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www.madamenoine.com
www.pwreasearch.org
www.usatoday.com
www.dol.gov

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There is a saying many live by " family comes first." Everybody wants to be successful correct? right. so is their a difference between a woman wanting success and a man wanting success, and is putting a family or your family on hold a bad thing? ( shows pictures and gives examples of successful woman) . USA today college has done research on millennials in the workplace. They say 58% of woman say working while being a mother is harder and 38% of the older generations say so as well . Leading to my point of most women saying they want to be financially stable before they have kids. my personal experience is I would too. So if 58% of woman say its harder on them to have both a career and a family and they make sacrifice why is it wrong. When a man is automatically applaud for leaving the house everyday for the 9-5. leading to my next statistics of 27% of woman are more likely to quit there job s after children vs 10% of men. Why is their a 17% difference. because woman have been instilled to feel guilty for going to work and leaving their children. Under age female parents say it is 57% more harder on them than 18% males. research is obviously showing the difficulties woman face and at that age your just deciding to got to college sol let ms ask this if males tomorrow woke up pregnant and the tables have flipped permanently would you be willing to drop your dreams? and if you say no then a woman should be able to say no as well. overall being in the workforce with a family or deciding on a family is hard. yet both sexes have the same options. so think and ask yourself why are we instilled with these values of woman should be at home and men should be at work when we all have dreams and goals. So whos sacrifice is more justified a mans or a woman's?

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I chose this scene from Harry Potter to show social construct of gender in the media. Hermonie is very smart and capable of a lot, yet why is Harry and Ron male characters needed to save the day? Even at the end of the scene Hermonie apologizes for fighting the beast and quote says " if it wasn't for Ron and Harry I may have died." I do not think this is obvious to most people, nor do they even register the stereotype. I believe hermonie apologizing was wrong., if she wants to be brave she should be brave!

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The previous presidential campaign brings up the big question, can a woman be a president? Besides my own personal opinion on the election, why was this even a question? I chose this picture to represent the opposing of gender role stereotypes, because a woman has such power and ability many believe she should hide it. Why can a woman my lead better than a man? Why are woman told they are not mighty when they clearly are.

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" He walks into our room and I offer my gift: It is a ball of homespun shawl, ripped into shreds and tied in a tight round bundle."(184)

Giving is a simple description of Lakshmi. Yet I feel as if it has such deep meaning in this section of the book. Lakshmi has everything taken form her. Her family, friends, life, virginity, freedom, and sanity. So when Lakshmi gives Harish something she has clung onto so long an hard resembles her good heart.

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" I see my American. There are other men, Indian men, and the American lady from the picture. " My name is Lakshmi" I say. " I am from Nepal. I am fourteen years old" (263)

I believe this is Lakshmi's bravest act in her abduction. Lakshmi is told as a young naive girl that the Americans will strip her naked and send her in the street if she tried to escape. That police will not help, and nobody will help her if she tried to escape. She is instilled with absolute terror of anyone good her whole stay. So when Lakshmi takes the chance of all the possible horrible outcomes to stand up and say she is being held against her will is pure bravery. Especially at her age.

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" I will be with them all. Any man, every man. I will become Monica. I will do whatever it takes to get out of here." (227)

Lakshmi knows that Mumtaz will never let her leave until her debt is paid off. Yet doing the one thing she absolutely hates is the only way. Therefor Lakshmi does any deed to earn money she can. Showing the true determination she has to escape, by even doing a disgusting act.

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I chose this background due to the relation of women and product. Lakshmi is compared to a cucumber as in terms of value. In my background these girls to even babies are "packaged" as product in jars. I see it symbolizing them being trapped as well.