What is a modern American woman? Begin your discussion by stating at least four characteristics of a modern American woman. please define each characteristic and provide examples of women who we have studied who either meet or fail to meet your definition of each characteristic. we have studied the characters of Lysistrata in Lysistrata, Nora Helmer in A Doll's House, Louise Mallard in "The Story of an Hour," and Frances in "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses."Modern American WomanSociologists, psychologists, feminists, and other scholars in this line of society have incessantly asked the question, "What exactly is a modern woman?" The interest is to find out whether the modern American woman is the same as the American woman of the past decades. This is because as a society progresses and develops, the roles those women play, their relationships with men and their positions in society changes. These changes are reflected in the characteristics of women.
Having brought the Spartans and Athenians to their...
From the 2005 staging of Lysistrata produced in Ce...
Frances Noyes (LOC)It is only through the study of their characteristics, that a conceptualization of the American woman can be achieved; therefore, a modern American woman can be assertive, strong, daring and independent.
One of the characteristics of a modern American woman is assertiveness. This is the ability of a person to communicate his or her opinion in the face of opposition. This is an attribute that is taught by personal development therapists together with their psychotherapist counterparts. It is inextricably linked to the person's self-esteem and is the subject of various self-help materials. It is also considered to be one of the most important skills as far as communication is concerned. There is a need to make a distinction between assertiveness, aggressiveness and passivity. The yardstick used to measure or set apart these three attributes is the way that the people deal with their...