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The Olinkan Tribe and Female Circumcision

Tashi first came into the clinic, she could barely walk due to complications from her circumcision. A pelvic examination revealed...

Ernest Hemingway and Controversy

In 5 pages this paper discusses why Hemingway's insensitivity towards his female characters has recently become controversial. Th...

2 Articles on Female Oppression

In six pages this paper discusses female oppression in a comparative analysis of articles written by Marilyn Frye and Elizabeth Sp...

Women's Socialization and Aggression

In a paper consisting of eight pages the myth that females are less aggressive is considered through socialization that reveals ho...

A Comparison of Devil In The Shape Of A Woman and Salem Possessed

of teenage girls who were having what appeared to be seizure-like attacks that initially started the witch hunt. After they thras...

Ancient Greece and Changing Attitudes Regarding Virtue

The ways in which male and female virtue changed in terms of the attitudes of Ancient Greece are examined in 6 pages in a consider...

Female Trendsetters During the Heyday of Jazz and Big Band

This paper addresses issues of racism and sexism faced by female musicians during the nineteen-thirties and nineteen-forties. Thi...

George Eliot's Characterizations of Women

In twenty two pages this paper discusses the Victorian female characters featured in the writings of George Eliot in a considerati...

Analysis of 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer and 'Tenth Tale' by Giovanni Boccaccio

Virginity is fine but wives are not condemned; the Apostle said that my husband would be my debtor, and I have power over his body...

Feminism and Gender Issues During 1950's & 60's

a group of radical New York women who aggressively sought change (Mainardi, 1969). Others chose to work patiently behind the scen...

Strong Women in Ellen Glasgow's Barrow Ground and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

In six pages this essay compares and contrasts these two female authors' depiction of strong women protagonists in their respectiv...

The Debate Over Female Circumcision

This paper presents both sides of the sensitive debate surrounding female circumcision. This five page paper has six sources list...

A Personal Plan for Losing Weight

This is an experiment intended for a 170 pound female age forty two in order to realize weight loss that is realistic and involves...

Japanese Heian Era and the Role of Women

This paper considers the 794 to 1192 Heian Era in Japan in terms of women's status in society and the growing prominence of female...

Crime and Women from a Feminist Perspective

This paper takes a feminist approach to female criminal behavior in five pages. Three sources are cited in the bibilography....

First American Woman Elected to the Royal Astronomical Society, Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming

did. In order to prove his point he actually brought Fleming into the lab, and later hired her in a clerical capacity. In 1881, m...

Females as Morality Agents

In six pages this paper discusses the morality of women and how females have throughout the history of patriarchal society served ...

Narrative Fiction and the Portrayal of Female Characters

This paper considers how prose, drama, fairytales, and religious narratives portray female characters in 9 pages. Eleven sources...

Male and Female Relationships in Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

In five pages the male and female relationships in these plays are compared. There are no other sources cited....

Gender and Religious Involvement

In ten pages this paper examines why men are less involved in religion than their female counterparts. Twelve sources are cited i...

Ethics Case Study

In five pages customs and a foreign country's treatment of women are explored in this case study that takes a memorandum style reg...

Females With Dependents and Government Assistance vs. Job Opportunities

In two pages this paper presents 2 hypothetical alternatives focusing on females of lower income who have dependents and how their...

Walker's Everyday Use Compared with Welty's A Worn Path

Wangero Leewanika (formerly known as "Dee") cannot see them as such anymore than the people "Aunt Phoenix" encounters on her walk ...

Depiction of Women in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

This paper examines how women were depicted by William Shakespeare in his comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream in eleven pages with th...

Crimes Committed by Males and Females, Aggression, and Testosterone

nature versus nurture; females are, by nature, less aggressive than males are, because they do not have near the same level of tes...

19th Century Social Constraints Imposed on Women and Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence and House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

In 5 pages this paper examines 19th century female social oppression within the context of these two literary works. There are 5 ...

Comparison of A Jury of Her Peers and A Respectable Woman

In five pages these Susan Glaspell and Kate Chopin short stories are contrasted and compared in terms of common threads of social ...

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and the Character of Nora

In five pages this paper examines this strong and unconventional female character. There are no other sources listed....

Mutilation of the Female Body and Human Dignity

with her role in society. These designed programs served not only to control the female gender, but also to block entrance for wo...

Alice Walker's Crusade Against Female Genital Mutilation

This paper examines the crusade against female genital mutilation. The author cites Alice Walker's book, Anything We Love Can Be ...