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Women's
Social Issues, Page 29
Feminist
Criminology
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A 10 page overview of the evolution of feminist
criminology theory and the application of that theory
to criminal justice. Associates this evolution with
the same factors which spawned the feminist movement
itself. Distinguishes between liberal, radical,
Marxist, socialist, and postmodern versions of
feminism and contends that each has had an impact on
feminist criminology. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PPfemCrm.wps
Feminist
Criticism Regarding Historic Male Patriarchy
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A 5 page discussion of the feminist criticism
methodology and how it relates to anthropological
investigations. Specifically reviews the work of
Sherry Ortner, an article originally published in 1974
and entitled "Is Female to Male as Nature is to
Culture?". This article has now been reproduced
in the second edition of Jon R. McGee's and Richard L.
Warms' "Anthropological Theory: An Introductory
History" and is particularly instructive in
regard to the historic relationship between the sexes.
Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPfemTxt.wps
Feminist
Ideology and Judaism
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A 6 page discussion of the feminist movement in
Judaism. Distinguishes between the more traditional
Orthodox Jews and the more liberal branches and
contends that the inequality which has traditionally
existed between men and women has lessened but that
even today the woman is regarding as having a definite
societal place which differs from that of the man.
Notes Jewish doctrine in regard to contemporary
women's issues such as vary considerably even within
the more progressive countries such as the United
States. Addresses whether feminism is good for Judaism
overall and, in contrast, the role that Orthodox
Judaism has in a modern world. Concludes that the
answer to these questions is an answer which will be
derived not by men but by women working as equals to
men in what was once a male dominated tradition.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPfemJew.wps
Feminist
Jane Addams' Social Ethic
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A 10 page paper discussing Jane Addams' feminist and
social ethics. Founder of Chicago's Hull House and
outspoken advocate for peace prior to World War I,
Jane Addams was not particularly liberal in her views,
but settled more in the realm of doing what's right.
Present-day feminism frequently has been opposed to
social systems; social ethic has not recognized
feminism. An example from a century ago provided the
model of a bridge long ago, one that should be
seriously considered for application today.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KS-JaAddams.wps
Fictional
Portrayals of Women: William Faulkner Contrasted with
Margaret Atwood
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A 5 page comparison of the portrayals of women found
in William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying" and
Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale".
Observes that the characterization of women in
"As I Lay Dying" differs significantly from
that in "The Handmaid's Tale". While the
women in Faulkner's book are presented as simpletons
and immoral, Atwood's women are presented as highly
intelligent despite the societal prohibitions for
being so and highly moral despite the forced
circumstances of their lives. Both portrayals,
however, are replete with stereotypical
representations of women. In "The Handmaid's
Tale", however, we are reassured that women are
not shallow, not by nature promiscuous, despite the
societal circumstances in which they may be forced to
live.
Filename: PPwomFic.wps
Gender
Characterization
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To say that gender roles are merely the subjugation of
women as 'irrational' would not be true. However,
oftentimes women are depicted in literature as
irrational and powerless. This 5 page paper explores
the characterization of Desiree in Kate Chopin's story
of Desiree's Baby; for the grandmother in Flannery
O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard To Find and the woman,
Jig, in Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants in
terms of these factors. No additional sources are
listed.
Filename: KTgensht.wps
Gender
Prejudice In The Workplace
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6 pages in length. Gender discrimination in the
workplace is an industry ill that has run rampant over
the past couple of decades. Only within this time
frame has society come to realize that there is no
place for gender prejudice when both men and women are
working hard toward the same goals. In some cases,
women have demonstrated considerable more dedication
to the job than men, who are often categorized as
being lazy and ineffective. Indeed, there is room for
both genders within the workplace, but it is
establishing an element of respect, as well as a
recognition of duty, toward one another that will
ultimately eliminate gender prejudice in the
workplace. The writer discusses how experts are
working hard to organize industrywide cooperation in
fighting the undercurrent of workplace gender
prejudice in the next two decades. Bibliography lists
6 sources.
Filename: TLCgendr.wps
Gender
Roles In Brazil
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A 5 page paper. The writer emphasizes three aspects of
life: relationships, religion and the media. Women's
roles in each are briefly discussed. The practice of
honor killings is included in the discussion.
Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PGwombzl.wps
Gender
Stereotypes: Segregation in the Workplace
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A 1 page definition of gender stereotypes and how
these stereotypes evidence themselves in the
workplace. Cautions that women throughout the
centuries and across all geographic boundaries have
been, and undoubtedly will continue to be, viewed as
inferior to men and incapable of the same occupational
accomplishments. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: PPgndSte.wps
History
of Women in Computers
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History of Women in Computers : In 6 pages, the author
discusses the history of women in computers paying
particular attention to Ada Byron Lovelace and Grace
Murray Hopper, two pioneers in the field. Bibliography
lists 5 sources. PCwcom.wps
Filename: PCwcom.wps
Homeless
Women
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A 20 page paper discussing the increasing problem of
women and homelessness, the factors contributing to
homelessness among women, and the structure of our
society that punishes impoverished people for trying
to rise above their poverty and find a way out.
Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: Hmlswomn.wps
Identifying
Coping Strategies In Female Inmates With A History Of
Domestic Violence
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11 pages in length. One might readily surmise that
female inmates with a history of domestic violence
have a significantly more difficult time coping within
the prison setting than their convict counterparts due
to the patriarchal oppressive structure they have
typically experienced. In order to meet the needs of
this particular population women, it is important to
tap into the vast psychological issues that are
inherently associated with domestic violence.
Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: TLCcope.wps
Impact
of Domestic Violence on Children
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This 8 page research paper examines the long-term
effects of domestic violence on children. Specifically
discussed include signs and symptoms of behavior
exhibited by children who have witnessed acts of
domestic violence and what can be done to help them.
Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: Childvio.wps
Important
Terms Regarding Women's Issues and Discrimination
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This 6 page report discusses various terms and issues
directly related to discrimination in general and
women's issues. It also presents very brief answers to
a number of short essay questions regarding gender
issues and problems regarding women's rights. No
additional sources.
Filename: BWgorsu.wps
Isabel
Allende's "Of Love and Shadows" --
Reflections of the Author's Anger
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This 5 page report discusses one of Isabel Allende's
novels, "Of Love and Shadows." Allende is a
Chilean author who fills her work with spiritual
strength and humor which transcends personal and
societal tragedy. Allende's "Of Love and
Shadows" demonstrates her awareness of the
fleeting nature of life and love. Having experienced
the terror of having been so close to a bloody
uprising, receiving death threats, finding out she was
listed on the military's blacklist, being forced to
run from her homeland, and having survived seems to
have allowed her to add an extra measure of both
sweetness and melancholy in her novels. Bibliography
lists 5 sources.
Filename: BWluvsha.wps
Jewish
Women in the Shtetls in England: A View of Styles of
Marriage and the Agunot
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This 6 page paper considers the basic elements of
Eastern European marriages, with a specific focus on
the marriages of Jewish woman and those in the Shtetls
in England. This paper also looks at the standards and
values of marriage in the Jewish culture and the
specific issues related to the status of the agunot
(plural of agunah), Jewish women who are left without
being divorced. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: MHagunah.wps
Job
Opportunity verses Government Aid: Hypothetical
Approaches for Improving the Economic Status of Female
Heads of Household
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A 2 page analysis of two hypothetical approaches to
improving the economic status of low income women and
their dependents. Contrasts the benefits and
disadvantages of one program providing higher levels
of earned income credit and another which provides
jobs and equitable wages for a predetermined period.
Concludes that he second approach rewards a woman for
working but at the same time there is a more immediate
cap put on the time that she can benefit from such a
program. The woman's work incentive, therefore, is not
in the form of government subsidies but in the form of
the realization that after three years she will be on
her own to provide for the needs of her family. While
it may seem like a harsher program in many ways, it is
superior to the first in that the taxpayer is not left
in the position of indefinitely having to support the
families of others. No sources are listed.
Filename: PPecWelf.wps
Justice,
Gender and the Family by Susan M. Okin Justice and the
Politics of Difference by Iris M. Young
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(7 pp) This discussion addresses the nature of social
politics and diversity through the work of two
feminist scholars: Susan Muller Okin: Justice Gender
and the Family (1989), and Iris Marion Young: Justice
and the Politics of Difference (1990).
Filename: BBfemath.doc
Le
Sueur's 'The Girl' And The Exploration of Feminine
Relationships
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A 4 page essay exploring the relationship between
mothers and daughters and between women in relation to
the feminist movement. The story of "The
Girl" by Le Soeuer is integrated into the text.
No additional sources cited.
Filename: Motherd.wps
Liberation
and 'The Yellow Wallpaper.'
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(5 pp) We often think of liberation in terms of people
oppressed in foreign countries, and fighting for their
rights. Personal imagination can cause us to fight
just as actively, even though initially it may not be
as obvious. Such is certainly the case in the turn of
the century work (1891) The Yellow Wallpaper by
Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Filename: BBglmwp.doc
Margaret
Fuller (1810-1850)
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(5 pp) America's first true feminist, Margaret Fuller
holds a distinctive place in the cultural life of the
American Renaissance. Transcendentalist , literary
critic, editor, journalist, teacher, and political
activist, ultimately turned revolutionary, she
numbered among her close friends the intellectual
prime movers of the day: Emerson, Thoreau, the Peabody
sisters, the Alcotts, Horace Greeley, Carlyle, and
Mazzini--all of whom regarded her with admiration and
sometimes even awe. This discussion focuses on Fuller
and her work. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BBmfullr.doc
Marx,
Economics, and Feminism
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This 9 page report discusses Karl Marx's fundamental
assertion, in the most simple of terms, was that all
events are determined by economic forces and how that
can be applied to the precepts and discourses of
feminism. The connection between feminism, Marxism and
capitalism becomes very clear when one considers how
both Marxism and feminism are determined to succeed in
"revealing the secret of the world" and
showing the oppressive nature that "the
system" creates for both women and men.
Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BWfemmar.wps
Maternal
Employment and Breastfeeding
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A 6 page paper which discusses various aspects of the
problem of maternal employment and breastfeeding.
Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAbrtfeed.wps
Outrageous
Acts, Everyday Rebellions
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7 pages. In this paper the student is to think of an
act which in some way makes the world a better place
for women, or even perhaps for one woman. This
outrageous act, as it may be called, will be examined
in this paper as well as the reason the choice was
made to take this action, and the results of the
choice. While this is only a hypothetical example,
this excellent model paper discusses an 'outrageous
act' which serves to make the world a better place for
at least one person. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JGAwimrb.wps
Partial
Birth Abortion: Supreme Court Opinion
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An 8 page overview of Stenberg v. Carhart, a case
coming before the Supreme Court in April, 2000. The
case involves the privacy issues of abortion. An
overview of provided on numerous Court decisions which
are applicable to the case including Hodgson v.
Minnesota, Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive
Health, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Roe v. Wade and
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. Traces the
privacy issues dating back to the turn of the century
and conclude that these previous findings should be
upheld in Stenberg v. Carhart as well. Relates the
"undue-burden" issues surrounding state
regulation of abortion and presents the opinion that
is only when a fetus has reached that stage in its
development where it could live outside the body of
its mother that the state can claim an interest in
preserving the life of that fetus. Even then, however,
the health of the mother is of paramount concern.
Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPabortC.wps
Partial
Birth Abortions
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5 pages in length. Considered by some to be nothing
more than a veiled lack of responsibility, partial
birth abortions have come to the forefront of
controversy. As if abortion, in and of itself, was not
a hot enough issue for debate, both the procedure and
reasoning behind partial birth abortion are under
fire. Women whose fetuses have known birth defects
most commonly utilize this highly invasive procedure
as a means by which to terminate the late-term
pregnancy. After the baby is purposely turned in the
breach position, the doctor pulls it down through the
birth canal until the only part left inside the
mother's body is the head, which legally maintains its
fetus status. The brain is then suctioned out and the
skull crushed before the body is completely expelled.
Indeed, the primary arguments about this particular
procedure revolve around the status of personhood, as
well as the reasons to even employ such a horrific
alternative. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TLCpartl.wps
Pornography
/ Sexual Slavery
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A 4 page argumentative essay examining the controversy
surrounding pornography. The writer discusses the
negativity and danger of porn and argues against it
from a social (not moral) perspective. Bibliography
lists 3 sources.
Filename: Pornogra.wps
Post
Abortion Syndrome
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An 8 page paper which discusses the psychological
effects of post abortion syndrome. Bibliography lists
5 sources.
Filename: RAabortpst.wps
Power
in American Society
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A 1 page discussion of the concept of power.
Distinguishes between legitimate power and
illegitimate power specifying that legitimate power
entails as consideration of the greater good and
public consensus. Warns that illegitimate power is on
a growing trend in the U.S. and that it is the rich
who has this power and the poor who are exploited
under it. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: PPpowr2.wps
Pro
- Choice / Why Women Must Have Free Choice in
Reproductive Decisions
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This 8 page argument supports a woman's right to make
the decision to have an abortion. The debate has raged
for decades and its time to say enough is enough!
Bibliography list seven sources.
Filename: Womneed.wps
Pro
Abortion / A Woman's Right to Life
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A 6 page philosophical argument for the right to life
of women seeking abortions over the right to life of
the fetus. The argument focuses on the theme of
dominance. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: Abortpro.wps
Prostitution:
Differing Feminist Views
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An 8 page overview of the inroads made to
understanding female prostitution which have resulted
with feminist research. Notes that feminist research
on female prostitution has in itself exhibited a
two-sided approach to the issues. On the one hand,
feminist research indicts female prostitution as a
system of exploitation and sexual abuse and as an
institution which results in sexual subordination and
enslavement. Other feminist research, however, views
female prostitution as a means by which women can
empower themselves and materially prosper by preying
on the needs and desires of men. Summarizes each view
and concludes by noting that the key to understanding
prostitution is a fuller understanding of the
applications of the words "choice" and
"consent". Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: PPprostt.wps
Religious
Abuse of Women
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This 8 page paper considers how religion has made the
world a predominately patriarchal society which has
facilitated the abuse of women many forms. The paper
considers physical abuse, mental abuse and abuse
through the withholding of basic human rights.
