Gender Equality Argumentative Essays Samples For Students

Introduction:

Mary Conde’s book ‘I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem’ uses the Salem Witchcraft Trials as a background for the political implications of a post slavery scenario where the political implications are great. There are also some ironies which can be observed since the Puritans who ended up as abolitionists entertained the worst excesses as regards cleansing and purifying the nation of witches and Conde plays on that notion with subtle irony. The sense of catastrophe is also imminently felt especially in the analogous dynamics of the novel. Tituba is imbued with fantastic and wild notions of witchcraft which also impart ...

(a)VIDEO ON “THE GIRL EFFECT”
The video highlights a world in a mess which is crippled by epidemics such as HIV/AIDS, hunger, war and financial crisis. The plight of the woman in a society characterized by gender disparity and a lack of universality of a woman is portrayed. The video explores solutions to the existing world crisis and dramatically reveals the only tool at hand is a girl. An empowered girl is portrayed as the tree of immediate liberty from the manacles of HIV/AIDS, the chains of civil war and economic dependence, and the hunger crises. An empowered woman is displayed as instant coffee ...

Introduction

Gender biases could be minimized if males and females took part in inquiries mutually in knowledge and environs altogether. Every gender could pursue a demonstration of what the other gender can obtain through direct experience. Every gender is also capable of becoming acquainted with the exercising of creative projection of the gender issue more efficiently, and adopts the concept that the other stands on (Collier & Yanagisako, p. 112). The debate that was held by my fellow college colleagues was aimed at the societal stands and views that are taken by the current community towards both genders. The discussion was also ...

Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” explores a variety of themes. The tone of this short story is dark yet subtle, and the writer’s choice of language is intelligent in emphasizing this subtlety. The two main characters, a newly married couple, are introduced, and immediately Hawthorne establishes a sense of their relationship. In his story, “The Birthmark,” Hawthorne explores a troubling narrative and a theme which is largely rooted in feminism.

There have been many stories exploring themes involving men who wish to leave their mark on women, either physically, mentally, or sexually. However, “The Birthmark,” is concerned with a man who wants to remove a part ...

The feminist movement has been a vibrant one for the past couple of decades, not only in the United States but all across the world. There have been politically powerful and culturally influential campaigns and movements regarding women’s liberation and consciousness. The feminist movement involved several projects in the government bureaucracies, different institutions, and professions. These movements have brought about major changes in the lives of many women and their professions. Despite the acceptance of women’s equality and prominent accomplishments, the feminist movement has yet to achieve its absolute goals of gender equality (Epstein 2001).
The focus ...

The theory of realism has been a source of constant conflict between the government policies and the academia. The lines put forth by John Mearsheimer bear testimony to this conflict. Mearsheimer believes, “Realism appears to have a bright future in the twenty-first century. Unfortunately, we still live in a nasty and brutish world where the great powers compete with each other for power. The only possible threat to realism is likely to come from inside academia, where it is frequently reviled. But any attempt to silence realism within the academy is likely to fail, simply because it is difficult to repress or ...

This paper is on the issue of feminist morality. The paper provides arguments on the feminist critique of rights and the ethics of care. There is a detailed account of the tensions, differences that exists between ethics of care and rights ethics. Held makes significant contributions to the field of ethics of care. Held provides an account that is strategic and offers a framework that is consistent with the ethics of care. Likewise Samantha Brennan tries to champion the rights of women through feminist issues in the use of feminist ethics and feminist politics. Moral values that characterize care ...

The portrayal of Feminism in 16th Century Literature

The literature of a particular era is influenced by the contemporary social political, social and cultural issues. Sixteen century lifestyle and way of living was completely different from the way we are leading a life in 21st century. The political, social and cultural transitions took place during the era. The repercussions of these states of affairs were felt in literature. One of the social issues in Sixteen century was the traditional role of women. Many contemporary writers portrayed ideal women in their literature. The portrayal was based on the established protocols of the ideal women. The character does not fit in ...

