Essays Tagged: "men women"

A Comparison of the Status of Women in Classical Athens and Early Christianity

A Comparison of the Status of Women in Classical Athens and Early ChristianitySince the beginning of time the treatment of women has ... the beginning of time the treatment of women has improved dramatically. In the earliest of times women were mere slaves to men. Today women are near equals in almost all fields. In 411 B.C., when Lys ... to men. Today women are near equals in almost all fields. In 411 B.C., when Lysistrata was written, men had many stunning advantages to that of their female counterparts. Although women's rights betwe ...

(2 pages) 98 0 3.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Equality

In 1890, less then one half of one percent of women wereemployed gainfully outside of the home. Over the next hundredyears, women have not only gain ... , but also fought for equality in the work place. Thesestruggles have not been easy by any means. Women have overcomemany obstacles in there journey into the work force, none graterthen the views of t ... the views of their male piers. Many males thought andcontinue to think that there is no place for women in the workplace. Women made there strides into the work force by not onlyfollowing examples of ...

(5 pages) 130 1 4.8 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Baiame Creation Story - This is about one of the anicent myths of creation, how the Baiames tell it.

turn children who enjoyed the work of the hands of Baiame. His world had begun to be populated, and men and women praised Baiame for providing for all their needs. Sun and rain brought life to the pla ... from the dry, withered stems, and there was hunger in the land, a new and terrifying experience for men, women, and little children who had never lacked food and drink.In desperation a man killed some ...

(3 pages) 43 0 3.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Different image of the wife between sixteenth centuries and today

s to explain in the Shakespeare's play ' The Taming of the shrew' and two articles for ' Japanese women no longer resigned to traditional roles' and ' Men, women more confused about roles'.The first d ... ay. They don't need their husband to support their life. They can take care themselves. In article 'Men, women more confused about roles' , Lillian is an example, ' When her marriage ended, she return ...

(2 pages) 77 0 3.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers

Capital punishment

mitted murder, he must die. In this case, there is no substitute that will satisfy the legal requirements of legal justice.There is no sameness of kind between death and remaining alive even under the ... retribution unless the criminal is judicially condemned and put to death.' Immanuel Kant.About 2000 men, women, and teenagers currently wait on America's 'Death Row.' Their time grows shorter as feder ...

(6 pages) 101 0 3.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Amnesty International

y are held without charge or trial. Torture and the death penalty are widespread. In many countries men, women, and children have 'disappeared' after being taken into official custody. Still others ha ... abuses occur in countries of widely differing ideologies. Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people acting on the conviction that governments must not deny individuals their basic human ...

(3 pages) 89 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Spanish Conquistadors: Heroes or Murderers?

could not imagine was that the Spanish Conquistadors would come to the Americas and brutally murder men women and children in the name of a god. They could not see how a group of people could follow s ... s could no longer hunt and gather food freely. Nor could they farm just for their community. Strong men were taken as slaves either to Hispañola (Modern Day Haiti), Cuba or taken back to Spain. ...

(3 pages) 82 0 4.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Partial-Birth Abortion & Its Affect on the American People

and rejoiced as Jeffrey Dahmer was sentencedto life in prison for the brutal killing of hundreds of men, women, and children. Yet, rightnow, as you are reading this paper, another life has been taken. ... n clinic. Since Nurse Shafer considered herself to be 'very pro-choice,' shedidn't think this assignment would be a problem. She was wrong. This is what NurseShafer saw:'I stood at the doctor's side a ...

(5 pages) 105 2 3.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Women vs Women

Women vs Women"WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT... THAT ALL MEN AND WOMEN ARE CREATED EQUAL..." ... E TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT... THAT ALL MEN AND WOMEN ARE CREATED EQUAL..." THE DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS, SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK,Women have had problems since the beginning of time wi ... of time with rights and knowing what our status is in the lifetime. We have heard and seen brave women such as Harriet Tubman, Louisa May Alcott, Belle Boyd, and many others fight against the struggl ...

(4 pages) 181 0 3.9 Oct/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Book Review of: Alan Clark's Barbarossa: The Russian-German conflict, 1941-45

everal and lengthy footnotes contained within, so the original doc has been placed here as an attachment.I WAS LIMITED TO 6 PAGES, THUS THE LONG FOOTNOTES!NOTE3: Last paragraph is garbage, "thrown" in ... GES, THUS THE LONG FOOTNOTES!NOTE3: Last paragraph is garbage, "thrown" in to meet professor requirements on if we would recommend the book or not.Essay:On June 22, 1941, German Panzers and Artillery ...