Religions discussed include Christianity, Judaism and
Islam. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
Filename: TErelabu.wps
Rural
Women and Temporary Aid for Needy Families
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An 8 page discussion of the provisions of the 1998
Welfare Revision Act which emphasizes taking people
off the welfare rolls and putting them to work.
Approaches the provisions of the act from the
perspective of rural women, noting transportation and
childcare concerns as well as inequitable pay between
men and women. Concludes that although the ideology of
putting people to work and taking them off the welfare
rolls is commendable, indeed a dire necessity in
today's economically stressed times, it is an ideology
which requires significantly more investment in both
time and resources in order to meet the needs of the
nation's rural women. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPwmTANF.wps
Sexual
Assault in New Jersey: A Legal Memo
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This 8 page legal memo outlines the basic elements of
a case of a New Jersey woman who was raped and the
charges against her accuser. This paper outlines the
New Jersey legal statute for sexual assault, and then
uses case information to support the legal claims of
the woman against her attacker.
Filename: MHNJrape.wps
Sexual
Harassment and Discriminatio
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Information and Interview : A 5 page paper which
offers an examination of sexual discrimination and
harassment and then presents an interview with a man
and woman wherein they are asked about their views and
experiences with sexual harassment and discrimination.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAsexdsc.wps
Sexual
Violence During Times of War: Crime Against Humanity
or War Crime?
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A 10 page discussion of the nature of acts of sexual
violence committed during times of war. Uses the
examples recently unfolding in the Yugoslav region.
Notes that the 2001 convictions of three Bosnian Serbs
for their repeated rape and mistreatment of numerous
civilian Muslim women they held captive is
precedential in nature. It is the first incidence of
an international court of justice addressing a crime
of sexual violence as a crime against humanity. that
in reality these crimes justify an even more rigid
judicial process and retribution. It can be contended
in fact, given the structural, cultural, and
institutional mechanisms which have resulted in these
crimes, that these crimes of sexual violence should be
prosecuted under the title of war crimes. Bibliography
lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPrapeWr.wps
Society's
Role Models & Adolescent Girls
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A 10 page paper discussing the effect media depictions
of role models have on adolescent girls. Bibliography
lists 14 sources.
Filename: Models.doc
Somalian
Women
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There continues to be discrimination, violence and a
certain adherence to the old traditions, however, the
women of Somalia have taken a stand and forged a new
identity upon which a role for them will emerge in the
future. This 10 page paper explores the political,
cultural and economic history of Somalia in terms of
the role women have played in the process.
Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: KTsomwom.wps
Susan
Glaspell's "Trifles"
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This 5 page report discusses a Pulitzer Prize-winning
writer and reporter Susan Glaspell's 1916 play
"Trifles" and its related short story
"A Jury of Her Peers." Throughout the story,
a great deal is communicated despite the fact that
many things are left unsaid. That process serves as
just one of the ironies of the play as the neighbors
of a woman who is accused of killing her husband
attempt to find out what truly happened. Bibliography
lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWtrifle.wps
Susanna
Kaysen's "Girl Interrupted" Compared with
Mary Pipher's "Reviving Ophelia
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This 5 page report discusses two books dealing with
the stresses and outcomes experienced by girls and
young women in the modern American culture. Societal
processes and the willingness of the medical
establishment to simply "diagnose" a problem
are part of the inherent problems in the ways in which
American girls have "come of age" in the
late 20th and early 21st century. Bibliography lists 4
sources.
Filename: BWgirli.wps
The
(WC)Temperance Union.
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(3 pp) This discussion examines the colorful history
of the Women's Christian Temperance Union - still
going strong since 1874. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBtempun.doc
The
Complexities of Abortion: The Issues of Choice Verses
Right to Life
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A 6 page discussion of the many issues surrounding
abortion. Notes that despite the common perception of
abortions being sought by strictly irresponsible
women, the choice to have an abortion is not always
cut and dried. Such choices can involve pregnancies
resulting from rape, illegitimate pregnancies,
pregnancies in which the mother's life is endangered,
and pregnancies in which the fetus has been determined
to be malformed or diseased. Concludes that
governmental intervention in these issues is not the
solution, that the real solution lies in allowing
women to decide on an individual basis whether an
abortion is the appropriate course of action.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPabort2.wps
The
Economic & Social Impacts of Women in the
Workforce
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A 5 page paper in which the writer provides an
overview of the changing role of women in the American
workforce and demonstrates their changing influence
and the call for equality. Bibliography lists 4
sources.
