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71). This seems to be particularly true for black women, who get caught between the double bind of being female in a male dominate...

women as opposed to men. Women it seems are on the whole more interested in legislation involving the family and such issues as e...

is not a phenomenon that emerges overnight. It builds over decades. Angelina and Sarah Grimke argued for womens rights a full ten ...

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

Accordingly, each parent represents a much-needed entity in the growth of a child: The mother provides stability and sanctity, whi...

all elections and public referenda and [be] eligible for election to all publicly elected bodies" (quoted Sakr, 2000). Therefore, ...

the same qualities that society considers intrinsic to, and acceptable in, women. This goes back to something that Freedman says ...

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

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...

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...

taking place within and beyond our national borders" (NOW). In this statement one sees that the organizations aim was to fight for...

the Age of Enlightenment was formed, at its core, by "Empiricism and a rationalistic doctrine of natural rights... they also held ...

bed, or even beginning to become amorous might secure a PG rating, but during that time period, blatant sexuality in film was not ...

that women are generally excluded in these nations. The author claims that European women do a better job than men in Asian nation...

Arthur Golden and then a major motion picture. In 1992, Golden traveled to Kyoto and interviewed Mineko Iwasaki, a legendary, reti...

hospitals. Under her wings, she took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to hea...

while the men were away at war. However, this particular battle represented a great deal of change within and among the steadfast...

children to term, nurse them, and are endowed with a combination of hormones that render them the desirable caretakers. While wom...

and one from their devoted black servant Dilsey Gibson and read like the gospels of the Bible in that observations of actual event...

for the most part they were not really considered citizens and were truly at the mercy of men for their survival. It was not rea...

general. Why might the latter matter? It is easier for those with more means to vote. People who do not vote notoriously do not ...

based on criteria, but that criteria really should not include gender. Instead, it is thought that presidents choose based on all ...

similar view of women, when examining Islam the testimony of two women is equal to the testimony of a single man, according to th...

in 7th century Arabia" (Time, 2001; 50). For example, while many pagan societies of the time buried unwanted female infants alive,...

police and the criminal justice system as well as voluntary workers and professional helpers (van Dijk, 2002). Prior to 1970, v...

men and of the meaning of love all together. She screams to herself, "will any kind of hole satisfy these beasts?"(Taktsis 1986). ...

of unpleasant confrontations" (Clinton et al 140). For some of the Confederate women, war was distant, but for others, it ...

that sounds like ritualistic chanting: FIRST WITCH. When shall we three meet again? / In thunder, lightning, or in rain? SECOND ...

of the novel, traces the life and times of a midwife during the late 1700s to the early 1800s. Through her diary entries one can s...

good enough for her. Another issue that Bianicas situation brings up is the sign of the times. These days, wed scratch our...