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Islamic Culture and Women in So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba

focus in the Islamic groupings of Senegal. The two friends describe their lives in complicity and state things like "our lives de...

Women and Gender in Islam by Leila Ahmed

veil to designate between "respectable" and "disreputable" women. However, Ahmed emphasizes the fact that "Mesopotamian, Persian...

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...

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...

The Cultural Bond of All Mothers and Daughters in The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

In twelve pages this report discusses how the relationships between mother and daughter transcend everything including generation ...

Socialization and Gender Culture

In three pages this paper a book chapter pertaining to socialization and gender culture is covered in terms of its primary points ...

Literature Review on Culture, Aging, and Women

This paper examines culture and aging as each relates to women in a review of Figuring Age by Woodward, Mother Time by Walker, and...

Nigeria, Egypt, and Women of Islam

In eleven pages this paper examines Egypt and Nigeria in terms of the roles of Islamic women and the ways in which their protectiv...

Indigenous Women's Roles

In five pages this research paper examines the social roles of women in Native American indigenous cultures. Three sources are ci...

Mundurucu Culture Females and Yolanda and Robert F. Murphy's Women of the Forest

This paper examines females in the Mundurucu culture as represented in this text from an anthropological perspective consisting of...

Different Cultures for Women in America

Women in America do not have a monolithic cultural experience. This paper examines the difference between Chicano and African-Amer...

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 ...

Book Review of Theda Perdue's Cherokee Women Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835

Perdue (1999) examines the role of gender in Cherokee life during one of the most turbulent times of their history. During the...

Equal Pay

The past molds and conditions us yet few of us have an understanding of women's struggle for equality. Beginning in the early- to ...

Ondaatje and Lee, Immigrant Experience

in the only way that is culturally significant, as he would link her present to that "golden chain of male to male" (Lee 31). As...

Women's Suffrage Movement In Canada

women voting was by no means in the best interest of the country at large and the family unit in particular. Clearly, at the foun...

American Society, Interactions of Malaysian Women, and the Impact of Cultures

being considered is observation. Direct interview techniques can be important as well, however, in analyzing why these women cont...

Cisneros/”Loose Woman”

called a "beast," when she all along she thought she was a woman. This humorous beginning not only shows two diametrically opposed...

Strong Women in Ancient Greek Theatre

the "sheet-anchors," i.e., the weapons that will be their salvation (Aristophanes). Lysistrata gathers together women from all o...

Chronicity & Illness Trajectory

refers to being allergic to multiple forms of stimuli. Chronic illness not only impacts the patient, but also the patients family ...

Women's Changing Roles in Management

filed the vast majority of sexual harassment cases, illustrating the fact that sexism still remains a very real problem for women ...

Traci West/Wounds of the Spirit

71). This seems to be particularly true for black women, who get caught between the double bind of being female in a male dominate...

Legal Issues and the Woman's Movement

professional schools" (Eisenberg and Ruthsdotter, 1998). The results have been amazing: "The number of women doctors, lawyers, eng...

Women in the Canadian Military Forces

this aspect. Before 1939, the Canadian military women would serve as nurses during the Northwest Rebellion in 1885 as well as in t...

Women in the Church: A Historical Overview

embraced by the church. Although it is true that some denominations do not allow women to run things, many denominations such as t...

Representations of Black Women in Media

black women and women of color. There is a saying that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder," which attests to the epistemologi...

Kate Chopin/The Storm

A neighbor, Alcee Laballiere, rides up to her home. He asks if he can wait on her porch till the storm abates, but the storm is so...

A Brochure for Women Called Greeting 40

Target audience. Most women are curious about menopause and what it will mean in their lives. Public health messages have been c...

Culturally Competent Social Work Among Malaysian Women That Have Immigrated to the U.S.

considered is observation. Direct interview techniques can be important as well, however, in analyzing why these women continue t...

Education as a Key to Liberating Women

be educated together" (Wollstonecraft, 2005). She points out that if marriage is "the cement of society," then all mankind should ...