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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 ...

Greek and Roman Women of Elite Class

in understanding this we must also examine a culture that often influenced how men saw women. Sexuality was a very powerful and na...

Status of Women from the Classical to Modern Era

was heresy. When religion did not work alone, scientific theory was included as a factor in the equation to support the ideal tha...

Do Women Earn Less Than Men

Women do earn less than men. This is true when calculating the overall incomes of all men and women in the country. It is also tru...

Case Study Effective CEOs

There have been and are many outstanding leaders, each with his or her own story to tell. This is a case study that gives examples...

Observation and Self Definition in Women's Studies

that "ladder of success," or does that mean that they are not on the rung that they would like to be. Since they are the ones who...

Women and Whether They Are Better Off Today Than They Were in the Last Few Decades

In five pages this research paper evaluates if women are better today than they were in previous decades and based upon literature...

Socialism and Whether or Not Women Are Women Better Off Under this Type of Regime

In seven pages the collapse of communism and the changes that resulted in Eastern Europe afterwards are considered in terms of the...

Global Views on the Status of Women

In one page the global social status of women is examined. Two sources are cited in the bibliography....

View of E.M. Forster's Room with a View

In five pages this paper discusses a young woman's healthy development as presented in E.M. Forster's Victorian novel Room with a ...

Critically Reviewing the City State of Athens in Ancient Greece

In a paper consisting of seven pages the Athenian democracy represented by this Greek city state is considered along with an asses...

Fatima Mernissi's Beyond the Veil Reviewed

In five pages this text on Islamic women's sexuality is reviewed....

Women and Sexuality in Greek Life

In fifteen pages this research paper examines the time of Pericles and the status of gays and women in a contrast and comparison t...

Article Summary/Critique

realized their overall hypothesis by finding "women in marriages characterized by high levels of satisfaction showed a health adva...

Role of the Feminine in Ancient Creation Myth

males. In both "Enuma Elish" and in Hesiods mythology, the Earth goddess is described in terms of motherhood. Tiamet first rages a...

Militarization and How it Affects Women's Lives

minimum wages, and other stipends that directly affect women need to be considered. It is true that in some cases when the milita...

Early 19th Century Single and Married Females

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares the status of single women with their married counterparts in a consideration of Em...

Twentieth Century Women's Changing Roles

This paper considers 20th century women's changing social roles with employment and family position among the topics discussed in ...

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...

Victorian Age and Changing Women's Roles

The underclass practically disappeared (1995). While this is the case, one has to understand how gender played a part in comprehe...

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 ...

Alice Walker's The Color Purple and Women's Roles

is the world of the domestic. That is domestic in the terms of one who serves, as well as domestic in the terms of limited to hou...

Procrastination Exemplification Essay

In four pages this exemplification essay presents a first person narrative that considers a young woman's procrastination problems...

African Women and their Changing Roles

people, the Khoena, were "irredeemable savages" while to "black nationalist writers, such as Khoena historian, Yvette Abrahams, sh...

Fictional Short Story 'Into Her House, With Flowers'

In seven pages this short story which features a woman's fight to freely live her life despite several mental impairment is presen...

17th Century Women in Death of Woman Wang by Jonathan D. Spence

was by no means typical of Chinese marital experience, the repressive conditions which made it possible were the cultural portion ...

Agunot, Marriage, Jewish Women, and England's Shtetls

In six pages this paper discusses Jewish marriage concepts in a comparative analysis of English Shtetls and Jewish women with the ...

Type of Feminism

1960s, at the height of the civil rights movement and the beginning of the anti-Vietnam war movement, there was a shift in conscio...

The Iron Age: Gender and Women

In 5 pages, this paper examines how roles and status of women were determined during the Iron Age. There are 4 sources cited....

Barbara Walters' Life and Career

In five pages the life and work of this pioneering television journalist are discussed in terms of childhood, family, and status a...