The two stories, “Hills like White Elephants” and “The Story of an Hour”, resonate around the feminist and Marxist ideas in unique and interesting ways. The stories are narrated from a third person with the authors keen to bring out capitalism and the ever present male chauvinism. It is this paper’s position that the two stories though within the same context, express different political ideology. The “Hills like White Elephants” appears to support the chauvinist approach in life while “The Story of an Hour” contends and disparages male chauvinism while promoting feminism. This paper shall analyze the political undertones ...

This pape considers whether the Equality Act 2010 has finally balanced the relationship between men and women at work. Use case law to illustrate your argument. The Sex Discrimination Act of 1975 has prohibited discrimination against individuals or groups based on gender. The Act prohibits discrimination in different areas including education, employment, and others. It also prohibits discrimination in different aspects of social life; for instance marriage. The status of women in the society is a social question, which needs legal answer. The discrimination act is a subject of interest for the government (Stromwall et al, 2011, pp. 472–481).
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A child born with ambivalent genitalia are typically given surgery and assigned one particular gender. the intention is to save “the child from future mental suffering” . Why is it that there are two genders when there are children born of both gender? Why is alteration of the child the only solution? Feminist have one answer to this question. Biomedical ethics emphasize universal principles that tend to disregard particulars, especially in regards to gender, that are at all times morally relevant. The implications on women emerged most prominently with medicalization . From providing an embryo with choice to carelessly selecting the ...

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Ontario’s HPV Vaccination Program
In this paper, I present arguments that are supportive of the ethical inappropriateness of the Ontario government’s HPV vaccination initiative. I also aim at revealing the ineffectiveness of the program as a public health strategy constructed to combat cervical cancer. The program is ineffective in combating cervical cancer because the interventions arising from the screening program poses risks on women and especially the ones of childbearing age. In addition, I will use the utilitarian approach to support my views.
In September 2007, the Ontario Liberal Government began a Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination ...

Ontario’s HPV Vaccination Program

In this paper, I present arguments that are supportive of the ethical inappropriateness of the Ontario government’s HPV vaccination initiative. I also aim at revealing the ineffectiveness of the program as a public health strategy constructed to combat cervical cancer. In addition, I will use the utilitarian approach to support my views.

The Ontario HPV Program Overview

In September 2007, the Ontario Liberal Government began a Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination intervention for female eighth-graders (Thompson, 2013; CIHR- IPPH, 2012). The federal government made an allocation of $ 300 million towards the intervention. Gardasil, the HPV vaccine, targets four subtypes of the virus. These ...

English

- Introduction
The late twentieth century has become the “'age of the image” in the sense that gender roles has affected the stereotypical representation of men and women. McDermott and Schwartz argued that the gender role journey theory is suited to comprehend how men and women adapt their gender role identities in society (202). At the same time, media has presented a theoretical framework in the manner men traverse from positions of acceptance of the conventional gender roles to feminist activism and gender role supremacy. To be able to have a deeper understanding of the gender role journey over time, ...

Introduction

The human family in all its forms and all its habitat has undergone struggles to restore the world in order and create a peaceful society. As long as we can remember, the struggle to attain security and peace has been reflected in the various lifestyles of the entire humanity. The nation-state remains the largest single component that comprises of human grouping willing to achieve a peaceful coexistence. It has not been easy to maintain peace in the world we live as nations have engaged each other in conflicts. The detrimental effects that resulted from the first and second world ...

Mary Wollstonecraft was an English philosopher, writer, and most importantly a women’s rights activists, who lived in the late 18th century. She is known for her book, A Vindication of the rights of Women, which was published in the year 1972. Through this book, Mary Wollstonecraft discusses the gender issues as at the time. By this time, the society was a male chauvinistic one, and women did not have much authority in the society. In her book, she argues that women and men are by their very nature equal, but it is only the lack of education that ...

Introduction

This argumentative essay utilizes the mechanism of intertextuality to analyze three different English classics namely: Louisa May Alcott, Little Women (1868-69); R. L. Stevenson, Treasure Island (1883) and Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902). Intertextuality establishes the relationships between different texts, here ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’, compared how the reader was influenced by the depiction of pictures as an additional methodology. Little Women and Treasure Island targeted specific genders and age groups. This essay seeks to establish connections or influence between these different books.

