestic Violence." Violence Against Women 17.5 (2011): 619-36. Print.
In the US alcohol has been consumed ever since the days of the pilgrims and some say that they had wine and beer on their ships. Since milk and water were scarce and coffee and tea were expensive, settlers turned to beer and cider as their everyday beverages (“Historical Background of Alcohol in the United States”). During these times though, alcohol was consumed responsibly and there was no room for immod...
These activities, not homework will ensure that our children are happy and competitive in a highly competitive world.” (Bennett and Kalish). Homework may cause more harm to students and children at such an early age rather than having a positive effect. Others claim that homework regulation is a serious matter that should have parents more aware of this issue. If teachers would either regulate the amount of homework they assign, then students would actually be able to enjoy their school years before entering the working
The role women play in today’s society is a drastic change from the previous role. Women used to be confined to the superiority of the man. Physically, mentally, and emotionally abused, belittled, embarrassed, and silenced. These are just a few examples of the emotion from the isolated treatment of the past. A woman’s role in today’s society is more valued than ever before.
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