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Africa and the Practices of Dowry and Bridewealth

in that it effectively gives the bride her share of the familys fortune. Traditional Uses Hanson (2002) explains that dowry...

Slavery and the Influences of Class, Gender, and Race

indentured servants; this in fact was much more common than slavery (Takaki, 1993). But over the decades of the mid-century, even...

Slavery Development

protect their class interests" (Takaki, 1993, p. 62). The laws that they passed in their own favor "extended the time of indentur...

Data Entry Codes and Quantitative Analysis

months) More than twice a year When a need exists Never No data 1 2 3 4 5 9 General level of health Excellent Good Average Poor Ex...

The Female Characters in William Faulkner's 'Light In August'

spirit of her brother and grandfathers abolitionist movement, however, this attempt is only an extension of what two strong men be...

Socialization and Gender

it doesnt meet their expectations of gender, such as a child whose mother is a physician saying that only men can be doctors (Witt...

The Workplace and Gender Inequality

fell into poverty during 2004. The number of women in poverty increased for the fourth consecutive year since 2000 ... [and] anoth...

Gender Attitudes of F. Scott Fitzgerald

and "chivalrous, heroic knights" rescuing beautiful maidens (Romance, 2006). Not all romances end happily (the poet Byron is a Rom...

Topics in Sociology

their breasts enlarged, while Oriental women may have their eyes reshaped, and Jewish and Italian women have rhinoplasty (nose sur...

Ancient Greek Literature and Gender Distinctions

out what women were like because of the way in which history is written. Dependent on what is studied, it seems that some texts l...

Gender Understanding and 'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin

the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). But beyond this bitterness, ...

'Making Sense of La Difference' by Barbara Ehrenreich

writers point of view; as straightforward as this concept might appear, the author duly notes how there are myriad variables that ...

Powerful Radio and Television Advertising

contention presented above. These ads show how if you just buy Vehicle X you can have the excitement of the sea kayaker and the m...

Differential Gender War Understanding Approach in Fausse Route by Elisabeth Badinter

the same from the differential stance of a man or a woman, and it is because of this very distinct - if not wholly natural - separ...

Practicum Proposal: PTSD in Women Victims of Violent Crime

diagnosis or believe they do not. PTSD The American Psychiatric Association has specific guidelines for diagnosing PTSD, sp...

“Victim or Vamp: Images of Violent Women in the Criminal Justice System”

Women who commit acts of extreme violence are considered an anomaly in our society. Those who do commit such acts, consequently, ...

New Orleans Literature: Race, Class and Gender

law or medicine or even pure science. I even dreamed of doing something great. But there is much to be said for giving up such gra...

Downsizing - Hypothetical Case Study

That means they have a direct impact on each other and change in one area will result in changes in the other areas. Summary of A...

The Social Adolescent

make her laugh and Debbies mothering tendency. Marie said she appreciated Denaes honesty, Jills spontaneity and Lindas frankness....

The Cost of Discrimination of Women in International Business

a report by the International Labour Organisation looking at the progress of women in corporate America the author, Linda Wirth st...

Argument: A President's Gender Should Not Matter

majority of Americans - over 90% in some polls - say that the time has come to elect a woman President. Surprisingly, the traditio...

The Case of Anne Hopkins

candidate, or even that the same factors (in reverse) would have even been an issue.. However, when looking at the way dis...

Problems of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa

lack of education that leads to poverty. Also, there are few work opportunities for women (Kang, 2005). As a result of being invo...

The Invisible Woman: Gender, Crime and Justice by Belknap

crime. In so many ways they are simply victims and yet are incarcerated because of this. Belknap seems to argue that much of this ...

Motivation in Managing Employee Relations; Change Over the Last Fifty Years

This 10 page paper looks at how and why the employment relationship has changed over the last fifty years, looking at issues such ...

Unequal Pay For Women In American - Gender Wage Gap

59.2% 1971 59.5% 1981 59.2% 1991 69.9% 2001 76.3% 2004 77.0% Notice that women earned 63.9 percent of what men earned in 1951; t...

Gender Relations in "Middlemarch" and "Erewhon"

People who contract serious illnesses are "punished very heavily," but those who develop some degree of blindness or deafness afte...

Individual Behavioral Traits

a child develops, but perhaps even more importantly, the media and society affect how the child will be treated because of their e...

Gender Communication Differences

Western communities are often characterized by a diverse cultural and social mix. Factors such as the economic, judicial, moral, ...

Why Is Power Productive For Foucault?

who went before, without any question as to why things are accomplished in any certain order, the time for the Enlightenment symbo...