Discussion

Intertextuality enables the establishment of relationships between texts. Such can ...

“Gender is actually central to the constitution and practice of international policies.” Marysia Zalewski

Historically the international relations (IR) have been overwhelmingly dominated by the male politicians. Therefore, in the dominant Western culture patriarchy and its natural corollary masculinity has been the undisputed norm in politics. The aggressive masculine image of the ideal macho male politician is deeply etched in the collective psyche of the entire Western civilization and culture. However, in the present day post-modern, post industrial West the dominance of the man in the domestic and the international arena has been under stringent scrutiny, and in certain instances under open frontal attack by the vocal feminists. Today there are no two ...

The world appears to have a different view when it comes to the role of women in the household and in society. Women are often seen as slaves of men as they have become exposed to various kinds of abuse, violence, and injustices. There have been prominent figures in different cultures and societies who struggled to give women a better place in the world as they become recognized as an important part of the social order. While some women movements in the Western world have become successful in this endeavor, the same attempts have been futile in the Muslim ...

Dietary Trends Reflect Socioeconomic Status and Gender Roles in contemporary U.S Society.

Nutrition has undoubtedly emerged as a dominant contemporary social and cultural value in contemporary U.S society amid an escalating rate of heart disease and ongoing obesity epidemic. However, dietary choices on the individual level are often influenced by exterior forces which both mold the perception of what is considered to be healthy as well as the availability of genuinely healthy food to certain socio-economic segments of the population. In the consumer based capitalist society of the contemporary United States, food has become an agent which reinforces traditional gender roles and also serves as a primary indicator of the ever expanding degree ...

Education is a conventional mode of receiving knowledge needed for people to pursue professional aspirations. What shape such aspirations are schools that narrow children’s scope of interests, determine the areas of expertise and, most importantly, provide with knowledge. To make school environment better in terms of efficiency, school officials came to introduce class differentiation years ago. The system of single-class schools had not regained its popularity with American parents until 2000s. On paper, single class schools handle the problem of bullying, however, not necessarily. Better school performance and mental skills development are believed to be the case in such ...

Literature

Dana, a modern black woman, was celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with Kevin, her husband, when she was snatched abruptly from her home in Altadena, Los Angeles, California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, a young white boy, was drowning, and Dana jumped into the lake and rescued him. It was as though Dana had been summoned to rescue the boy. Dana was repeatedly drawn back to the early nineteenth century, to the slave quarters, where her stay grew longer and longer with each transit. Each visit grew longer, more arduous and equally dangerous for her. This continued, until, it became ...

I can understand that you are considering surrogacy as a single parent. Owing to the fact that you want to work hard and earn more money for your daughter. I know you have plenty of people telling you what they think as a result of their own views but you want me to tell you the views of the experts on the topic to know whether or not the act is degrading to women or whether it is a form of baby selling. I am hereby providing you an objective analysis of what the experts says on both sides of the surrogacy ...

The collection of stories called “Distant View of a Minaret” that was written by an Egyptian female author Alifa Rifaat had a huge impact on the understanding of sexuality in the contemporary Middle East. It’s been known the questions of gender and sex are often ignored in that part of the world. Due to a long history and a deeply rooted faith, people of this area lack democracy. Their societies have been built on conservatism, traditions and ethics that are very often unfair to certain groups of people of those societies. Those people usually include females, slaves and ...

The place of woman in society has always been a very controversial issue; from culture to culture, from century to century the meaning of women’s rights and their freedom varies. In the article called “Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?” Lila Abu-Lughod examines the real women’s role in what is nowadays called ‘War on Terrorism’. The main issue of her research is whether western community overlooks Muslim women in the right way. Her answer is definitely closer to being negative; “We now understand them as suffering from structural violence. We have become politicized about race and class, ...

The ideal and real roles of women depicted in the plays The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Women have been the subject of greater literary interest since times immemorial. They frequently serve as the means to replicate contemporary society. During the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, women were largely portrayed as the victims of a patriarch society. Modern feminism was nonexistent until the 19th century and female voice was completely subdued. “Feminists’ scholars regarded the 18th century author Mary Wollstonecraft as the original harbinger of feminism, a ...

