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Le Guin/Left Hand of Darkness

eyes," but finds this awkward as he "self-consciously" sees a Gethenian "first as a man, then as a woman, forcing him into those c...

What It Feels Like to Be a Woman: A First Person Essay

act in a gender-specific way. Actions are not necessarily indicative of gender. I am a woman and I decide how a woman acts. I act ...

Gender Differences In Development/Maturation

Toole, 1993). On the other hand, girls were found to develop the ability to hop and skip earlier and more effectively than boys (K...

Gender: “Orlando” by Virginia Woolf

that she is a woman, and the narrator states, "it may have been observed that Orlando hid her manuscripts when interrupted. Next, ...

Detrimental Effects of Coeducational Schools on Females

pressure and intimidation inherent to performing as well as their male counterparts in the coeducational setting speaks to the rea...

An Exploration of Anthropology by Andrea Lee

to parade as white folds illustrates how she wanted her kindred to be just as proud of their true racial roots as they were with t...

Patriarchal Culture, Gender, and the Works of Tayeb Salih and Gabriel Garcia Marquez

of Angela addresses the rituals that surround marriage in Latin American culture during this time. Bayardo brings Angela presents,...

Vietnam, Indonesia, and Population Control

the children to do. Families moved to the cities and the transition was difficult. Still, this larger change resulted in a reduced...

Gender Relations in the Work of Katherine Anne Porter

crown buttoned on a narrow brim" (Porter 322). As this indicates, Porter skillfully builds a detailed picture of Sophia Janes ch...

Wal Mart Case Study on Corporate America and Gender

workers. For example, the bags Kathie Gifford would oversee that would claim international notoriety due to the sweat shops utiliz...

Women, Society and Gender/Rome, India and Han China

to many other like-minded societies, Romans looked upon women as possessions to be treated in often a violent manner. What this i...

Rob Reiner's Movie The Story of Us, Making Decisions and Relationships

for. There is less time for the couple to enjoy each other, and Ben especially resents the lack of sexual spontaneity. In one fl...

Gender Socialization and Toys

Citing concern for the portrayal of women and how it serves to corrupt the moral fiber of society, Cunningham (1997) points out ho...

The Workplace and Gender Inequality

fell into poverty during 2004. The number of women in poverty increased for the fourth consecutive year since 2000 ... [and] anoth...

Gender Attitudes of F. Scott Fitzgerald

and "chivalrous, heroic knights" rescuing beautiful maidens (Romance, 2006). Not all romances end happily (the poet Byron is a Rom...

Gender Laws Creation and Culture

(Yuval-Davis 621). One particular area in which gender is a cultural construct is the manner by which different societies r...

Powerful Radio and Television Advertising

contention presented above. These ads show how if you just buy Vehicle X you can have the excitement of the sea kayaker and the m...

Differential Gender War Understanding Approach in Fausse Route by Elisabeth Badinter

the same from the differential stance of a man or a woman, and it is because of this very distinct - if not wholly natural - separ...

Ancient Greek Literature and Gender Distinctions

out what women were like because of the way in which history is written. Dependent on what is studied, it seems that some texts l...

Gender Understanding and 'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin

the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that never looked save with love upon her" (Chopin). But beyond this bitterness, ...

'Making Sense of La Difference' by Barbara Ehrenreich

writers point of view; as straightforward as this concept might appear, the author duly notes how there are myriad variables that ...

Topics in Sociology

their breasts enlarged, while Oriental women may have their eyes reshaped, and Jewish and Italian women have rhinoplasty (nose sur...

Practicum Proposal: PTSD in Women Victims of Violent Crime

diagnosis or believe they do not. PTSD The American Psychiatric Association has specific guidelines for diagnosing PTSD, sp...

“Victim or Vamp: Images of Violent Women in the Criminal Justice System”

Women who commit acts of extreme violence are considered an anomaly in our society. Those who do commit such acts, consequently, ...

The Cultural Messages of "Beauty and the Beast"

to "active" and "aggressive" pursuits. This is not the model we find in Beauty and the beast. In the fairy tale itself (this expl...

Downsizing - Hypothetical Case Study

That means they have a direct impact on each other and change in one area will result in changes in the other areas. Summary of A...

New Orleans Literature: Race, Class and Gender

law or medicine or even pure science. I even dreamed of doing something great. But there is much to be said for giving up such gra...

Gender Roles and the Medical Field

of females in allopathic medical school constituted forty-five percent of the total number of students (Salsberg and Forte, 2002)....

Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

very self absorbed.. He may recall taking care of her, taking her to ballet class, and claiming to be worried about her, but there...

Argument: A President's Gender Should Not Matter

majority of Americans - over 90% in some polls - say that the time has come to elect a woman President. Surprisingly, the traditio...