Women's Studies Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (388) essays
Women's Studies essays:
The right to Life. On abortion from a religious point of view.
... life they should realize that in America people have the freedom to do what they want. In Roman times, abortion ans the destruction of unwanted children was permissible, however civilization's aged and now there is a huge controversy about who chooses. In the 1970's the Roe ...
Simple paper on abortion
... of a pregnancy before the fetus is capable of independent life. When the expulsion from the womb occurs after the fetus becomes viable, usually at the end of six months of pregnancy, it is technically a premature birth. There are two main types of abortions. Abortion s may be spontaneous ...
"Terrorism Against Women" Sept. 11, 2001
... three months, the United States as a whole country has gone through so much shock, suffering, and recuperating, all because of the deeds of the Al-Qaeda network and the Taliban government which has supported and harbored them for years. The victims of the September 11th attacks ...
Same Sex Marriage: A Dialogue between Liberal Feminism and Radical Cultural Feminism
... and the objectification of individuals. While the liberal feminist views lesbianism itself as a form of freedom of choice available to but not defining all feminists, the radical-cultural feminist perspective promotes lesbianism as a means of excluding men from sexual control over women ...
Women and poverty
... and social discrimination and exclusion. It is also characterized by lack of participation in decision-making and in civil, social and cultural life. It occurs in all countries, as mass poverty in many developing countries and as pockets of poverty amidst wealth in developed ...
Sexual harassment. Speaks of the cases of Muriel Kraszewski and Ann Hopkings
... Monthly Labor Review' noted that, 'sex segregation continues to characterize the american workplace, despite the changes that have occurred in some occupations. Millions of women continue to work in a small number of almost totally female clerical and service occupations, and ...
The Cult of True Womanhood
... of standards. These principles create and have created a strong division between the genders, and therefore, caused tension. Basically, it states that men are to work and make money for the family. A woman's goal was to find a husband and have children. Women ...
Female Representation in the Canadian Government
... development, and citizenship and immigration." Also, in March of 1995, out of the twenty-four senior Cabinet Ministers, five (21%) were female. In accordance to their proportions in the House of Commons and the government caucus, women ...
History on Monogamy/
... states, and between white and Asian people in some western U.S. states. (Hutchinson 186) The Monogamy Myth is the belief that monogamy is the norm in our society and that it is supported by society as a whole. The effect of ...
Who Said You Can't Have it Both Ways?: The Double Standards of Promisquity analyze an advertisement using feminist theories about sex, race, and class.
... and more than 3 million copies in circulation in the United States alone, and 4.5 million worldwide. Not only do the nude photographs of women, and suggestive and provocative cartoons provide a vivid illustration of issues in the understanding of ...