Women's Studies Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (388) essays
Women's Studies essays:
Gender Issues in Advertisements
... advertisements according to gender stereotypes of men and women. He addresses these issues in a slide show containing advertisements of women in which the body images are unattainable. The male ideal is imposed upon women through advertisements. Women traditionally take on the submissive role ...
Women's roles in society, the pressures of being beautiful.
... stereotypes and judge themselves by these unrealistic standards. We learn to compare ourselves to other women and compete with each other for male attention. Often times preparing ourselves for this level of competition requires strict training. Excessive exercise and eating disorders ...
Women's Liberation Movement (1960's)
... women held their countries' highest elective offices by 1970. Sirimavo Bandaranaike was prime minister of Ceylon from 1960 to 1965 and from 1970 to 1977. Indira Gandhi was prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. Carrie Chapman Catt ...
Women's starvation in the early 20th century.
... of the restraints endured by humans, especially women of the nineteenth century. In a male-dominated society, men subjugated the women, who were forced into a life of confinement and limitation. Nora from Henrik Ibsen ... of you and Jane. And I've pulled off most of ...
Equality
... women that had an interest in this field, because no men lawyers would ever dream of having a female apprentice. The emergence of law schools made the job of a lawyer remotely accessible, but by no means easy. Such is the case of ...
Abortion is a difficult decision.
... idea what is involved in each person?s case? Abortion is a very sensitive issue because there are many reasons for having an abortion. And a lot of the time it is not just because a lady does not want to have ...
Elizabehth Cady Stanton - discuss her contribution to the women's movement and the difficulties she encountered.
... were all leaders of the early women's rights movement. Select one of these women and discuss her contribution to the movement and the difficulties she encountered. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born November 12, 1815, in Johnstown, New York. She was the fourth of six children. Later ...
It's about the increase of female criminals as a result of changing gender roles in society today.
... womens' liberation and was leading to emancipation of women into taking a larger share of crime. The process of defining deviant behaviour in women, is a social reaction to the concept of women and crime. The media plays a role in determining what is deviant, by their portrayal of women. Stereotyped ...
My Great-Grandmother was not a Person
... of the marketing machine. Men can help too. Large corporations, fashions, Hollywood, Disney, Mattel and every sort of advertising that exploits women have a destructive message for society, that women are not perceived as equals. By educating out children and the following generations that gender ...
Gender inequality in workplace.
... role in gender stereotyping. Individuals begin learning stereotypes as early as in their infancy. According to The Reproduction Mothering theory by Nancy Chodorow (1978), infants learn expected gender behaviors and stereotypes ...