Essays and Research Papers on Social Issues

3 pages in length. Much like the women who secretly fought in the Civil War, the drive to defend one's homeland, become instrumental in creating a better postwar life and improve the values, morals and challenges as they perceive them to be, women have embraced an increasing role in current-day terrorist organizations. To ...

This 4-page paper discusses various statistics as it pertains to violence against women in the U.S. Also touched on are statistics from Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper argues that the sweatshop problem is a women's issue. How women are abused by this industry is examined. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

An 8 page exploration into the diversity of roles women played in World War II. These roles varied in accordance with a woman's culture and her country of origin. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines how women have come a long way in society, but yet they have not come far enough to really be considered equal in a man’s world. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

10 pages in length. The character known as Arnold Friend in Joyce Carol Oates' Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? can be considered quite the conundrum, having been the subject of many interpretations; even Oates herself has proclaimed him a "fantastic figure" of many interpretations. But of all these various descriptions, ...

A 3 page paper which examines how Virginia Woolf's perceptions in "A Room of One's Own" were similar or dissimilar to the views of Freud. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page discussion of this controversial question. The author reviews policies regarding abortion and the use of aborted fetuses in scientific research to conclude that the unborn do indeed have personal rights. They question of whether the average person believes that they should have individual rights, however, is somewhat more difficult to match ...

A 3 page paper which examines the role of women in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.

An 11 page paper which compares and contrasts Kate Chopin's "A Story of an Hour" and Gail Godwin's "A Sorrowful Woman." Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 10 page paper which examines the condition wherein women who suffer from domestic violence fight back. The paper argues that the courts should take their past experiences into consideration when dealing with such women. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

This is a 4 page paper that explores the issue of abortion and discusses that it should be a personal choice without influence from state or church. The bibliography has 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how slavery for women left negative as well as positive impacts on African American women. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 6 page paper analyzes Daniel Crittenden's article "About Marriage" and refutes 3 of her arguments. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A paper which considers the particular issues which affect female refugees and asylum seekers in the UK, and suggests policy frameworks which might be introduced to alleviate some of the current problems. Bibliography lists 19 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses violence against women in the practices of footbinding and plastic surgery. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page refutation on Danielle Crittenden’s “About Marriage.” Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.

A 9 page essay that discusses Anne Tyler's novels Celestial Navigation and Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. Anne Tyler's novels have been described as "songs written in the key of hardship" (Patrick 24). In many of Tyler's narratives, her female protagonists are isolated, divorced from the company of other women, which denies them the sort ...

A 4 page paper which examines the conflict between mother and daughter as seen in Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds” and Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use.” No additional sources cited.

A 12 page analysis of the research article “Single Mothers' Self-Efficacy, Parenting in the Home Environment, and Children's Development in a Two-Wave Study” by Aurora P. Jackson and Richard Scheines. No additional sources cited.

4 pages in length. One of the most prominent issues pertaining to the notion of feminist therapy and postmodern approach is how this particular population is routinely intermixed with other multicultural subgroups that do not "conform their lives to the truths and reality of the dominant society of which they are a part" (Corey, ...

This 3 page paper examines these two women and their role in the movement. Settlement houses and their influence there is also discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which looks at the art of Frida Kahlo as it involves the depiction of women in contemporary art. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the two mothers in the short stories "I Stand Here Ironing" and "My Mother Never Worked." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page exploration of the persistant problem of pay differences for men verses women who are performing the same jobs. This paper explains this problem from the perspective of the so-called radical feminist approach as well as from a structural/functionalist approach. Bibliography lists 3 sources.