Filename: Ecsowom.wps
The
Economics of Elder Care
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A 6 page discussion of the economics of caring for the
nation's elderly population. Relates the demographic
changes which the country has undergone since the
initial inception of programs such as Social Security
and Medicare/Medicaid and discusses how these changes
have imperiled the fate of these systems. Emphasizes
that a number of the nation's elderly are directly
dependent on these systems for their most basic of
needs and that a solution must be identified to save
these programs if our nation is to survive both
economically and culturally. Bibliography lists 6
sources.
Filename: PPeldEco.wps
The
Feminist Perspective In Sociology / Analyzed
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This 7 page paper explores the historical development
and varieties of the feminist perspective in sociology
by examining the feminist theories (or lack thereof )
of Herbert Spencer, Karl Marx, Talcott Parsons and
Dorothy Smith. Specifically discussed is the
contribution of the feminist perspective in the
understanding of society, and does it deserve a
separate and distinct place in the study of sociology.
Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Femsoc.wps
The
Feminization of Poverty
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40 pages discussing from a feminist's viewpoint how
changing social structures have brought about
"the Feminization of poverty." Numerous case
studies are backed-up by relevant statistical data to
prove thesis. Bibliography lists 20+ sources.
Filename: Fempover.wps
The
Impact of Divorce on Women.
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(7 pp) the divorce rate in the United States is the
highest in the world. Fifty percent of marriages end
in divorce. Sixty-seven percent of all second
marriages end in divorce. 90% of divorced mothers have
custody of their children (even if they did not
receive it in court). 60% of people under poverty
guidelines are divorced women and children. Single
mothers support up to four children on an average
after-tax annual income of $12,200. 65% divorced
mothers receive no child support. And there is more.
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBwomdiv.doc
The
Impact of Divorce on Women.
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(7pp) the divorce rate in the United States is the
highest in the world. Fifty percent of marriages end
in divorce. Sixty-seven percent of all second
marriages end in divorce. 90% of divorced mothers have
custody of their children (even if they did not
receive it in court). 60% of people under poverty
guidelines are divorced women and children. Single
mothers support up to four children on an average
after-tax annual income of $12,200. 65% divorced
mothers receive no child support. And there is more.
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBwmdivR.doc
The
Invisibility of Women
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5 pages in length. There are times when women are able
to become invisible, although these times are usually
not of the women's choosing. Neither is this ability
something that is usually a good thing; although
perhaps becoming invisible can help ease the pain a
woman must suffer. Two stories in which the main
protagonist becomes invisible are Alice Walker's The
Color Purple and Maxine Hong Kingston's No Name Woman.
Biography lists 2 sources.
Filename: JGApurpl.wps
The
Mommy Track: How Women are Faring
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A 14 page paper discussing the gains women have made
in balancing work and family. Working moms are
achieving balance between home and work demands, but
to what extent largely depends on the characteristics
of the employer. Organizations such as the Chubb Group
and Fleet Financial still are the exception by far.
Most women have no options such as these two companies
offer; we continue to simply do the best we can and
involve the children so that they understand why mom
is unavailable so much of the time. Bibliography lists
13 sources.
Filename: KSmommy.wps
The
Physical Body as "Power".
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(6 pp) It is not unusual to think of the physical body
as "power." Certainly the Greeks were
attempting to visualize a powerful body centuries ago.
Today, according to Young (1997), 8 million people
suffer from eating disorders. For some reason or
another, 7 million women and one million men are
intentionally depriving their bodies of food. What we
are seeing in the twentieth century, and into this
one, is a philosophical displacement of that idea of
power, in a destructive way as viewed through the
conditions of anorexia and bulimia. This discussion
will focus on that shift of power and its accompanying
negative possibilities. Bibliography lists 8 sources
plus 4 visuals of fashion models.
Filename: BBabbody.doc
The
Reduction in Female Fertility and the Influence of the
Work Place
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This 5 page paper considers the situation Canada where
though a combination of economic pressures and the
resultant increased participation in the labor market
by women there has been a decrease in birth rates. The
paper includes statistical evidence. The bibliography
cites 3 sources
Filename: TEfertiy.wps
The
Relationship Between Animal Abuse, Human Abuse and
Antisocial Behavior
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A 6 page paper that considers the issue of animal
abuse and relates it to childhood history of abuse and
neglect and to problematic behaviors in adulthood.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Relabuse.wps
The
Renaissance: Impact on Women
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A 6 page contention that women experienced both
adverse impacts and positive impacts during the
Renaissance of Northern Europe. As women were
subjected to more and more societal ostracization from
the societal structures which welcomed their husbands
and other males with open arms, they became more and
more determined to overcome those injustices. Because
of their move from their agrarian lifestyles they had
access not only to other like-minded people, but also
to the societal structure which could aid them in
changing forever the role and status of women.
Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPwomRen.wps
The
Social Problem of Domestic Abuse
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This 8 page paper considers the social issue of
domestic abuse and considers the biophychosocial
factors related to the cause and maintenance of the
problem, then outlines specific studies of treatment
for this problem. This paper critically examines the
quality of the evidence cited and the effectiveness
for understanding the issue of spousal abuse.
Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MHdomes3.wps
The
Subjugation of Women From Ancient Times to the
Seventeenth Century
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A 3 page discussion of the ancient and historic
subjugation of women. Contends that while differences
in the societal roles between men and women may at one
time have been justifiable, this justification has not
been valid for centuries. Points out change became a
particularly obvious part of the Victorian Era.
Concludes that different women took different
approaches to effect the changes which they saw as
necessary in regard to their traditional gender roles
in the Victorian Era. While many chose to stay in the
home in the same role they had occupied for years,
others sought jobs, and still others sought education.
In comparison to the women's movement which we know
today, the women's movement of this earlier time was
muted to say the least. Never-the-less progress was
made and women slowly began to carve their own niche
into society as a whole. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: PPwomSub.wps
The
Truth About Oppression of Women
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6 pages in length. Discussion focusses on two articles
by Elizabeth Spelman and Marilyn Frye in what women
and oppression truly represents. Women are labelled in
one way and can never escape the label. For this
reason, women, no matter what their economic class or
race, have the permanent difficulty of being labelled
as 'women' - and enduring oppression. Bibliography
lists 2 sources.
Filename: JGAoprss.wps
Welfare
Reform
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me this paper ]
A 5 page paper that studies the impact of welfare
reform on single mother's collecting Aid for Families
with Dependent Children (AFDC). This paper focuses on
the inherent problems within the AFDC system that
related directly to women's un-wed status, along with
current misconceptions regarding participant status,
education and ability to transition from the program
into work. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Womewelf.wps
What
If Roe v Wade Were Overturned :
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A 5 page paper that discusses the effects of
overturning Roe v Wade. If abortions were suddenly
made illegal again, what would be the effects on women
who had an unwanted pregnancy. This essay explores
this question. The writer also addresses the effects
on the unwanted child. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PGunpre.wps
What
is the Image of 'Crazy' in our Society?
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5 pages in length. What is the image of crazy in our
society? What happens to women who are not considered
'normal'? And what might be the image of women in
psychiatric institutions or who see counselors or
therapists? What might be some reasons for mental
illness? These questions and more can be pondered and
discussed and each time we might come up with
different answers. But for the purpose of this paper
we shall consider these questions and attempt to
explain societal means of looking at those women who
are not considered 'normal'- even though we might be
hard-pressed to determine just what exactly normal
might be. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: JGAcrzee.wps
Why
Women Are More Religious Than Men
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A 10 page paper. Women have always been more involved
in religion than men, despite the fact that men have
always held the positions of authority and power in
the churches. Women were, in fact, instrumental in the
spread of Christianity to the Roman Empire. One of the
major challenges church pastors face is getting men
more involved in church activities. Why is this? Why
are women more religious than men? These questions are
explored, including the social aspects of religion and
the psychological effects of being religious. Survey
data included. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: PGmore.wps
WIC
- Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants
& Children Analyzed
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This 10 page research paper examines the
federally-established program known as WIC (Women,
Infants and Children). Specifically discussed is the
agency's history, current available information on
program eligibility and benefits, its goal and program
objectives, standards and criteria, services, and some
suggestions on how the WIC program could be more
effective. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Wominfch.wps
Will
WIC Survive the Nineties ?
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A 6 page paper discussing the Women's, Infants, and
Children's supplemental food program. Beginning with
its history, it describes how the program works, who
is eligible, and discusses the various problems the
government has had paying for it. Bibliography lists
seven sources.
Filename: Wic.wps
Women
& The Mafia
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This 8 page paper looks at the roles women play in the
Mafia and how the role has evolved over time to one
that is slightly more active. Despite the change in
female participation, Mafia families remain
patriarchal in nature and wives are still put on
pedestals. A look at the phenomenon is taken with
examples drawn from both the United States and Italy.
Bibliography lists 9 sources
Filename: Womob.wps
Women
& Their Depiction in Fairy Tales
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me this paper ]
A 7 page paper showing how women are depicted in the
Grimm's fairy tales. Writer shows a possible
correlation between societal roles and roles women
play in fairy tales, since they are read to children.
Bibliography lists 16 outside sources.
