Essays and Research Papers on Social Issues

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.

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 12-page paper focuses on the concept of women and urban environments. The concept of the paper follows the suggestion that today's housing environments aren't conducive to two-couple earnings because planning and development are still male-dominated issues. Bibliography lists 11 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the work “Ar’n’t I a Woman” by Deborah Gray White. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper discussing the course of change from women’s perspective over the years. It appears that advances for women in general are preceded with intense social change. It was not until the 1970s that women made noticeable and lasting advances in Australia, after the “women’s movement” had been operational for some ...

This 4 page report discusses Walker's 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple. The emotional, spiritual, and psychological growth of Celie is presented along with the fact that much of her development occurs because of her exposure to strong and courageous women. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper summarizes a NEw York Times article about granting asylum to immigrants who face extreme domestic abuse. Quotes and examples given. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 3 page paper argues that there are positive effects of working motherhood on children as well as on the mothers themselves. Several factors are noted. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page research paper that examines the wage discrepancy between those earned by men as compared to the average wage for women. The writer discusses current statistics, the idea of wages for housework, and the wages for women factory workers in the nineteenth century. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

10 pages in length. The presence of domestic violence is a worldwide inhumanity that only recently has been worthy of closer consideration. Thanks in great part to the direction many developed countries have taken toward eradicating such cruel and unmitigated gender inequity, many global communities are taking steps to quell the indignity. ...

This 5 page paper argues that prostitution is inherently degrading to women. This paper provides a number of reasons in support of this position as well as referring to the philosophy of Kant as means of further explanation. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 5 page paper provides analysis of the difference between the way in which the narrator presents the main character Phoenix versus the way in which the other characters in this story perceive her. This paper bases this analysis on the difference between the internal reality of Phoenix versus the way in which others ...

A paper which looks at the future of women in the scientific community, with particular reference to feminist science and the cultural barriers which hinder women scientists from contributing fully to the field. Bibliography lists 7 sources

This 3 page paper provides an analysis of what Hester thinks about her sin. Furthermore, this paper examines whether or not Hawthorne himself approved of her attitude toward her sin. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

An 8 page research paper/essay that analyzes Susan Glasgpell's major thesis in her 1916 play "Trifles," which tells how two women discern the motive and circumstances between a murder and hide evidence that would have implicated the man's wife because they can see that the woman was abused. The writer argues that Glaspell's ...

A paper which considers the Frye Rule, and its application in the modern judicial system, with particular reference to the battered women syndrome formulated by Walker. Bibliography lists 4 sources

This 5 page paper examines social contract theory from a specifically feminist perspective. This paper relies upon the theories of such notable theorists as Carol Pateman, Judith Butler and Michel Foucault. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 3 page essay that offers the writer's personal opinion on abortion and offers a possible solution where consensus might be reached by the majority of the American public. The writer first briefly states the pro-life and pro-choice positions, refuting key points. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the role that birth and motherhood play in Barbara Gowdy's, "Falling Angel" and Robertson Davies', "Fifth Business". This paper compares and contrasts the very different views of the authors on these issues. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page research paper that examines the organization the Feminist Majority Foundation, which was founded to promote women's equality and productive health. The writer examines the foundation's principal goals, political stance, and policy objectives. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

8 pages in length. Gender inequity has long been a social ill inextricably linked with female oppression, with the homefront the primary location where this predisposition is most apparent. According to Meg Luxton, author of "More Than A Labour of Love: Three Generations of Women's Work in the Home," the free labor women ...

20 pages in length. The discomfort that fear and unfamiliarity breeds has lead many societies to condemn certain populations for no rational reason. Looking back into history, perhaps no other example illustrates how unmitigated alarm and ignorance can create a living hell for those on the receiving end of such prejudiced treatment as ...

This 7 page paper discusses the impact of domestic violence on society. Perspectives offered from healthcare, criminal justice system, and sociologists. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

This is a 15 page paper discussing the concept “committed relationship”. Definitions of a “committed relationship” differ according to historical, religious, social or modern-day references. Basically, according to the New Webster’s Dictionary “committed” is defined as “to give in keeping, entrust” or “to bind, pledge” and “relationship” or “the state of being related” is “the ...

A 4 page essay written from the perspective of a woman from the early 1930s insisting that women emit a collective voice against the patriarchal society which has kept them bound ideologically even to the extent of determining their body images! The essay emphasizes the sense of women’s independence which has resulted from World ...