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Civilizations of Islam, Greece, and Rome

in government policy-making, for example....

Senior Female Management in Contemporary Society

the United States of affirmative action, this must be seen as an indication of the continued and effective existence of a glass ce...

Female Roles in Matthew Lewis' The Monk

was apparently trying to be a noble and honorable man, but still it almost seems as though it was the womans fault for being an ob...

Dhammapada's Social Lessons

In nine pages this paper examines women's role as conceptualized by Dhammapada in a consideration of the Buddha's 'five beauties' ...

'Hedda Gabler' and 'Phaedra'

In this 5 page paper, the heroines of the respective works are compared and contrasted particularly in terms of how they depict wo...

An Examination of 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

In five pages, the author's employment of voice, imagery, and gender themes are considered....

1930s' and African Women's Roles

In five pages this paper examines Beryl Markham's West with the Night in a consideration of African women's roles and how they are...

Vigil in Maria Lopez's Cuba Neither Heaven Nor Hell and Gustav Firmat's Ano Que Viene Estamos en Cuba

This two Cuba texts are contrasted and compared in 5 pages with women's roles, democratization, cultural and national identity amo...

Movies of Federico Fellini and Women's Roles

In six pages this research paper discusses the narratives in 3 movies by Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini in an analysis of the ...

Women and the Impact of the Renaissance

In six pages this paper examines the European Renaissance in a consideration of how it positively and negatively impacted women's ...

Differing Depiction of Women in Homer's Epics 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey'

Greek society was that imposed upon them by either their fathers or purchasers. They would never aspire to privilege or influence...

Colonial History of America Until 1877 and Women

Women, which have always constituted half of the colonial population, did not receive any type of "civil, political, or legal" rig...

Women's Roles in 'The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Wife makes it clear that she has always enjoyed sex and this verifies the Churchs depiction of women as licentious. In fact, t...

Ancient Greece and Roles for Women as Portrayed by Homer

and also provided insight into the character when she brazenly broke with firmly held tradition. For example, in Homers Iliad and ...

Women and Buddhism

"Buddhism is horizontal or human-oriented, not vertical or God-oriented"....

Women's Role in the Epic of Gilgamesh

lost natural state, at which point Shamhat offers to take him to the city where the joys of "civilization shine in their resplende...

Roles of Women in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

not take no for an answer when he still a respected man. For example, when Nwoyes mother asks whether or not Ikemefuna will be sta...

First World War and Significance of Women's Roles

Among the most interesting aspects of these considerations are the apparent differences in meaning the war had for men verses thos...

Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih and Women

her, an early sign of emotional sterility and disdain for women however kind they may have been to him" (Mustafa Said-ism). He ...

Gertrude Stein and the Advancement of Women

of men, she was sexually attracted to women and made no attempt to hide her lesbianism, much to the shock of her Victorian contemp...

Islamic Women's Lives

Women had been treated as possessions of their husbands; Islamic law made the education of girls a sacred duty and gave women the ...

3 Works on Women's Social Role

out with flowers and shod with dainty little slippers? (Aristophanes). As this indicates, women, at least the upper class women,...

Aviation Maintenance Diversity and Communication Challenges

to be enmeshed, an interesting point of view holds the notion that sex is biological and gender is cultural; others believe that b...

Women's Roles in Homer's 'The Odyssey'

the strongest women in the piece are the goddess Pallas Athena and Penelope, Odysseuss wife. In addition, although her part was sm...

Women's Roles in William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew

husbands duty to lead his wife toward proper behavior. Inherent in the relationship between God and humanity, which the marriage ...

Differences in Gender in the Peasant Residences of Central Europe and Southeast Asia

tended to marry much earlier in Europe than in Asia. Both peasant groups seemed to have grown grain crops: rice in Asia and whea...

Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and the Role of Women

has been a "very big thing" (Axelrod, 1995, p. PG). Even just a decade ago, a Jewish womans place was still in the home, although...

China and Women's Roles

but isnt any longer. As the Cultural Revolution had its impact upon Chinese society, the role of women was forever changed...

Women's Roles in India and China

have come from and where they are going. There is bound to be more change in the future for these women as barriers continue to b...

Yuan Tusng Chen's The Dragon's Village

be restored to its former glory and she wants the internal civil wars to end. It is because of this constant strife that Ling-ling...