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Women and War by Jean Bethke Elshtain

underpinnings for decision and action, nonetheless real for being symbolic. It is my contention that such constellations of enshri...

Animal Testing: A Critical Part Of Medical Advancement

al, 2008, p. 2797). Logically speaking, the use of animals in medical experimentation removes the torture inherent to the only v...

Current Prejudices against Women in the U.S.

stereotypes about lesser female competence" (Swim et al, 1995, p. 199). Modern sexism, however, is characterized by "the denial of...

Women in Ancient Greece

conceive was thus a serious problem" (Women in the Ancient World). Now, of course one could also argue that this was a patriarch...

American Women's Movement and the Impact of the Second World War

women. Working outside the home was not an easy task for married women with children. Mary T. Norton, congresswoman from New Je...

Women's Role and Politics

This aids women because many do not have the means to carry their own health insurance nor do they have the ability to obtain empl...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Women

And yet, it is apparent that Okonkwo behaves in this manner because he is filled with a great deal of fear. Above all else, he fe...

United Kingdom Women's Magazines

of Womans Own has a woman on the front who is not runway model glamorous, but neither is she overweight or flawed in any way. The ...

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...

Kate Chopin/The Storm

A neighbor, Alcee Laballiere, rides up to her home. He asks if he can wait on her porch till the storm abates, but the storm is so...

Loving Differently? Men and Women

that they are to blame and are being criticized since the woman is not happy. If a woman expresses an emotion, she usually wants r...

Case Study: Depression & CBT

patients did not respond to the same antidepressant drug. Individuals taking desipramine were successfully switched to amitriptyli...

Representations of Black Women in Media

black women and women of color. There is a saying that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder," which attests to the epistemologi...

Science Advancement or Animal Rights

only way that to be sure that new drugs will actually be beneficial. An opinion poll conducted in the UK in 1999 showed that onl...

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...

Women and Discrimination in the Workplace

to help the society survive, not to gain positions of power. Womens work, however, was considered just as crucial as that of the w...

Great Depression and What it Was Like to Be a Teenager

We also had to write a lot of compositions. There was a lot of attention to grammar, spelling and composition, but sometimes it s...

Women's Athletics and Equity

later, it would be reasonable to assume that all educational institutions had eliminated gender-oriented discriminatory practices ...

Criminal Justice System and Women's Needs

penal system. First, it should be noted that this topic is very important due to the increasing female population in prison syst...

Women's Rights and Islamic Veiling Perceptions

To understand the relative impact of veiling upon Islamic women we must delve into the culture, religion and politics of Islam. I...

Artistic Portrayal of Women

altar, they represent Jesus human and divine natures. Believers are also called to be the light of the world. In the Smoking Flame...

Sexuality During the 12th Century

practices were dictated by the church or by the state, there were certain rules and regulations which governed the act, and in fac...

Women in Politics and the Effects of Culture

to winning. One can imagine that it would take a great deal of effort for a female Buddhist or Muslim or Jew to get anywhere in p...

Working Women on Barbados

means suits and high heels, yet their work is paid roughly the same as factory workers. This means that, in order to maintain the ...

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...

Women's Social Status and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

fortune spent for him? The next line makes it clear how the women of the community will view such an individual, however: . . "he ...

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...

Sexual Images of Women in the Media

to satisfy the demand of their target market. Each of these magazines will appeal to a different sections of the female populati...

Magazine Culture and Women

together as a result of the magazines they choose to read. This results in the strengthening of the womens voice and societys ten...

Genesis, 2 Kings, Chronicles

In the Hebrew Bible, women have varying roles but the most important roles are wife and mother. Most often, they are not seen as e...