COMPARISON COMPARISON CONTRAST CONTRAST

ORGANIZATIONORGANIZATION

When you When you comparecompare things, you show their things, you show their similaritiessimilarities; ;

when you when you contrastcontrast things, you show their things, you show their differencesdifferences

4 ways to compare and/or contrast4 ways to compare and/or contrast two ideas two ideas

Points of similarities and points Points of similarities and points of differences of differences

Block system Block system Point by point systemPoint by point system Similarities or differencesSimilarities or differences

Points of similarities and Points of similarities and points of differencespoints of differences

I. Introduction I. Introduction II. Corsets and footbinding are similar II. Corsets and footbinding are similar

Both practiced in the far past, through the 19th century, and Both practiced in the far past, through the 19th century, and into the 20th. into the 20th.

Both restrict women's movement and impair health. Both restrict women's movement and impair health. Both practiced by women of all classes, though most people Both practiced by women of all classes, though most people

imagine tight-lacing and footbinding were limited to the upper imagine tight-lacing and footbinding were limited to the upper class. class.

To use Veblen's argument, both enhance man's value in the To use Veblen's argument, both enhance man's value in the culture to be responsible for women who were too delicate to culture to be responsible for women who were too delicate to work. work.

Both practiced by women on women. Women laced corsets; Both practiced by women on women. Women laced corsets; women bound feet. women bound feet.

III. Corsets and footbinding are different III. Corsets and footbinding are different Chinese culture is radically different from that of western Chinese culture is radically different from that of western

Europe and America. Europe and America. Every Chinese woman so bound was deformed for life; only Every Chinese woman so bound was deformed for life; only

most extreme cases of tight-lacing did permanent damage. most extreme cases of tight-lacing did permanent damage. Corsets trivialized by everybody since the end of the dress Corsets trivialized by everybody since the end of the dress

reform movement. reform movement. IV. Conclusion IV. Conclusion

Block SystemBlock SystemI. Introduction I. Introduction II. Corsetry II. Corsetry

Practiced in Sumaria, Crete, millennia ago; focus in Practiced in Sumaria, Crete, millennia ago; focus in Western world. Western world.

Corsetry not exactly the same as tight-lacing. Corsetry not exactly the same as tight-lacing. Effects on health: tight-lacing vs stays. Effects on health: tight-lacing vs stays. Henri II's queen: 15-inch waist with the help of the King's Henri II's queen: 15-inch waist with the help of the King's

armorer. armorer. Dress Reform movement. Dress Reform movement. 1880s and 1890s, when women were looking at the 1880s and 1890s, when women were looking at the

possibilities of real contributions to the political debate. possibilities of real contributions to the political debate. III. Footbinding III. Footbinding

Earliest references. Earliest references. Survival rates and the effects on health. Survival rates and the effects on health. Our misconceptions about class -- women plowing fields Our misconceptions about class -- women plowing fields

in mud up to their ankles. in mud up to their ankles. Any girl whose female relatives thought she might be Any girl whose female relatives thought she might be

able to marry up would bind her feet. able to marry up would bind her feet. Simone de Beauvior saw some; Simone de Beauvior saw some; LifeLife magazine's photos. magazine's photos. When the government made it illegal. Also, how women When the government made it illegal. Also, how women

whose feet had been bound couldn't really unbind. whose feet had been bound couldn't really unbind. IV. Conclusion IV. Conclusion

Point by point systemPoint by point system(This method requires real control over your (This method requires real control over your

subject)subject)

Introduction Introduction Restrictions on women's movements. Restrictions on women's movements. Effects on women's health. Effects on women's health. Economic and cultural value of a helpless female to a Economic and cultural value of a helpless female to a

powerful male. powerful male. Women's contributions to their own weakening. Women's contributions to their own weakening. Cultural movements against tight-lacing and Cultural movements against tight-lacing and

footbinding. footbinding. Socio-economic class and tight-lacing and footbinding. Socio-economic class and tight-lacing and footbinding. Lasting into 20th century. Lasting into 20th century. Eastern and western cultures. Eastern and western cultures. Extreme cases vs. most women. Extreme cases vs. most women. Conclusion Conclusion