Disney Princesses

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Little Mermaid

Late eighties was a decade of immense transformations. This chunk of the time was a period during which the roles and perception of women in the mainstream society went through sheer changes (Buckland 178). The same mainstream thought of the society is reflected in the role of the princess depicted in Walt Disney’s animated musical fantasy film, “The Little Mermaid”. The character of the princess in the aforesaid fantasy film was played by Ariel, who is a young sixteen years old mermaid. Dissatisfied with her life in the water, she became much curious ...

Indonesia over time has been described as democratic power house of East Asia Nation States, mostly by western countries, until in recent times that the position has been questioned by many. The earlier description had been attributed to the country’s tolerance of diversity in terms of racial and ethnical lines, which allowed even the minority to have their say in situations that majority had their way. Almost all the countries and States in the world have laws, rules, and regulations that govern and determine how issues and affairs are conducted within and without their territorial borders, which has ...

Bikinis, full lips, thin waists, gyrations – the black woman in a rap video is usually one of many, surrounding the male rapper in question with a stable of women he implicitly has sexual command over. This is the image that is often found in most rap videos, at least as far as women are concerned. Due to the exclusive and alienating nature of a substantial portion of these images, representation has turned into misrepresentation, as many people use these portrayals to characterize the entirety of African-American femaleness in an incorrect and unflattering way. Joan Morgan, in her essay “from Fly-Girls to Bitches ...

People are used to putting tags on other people, like “sloppy” and “neat”, and applying concepts on one another based on gender roles. For example, a woman’s role is to be a good housekeeper, while a man will observe details in a house only when it is absolutely necessary. Those characterizations and gender roles usually go with an approved behavior. Sloppy people are usually careless and women clean the house. Neat people are well organized and men could die for a beverage at hand while watching the World Series. However, if one attempts to scratch the surface and see beneath, they will realize ...

The fight for women's rights has been a great issue for centuries - only now with the advent of global organizations such as the United Nations are some underdeveloped countries reaching the progress they require. One of the most pressing issues regarding women's rights, as it pertains to the UN, is the creation of initiatives that grant women rights within the country while keeping the country itself financially and politically stable1. In many instances, the rise of gender equality is directly correlated to facilitating economic stability, as women must be able to access access secondary communication and sustainable energy, among ...

In this essay, women are not equal to men. Nature has it, from time immemorial, that the two can and will never be equal. Even though feminism tries to make the equality a reality by trying to secure similar rights as those of men, it shall never be achieved. Maybe in the virtual life, equality can be achieved but not in the physical life.

A tool that is used to make rules and regulations and to determine the course of life is power (Lukes 1974 and 2005, and Connolly 1983). It is true beyond any reasonable doubt that this tool ...

Technology has the ability to change all lives, but only if all people are provided equal access to it. Application of technology is important because advancements provide critical tools for empowerment. These new technologies are useful in the definition of social as well as economic advancements. Technological advancements around the world have developed a unique platform for supporting change and helping people live better lives. However, the extent to which different people have access to technological advancements is significant to the definition of how challenging it is for people to access the same technological advancements, hence the creation of ...

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Several years ago, gender equality was the rallying cry of civil rights activists. Rightfully so, those were the days when women are not given equal opportunities in social endeavors such as education and career choices. Today, most civil right activists that promote gender equality would agree that these barriers have already been broken down. As observed, women are now enjoying almost all the opportunities afforded to men and have by far, exceeded the male gender in some areas of endeavor. In education, particularly, women have outperformed men especially in the social sciences and business fields. As observed ...

INTRODUCTION

Gender has been and very likely always will be a subject of great debate. Are men and women more different than alike, can those differences ever be perceived as equal and how do we address those differences and understand better how and why they exist? It goes without saying that men and women are very much alike in many ways, in others they are different. Men and women may think, act, and behave differently in similar circumstances with similar stimuli or scenarios. When it comes to the realm of psychology it has been identified that these behavioral, mental, and psychological ...

