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Gender studies have changed the constructs regarding women and the differences between sexes to a great extent. Women since the Victorian era have been silenced through discursive methods. There has been a distinct subjugation of women in the hand of the male and society and women’s role in the household has been strictly demarcated. As has been stated by Simone de Beauvoir that women are not born as women, it is the external environment and the society which turn them into one. So it is clear that theories of gender belief, especially post-modern theories, in which women are made from societal constructs. This idea was furthered by Michel Foucault who argues that it is through sexual repression and subjugation that the gendered otherness has been created and the model of women as a homemaker was established. So discussion of sexuality and desire was discursively restricted by societal forces and women were idolized as the model of purity, chastity, and virtue. Anything beyond this definition was considered immoral. So there was a repression of sexual discussion in institutions and that is how it subjugates women into their cocoon of virtue and morality. These theories have been criticized in the television comedy, Desperate Housewives. This paper discusses how Desperate Housewives has demonstrated the constructs and has criticized the feminist gender theories in developing an argument of its own. The paper will try to link or show the disconnect between the television comedy-drama and the gender theories by using one of the episodes of Desperate Housewives called There’s Always a Woman from Season 5, Episode 6 (Desperate Housewives). The episode describes the lives of few women who, live in suburban America. Most of them are housewives. The episode describes “some type of women” as “dangerous” (Desperate Housewives). It is believed that these women can be identified through the smell of their perfume or the color of their lipstick or the way they behave. Then the serial went on to describe three types of “dangerous” women who are capable of damaging other people’s lives. The first category is the woman who, for her own carnal desires manipulates and destroys the lives of others. The second category is the manipulators who manipulate others with greed and the third kind is the stealth of others who cannot be trusted for anything. Apart from this women are portrayed as jealous and irrational. Thus this episode portrays women as complete wrecks either in the way they act or i
Introduction Every generation tries to modernize its language contributing new professionalisms and jargons to the lexicon dissolving the usage of old fashioned notions; ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, written by Russell Baker, is considered to be the essay reflecting modern jargon through the well-known children’s story. The author tried to make ‘translation’ of old classics into modern adopted version for contemporary readers. Analysis ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ is written through the number euphemisms and special terminology describing modern respected professions; the author managed to present his revised version with overstated verbiage. The usage of euphemism, identified as replacement of sensitive words with less direct or harsh phrases, was aimed at showing the avoiding of phrases being the most fearful and unpleasant to the social perception. The wolf’s indigestion was immediately alleviated with such effectiveness that he signed a contract with the intervening third party to perform with grandmother in a television commercial demonstrating the swiftness of this dramatic relief for stomach discontent. (Baker, Little Red Riding Hood) Stylistic devices used by the author can be characterized by a certain mystery through the jargon being associated with them. It is important to stress that Baker filled his new version of the story with a number of professions being popular and respected by modern generation. “The purpose of this enlarged viewing capability,” said the wolf, “is to enable your image to register a more precise impression upon my sight systems.” (Baker, Little Red Riding Hood) It should be noted that the author provided a clear usage of satire disclosed through professions description. Thus, the disclosure of psychological state of the wolf was shown as “a mass of repressed hostility intertwined with acute alienation”. It is necessary to underline the fact that the author tried to replace the evil message reflected through the wolf image with an oppressed soul resisting to the society and demonstrating his aggressiveness. The principle message reflected in the essay is to update the old work of classic in order to make it more understandable to modern readers and restate the central issue
Man and the wilderness have coexisted for ages. A subtle cycle of ecological balance has maintained stability through coexistence of all beings. There is a deep sense of self-imbued in the awareness of one’s environment. A sense of identity is entrenched in the present environment of human being, as there exists a connection between man and the world. World here means the complete ecological dimensions, the nonhuman others. Consequently, man is bounded to and within the nonhuman world from which man essentially derives his ecological identity. The co-existence of humans with other beings has been an important aspect of retaining that balance (Leopold; Lopez; Macy). Macy has termed the co-existence of humans with the environment as “the greening of the self” (53). The human world has realized a deep interconnectedness between the ecology, life, and economics (Halifax 20). This awareness of oneself in tandem with the other world has fundamental implications for man’s awareness of society, culture, and self. This paper studies how the ecology creates a deep-seated sense of identity among men and the way it changes the whole concept of