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Workplace and the Impact of Physical Appearance

Nixon had won. Those watching TV thought the handsome John F. Kennedy won" (Stossel, 2002, PG). Why do we think this happened? I...

America's Sexism and Racism History

In an essay consisting of five pages the historical origins of sexism and racism in the Americas is traced through the Native Amer...

Christianity and Obstacles Confronting Women

held positions in various states.She also taught at a different seminary and later began her own .In Philadelphia, Bonney and a fr...

Contemporary Southern Literature and Women

In nine pages this paper examines how women's changing roles are reflected in the literary works Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons, A S...

Works of Welty, Updike, James, and Anderson and Sexism

In eight pages this paper discusses how sexism is represented in the writings of these authors. There are 6 sources listed in the...

Individual, Society and the Social Adjustment of a 74 Year Old Mixed European and Cherokee Woman

In nine pages this paper presents an interview with an elderly woman of mixed Native American and European blood in a consideratio...

The American Workplace and the Topic of Ageism

In seventeen pages the ways in which employees begin to be discriminated against in the workplace by age forty are discussed and t...

Comparative Analysis of Ancient Greek Women and Contemporary Culture

This paper examines the limitations which continue to exist in terms of women's roles in ancient Greek society and in the present ...

Sexism and Materialism in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

These novels are compared in terms of the social materialism and sexism each depicts in a paper consisting of 5 pages. There are ...

Contemporary Sports and Women

In twenty six pages this paper examines contemporary sports and the participation of women with former tennis star Martina Navrati...

Canadian Aboriginal Canadian Women and their Equality Struggles

In four pages the struggles for equality by these aboriginal women are considered and include self government tribal fights and th...

2 Professorial Views on Women and the Issue of Rape

have been planned. She asserts that that patriarchy is the theory and rape is the practice. Renee Heberle (1996), a politi...

Inequality and Perception of Sex Roles

In four pages sexism and current perceptions of sex roles are discussed in terms of conventional attitudes regarding education, mi...

A Review of Cherokee Women by Theda Perdue

delved further into some cultures and noted that they were matriarchal. Perdue does this when presenting us with the history of th...

Music and the Negative Depiction of Women

has taken a negative turn and simply glorifies ignorance, violence and misogyny (1996). Many agree with his assessment. While ea...

Triangle Between Bill Otley, George Marlow, and Jane Tennison in 'Prime Suspect'

In 5 pages, this paper considers a complex love triangle that addresses issues of social patriarchy, priorities, acceptance, and s...

The Influence of Adam and Eve on Contemporary Women

made, living in the Garden of Eden. They were told, by God, not to eat of the fruit from the tree of knowledge. Eve, however, was ...

The New York Times' Coverage of the Iraq War

on certain Republicans who had publicly questioned this policy, seemed to make clear that support for a proposed war was hardly un...

Sports, Sexism, and Language

dark, wavy hair and deep brown eyes, hes drop dead gorgeous...a real basketball hunk" (p. K0164). Hastings, of course, made up thi...

Which Play Best Exemplifies the Contemporary Woman, The Glass Menagerie or Lysistrata?

illustrate what the modern urban woman is, and then turn to discussing the two stories, arguing that today, the modern urban woman...

Male Audiences and Maxim Magazine

in such terms as co-operation, teamwork and, especially, community, a term which seldom occurs without a great outpouring of incen...

Racism within the Context of Literature

would then include the contrast and comparison on how the characters dealt with racism and their subjectivity to it. Finally, the ...

Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher and Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

In five pages these texts are contrasted and compared as they portray the pressures of contemporary American culture on young wome...

Modern Gender Issues and Sigmund Freud

In seven pages this paper examines how the bias women experience in the contemporary workplace can be attributed to the theories o...

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...

Sexism in the TV Industry

factor in the equation that supported the ideal that women are inferior. Based upon a conviction of inferiority, male authorities...

Contemporary Literature and How Emotions Are Portrayed

In five pages this paper examines how emotions are portrayed in the contemporary literary works The Things They Carried by Tim O'B...

Nursing, Pregnancy, and Use of Cocaine

In twelve pages contemporary literature relevant to the nursing role in at risk population pregnancies concentrating on the use of...

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...

TV Bias

In this paper the question of whether bias still exists in television is asked with researchers and writers all contending there i...