Women's Studies Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (388) essays
Women's Studies essays:
Abortion a womans right
... termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival or when the embryo or fetus is not wanted. Almost half of the women in the United States will have an abortion by the age of 45. Most of the abortions that are performed are in the first trimester of ...
Women in combat why not?
... homophobia, promise creepers, senile senators, proselytizing preachers, and military machismo. The antiquated concepts that fill the closed minds of the "brotherhood of the sword", - the military establishment - with its tailhook mentality and its martenetistic attitude - have created a brain-lock ...
Compare the National Woman Suffrage Association and American Woman Suffrage Association
... Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was not the beginning of the women's rights movement. Moral reform groups had already begun gaining ranks and the convention only lit the fire among women who were determined not to be second-class citizens. The Declaration of Sentiments was drawn up at the convention ...
How Women Are Presented In The Media
... are several reasons that made me believe this. First of all many commercials these days involve women in powerful roles, such as one commercial for Gatorade, where Cynthia Cooper of the WNBA is presented as a strong, powerful role model, instead of the stereotypical male ...
All-american Girls Professional Baseball League
... taking place, the girl's softball league evolved into a woman's baseball league. All of the above reasons are why these women were entered into the Hall of Fame. They went far past the visions and expectations of ...
Capitalism & Free Trade
... of the world" is one of these places. According to the article "The Globe Trotting Sneaker" the workers in these assembly factories are predominantly women. The article also highlights the fact that South Korea has a military government that possesses a ...
Feminism Speech
... second class citizens. In Indonesia, 80% of the people working in the sweatshops of Nike and Adidas are young women who live in a desperate cycle of poverty. In countries like Afghanistan, women are beaten, raped, abused and oppressed. Women can be stoned ...
Women In Male Dominated Sports
... society. Why would any female want to participate on a male dominated team, much less in a male dominated sport? Well most females choose to participate to accept the challenge of the sport. A lot of females play the sport to challenge the stereotypical thought ...
A Leader in Reproductive Health Policy Creation
... take a stand. I volunteered for a Democratic congressional campaign, where I briefed the candidate on abortion rights and sexuality issues in health care reform. I used my visible position in Planned Parenthood to lobby at the state ...
The Establishment of Feminist Writing
... A Vindication of the Rights of Woman she says, ?Instead of gaming they might nourish a virtuous ambition, and love might take the place of ...