identity. Identity in the post structural term has become a complex issue, especially when seen in an interconnected world. Identity communicates what ‘we think we are’. In other words, what man perceives of himself. Identity of a man varies in context of time and space. Therefore, the understanding of a self that is continually in interaction with the environment may present a more consistent understanding of human identity. Lopez point out that there exists a interconnectedness between the inner self and the environment that cannot be named, which creates the “natural order” of the universe: “Art, architecture, vocabulary, and costume, as well as ritual, are derived from the perceived natural order of the universe” (Lopez 144). Seen from a different point of view, the understanding of deep ecology arises out of the teachings of religious philosophies like Buddhism and Shamanism. It is believed that when th
Parable of the cave by Plato The Republic is a philosophical form of Socratic conversation written by Plato around 380 BC and touches on the issues of justice and knowledge. It is a debate based on whether either the just or unjust man is happy. In this section Plato narrates of a prisoner who has spent his childhood and early adulthood chained in a cave. Plato uses puppets and fire to signify reality and the vague appearances of reality. He states that the worldview of the prisoner who ideally represents a philosopher is centered on the cave, the fire and the silhouettes that are formed when the fire illuminates passing objects (White, p. 194). The prisoner assigns figures to the passing shadows as his reality since he lacks any other experience. Once the prisoner is released he realizes the real forms of the shadows. Plato uses these forms to signify our illusion of the real world that would not hinder a philosopher from seeking reality. The decision to return to the cave to enlighten the rest of the prisoners is viewed by Plato as the work of philosophers in enlightening the rest of the population to know the truth (Plato, p. 67). Plato’s assertion that the forms appear less real than shadows implies that the shadows do not reflect the reality but signify the existence of reality in them. Plato uses the fire symbol to connote the source of knowledge. Being the source of truth or the form of the good the fire intensity frightens because of the reality it reveals. Plato successfully explores the use of metaphors as used in novels and poems to represent certain realities in the world. Metaphorically Plato uses fire, cave and shadows to represent lack of knowledge, philosophers and illusions that cloud our quest for knowledge (White, p. 201). Augustine’s confessions Augustine’s work shows his drift away from Neo-Platonism and the increasing knowledge he had amassed about God as the Supreme incorruptible being. He bases his argument on the biblical writings of Apostle Paul. Augustine’s work portrays him as seeing an immutable light that was not earthly and visible to anybody. Like Plato in the Republic Augustine uses the immutable light to represent God who is the creator and the source of truth. Whoever sees the light knows the truth (Plato, p. 46). The light was only visible if one had a helper. Augustine implies that provided an individual knows the truth by seeing and receiving the light then God’s mind has touched his. Before one sees the light he is like the prisoner referred to by Plato but upon seeing it he receives the truth. Light in this sense represents God who is the source of truth. Light cannot be changed or silenced and so is Go
West Bloomfield Hospital Case The implementation of Six Sigma is expected to improve the functioning of different entities and contribute to the enhanced final outcomes. For this reason, the process becomes crucial for the healthcare sector as it is one of the most important elements of any modern community. In this regard, there are numerous attempts to improve the functioning of various health care units by implementing the major conceptions of Six Sigma approach. For instance, the case of West Bloomfield Hospital could be considered a good example how the usage of several aspects of the method could contribute to the enhanced results. First of all, the given care unit is a part of the larger Henry Ford healthcare system characterized by a specific approach to the delivery of services and satisfaction of patients basic needs. However, there are also several problems like the quality of the suggested services, financial difficulties, etc. (“Just Four CBA 100 Day Workouts” 1) In this regard, trying to eliminate the problematic issue, the hospital engaged in the change process. First of all, the focus on quality waste, patient experience, quality staffing, and leadership could be observed (“Just Four CBA 100 Day Workouts” 2). The alteration of the perspective on these issues was expected to improve the quality of the suggested services and help specialists to perform their duties at a high level (“Just Four CBA 100 Day Workouts” 2). Besides, these actions could be considered in terms of Six Sigma as they presupposed the improved monitoring of the main aspects of the units functioning and discovery of the most problematic aspects that should be altered to attain improved results. For this reason, West Bloomfield Hospital managed to improve its functioning and attain better results using the main ideas suggested by Six Sigma and implementing them to its functioning. Hill County Memorial Case Another example that demonstrates the great potential of the suggested approach is the Hill County Memorials case. It is a non-tax facility that provides medical services to residents of Fredericksburg community. The unit was rewarded because of its excellent functioning and high levels of customers satisfaction. However, there were also several problems that demanded the implementation of a new approach to eliminate stress factors. For instance, in accordance with the Affordable Care Act, all organizations functioning in the given sphere should try to align the constant improvement of patient satisfaction (“Baldrige Award Winner Selects CBA” 1). For Hill County Memorial it means that different skills will be required to improve the overall efficiency and attract customers by the improved quality of suggested services. In this regard, the method to achieve the goal was needed. First of all, a significant performance improvement was crucial for the hospital. That is why specialists were trained to admit variations in quality staffing standards and eliminate them (“Baldrige Award Winner Selects CBA” 1). Second, caregivers were assisted in their focusing on patie