Amy Tan’s exquisite novel The Joy Luck Club, is the unforgettable tale of four immigrant Chinese families residing in San Francisco. The novel is narrated through a uniquely feminist perspective. The Chinese mothers with their essential parochial background coupled with the bitter childhood experiences, growing-up in China during the hard times of the Chairman Mao’s cultural indoctrination and the subsequent political purge, think circumspectly and while-away their time playing Mah jong. On the contrary, the confident American born and raised daughters have a completely different approach towards life. The generation-gap and cultural differences between the mothers and the daughters ...

It is of concern, it worries me, it begs the question, and ‘who am I?’ It is a life of self-seeking; searching trying to make sense of what makes me what I am. Who defines me? Is what I think I am what should be entitled of me, or is this a life of conformity? Femininity, unfortunately, confined us to the unfortunate position of finding a place to fill, occasionally, which turns out to be most of the time taking up roles which, if we have not volunteered to take yet, relegated to us by manhood.
I am seven years of ...

The purpose why I would campaign against the banning of the Handmaid novel is due to its themes which has major implication on the current societies worldwide. (Atwood, p7) The main themes in this novel involve Feminism, the place of the individual in society, sexuality and power, the power of language, gender conflict and moral relativism. It is due to these themes which has hierarchical condemnation that drives those at authority feel sliced and thus intrigue the Bunning of this novel. My aim is to campaign against banning of this novel since it has consideration of individuals who are ...

The Story of an Hour is an acclaimed literary work by Kate Chopin. Kate is well known for writing story emphasized on freedom or independence of women during the 1890s. Kate’s works were written before any feminist movement was begun. During that time women were considered as property of their husband. This fact impacted author on great way hence she emphasized on liberalization of women in her stories. Throughout the story of an hour, Kate utilizes various literary techniques to display forbidden joy of women’s freedom in male oriented society.
Kate’s short story revolves around a ...

Sexism is one form of discrimination which is still being experience in every society, culture and country in the world. Sexism refers to the prejudicial treatment of an individual or group of individual because of their sex or gender (Berg, 2009). Sexism involves a fortification of attitude and behavior basing on conventional stereotypical roles individuals have in the society. Gender bias may involve a whole array of issues ranging from imbalanced pay offered to women portrayed by the media to be sexual objects, to wives who are battered by their husbands. Although theories posit that both men and women are affected ...

Advertising has become a large player in industrial growth and marketing. It is the medium that helps organizations sell, whether products, policies or just publicity. It is typically a form of persuasion and means of assurance for consumers to buy products being sold to the. But adverts have always been a matter of speculation (Turow, 1997). Taking up trends in advertisements especially when focused on a particular group of the society provides the shifting representations and the picture they paint to the world. Advertisements change with the changing society, but this trend is obsolete (Tsai and Shumow, 2011). With the dawn of a more ...

It has been widely accepted for numerous decades now that women are meant to nurture their children, do the housework, stay at home, and be perfect housewives, having everything and everyone in the household settled and contented. Men, on the other hand, are expected to provide for their families, be the ones who discipline children and the sole responsible for fixing things around the house. When that balance is kept and each gender plays their “role” well, everything works clockwise and societies treat that particular household, where everything is in order and each gender does the things that are ...

In today's comparatively progressive society, the value of established and traditional gender roles are increasingly being reviewed and investigated. Given the long-running activities, rights and perceptions attributed to women over the past several centuries, it is not hard to believe that these traditional roles for women (wife, homemaker, sex object, recipient of men’s advances and charity) are often ardently defended by societal norms and practices. It is clear that women have certain expectations placed upon them that are reinforced by the society around us - women are supposed to go out and find a man to marry, and to ...

Introduction

Gender relations transformations ever since the beginning of 20th century are essentially among the most rapid and profound social changes in the human history. For over 7,000 years of the human history from the time settled agriculture and the early states occurred, male domination has actually characterized gender relations of societies together with their predecessors. The other thing to note is that even at the commencement of 20th century, women and men were largely viewed as occupying sharply diverse roles in the society where the place of a woman was essentially in the home as mother and wife. On ...

An Argumentative Essay about the role of women during the New Deal Era

Introduction
All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness . This is probably the most famous phrase in the United States Declaration of Independence. While it sounds great, a good look into it may change the mind of a person who’s reading it by the play of words in the phrase.
For one thing, it say’s “the pursuit of Happiness.” Does this mean that happiness is meant to be pursued but never found? Another is the fact that “All ...

