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A great deal of writing has been done on the subject. The subject of the Ideal Woman has been treated humorously, [9] [10] theologically, [11] and musically. [12] Examples of "ideal women" are portrayed in literature, for example: Sophie, a character in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile: or, On Education (book V) who is raised to be the perfect ...
Women achieve disproportionately less prestige and success in academia than their male counterparts. [41] They are less likely to be tenured and to receive promotions to more influential or powerful positions. [42] Women in academia also earn a lower income, on average, than their male counterparts, even when adjusted. [42]
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in the U.S. and she made her historic run in 1872 – before women even had the right to vote! She supported women's suffrage as well as welfare for the poor, and though it was frowned upon at the time, she didn't shy away from being vocal about sexual freedom.
Aristotle gave equal weight to women's happiness as he did to men's, commenting in Rhetoric that a society cannot be happy unless women are happy too. [1] Aristotle believed that in nature a common good came of the rule of a superior being; he states in Politics that "By nature the female has been distinguished from the slave.
According to Fonte's biographer, Fonte completed The Worth of Women just before her death in 1592. [3] One of Fonte's daughters claimed that Fonte finished The Worth of Women "the very day before her death in childbirth". [4] The Worth of Women was highly influenced by The Decameron, a work that Fonte often alludes to in the text. [5]
Woman, Culture, and Society, first published in 1974 (Stanford University Press), is a book consisting of 16 papers contributed by female authors and an introduction by the editors Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo and Louise Lamphere.
The peer-reviewed article “Race and Reactions to Women’s Expressions of Anger at Work: Examining the Effects of the “Angry Black Woman” Stereotype” explains how black women are stereotyped in the workplace and how it lowers their chances to move forward in the profession. Most believe that black women are the opposite of white women.