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The writer considers the argument that developing countries are losing a potentially valuable resource by holding back women, prev...

In a paper of eight pages, the writer looks at advertising and its impact on women's self-esteem. The view that advertisers target...

This book review is on Women's Voice on Africa: A Century of Travel Writing, which is edited by Patricia Romero. This text offers ...

girl, outcast, forlorn/as thrown her life away?"). But the poet is adamant that both parties, the man and the woman involved in th...

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

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

agreement -- why should the whistle blowers? This is precisely how the handful of individuals felt when they learned their corpor...

be defined as a sexual act and it made Peggy uncomfortable. According to the law, it is up to Peggy to do certain things before s...

like an angel because she was so caring and helpful, and I couldnt get her, or nursing, out of my mind. I soon realized that nursi...

the U.S. Maxine Hong Kingston was born in the U.S.; her parents emigrated from Hong Kong. But even though she is American, the pul...

women did more than this, and perhaps provided a great deal of the food consumed by families. Figueroa (1996) states that the wome...

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

simply did an overview of the movement. One of the things that is most striking about the Seneca Falls convention is that the Dec...

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

had children to raise on my own and my financial situation was not dire, but I had to earn a living and I turned to writing. Alc...

Bureau, 2005). The 2000 census reflects an unemployed rate of 6.1% out of the overall civilian workforce of 656,539 people. Occu...

collective unconscious (Allen 175). Therefore, Maria Josefa expressing her desire to marry a "handsome male on the shore of the oc...

formal education or technical training, women would be hired. The obvious vocational choices were extensions of their housekeepin...

she does "light housekeeping," which is also not consistent with someone who needs assistance getting out of bed. However, the stu...

record of 512 miles, from Chicago, Illinois to Hornell, New York (Bilstein, 2001; House, 2006). When America entered the First Wo...

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...

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...

those factors upside down. Microcredit has been found in at least one study to have more positive impact in terms of reduci...

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

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...

Target audience. Most women are curious about menopause and what it will mean in their lives. Public health messages have been c...

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

refers to being allergic to multiple forms of stimuli. Chronic illness not only impacts the patient, but also the patients family ...

filed the vast majority of sexual harassment cases, illustrating the fact that sexism still remains a very real problem for women ...