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

7 pages in length. Gender and violence continues to be a significant social ill in spite of ongoing attempts at making society a more civilized existence. Issues of patriarchy and oppression reside at the root of violence towards women, with serious consideration being given only relatively recently in man's timeline regarding the legal ramifications ...

This 7 page paper provides support for the thesis through a review of relevant literature. The paper concludes that there is little differentiation between male and female fashion today. Cross dressing is discussed as are changes in male clothing and the male body over the years. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

5 pages in length. The student will find that opportunities to educate oneself about the issues surrounding breast cancer are readily available via myriad formats, including books, periodicals, organizational pamphlets and reputable sites upon the Internet. Since the student had personal experience tending to a relative during her battle with breast cancer, a ...

This 8 page paper discusses the role of the 'other woman' or 'the mistress' is the works of Ellen Glasgow's, The Difference, and Alice Walker', Coming Apart(You Cant' Keep a Good Woman Down). The effect of the extramarital affair as evidenced by the works is also included as well as some brief statistical data. Bibliography ...

This 5 page paper presents a fictitious interview with a woman who lived through WWII. Her experiences are woven into a very tight essay on how WWII advanced women's rights and ultimately how it effected America. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This is a 5 page paper discussing different feminist theories on motherhood and the Goddess. Within feminist theories are different aspects regarding concepts of motherhood and the Goddess among other historical and cultural issues. Some feminists such as Sarah Ruddick see motherhood as an empowerment of women to gain a new perspective on the theories ...

A 5 page literature review of three articles which discuss the negative affects of advertising on young women. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

6 pages in length. Not unlike a wild animal who pursues his prey, human stalking elicits the same sense of terror and doom from its unwitting victim. The very nature of stalking is often meant as a gesture of adoration in the mind of a psychologically unbalanced individual, as in the case of ...

This 5 page paper discusses Hawthorne's "The Birthmark" and "Rappaccini's Daughter". This paper explores how both of these stories treat women as mere objects and how the men in these stories control and coerce these women. Bibliography lists 0 sources.

This 6 page paper examines how women have been represented by a variety of creative talents: Virginia Woolfe, Franz Kafka, Charles Darwin, and Gustave Courbet. This paper compares and contrasts these various people in terms of how they portray women. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper considers the way that domestic violence is treated by the police and the underlying reasons for its’ lack of status as a serious crime. The bibliography cites 10 sources.

This is a 9 page paper. It pays tribute to the women who fought in the civil war. It disucusses how the war changed a lot of things, especially the postion of women in society. Six sources cited

An 18 page paper which examines the feminist principles in the works of Wollstonecraft and Jane Austen. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

15 pages in length. Under the guise of furthering the cause with education, abortion propaganda serves instead to frighten, sicken and intimidate its target audience. The essence of propaganda, which is defined as "ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause" (Merriam-Webster, 1998, p. PG), ...

A 6 page consideration of the issues surrounding abortion. This paper considers the contention that the human fetus should be protected at all costs because of its frailty and dependence. The author considers this contention in situation of rape and incest and in contrast to the right of a woman to control her ...

This 9 page paper reviews two articles regarding problems that women in prison face. One article focuses on the dilemma of maternal incarceration and how it affects children and the other looks at the inadequate state of health care in prisons. The latter piece focuses on a women's prison. The articles are each critically evaluated ...

6 pages in length. All religions had their beginnings in much the same manner; it is how the individual faith flourished and expanded that ultimately determined how it separated from the rest. Because Judaism, Christianity and Islam all sprouted from much the same system of belief, it is not surprising to find that ...

5 pages in length. Prevention can mean the difference between life and death when it comes to cancer, which is why the cervicovaginal smear, otherwise known as Pap smear, is one of the most effective screening tools for women still utilized today. Developed decades ago by Dr. George Papanicolaou, the Pap smear is ...

An 11 page paper assessing Hong Kong’s changing culture. Hong Kong, always Chinese but long controlled by Western influence, now finds itself facing a crisis point in its social and economic development. The age of rapid economic growth appears to have ended, and Hong Kong needs to better align its strategies with the ...

This 7 page paper discusses the issue of mothers who work outside of the home versus mothers who do not work, and the impact upon the child. This paper exposes many study results which reveal how children are in fact impacted. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper is a critical analysis of 12th century sexuality and the roles of women. The primary source used is John Baldwin's The Language of Sex, with additional support coming from Geroges Duby's volumes: Women of the 12th Century. This paper gives evidencial proof, based on scholarly research, that the church, in large ...

5 pages in length. Understanding how the concept of hypertext can readily work within the context of Dorothy Allison's "Two or Three Things I Know For Sure" is as easy as understanding how any single story holds multiple stories within it just waiting to be told. The very essence of hypertext in this ...

A 13 page paper which examines the problem of alcohol abuse in women. The paper examines the theoretical approach of motivational interviewing as a treatment for women who abuse alcohol. Bibliography lists 20 sources.

7 pages in length. The distinction between the lives of working and middle class women in nineteenth century Britain is both grand and far-reaching. That the working population was considered the equivalent of undesirable social outcasts when compared with their middle class counterparts clearly illustrates the unmistakable divide that existed beyond the issue ...

7 pages in length. Attending their junior year in college abroad, Adrienne and Camille chose South Africa as their cultural enlightenment. Indeed, the girls' collective experience with social services afforded them a much better opportunity to apply their academic talents than by choosing a more socially advanced society. Anticipated yet realistic at ...