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THBT satirical depictions of traditional gender roles in pop culture are an effective tool for feminist empowerment Source: OpenAI Proposition: A common objective of feminist satire is to exaggerate stereotypes typically associated with women. They may intentionally flout traditional sexist tropes like submissive housewives and hypersexualized women.  There have been instances, for example in the case of Madonna, when these satires proved to be an effective means to challenge patriarchal values. For example, Madonna's Like a Virgin subtly demolished right-leaning stereotypes - fetishizing purity and female innocence - deeply entrenched in the mid-1980s. A common feature, which this song and other media share, is that they address the root cause of sexism and present relevant phenomena in a digestible way. Based on historical precedent, their audience is likely to discern the absurdity and the limiting nature of these tropes and reflect on themselves.  For a lot of people, medi...

  Forrás: Facebook Kutatási kérdésemben arra keresem a választ, hogy a pártközeli sajtó, milyen hatásmechanizmusokkal konstruálja meg a különböző választási preferenciákat mutató szavazók valóságról alkotott percepcióját 2024 márciusától egészen 2025 májusig. A kutatási téma alkérdése, hogy az online belföldi kormánypárti közösségi média milyen érvelési hibákkal akarja manipulálni a befogadói oldalt. A közvéleménykutatás jól kutatott területnek számít [1] , de kevés kutatás tapintott eddig rá a kormány online karaktergyilkos írásos médiumai mögött megbúvó logikai hibákra [2] és a Tisza Párt politikai megítélése közötti kapcsolatra. Ez a téma különösen releváns jelenleg hiszen Magyarországon vidéki választókhoz gyakran csak kormánypárti média jut el a városi szavazókkal ellentétben. Így előfordulhat, hogy eltérő módon dekódolják a Magyar Péterre és a Tisza Pártot ábrázoló kormánypárti lejárató kampányok hatásmechanizmusait (Baron és mtsai., 2008). A manipulatív propaganda erőte...

Motion: THBT Viktor Orban will decide not to run for PM in the 2026 Hungarian election. Proposition: PM Viktor Orban has already tarnished his reputation in their voters' eyes by his ill-fated decisions and scandals. No matter which aspect of his party's agenda comes up in a conversation, the majority of voters immediately associate Hungarian politics with the person of Viktor Orban. This has eventually led to a drop in the popularity of Fidesz in independent polls. Therefore, he may relinquish his position for the benefit of his party so that Fidesz is still in contention for winning the upcoming elections. Indeed, Orban might have the strategic incentive to relinquish no sooner does the Tisza Party win the 2026 Hungarian elections, than he will be put on trial for treason, bribery etc... based on the legal investigations already ongoing. Needless to say, he seeks to prevent Tisza from winning and the only way to do so is to get his party into a better position without h...

As students in higher education advance in their studies over the course of their university years, it becomes more and more crucial that they develop an authorial identity. However, in Hungarian tertiary education students are urged by their tutors they adopt an impersonal style in their written essays. Struggling to meet institutional standards, they cannot construct their own writerly identities. Nevertheless, an objective presentation of ideas does not necessarily prevent Hungarian EFL university students from incorporating their personalities into their writing. Therefore, Hungarian EFL students must be equipped with the linguistic devices to make their voices heard. This essay seeks to propose that the insistence on objectivity in English academic writing does not inhibit Hungarian EFL university students from assuming their academic writer identity. First, there have been several studies conducted that indicated that there is great room for individuality in academic writing. ...

Once upon a time, beyond the seven seas at a farm did a mother duck lay her eggs waiting for them to hatch. No sooner did the mother sit on her eggs than some of the eggs cracked open one by one. So cute and fluffy their bright yellow feathers were that the mother duck was astonished. Just as in a utopian story might one expect, all the ducklings were gorgeous, except for one duckling. Little did the readers of the story know what was about to happen. A little longer did it take for an awkward-looking grey dickling (shit that is a typo xddd!) to come into the world. Barely did he resemble his siblings and immediately became the target of his golden counterparts. You might have already been told that never before has a duckling been born with grey feathers. Accordingly, the rest of the gang started to bully the odd one and mocked him for the way he looked. “Look at that weirdo, we should treat him so!” said one of his golden-feathered siblings. Such aversion did the majority of the gang...

Source: ChatGPT Shakespeare wrote his play Hamlet during the English Renaissance. Even though the play was written between 1599 and 1601 1 , it comprises a number of scenes that illustrate various distorted beliefs. This essay aims to appreciate the play through the lenses of psychology and literary criticism and examine the profound role of Prince Hamlet's madness, procrastination, existential crisis and other Freudian defence mechanisms in shaping the trajectory of the play. The term tragedy refers to a dramatic play that unfolds a disastrous downfall with several poignant scenes recurring . 2  Hamlet aligns well with the conventions of tragedy as the play ends in massive bloodshed. Based on Greek theatrical conventions, the ultimate objective of a tragedy is to achieve an effect of purification and to evoke a sense of pity and sympathy from the side of the audience. 2  In Hamlet, the prince struggling to overcome his late father's death, ends up behaving in an erratic way...