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Women and Telecommunications II

at which to stare. An interesting point that Zimmerman makes is that women are being exploited. The author describes in great...

Misogyny and Canada

In fifteen pages this paper argues that Canada is not misogynous in a consideration of such issues as gender comparisons regarding...

Late Imperial China and Gender Ideals Contested by Women

In five pages this paper discusses how during the late Imperial China period women were able to contest gender barriers that had b...

Culture of Contemporary Greece

In ten pages this research paper examines modern Greece's culture in a consideration of tradition, ritual, religion, language, eth...

Comparative Analysis of Russia, Mexico, and Nigeria

the principle of direct election into the Legislative council" (O., 2002; history.html). There appears to be little information wh...

American Popular Culture and Gender Roles

In five pages this paper discusses how gender roles are created by and are reflected in advertising, popular culture, and educatio...

Social and Domestic Abuse in Death of Woman Wang by Jonathan D. Spence

-- and did his society support his right to do so? In order to answer this question, we need to look at the background of Chinese...

Entrepreneurial Women

corporate America. Some people-men and women alike-simply want to be working for themselves and their families rather than for so...

Medieval Romance Silence by Sarah Roche Mahdi

In six pages this paper discuses the nature vs. nurture conflict affecting Silence in terms of gender roles and how her father Cad...

Article on the Risks Associated with Eating Disorders and the Effects of Family Environment and Gender Roles

suffering from them lack the capacity to understand the grave nature of the effects, but most theorists agree that anorexia nervos...

John Coggeshall's 'Ladies Behind Bars'

of homosexual behaviour in male prisons is not something which necessarily reflects the sexual orientation of the participants in ...

Denise Chong's 'The Concubine's Children'

This 5 page essay demonstrates how the Chinese culture and its complexities determine how family relationships, marital relationsh...

Analysis of Ang Lee's Film The Wedding Banquet

is partly based on the experiences of one of its writers, Neil Peng), focuses on Wai-Tung, a gay yuppie and his lover, Simon -- th...

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...

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...

Willis and Reid's Edited Text Life in the Middle

to enjoy their lives as the physical body ages, as society shows disrespect, and as they become more needy in terms of money and h...

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...

Gender 'Friend' and TV

In seven pages television and its portrayal of gender roles are examined. Five sources are cited in the bibliography....

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...

Author's Intentions and Objectives in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

as the defining characteristic of an unmarried woman. In other words, according to the cultural definition of femininity a "good" ...

2 Essays in Christina and Fred Sommers' Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life

women, including approved activities, mannerism, education, sexuality and religious pursuits, as well as the extent to which there...

Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier and Gender Roles

implied that she marries him because he is wealthy and has much to offer her. That she is in love is made clear, but there is alwa...

Emma and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

basically limited them to either living off the largess of relatives, living on a subsistence wage as a governess looking after ot...

Envisioning a Society in Which Gender Roles Do Not Exist

better than our present one. A Society Without Gender Roles The student should note, first and foremost, that this paper is in...

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...

'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...

Gender and Film Dangerous Liaisons

her moral virtue and the sanctioning of social conformists.. The story is set in France during the 1770s, a time often associat...