Women Studies papers

Presents a literary analysis of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"

An examination of Lydia Marie Child's short story, "The Quadroons" and how the virtues described in it contrast to Barbara Welter's "The Cult of True Womanhood."

Looks at the history of justice in the U.S. in cases of rape with a black offender and white victims.

Looks at gender communication issues in arranged marriages.

The paper discusses "The Story of an Hour" and "A Respectable Woman", two novels by Kate Chopin on the developing role of women in society.

Describes the use of U.S. government propaganda to prevent venereal disease during the Great War.

A look at how women are perceived in Islamic society.

A discussion of how the profession of midwife has developed through the centuries and what it involves today.

A look at Oprah Winfrey's successful use of the seven characteristics of leadership.

This paper examines the issue of prostitution and argues in favor its legalization.

Compares the lives of women living in first century Judea to the lives of women of the first Christian church.

Compares Louise Bourgeois's "Spider" and Louise Nevelson's "Sky Cathedral" as hallmarks in feminist art.

Explores issues of love and control in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House".

Looks at the life of Florence Nightingale as a nurse, mathematician and feminist.

This paper looks at the stages of menopause in women and discusses related hormone replacement therapy.

A discussion on the wage disparity between men and women in the healthcare profession.

This paper discusses how Angeline Grimke effectively raised awareness of slavery and women's rights.

Analyzes Kate Chopin's short story, "The Story of an Hour", about a frail woman in her middle years who experiences an unusual sense of freedom and release when she hears of her husband's death.

Analyzes the psychology of a Harlequin romance novel, Violet Winspear's "Time of the Temptress".

Presents ethnographer Brigitte Jordan's anthropological book "Birth in Four Cultures", about giving birth in Holland, Sweden, the U.S. and the Yucatan.

A review of the book "The Mind Has No Sex? Women in the Origins of Modern Science" by Londa Schiebinger.

A comparison of the two literary works, "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid and "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker.

The paper examines wage gaps between male and female employees performing the same job function, its history and steps that can be taken to change the situation.

A look at women's health, especially among First Nation women in Canada, as a feminist issue.

The paper is a review of literature regarding the historical development of the feminism and educational reform movements at the start of the 20th century.

An argument that it is necessary to look at culture, class and race when the issue of feminism is being discussed.

A discussion of the sex discrimination prevalent on Wall Street.

This paper discusses the emphasis on self-discovery in Tillie Olsen's works on motherhood.

A review of the incidence and occurrence of cervical cancer in women.

A discussion about Israeli women and female equality in Israel.

This paper compares the life of an Athenian woman with one living in Sparta.

An examination of the different cultural views with regard to marriage and the role of women.

Discusses witchcraft during the Renaissance period.

This paper looks at reasons for an increase in the number of births out of wedlock in the U.S.

An overview of the struggles of Eleanor Gibson in her psychology career in the early twentieth century.

This paper argues in favor of counseling before the use of cosmetic surgery among teenagers.

An examination of how overweight women are targets of fat phobia in Western society.

An analysis of John Milton's character Eve from his epic poem "Paradise Lost".

A review of the life of Muhammad's first wife, Khadija bint Khuwaylid.

A review of "Joan of Arc, Her Story" by Regine Pernoud and Marie-Vbronique Clin.

This paper explores why there are so few women in senior executive positions in corporate America.

This paper discusses the effects of free trade on the economies of developing nations and small communities.

An exploration of recent research on the effects and importance of prenatal nutrition.

This paper discusses the secret harboring of fugitives and knowledge while comparing Susan Glaspell's work "A Jury of Her Peers" and Joseph Conrad's "The Secret Sharer".

A critical review of the background and theme of the novel "Pride and Prejudice' by the 19th century English novelist, Jane Austen.

An examination and historical look at domestic violence.

This paper studies the interesting and dark story of Latin American culture and society, 'Chronicle of a Death Foretold' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

This paper considers the potential of marketing to older women.

An in-depth overview of Karen Horney's psychoanalytic social theory.

A discussion of three of the essays in the book "Race Critical Theories: Text and Context," edited by Philomena Essed & David Theo Goldberg.

A research proposal to study women, disability, sexuality and the image of the ideal woman.

An analysis of the reasons for the failed marriage of Edna Pontellier, the female protagonist in Kate Chopin's story, "The Awakening".

An analysis of a case study of violence against women.

An analysis of the author Charlotte Perkins Gilman as a turn of the century feminist.

A look at Ruth Benedict's life and her achievements in the fields of anthropology and the social sciences.

A discussion on the various aspects of marital counseling.

A psychoanalytical examination of the character of Medea from Euripides' "Medea" and a discussion of the effects of her betrayal.

A qualitative discussion on the background and lives of prostitutes.

An examination of the concepts of sociological imagination, a term coined by C. Wright Mills, and social action, explained by Max Weber as they apply to prominent women in society.

A research paper investigating the the factors behind the labor and women's movements in the early 20th century.

Discuses gender inequality in politics and economics in Sub-Saharan Africa.

An examination of the term "marriage"in the United States.

This paper examines the work 'Women in Anglo-Saxon England and the Impact of 1066' by Christine Fell.

A look at the goals of the National Organization for Women (NOW).

A look at the personality and accomplishments of Eleanor Roosevelt as wife of the President of the United States.

A look at discrimination against women in the workforce.

A discussion of the changing nature of marriage as portrayed through English literature.

Looks at how Stanley Kubrick's film, "A Clockwork Orange" deploys aestheticized violence as a means of exploring not only social control, but also relations among men and women in society.

A discussion on how traditional matrimony has gone out of style.

A description of a workshop aimed at married couples who are experiencing problems in their marriage.

This article looks at conflicting views regarding the perception of women within the Islamic society.

A discussion of the legalization of prostitution from a feminist criminological perspective.

Discuses the institution of marriage as presented in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales".

An outline of Marie Hochmuth's article "Kenneth Burke and the 'New Rhetoric'" published in The Quarterly Journal of Speech.

An outline of the psychology behind the manner in which women and men converse.

An overview of the outcomes of punitive incarceration approaches as opposed to community-based rehabilitation alternatives.

An outline of the sex trade in the United States.

Looks at poetic themes of female writers in America before 1865.

An account of Dianne Feinstein's life.

This paper presents an argument for the legalization of prostitution.

A review of the article "Sexual Terrorism: The Social Control of Women" by Carole J. Sheffield.

A report on the many forms of abusive relationships.

A comparison of Homer's "Iliad" with Christa Wolf's "Cassandra" - an account of war by a man and a woman, respectively, on the same topic.

A comparison and contrast of the Bolivian, Cuban and Chilean revolutions.

A look at how the Mexican Revolution changed the lives of Mexican women.

Explores relationship dissolution, the course of terminating a relationship when at least one partner makes the choice to do so.

The paper describes the development of the women's temperance movement in the United States.

A debate on the influence Disney characters can have on children.

This paper discusses the blaming of gay men for the emaciation of women within the fashion industry.

This paper looks at the issue of depression among women and argues that women suffer more than men from this mental health complaint.

An analysis of how women's roles changed during and after World War II until today.

A discussion on how gender socialization occurs in adolescent children.

An analysis of the status of women in Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew".

An overview of the human papillomavirus (HPV); its symptoms, treatment and prevention.

A discussion of the status and rights of the women of ancient Greece and Rome.

An exploration of whether Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI, was a scheming mastermind or essentially a helpless pawn.

An evaluation of the use of sexual violence in ethnic conflict.

This paper looks at the working environment for women in the United States and discusses sexual harassment in the workplace.

This paper examines varying conceptions of female genital cutting in the twenty-first century.