Essays and Research Papers on Women's Studies (All)

20 pages in length. That sex work and prostitution have been singled out from the fundamental standards of service work speaks to a combination of patriarchal and religious underpinnings. Indeed, the very nature of service work is to provide a valuable service to the paying party; whether or not that particular service proves ...

A 5 page book review that examines Ruth Cowan' More Work for Mother. In this text, Cowan offers validation for the quantity and quality of the contribution that is made by unsung housewives toward society. Examining the topic of housework from colonial times to the present, Cowan argues that housewives have never received the recognition ...

A 5 page paper which examines how women are portrayed in “Antigone,” Chaucer’s “Wife of Bath,” and the story of Kenreimon’in. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.

This 6 page report discusses Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman by Marjorie Shostak (1981). The story of Nisa herself reveals a world that still exists but that most Westerners have only experienced through National Geographic documentaries. During nearly two years Shostak spent interviewing !Kung women in the Dobe area of northwestern ...

15 pages in length. After World War II, business attempted to create a predictable market out of growing families. Capitalizing on the Post-War ideology of breadwinning fathers, the new ways in which children were being viewed and raised, and the notions of women as stay at home mothers, the new market focused on ...

A 5 page paper examining the minor women in Kate Chopin’s late work. Madame Lebrun is not “invisible” but is diminished in significance through her “impertinence” and failure to see others accurately. Young black women in the employ of white or Creole women are just invisible, to the point that Chopin does not ...

A 5 page review of the findings of this 2001 research. Arnold, Stewart, and McNeece explore the issues surrounding prostitution in an effort to gain a better understanding of what causes women to choose to engage in the behavior and, potentially, to commit acts of violence themselves. No additional sources are listed.

This 5 page paper discusses the elements of feminism in the book, Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Issues addressed are themes, symbols, and comparison of Bradley's tale to the tale of Sir Thomas Malory's The Death of Arthur. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

5 pages. This paper argues that anthropologists should work to eliminate the practice of female circumcision. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 7 page essay that contrasts and compares the narratives of Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper." The writer argues that these works portray the subjugated position of women under nineteenth century patriarchy, and that a close reading of these works reveals not only that the female protagonist ...

A 5 page review of the feminist implications of this novel depicting the trials and tribulations of Chinese American daughters as they are impacted by the past experiences of their mothers in pre-Communist China. The feminist overtones of “The Joy Club” are impossible to miss. It is replete with sexism and also such ...

A 5 page research paper that analyzes whether or not American society has become the "land of opportunity" for women. The writer accesses the success of the women's movement, listing its accomplishments, and concluding that it has been largely successful a. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page paper which discusses the life of Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the role of women in China and how it has changed and evolved, especially since the Cultural Revolution. This paper explains the traditional role of women as well as the current status of women in China. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the tribut of Augustine to his mother and analyzes her role. Furthermore, this paper compares and contrasts Monica with Rebekah in Genesis and Homer's Penelope (from The Odyssey). Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 5 page paper examines the role of women in both China and India and determines how their role has changed in recent years. Furthermore, this paper discusses the Cultural Revolution in China as a turning point for those women. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the argument which insists that pornography be banned due to the damage cause to the image of women. The works used are Helen E. Longino’s “Pornography, Oppression, and Freedom: A Closer Look” and Mark R. Wicclair’s “Feminism, Pornography, and Censorship.” No additional sources cited.

This is a 10 page paper discussing the fold theory and the female body in time and space and the arts. Over the course of history the concept of woman has varied from being something biological which is manipulated by man, to something that is not having space but being space. Within the concept of ...

This 15 page paper discusses the influence of Mary Richmond on the world of sociology and the social worker, but also in other historical events such as women's suffrage and child welfare. Bibliography lists 17 sources.

A 5 page analysis of the rocky relationship which exist between a mother and a teenage daughter. This relationship has been complicated by the divorce of the parents but it extends much further back into time than the divorce itself. On the outside, this is a story of a joyous outing between mother ...

A 5 page paper which examines Alexis de Tocqueville’s understanding of the contribution of women as seen in his work “Democracy in America.” No additional sources cited.

This 5 page paper examines the 1950's era and the role of women. This paper reveals that many of these women inhabited domestic roles simply out of lack of other viable opportunity, and that much has changed for women since those post-war days. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page review of an article celebrating the complexity of human life and our understanding of that life. In it author Madeleine Nash traces human development from the point of fertilization of the egg to birth, noting the similarities which exist between human life forms and non-human. Nash’s article, although replete with ...

8 pages in length. There are untold numbers of events that have taken place to illustrate the extent to which humanity has become far too wrapped up in the capitalistic quest for success. Whether these examples are based upon conspicuous consumption at the expense of abject poverty, workaholism that has caused the aspect ...

5 pages in length. A patriarchal society depicts women as lacking something, a point that is made perfectly clear by perusing the commonplace advertisements – print, radio, billboards and television – that openly imply women are in need of surgical alteration: eyes, breasts, thighs or protruding stomach. Clearly, the overall effect created by ...