According to Hume, it is impossible to possess information about effect and cause. On the contrary, human beings can only possess knowledge regarding opinions. According to the Treatise of Human Nature, Hume asserts that each belief that is subject to justification should be either a matter of fact or relation of ideas. Relation of ideas involves a statement related to reason or mathematics. Matter of fact can be ascertained through the experiences that human beings go through. According to Hume, all knowledge is as a result of the primary units related to sensory experiences. Hume asserts that the basic impressions result to simple ideas. Therefore, complicated ideas are as a result of positioning simple ideas (Smith 82). Justifying that a belief is basically knowledge entails defining the impressions that form the foundation of the idea. A majority of the metaphysical ideas do not warrant justification using the strategies proposed by Hume. This implies that there is a close connection between matter of fact and relation of ideas. According to Hume, human beings hold three beliefs that are unjustifiable. The first unjustifiable belief is concerned with causation ideas from where the global causation principle is derived. In this regard, there are several causes that lead to an event. Making predictions is possible as a result of the global causation principle. It is imperative to assume an induction principle so as to be able to make a prediction (Smith 65). This involves the belief that the previous nature laws will prevail in the future. There is also an argument that there is an external material or physical world whose existence is independent of human being’s concepts and impressions. Similar to Berkeley, Hume denies the intelligence associated with substance notions. However, Hume never develops a metaphysical arrangement. On the contrary, his stand is wholly skeptical. Hume asserts that reasoning has a solid foundation on causation. Therefore, there is a principal concern to link distinct ideas so as to develop a single belief. It is impossible for causation to be as a result of matter of fact or relation of ideas. This is attributed to the fact that human beings elaborate events and experiences using the previous occurrences. In addition, they can use the experiences that other people went through. It is impossible to recognize specific effects and causes through the use of reason. On the contrary, experience is the only key thing. For instance, after seeing the sun rising from the East, human beings may assume that it will always rise from the East. However, in case a person has never seen the sun rising, it is impossible to know what to expect. Hence, it worth emphasizing that effect and cause are dependent on previous experiences (Smith 45). It is impossible for the effect and cause idea to be equivalent to relation of ideas. This is attributed to the fact that reasoning alone is inadequate the reveal the effec
Abstract The essay is about the Saudi British Bank and the JP Morgan Chase Bank and their performance in the year 2006. SABB or the Saudi British Bank being the largest financial banking institution in Saudi Arabia provides a range of banking services including interest-free loans while JP Morgan Chase Bank is a leading global financial services firm that operates in almost 60 countries providing its consumer’s asset management and private equity services apart from banking, financial services, small business, and commercial banking. Furthermore, the essay deals with the financial performance of both the banks and make a comparative analysis of their performance. After getting into the basic information related to each of the banks, the differences between the two alternative banking models, their structure are analyzed in more detail in the later stages. The analysis also indicates that the among the two banks’ loan quality in the case of SABB is relatively less general and their loan market appears to have been saturated with less growth in consumer loans and at the same time sharp fall in overall overdrafts.. We recommend on the basis of the analysis that SABB adopt a more active marketing strategy to expand and create their own market and adopt the loan policy in a way that they can make a loan decision with a more reliable cash flow analysis. In the case of JP Morgan Chase bank, the bank is on a very fast track to become a truly international bank and our analysis suggests the need to emerge as a strong player in the developing world especially India and China. Comparative Analysis: SABB & J P Morgan Chase Bank The banking sector in this world is as diverse as the world itself. The two banks taken over here are following a very different business model as well as the target market. Beginning with SABB; the bank is one of the leading banks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is an associated company of the HSBC Group, one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations, with over 9,800 offices in 77 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa. Being a Saudi Joint Stock Company, it operates as a commercial bank through a network of 73 branches including 13 exclusive ladies’ sections/ branches. The bank has over 2000 employees and is a leader in offering its customers a full range of banking services. The Bank also follows the Shariah-based system in which provides non-interest-bearing products are provided with whole structure being approved and supervised by an independent Shariah Board established by the Bank. JP Morgan Chase Bank traces its history back more than 200 years to its first predecessor in 1799. Merger and acquisition activity over the years has combined the operations of J.P. Morgan, Chase Manhattan, Chemical, Manufacturers Hanover, Bank One, First Chicago, and National Bank of Detroit into a global financial services leader. J