Filename: Fairytal.wps
Women
and Drinking in the 19th Century
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me this paper ]
This 5 page report discusses women's alcohol
consumption in the 19th century, especially during the
time of the temperance movement. In 19th century Great
Britain, alcoholism was widespread, due in part, to
the harsh social conditions brought about by the rapid
industrialization throughout the country. Many
families were suffering as a result although such
suffering was most often associated with a drunken
husband and father rather than an alcoholic wife and
mother. In the U.S., the first organized temperance
movement began in the early 1800s in response to
dramatic increases in production and consumption of
alcoholic beverages, which also coincided with rapid
demographic changes. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWwom19.wps
Women
and Religion in the South
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me this paper ]
A 14 page paper which discusses women and their
involvement in religion in the South. The paper covers
the history of this involvement. Bibliography lists 6
sources.
Filename: RAwmnsth.wps
Women
and Retirement
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me this paper ]
An 8 page paper which discusses how women spend their
retirement in the United States. Issues discussed
involve women working for more years than men, living
longer than men, and how women look at retirement,
among other various issues relating to the leisure
years of women in America. Bibliography lists 6
sources.
Filename: RAwmnrtrd.wps
Women
as Agents of Morality
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me this paper ]
A 6 page discussion of whether or not women act as
agents of morality. Contends that women are not only
moral they are often agents of morality, instigating
moral standards and codes on a largely patriarchal
society which without them might not have such
positive norms. Emphasizes, however, that history has
more frequently denounced women as agents of morality
rather than acknowledge them as such. The reasons for
this denouncement lies in the fact that women often
take a stance on morality which differs considerably
from that of men. Uses the work of feminist author
Adrienne Rich to illustrate the fact that what some
think is moral others denounce as immoral.
Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PPwomMrl.wps
Women
as Outsiders in America / An Ethical Dilemma
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A 7 page essay comparing the views of Betsworth and
Brubaker on the oppression of women by traditional
views of American society. The writer details
Betsworth's concepts of social narratives and the how
they apply to women in society. Traditional and
religious views are also examined. Bibliography lists
3 sources.
Filename: Ethicwom.wps
Women
as Victims of Crime
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(6 pp) In many historical studies of crime women are
show as victims of crime more than they are shown as
the criminal. Unfortunately this is an appropriate
portrayal of reality in our society. The author will
examine some of the background of this troubling
issue. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BBfevctm.doc
Women
in Comedy
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This 10 page report discusses the fact that women who
are now thought of as the classic female comedians or
comediennes of their time offered characterizations of
women that often fell somewhere between the ridiculous
and the even more ridiculous. Gracie Allen was the
perfect compliment to George Burns with her addled
logic and baby girl voice. Lucille Ball's exploits in
"I Love Lucy" ranged from her desperate
attempts to be in one of Ricky's nightclub shows to
her get rich quick schemes. Phyllis Diller was raucous
in every aspect of her demeanor. Her clothing, hair,
laugh, and jokes virtually screamed at her audience
but she was the first female stand-up comedian. The
presence of women in comedy has been expanding for
decades and comediennes have come to be acknowledged
as a truly unique source of humor. Bibliography lists
7 sources.
Filename: BWcomwom.wps
Women
in Construction
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me this paper ]
A 6 page overview of the successes and failures
encountered by women entering the construction
industry as owners, administrators and tradespeople.
Notes the presence of women in the industry has been
hampered by prejudice and discrimination but at the
same time helped by affirmative action. Concludes that
not only are women finding a new interest in this
occupation, they are seeking entry to the field at a
time when well-trained workers are desperately needed.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPwmCnst.wps
Women
in Law Enforcement: Yesterday and Today
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An 8 page history of women in law enforcement. Tracks
the role of women in law enforcement from the early
nineteenth century when they volunteered their time as
prison matrons to reform and train female prisoners to
the present. Notes the stereotypes and struggles which
women have had to overcome in their fight for equality
in law enforcement. Contends that true equality has
yet to be achieved. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPwomLaw.wps
Women
in the Gilded Age: Laura Ingalls Wilder and Ida B.
Wells
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A 5 page paper which discusses the lives of Laura
Ingalls Wilder and Ida B. Wells and illustrates women
during the Gilded Age. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAingalls.wps
Women
in the Workplace
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me this paper ]
A 5 page research paper on the statistics of earnings
and achievement of women in the workplace. The writer
posits that although advancements have been made,
current indices and future predictions require change
in business and government policy. Bibliography lists
10 sources.
