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Exercise, Bone Density & Menopause

a 2-year randomized placebo-controlled study that was designed to determine whether not increased intake of dietary calcium, combi...

Medieval Times and Attitudes About Women

the man is Ywain she is happy and tells him, "she ought not refuse to take as lord a good knight and the son of a king" which is s...

Richard Hoggart's Scholarship Boy

from even his or her family for trying to improve himself. Hoggart also addresses the working class who have taught themselves s...

Literature Review and Proposed Study Outline on Middle Aged Women and the Impact of Exercise

(Blumenthal et al, 1991; SCRDP, 2002; Manson et al, 1999; Arnstein, Buselli and Rankin, 1996; Di Brezzo, Fort and Hoyt, 2002). ...

Women and Alcohol Abuse Effects

have different physiological responses to alcohol (Blume, 1990). Some important issues for women are that alcohol dependency can ...

Cultural Understanding of Chinese Women Through Literature and Art

woman who traveled to a foreign land, worked hard and then returned to her family would never be perceived in such a way. In fact...

Women in A Woman by Sibilla Aleramo and The Leopard by Giuseppe Di Lampedusa

womans plight in a turbulent time in history. "The Leopard", in comparison, is more of an outline of male expectations in regard ...

'Inferno' by Dante Alighieri and Gender

involving gender or related themes like romance and marriage. Yet, sex and love are highlights in the Inferno. Dante also writes o...

Role and Status of Women in 'Paradise Lost' by John Milton, Lysistrata by Aristophanes, 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer, and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

way to a jousting tournament rematch with the mysterious Green Knight, Sir Gawain is the houseguest of the absent Lord Bercilak, a...

History of Literature and Changing Character Gender Roles

around the world. This is evidenced in the Pelasgian Creation. In the Pelasgian myth, Eurynome was the Goddess of All Things,...

Women, Literacy and Health Care Critique of “A Winning Combination: Women, Literacy and Participation in Health Care”

by practicing nurses in this area. Both of the authors also hold advanced degrees: one holds a Masters degree and teaches at a co...

Misconceptions About African Women in Literature

family. He rejects anything feminine and never displays anything remotely resembling passivity. This contention is reflected in ...

Little Women Examined with a Critical Eye

mother, "Little Women centers on the conflict between two emphases in a young womans life-that which she places on herself, and th...

Women and Geoffrey Chaucer

to some extent. One critics opinion seems to support such a perspective: "The Wife of Baths negative image seems only to have chan...

A Study of Kuwaiti Women and Breastfeeding

just blame bottle-feeding for a childs rotten teeth). Second, from a cultural and societal standpoint, breast-feeding seems to be ...

Women and Men in the Sciences: Is There Any Difference in Ability?

cant say for certain, simply because women arent given the same opportunities as men to find out for sure. Women and Opportunities...

A Personal Statement of the Meaning of Literature

I can find myself truly empathizing with the individual. If the story is written from the third person perspective then it is like...

Male Historians and the Challenges of Women's History

social relations formed by them impinged on the lives of Renaissance women in different ways according to their different position...

Self and Suppressing Black Feminist Thought

Jacobs offers a depiction of slavery life that mirrors the inherent struggle women faced at the hands of their while slave owners....

Research Results on Ghana, West Africa Case Study on Breast Cancer

Research Report, 2002). Figure 1; Respondents Age Group Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent Valid Age...

The Enlightenment and Feminist Literature

Enlightenment must be researched as well. Finally, the literature from the age of Enlightenment by women in support of feminism sh...

The Role of Married Women in Japan

entire society will suffer. Why limit the contributions of half the population because of the tradition of male dominance? Becau...

Sexual Culture of the West and Christianity's Impact

in Western cultures and set a standard for social expectations regarding virginity that separates the sexual identities of women a...

Abuse Reporting Barriers and Disabled Women Victimized by Abuse

recognized when organizing relevant material on this topic is that there may not be adequate source material on the subject of the...

Women in Ancient Greece by Sue Blundell

expected to appear in the public sphere, being confined to the household, Blundell notes that they do appear in the artwork and li...

Comparison of Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys and Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

the womens circumstances and the move to change those circumstances. Rochesters dismissal of Antoinette, her family and her commun...

Literature By and About Women

a condition wherein the women are not slaves, we also see that the past, which involves at least Sethes enslavement, is very real ...

Hindu Society and Women's Roles

are not to be allowed any form of independence - they cannot even undertake religious fasts on their own initiative, but must join...

Older Women and Fertility

much wider range of lifestyle choices, and were no longer automatically expected to marry young and embark on a primarily domestic...

Portrayal of Women in Griselda by Boccaccio, Brothers Menaechmus by Plautus, and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

a distraction, as a goal, as a guide, and as an agent of social recognition (The Odyssey in Transit, 2000). Odysseus is indeed co...