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Social Divisions Reflected and Reinforced by Representation of the Mass Media

culture may be seen as the culture of ordinary people, but has a basis in history, Strinati (1995), argues that this is usually se...

Children of Japan and China

In five pages childhood in these countries are examined in terms of differences and similarities with a discussion of how expectat...

Sally Potter's Feminist Films

In five pages this paper discusses Sally Potter's films Orlando and Thriller in a consideration of feminist representation and gen...

Early Feminist Elisabeth Sophie Cheron

In seven pages this paper examines Cheron's feminism and how she successfully overcame formidable gender prejudice. Three sources...

Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody

a society that is unlike anything most people have ever experienced. It is true that society has been struggling to overcome cent...

Shakespeare's Era and Clothing

clearly had the funds and the power to hire others to make their clothing especially for them, and clearly maintained a position w...

Overview of Transgenderism

and places the individual within the process of decision making rather than as an either/or to conformity is needed in a world whe...

Crested Kimono Questions

In five pages this paper compares the image of Mother in Navajo and Japanese families as represented in Kinship and Gender and in ...

Adolescent Resilience, Gender, and Foster Care

media seems to be sending mixed messages. Disney films routinely show two parent households, but then the characters are often in ...

Poetry of Christina Rossetti and Gender

afflicted with serious health issues, such as Graves disease and a thyroid disorder among others, and these caused her to become a...

Education and Gender Inequality

al, 1988). Obviously, these are old-time descriptions of the roles men and women were expected to assume in decades past. These ro...

Brunei and How Women Are Treated

military action. This to some extent mimics ideals around the world where women are protected from active combat. In the United St...

Technology and Women

the higher jobs that the males seem to obtain. This technology gap is addressed in AAUWs report (Wolff, 1999). Still, it is a rath...

Early Modern Society of France and Men's and Women's Status

a patriarchal world would be a gross understatement and one that would also be staunchly supported by the likes of both Bertrande ...

Differences Between Girls and Boys

and often the meaning. Without realizing it, parents verbally address their male children differently than they do their fe...

David Fincher's The Fight Club

libidinal desire and an internal examination, which tends to idealize self (Naiman 333). The one factor which unites the two symb...

Popular Music, Gender, Sexuality, and Cultural Identity

way of using sexuality and gender in various ways. Madonna When people think of Madonna their first thought is often related t...

Gender Vignette Composition Tutorial

which could include shame, confusion, or the desire to prove the math teachers assumptions as false. Even today, with equal right...

'My Bondage and My Freedom' by Frederick Douglass and Gender Issues

not the experiences of a woman and therefor he is not necessarily able to present the reader with a powerful focus on the issues w...

Gender Tolerance Groups in the Military

the success of increased gender education and tolerance as stated by the group members. I. Introduction and Type of Group Since W...

Modern Indian Cinema

Weisman, in an article featured in The New York Times, described Indian cinema as "an all purpose dream engine delivering gaudy th...

Rites of Male Passage in the Americas

In five pages this paper discusses how masculinity is conceptualized by the Americas in terms of gender interaction and in contras...

Ancient Greece and Changing Attitudes Regarding Virtue

The ways in which male and female virtue changed in terms of the attitudes of Ancient Greece are examined in 6 pages in a consider...

Contemporary Workplace and the Importance of Equity and Gender Issues

have broken through the gender barriers from a century ago is indicative of the still stringent attitude society takes in relation...

Epic of Gilgamesh and its Gendered Text

In 5 pages this epic is discussed in terms of the gender roles that the divine and mortal characters embody and the lack of female...

In Terms of Leadership Are Women More 'People Oriented?'

In six pages this paper considers whether or not women are more people oriented in terms of leadership than are their male counter...

Victorian Age Hypocrisy and Advice

In five pages the hypocrisy of advice and attitudes in America during the Victorian era pertaining to women's sexuality is discuss...

Gender Equity Through Literature

Gender equity determinations by using the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling are the focus of this paper consisting of ten pages. ...

Consumer Decision Making and the Influence of Spouses

to buy an extra dress or something to spruce up the house. Today, things have changed in that the man is not necessarily the prima...

Thomas Pynchon's V. and Gender Issues

Pynchon's first novel is addressed in the context of this well written paper. This author treated characterization for the women q...