Filename: Workwomn.wps
Women
Inmate Profiles
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me this paper ]
A 10 page paper which discusses jails and prisons as
it relates to women inmates. The paper addresses the
functions of prisons and jails, inmate
characteristics, and other pertinent information.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAprison.wps
Women's
Backseat Role in the Music Industry
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A 6 page overview of the history of women in the music
industry. Emphasizes that women have traditionally
taken a backseat role in the industry. This is a role
which is explored both directly and indirectly by the
various authors included in the compendium of articles
by Maxine Baca Zinn, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, and
Michael A. Messner entitled "Gender Through the
Prism of Difference". In this book four articles
in particular stand out in their application to the
history of women in the music industry. These articles
are: Cynthia Enloe's "It Takes More Than Two: The
Prostitute, the Soldier, the State, and the
Entrepreneur", Arlene Stein's "Seventies
Questions for Nineties Women", Rosemary Pringle's
"Male Secretaries", and of course Melissa
Klein's "Duality and Redefinition: Young Feminism
and the Alternative Music Community". What is
emphasized over and over again by each of these
authors, is that the contemporary state of gender
relations is the result of the injustices which have
been rendered throughout history by a patriarchal
society. Utilizes the examples of Melissa Etheridge
and Tracy Chapman to illustrate this unfairness. No
additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPwmnMsc.wps
Women's
Basketball / More Than A Sport
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A 5 page overview of the importance of female
participation in sports such as basketball and in the
importance of this participation receiving an equal
media coverage and emphasis as does male participation
in sports. Correlates female participation in sports
with lowered teen pregnancy, higher academic success,
and less gang participation. Bibliography lists six
sources.
Filename: Wmnball.wps
Women's
Roles in Mozambique
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(5 pp). If ever there was a suffering place, it is
Mozambique. World Bank statistics show the average
Mozambican making about $80 in 1994. In 1975, after a
successful but brutal 15-year war of independence,
Mozambique entered a brief period of euphoria before
turning on itself With the support of what was then
Rhodesia and the apartheid government in South Africa,
the Renamo (the Portuguese abbreviation for Mozambican
National Resistance) guerrilla movement began laying
waste to much of the country with the explicit aim of
forcing the ruling Frelimo (Front for the Liberation
of Mozambique) government from power. Bibliography
lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBfemmoz.doc
Women's
Roles in the Work of(Japanese author) Hayashi Fumiko
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(4 pp) Hayashi Fumiko's work places Japanese women in
the role of hero/heroine in a world that has
previously only allocated that status, or "badge
of honor" to men of prestige. As a person and an
author she claims the right to wear that badge
herself.
Filename: BBhayasi.doc
Women's
Roles within the Family in Europe / 1300-1700
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Women's Roles within the Family in Europe / 1300-1700
: In 5 pages, the author discusses that women's roles
within the family in Europe in the period of 1300-1700
were defined largely through the regulation and
supervision of their bodies from both the perspective
of the male and the women themselves. Bibliography
lists 6 sources. PCwrfe.wps
Filename: PCwrfe.wps
Women's
Status: A Global Perspective
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A 1 page outline of the fate of women across the world
in regard to societal status. Emphasizes that while
women in the more progressive countries such as the
United States are slowly gaining a toe-hold in regard
to societal status, there is little advancement in
less progressive countries and even less hope.
Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPwomInd.wps
Women's
Suffrage in the Twentieth Century: A Historic,
Geographic, and Thematic Perspective
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A 6 page overview of women's fate in the Twentieth
Century and their struggle to change that fate. Notes
the importance of a collective voice such as that
witnessed in the women's suffrage movement, the
Progressive movement, and the Civil Rights movement.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPwomSuf.wps
"A
Feminist Perspective on Women and Crime"
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A five page paper which looks at the issue of women's
criminality from a feminist perspective and considers
how the current initiatives within the women's
movement are a continuation of earlier feminist
thinking. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JLwomencrime.wps
"Domestic
and Family Violence"
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me this paper ]
A five page paper which looks at family violence,
particularly in relation to women, and considers the
sociological issues which underlie the high incidence
of violence against women, as well as exploring the
ways in which society is attempting to address and
combat the issue. Bibliography lists 2 sources
Filename: JLfamviol.wps
The
public marketing of sexually explicit material"
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me this paper ]
A paper which looks at the arguments for and against
the public display of sexually explicit materials on
newsstands, with reference to the role of pornography
within a sexually repressive culture and the level of
harm which may be caused from the overt marketing of
such materials.
Filename: JLnewsstands.wps
"Women
Have Always Worked"
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This 5 page report discusses the concepts presented in
Alice Kessler-Harris', a professor of history at
Columbia University, book about women's work outside
the home. When she views the world in terms of the
patterns associated with women working inside or
outside of the home, it is clear that she has a clear
understanding of the factors that determined where
most women would do the most work as was decided by
the economic conditions of society. Such has always
been the case in America but it should also be noted
that women have always worked. The differences are in
definition, certainly not in the expenditure of
physical energy. Bibliography lists only the primary
source.
Filename: BWalwork.wps
"Women
in the 20th century"
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me this paper ]
A paper which looks at the changing role of women in
society during the twentieth century, in terms of
their position within the family, changes in
employment legislation, and the ways in which social
changes affected the position of women as a whole.
Filename: JLwomwork.wps
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