(6 pages) 47 0 3.2 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

The Generation of Acceptance This essay describes the generation of individuals born in the 1980's and how social acceptance of homosexuality among youth has increased.

ca!...If you and I do not speak up now, this homosexual steamroller will leterally crush all decent men, women, and children who get in its way...and our nation will pay a terrible price'"(Hostile Cli ... e defined as one in which there has been a major increase in the acceptance of homosexuality. Young men and woman are coming out of the closet about their homosexuality to a much more accepting enviro ...

(4 pages) 105 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

The Corporate Society of Medieval Life. Question: Medieval people saw themselves as a part of corporate society. Explain how they differed from Renaissance men and women.

n to meet their needs.The social classes were rigid and were very strict, there was very little movement within their society. Serfs were owned as property and were responsible for cultivating and far ... ians that they were living in a new era. The Renaissance manifested itself in a new attitude toward men, women and the world. This attitude, individualism, sprung a deep interest in classic civilizati ...

(1 pages) 81 0 4.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Book Review/Contrast of Keegan's MASK of COMMAND. 5 Parter (Total of 21 pp with bib and citations) Part 5, Review of Chapter on Hitler.

"I have ordered to the East my Death's Head units with the order to kill without pity or mercy all men, women, and children...There is no time to lose. War must come in my lifetime." -Hitler * * *Hit ... ld War I beginnings to the epitome of the False Heroic. Although I thoroughly agreed with his assessment of Grant, and more or less with his analysis of Alexander the Great, his viewpoint on Hitler st ...

(4 pages) 91 0 4.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

The children of the holocaust.

took place between 1939-1945. The Holocaust is truly an event that is never to be forgotten. Jewish Men, women, and children were killed for no reason at all. Some estimates range as high as 1.5 milli ... hambers to die.The German children had a less harsh life. They were made to join Hitler's Youth Movement, which were the way the Nazis way of brain washing the children with their beliefs. These child ...

(1 pages) 63 3 4.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Hate Crimes in America

ht away. From there came slavery, one of the ultimate hate crimes on any one group in this country. Men, women and children were put in chains and worked because of the color of their skin until their ... ling of doctors who perform abortions and bombing of abortion clinics by people in the pro-life movement. In a way, it is like the bombing of black churches and killing of civil rights leaders that oc ...

(12 pages) 299 1 4.1 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Australian history.

'World War 2 was the first total war... In Australia, the government took control of ordinary peoples lives' by introducing conscription and censorship. They depriv ... ust the people involved in the actual fighting help contribute to the war effort but as well as the men, women and children back in Australia. All of these topics shall be discussed over the course of ... ffort. Aborigines volunteered for the AIF and were helping in the big fight to stop the Japanese. Women were involved in many facets of the war effort. Not only were they involved on the battlefields ...

(6 pages) 80 2 2.8 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

Body Piercings: An Enlightenment and a Step Back in Time.

at is needed is to hop on a plane and fly to Africa or South America and take a close look at the immense amount of groups whose piercings are as sacred as an expensive porcelain vase.For the narrow m ... ited to teenagers and a freak or two. However, it is something that can be seen around the world in men, women and children. In order to fully understand the concept of body piercing, one must study a ...

(5 pages) 58 0 2.3 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies

Ramped Ignorance.

pid-fire succession. One headline all but screamed out the stunning revelation that "Scientists Say Men, Women Not Alike." Before Americans could begin to absorb the implications of this discovery, th ... tart," which are meant to ensure her future family has money.Who knows? If the press can admit that men and women are different, and that parents can affect their children's behavior, then someone mus ...

(2 pages) 42 0 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The Kurdish Genocide in Iraq.

they would never again allow a case of genocide to go unnoticed for so long. Despite this firm statement, the Kurdish genocide in Iraq is an example of one of the four major genocides that took place ... n Iraq from 1987 to 1989. During this time, more than 100,000 Iraqi Kurdish civilians--most unarmed men, women, and children--were killed through mass executions, chemical attacks on cities, and mistr ...

(8 pages) 114 2 3.9 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History

"The Industrial Revolution--A Curse for the Working Man"--discusses living and working conditions during the Industrial Revolution.

d it be like to be constantly hungry and tired, knowing that you would face harsh and hurtful punishments if you didn't meet the demands? During much of the Industrial revolution, this scenario was th ... u didn't meet the demands? During much of the Industrial revolution, this scenario was the norm for men, women, and children of the working class. The pay was barely enough to live on, and the workers ...

(5 pages) 171 1 3.3 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History