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Gender Issues In Connie Pangarino's The Me In The Mirror

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The Me in the Mirror was written by Connie pangarino, she was writer and activist. She struggled of her disability but she faced lot of problems at the primary stage. Basically she was disabled but she struggled for her identity in the society because the problem of her gender .So my paper going to examines how the gender was problematic in her life in the society .As a woman she suffered with the gender problems and another one is the disability. The miserable problems in her life she encounter due to her gender and disability. Throughout her autobiography, she expressed t the male dominant society in which the women are struggling of their identity. So I examine all these things and how the disability was problem of women’s life these are issues in my paper. Another thing was disability how the disabled women are struggling for their identity in the society. How the disabled people, especially women’s struggles can be seen clearly in Connie pangarino’s the me in the Mirror.
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