Classic English Literature

Introduction
There is an old proverb “A picture is worth a thousand words”. When the great Napoleon utter these words, little does he know that in future in the visual era, pictures are going to rules the text and will do a great work in shaping our culture. Some people believe that it is instead a Chinese proverb. However, whatever be its source, the line suggests something powerful that pictures remind the viewer of a particular subject and depict an idea. Sometimes it depicts an idea in a very significant way and this transforms into a culture gradually over the years. Due to globalization, ...

Women have been portrayed to be weaker than men by the media and society, in general. They have been shown to be less valuable in the workplace, with most media showing them as deserving the smaller roles in the workplace. These aspects, coupled with other factors have led to the characteristic wage gap between men and women in the work place. All over the world, women receive less compensation for their work than men do. For instance in the US, women at the same level as men make on average 22% less or 77 cents on the dollar (Cames, ...

For quite a considerable time during his time in office, President Obama has been very vocal about the rights of the gay community. On more than one occasions, he has openly come out clear that these individuals also have their rights and they need to be respected and allowed to enjoy those rights. In his stance, this is an issue related to civil rights (New York Times Editorial Para 1). However, this issue is hotly debated, with only a number of the states of the US having passed legislations which allow the gay people to enjoy their rights. This is quite ...

This thesis aims to highlight the issue of gay marriage that is now being seen in a positive light. It has readily gained acceptance over so many years. People are beginning to see it as an acceptable reality. The roots of its acceptance are also traced through various countries with so many countries beginning to understand how essential it is to allow man with the freedom of anything.

Gay marriage, also known as same-sex marriage, is a legally or socially recognized marriage between two individuals of the same sex. The growth of gay marriage has spread worldwide and excepted more and ...

Is Paternity Leave Reasonable?

Maternity leave for women is acceptable throughout the world and is enforced through the respective labor laws of every country. The significance of maternity leave is realized due to the responsibility of women towards their newborns and the vitality of mother’s presence for the survival and care of infants. With the importance of maternal care being realized at universal level, the significance of paternal care for the infant is still under discussion and receives little support from corporate and industries. Though several studies have established that father’s care is also vital for an infant, the concept of ...

What is History?

History is an essentially abstract concept. In practice, history is the chronicling of key events that have affected, changed or bettered the human race. History plays a number of roles: it reminds us of the mistakes we’ve made, the decisions we should never make again, the trials that our species has endured, the brilliance of the human race, the joy of living and the events that have shaped the modern world. It was William the Conqueror who claimed that history is written by the victors and it is this perspective that prevents us from ever fully knowing the truth ...

The differences between men and women have plagued philosophers and the common man for millennia; is there really any true difference that stems from biology, or is the male tendency to fight and the female tendency for emotionality a product of our upbringing, as well as social expectations? In my perspective, there are quite a few significant differences that exist between men and women, but they do not have to be the case; there are always exceptions to the rule, but many societal and behavioral (not to mention physical) truisms exist that lead to the tendency for men and women to ...

In Rosalind Barnett and Caryl Rivers’ article “Men Are from Earth, and So Are Women. It’s Faulty Research That Sets Them Apart” (2004), they claim that studies and findings that have little to no scientific or statistical merit have established the creation of “widely accepted ideas about men and women that are scientifically unsubstantiated.” This results in the perpetuation of wrong ideas about men and women, leading many (college students especially) to allow these ideas to damage their relationships. Given the lack of evidence to support these stereotypical statements regarding the existence of gender disparities in attitude and ...

Introduction

In a period of over the last ten years, Wal-Mart has greatly expanded its operations in all parts of the world and has now become the world’s number one retailer and the biggest employer in the United States of America (the Fortune 500). This company has currently more than 1.7 million employees. Wal-Mart is a big company faced with big responsibilities (Fishman, 2006). For instance, taking the case of its operations in the United States, the company has the responsibility to the people, as Blank points out that, “to set the standard for customers, workers and communities, and to help ...