Women's Studies Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (388) essays
Women's Studies essays:
Feminist Analysis of In Vitro Fertilization .
... constitute human life and have rights of their own. The findings of Roe v. Wade do not apply in this case because the embryo is not inside the mother's body. (Callahan, 1995, p. 137-138) Another risk for society is the use of the anonymous donation of sperm. This creates a society of children ...
Challenges to Roe v. Wade - women's right to privacy?
... the following years have brought new challenges towards women's constitutional right to privacy, introducing restrictions which would likely lead to complete ban to abortion. The most recent - and the most threatening for abortion advocates - is the so-called "Partial-Birth Abortion Ban ...
Women in Combat
... hospital transport aircraft carrying wounded soldiers back from the front and in field hospitals set near the front. In recognition of the service of women in the military in WWII, congress passed the Women's Armed Services Integration Act of 1948. This bill allowed women, for the first time, to ...
The Objectification of Women in Advertising: What are the Affects on Society ?
... to approximately "37,000 ads per year", on television alone. Jean Kilbourne, probably the best-known advocate of raising awareness about the exploitation of women in advertising, claims that, "we are exposed to over 2000 ads a day, constituting perhaps the most powerful educational force in ...
University is a gendered institution and knowledge is also gendered.
... the sperm is strong and powerful. This indicates, allegedly, that women are always fragile and inactive because of their biological traits and organs like ovaries, whereas men are always tough and acted as a hero to activate the egg ...
The point of views of abortion both pro-life and pro-choice.
... the constitution gives them the right to be able to make their own decisions about abortion. The First amendment of the United States Constitution states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the ...
What evidence is there to show women in the legal profession suffer from discrimination?
... to find pupillages and permanent places in chambers, were asked questions about marriage and children, earned less than men and were less able to find work in their area of choice. Women were disproportionately likely to miss out on training contracts according to the ...
Jane Addams: A Look at her Influence on Americna History
... in the Civil War and served as state senator for sixteen years. The spark that was in her father to help people and fight for what was right was passed on the Addams. As a child, Addams was not allowed to participate in the normal activities that other children ...
"Pimps Up, Ho's Down" by T. Denean Sharpely-Whiting
... that young black women feel forced to try and conform to. I was relieved, because until that point I wasn't exactly sure why I was reading so much about Snoop Dogg in Rio de Janeiro and the girls of Brazil. In the next chapter of her ...
Essay describing women's workplace through use of article by Fredrick Lewis Allen
... the biggest focus. They received the vote when the 19th Amendment passed in 1920, and at the same time got new jobs. They were changing socially and getting more opportunities economically. Women had now started to get new jobs like working in the office as opposed to working at Marshal Fields ...