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International Women's Movements and Issues of Globalization

issues is a situation which traces its roots far back into history. The indigenous women of Latin America have been suppressed by...

Postwar Great Britain and Female Representation

that dragged Englands economy and drained her resources were the many and varied territories she claimed abroad. Faced with the de...

Reviewing Advertising Since 1950 in the United States

In five pages this paper discusses advertising in America and how it reflects and represents women, the family, society, and the t...

Victorian England and the Differences Between Men's and Women's Roles

era was a time of cultural renewal that saw significant declines in crime and social vices ("The Big," 1998). She also notes that ...

'When We Dead Awaken Writing As Re-Vision' by Adrienne Rich

the female gender could be perceived within the myriad components of existence, the early feminist movement served to establish a ...

Issues on Feminism

causes of unemployment may be the advent of the minimum wage law, inasmuch as minimum wage increases have caused pay scales to cha...

A Feminist Reading of Dorothy Allison's, Bastard Out of Carolina

father, for she is dependent upon him economically, and for whatever social status she hopes to realistically acquire. In his lit...

Fiction and the Depiction of Women

of winning her own way in the larger society and from the beginning, the character generally takes herself very lightly (19). She ...

Social Attitudes and Gender Communication in 'he Chrysanthemums' by John Steinbeck

This paper discusses how women are socially perceived and how gender conflict due to miscommunication and misunderstanding are exp...

Women and Gender Roles in Literature

This paper examines gender roles in literature in this overview of five pages that discusses how they are represented in The Awake...

Canadian Workplace and Gender Stratification

In twelve pages this paper examines the Canadian workplace and how women are unequally represented due to the social expectation d...

Gender Issues in Euripides' Medea

Gender issues are the focus of this analysis of Euripides' Medea in a paper consisting of 5 pages with the social codes of the pat...

1776 to 1865 The Role of America Women

and as such the incidence of male dominance were more prevalent. It is ironic in the land which had just claimed freedom the soci...

U.S. Minority Literature

In a paper that contains five pages four stories written by women that are representative of the so called minority literature gen...

Cortez' Lover Dona Marina

In five pages the woman who was both interpreter and lover of Cortez is examined in terms of her varying interpretations that incl...

An Analysis of That's Not What I Meant by Author Deborah Tannen

misunderstood intentions can also influence communications styles. Add an indirect style of communication, more a tool used by wo...

La Morte D'Arthur, Beowulf, and Gender

time, Grendels mother is literally a monster, so one could in fact give Beowulf some slack in that he took on a woman. Can a monst...

Public Health Outreach for Pregnant Women for an African American Population

15 pages and 19 sources. This paper considers the importance of public health outreach for women who are pregnant, especially wom...

Tradition and Changes of Japanese Women

In five pages this paper discusses gender perceptions in Japan in a consideration of the traditional images of women and recent ch...

Segregation, Determination, and the Poetry of Langston Hughes

In six pages this paper discusses the poet's narrators without gender, how he uses women, and how African American determination d...

Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Canadian Societal Changes

subsistence base to an industrial one set in motion a number of societal factors which had to be dealt with. Masses...

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...

Computer Conferencing and Gender Bias

In ten pages this paper examines the burgeoning information technology and computer technology field in an argument that alleges g...

Machiavelli's Views on Gender Differences

This paper discusses Machiavelli's views on women, gender, and politics as demonstrated in The Prince. This five page paper has tw...

Male Culture and Gender Prejudice

editors of major print media, presidents of television networks and so on are men. Furthermore, the media propagates the stereotyp...

Canadian Women's Legal and Economic Status

In five pages this paper discusses Canadian women in a consideration of their legal and ethnic status and also relates changes in ...

Gender and the Death Penalty

In a paper that contains seven pages the capital punishment issue are examined in terms of gender differences with a consideration...

New Aggressive Role of Japanese Women in Contemporary Workplace

In five pages this paper considers how the Japanese workplace has transformed women from submissive into aggressive in a discussio...

British Politics and Women's Influence

In six pages this paper considers how the growing number of women members of Parliament have influenced British politics with the ...

Reform Movements of the 19th Century

In five pages this paper examines antislavery, women's rights, prison, education, and temperance movements of the 19th century and...