Slavery is a practice which dates back thousands of years. Conversely, racial discrimination is more appropriately defined by the mental and concrete conduct of the tormenter and the oppressed and their environmental context. Racism essentially defines the revulsion and trepidation that people keep on mankind with different skin colors. The advent of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in the early modern period gives evidence of how old slavery is. Europeans who arrived in Africa came with the impression that they are much superior to Africans. This wont angle clearly signifies how to a degree slavery arose from racism. Africans were seen as lesser human beings who were incapable of much advancement. They were viewed as uncouth and vulgar, traits which differed from the White generations. Colonizers hence used this claim to justify their being slaves. Africans were seen as less than ordinary human beings who did not merit equal consideration, therefore could not be treated as humanely as the others. There was widespread suspicion, which eventually led to substantial abuse, which further intensified the determination of the Whites to have laborers. The more the White population increased the more demand for labor in plantations and the existing manufacturing industries. In England, for example, the staff was thoroughly Black; hence the appearance of the idea of Africans being slaves. Their children inherited this image, and the slavery convention gradually became fortified. By the 17 th century, Africans were convincingly seen as assets to be transacted. They were part of the transactions including other stuff in trade. Ciphers were formulated in an attempt to control slaves. Laws which were formulated later in the century endeavored to establish punctilious preeminence over Black people. This form of racism was bent to ensure that Blacks resigned to their fate of being slaves. These codes gave them no hope of ever acquiring sovereignty. Blacks were not seen as worthy of the privileges of liberty for which they were demanding. Whites constantly oppressed Africans in order to self-enhance their ego. This self-centered psychology and bigoted personality are what resulted in slavery in various countries. This impacted other colonies who strived to pass Black descendants through these ideologies. Presently, African Americans in America comprise the greater percentage of the prison population. They are among the most poor, uneducated and unemployed. Police are also more likely to kill a Black man than a White individual. The innate fear and hatred that we have on the success of other skin colors indicate the extraordinary existance of racism. Discrimination is part of the process of oppression. Differences in inherited characteristics, for example, skin color, have been used traditionally used to classify the oppressed as less inferior. In the context of the Atlantic Slave Tr
Introduction In the world, there are so many groups of people each having their cultures and music. The cultures are used to give guidelines on a person interaction with one another and usually determine their way of life. They are a means of conserving the culture of the community and they are usually passed from one generation to the next. There are various ways of passing on this cultures which include music, poems, dances, proverbs and stories among others. Music is used to pass information among people though its performance. They are used to mark significant people or occasions in the life time of a group of people, educate people as well as pass the cultures to generations to come. People usually engage in the music industry for various reasons such as relaxation and entertainment, hobby and as a source of income. Due to the unification of various people in the world by the different social, economic or political reasons, there have emerged various types of music which has found its audience all over the world. This paper seeks to consider the impacts of technology in music industry taking into account the role technology plays in popular culture music. It also expounds on sampling, the use of technology in establishing or enhancing an artist’s career, legal issues of copyrights and royalties and issues surrounding downloading of music. Music There are so many types of music currently available in the world. This music has their origin cultures and when played anywhere in the world passes the culture. They are used to improve the quality of life, to express feeling as well as pass different messages. They are also sung to mark various activities and phenomena such as earthquakes, floods, drought, wars and political revolution among others. These phenomena usually have great influence in the social, economic and political life of a given group of people. Music is divided into different types according to the purpose of the song and the culture (Hoffer 1). Due to aspects such as globalization, there has emerged popular music which has found its audience all over the world despite the prevalence of differing cultures. This music usually addresses various issues that are usually experienced worldwide. The continuous advancement in technology has found its way into the music industry and has resulted into various improvements which have been found to have strengths and weaknesses in differing aspects. These have resulted in the exploration of various fields which were unexplored