Essays Tagged: "western societies"

Changing gender roles

ocesses.' Sexism is the result of that bias imposed by our process of acculturation.Gender roles in Western societies have been changing rapidly in recent years, with the changes created both by evolu ... noted the way the West had developed its concept of male and female:There has long been a habit in Western civilization of men to havea picture of womanhood to which women reluctantly conformed,and f ...

(20 pages) 1087 3 4.2 Jan/1996

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

Levi Strauss: polarities and deconstruction

ties by presenting his idea of "hot" and "cold" societies.The "hot" society is what he said was the Western societies and he compares them to steam engines. These were capable of doing large amounts o ...

(5 pages) 117 0 3.6 Jul/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

The meaning of social class and how it interacts with age, gender and Race.

lled social classes, with each layer having a different degree of access to goods or status. In the Western societies, (where I was born) the social class of a given family is most often defined in te ...

(9 pages) 441 1 4.3 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Social structures and economic forces that determine our health and our access to health resources.

ch as exercise and eating the right food, as well as institutions such as hospitals and doctors. In Western societies it is commonly accepted that if we are ill it is a result of an infectious disease ... level of being able to practise medicine and work in the medical field. In Australia, as with many Western countries, an important feature of the everyday lifestyles of individuals is that of attaini ...

(9 pages) 714 0 4.8 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Can Marxist Class analysis be applied to contemporary Western societies such as Britain?

Can Marxist Class analysis be applied to contemporaryWestern societies such as Britain?This essay will explore the Marxist perspective of class and answe ... that the class system is still evident, alive and kicking, and thus can be applied to contemporary western societies such as Britain.

(8 pages) 156 0 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Tension between Liberal and democratic aspects within Liberal democracy.

trand and the democratic strand. The results and testimony of this union is visibly embedded within western societies like Australia. As a consequence , Andrew Parkin claims that there is a conflict w ...

(4 pages) 64 0 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Everything You Need To Know About Anorexia Nervosa

become a primary measure of attractiveness, anorexia nervosa has become much more common in modern western societies. More then 90% of the cases reported are female and about .5% to 1% of young women ...

(4 pages) 111 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

The Impact of Concubine System On female Subordination in Chinese Society

In most western societies, especially in the American society, the awareness on female power is a prevalent ... erneath. For people in Chinese society, issues that are being considered as female subordination in western societies is on another hand being seemed as nothing but a regular and natural phenomenon th ... es in Chinese society, and also on the impact it has on the images and status of Chinese females in western societies.To understanding the roles of concubine system in subordinating females in Chinese ...

(2 pages) 39 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Blood, Tears, Poverty, Famine and Socio-economic Problems: Western Imperialism's Negative Effect on Southeast Asia

descendants. Spain, France, Britain, Canada, and the United States of America are some examples of Western societies. These countries have spread their influence and hegemony over other nations for c ... centuries; shaping today's North America, Central-America, South America, Africa, Oceana, and Asia (Western Society, 2004). Indochina is a region that today we would consider as Southeast Asia, compri ...

(15 pages) 164 0 4.8 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Public Education in US

ion in the United States developed in the 19th century. It differed from education systems of other Western societies in three fundamental aspects. First, Americans were more inclined to regard educat ...

(19 pages) 501 0 3.9 Apr/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Queen Elizabeth I Esssay

mprovements. There are significant values that remained the same all throughout the past and modern Western societies throughout Queen Elizabeth's reign. Thus, her reign as Queen was a link between th ...

(8 pages) 73 0 5.0 May/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

Karma

. For this crafty thought of self, the proud Brahmin was born in a lower caste in his next life. In western societies karma is a term applied to events with out really understanding why it is being us ...

(10 pages) 122 0 5.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Effects of imperialism in Asia.

"What impact did Western imperialism and colonialism have on Asia"That Colonialism and imperialism played a significa ... descendants. Spain, France, Britain, Canada, and the United States of America are some examples of Western societies. These countries have spread their influence and hegemony over other nations for c ... centuries; shaping today's North America, Central-America, South America, Africa, Oceana, and Asia (Western Society, 2004). Indochina is a region that today we would consider as Southeast Asia, compri ...

(7 pages) 94 0 4.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Australian Spirituality

ieve that the Australian people are more agnostic than anything. 'Australia is the most agnostic of Western societies' a quote from Phillip Adams. So therefore I think that people believe that if they ...

(4 pages) 44 0 4.5 Mar/2006

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Racism in Modern Canada

, as well as the Aboriginal men. In Canada, the universities history courses teach mainly about the western societies and not about the first nation's. One could understand from this, that the western ...

(2 pages) 29 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History

Essay on Sexism in the workplace

ocesses. Sexism is the result of that bias imposed by our process of acculturation. Gender roles in Western societies have been changing rapidly in recent years, with the changes created both by evolu ... noted the way the West had developed its concept of male and female: There has long been a habit in Western civilization of men to have a picture of womanhood to which women reluctantly conformed, and ...

(8 pages) 96 0 1.7 Jul/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Arranged Marriages

since Becker (1973). Further, this interest has largely been restricted to the study of marriage in western societies in a deterministic setting. The fact that interpersonal communication processes in ... s (hereafter well-wishers), take upon themselves the task of looking for a suitable bride. While in western societies, the agent wishing to marry generally looks for a partner himself, in an arranged ...

(15 pages) 106 0 3.5 Aug/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Sufism: To what extent has Sufism adjusted to the modern world?

nd practice; development of Sufism in the Islamic and eastern societies; migration of Sufism to the western societies; changes; women in Sufism, poetry; music; dance; Barelvism and Sufism in Bradford. ... nd it was through the "Kashmiris" (Qadr, 1965, pg 84) or Mirpuris that Sufism was introduced to the western societies. One of the early Sufi immigrants was a great Sufi, Innayat Khan. Khan was born in ...

(14 pages) 80 0 5.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Response to Anthropological Editions Essay #5 "Where Fat is a Mark of Beauty"

standard of physical beauty that is different than one might find common in United States or other Western societies. In the particular Nigerian tribe that the author details, a young girl named Marg ...

(2 pages) 18 0 3.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Analysis of Variables in Early Maternal Employment that Influence Child Outcomes

labour market participation of women with very young children has seen an unprecedented increase in Western societies in recent decades (Berger, Hill &Waldfogel, 2005). The percentage of women in ... , 35(4),755-774.Dench, S. Aston, J., Evans, C. et al. (2002). Key indicators of women's position in WesternSociety. Women and Equality Unit.Doherty, G., Lero, D. S., Goelman, H., LaGrange, A. and Toug ...

(18 pages) 94 0 3.7 Jan/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology