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

This 6 page paper looks at women's roles in politics and how they are different from the roles of men. Women as voters, candidates and office holders are concepts each discussed in depth. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page discussion of Mary Shelly’s classic science fiction. The author contends that the underlying theme of subjugation could be interpreted to apply to the societal situation which the feminist movement as a whole has revolted against. The primary perpetrator of this situation in Mary Shelly’s "Frankenstein" is identified as Dr. ...

A 9 page paper which examines how feminism has added to our understanding and appreciation of film. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

3 pages in length. No different than any other social ill, legalized prostitution would allow for states to reap great economic benefits while at the same time regulate an industry that has utterly defied every attempt to purge its existence from an otherwise respectable society. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 11 page paper discusses the backlash against feminism and the reasons why many women are now rejecting the movement. Bibliography lists 20 sources.

This 8 page paper considers the different ways in which the role of women is perceived in Buddhism. The paper considers the social background, the impressions given by the Sutra’s, the discrimination that existed in practice and writings, such as the Lotus Sutra, that indicate a level of equality. The bibliography cites 12 sources.

This 9 page paper provides an overview of the role that Susan B. Anthony played in the women's rights movement. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses the definition of privilege as defined by Mary Elizabeth Hobgood in her book, Dismantling Privilege: An Ethics of Accountability. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the problem of breast cancer, and the use of Raloxifene as a preventative measure for women at risk of breast cancer. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 8 page paper discusses the images portrayed in British Women's magazines. Examples from Marie Claire, Woman and Home, and Woman's Own are given. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 8 page paper provides an overview of the role of women in Victorian Britian. This paper considers their different roles and the impact of socioeconomic conditions. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 8 page paper considers how, over time, with different weak or minority groups, there has been the fight for equality. Real equality is economic equality, with freedom and choice. The paper looks at how the fight and the perceptions remain similar, but the arguments may reflect the contemporary time as well as the way ...

A paper which considers the theories of Betty Friedan and Simone de Beauvoir on the social role of women, with particular reference to the formation of traditional gender roles in a patriarchal social culture. Bibliography lists 2 sourcs

This 3 page report discusses positivism philosophy of Auguste Comte and focuses on the role of women in society and how they affect society and what their role is in terms of the family. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page contention that breast implants are simply not worth the risks. The author asserts that our drive to perfect our bodies is created by an overzealous media and should be overcome. The risks far outweigh the benefits. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 8 page paper provides an overview of the role of women in Victorian Britian. This paper considers their different roles and the impact of socioeconomic conditions. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 6 page paper provides an overview of an article on the effects of water emersion (water birth) on labor. This paper is a research article review based on the article Water Immersion and the Effect on Labor, by Mavis Schorn, Janice McAllister, and Jorge Blanco, published in the November/December 1993 edition of the ...

This 5 page paper provides an overview of Wiccan traditions, including a view of how witchcraft has changed over the course of the last century. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the role of women in the industrial West. The role of women in the emerging industrial workforce at the end of the 19th century had a definitive impact on family values and perspectives on racism, ethnicity and changing demographics (including increasing urban gentrification). By the ...

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the issue of women's rights and the women's rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

10 pages in length. Men are far from being the stronger sex - they are actually the opposite – a statement wholly supportable when one considers men's health in contemporary society, with particular attention being paid to the concept of masculinity. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 6 page paper examines several films, plays, short stories and so forth to provide support for the thesis that women are unfulfilled in marriage. Both life and literature is discussed. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines the women’s suffrage movement in Canada from 1890 to 1918. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines how the female body image, and the perception of the female body, has changed through the years. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses recent data concerning women in America. Governmental statistics utilized in the report. Bibliography lists 8 sources.