Abstract This paper begins by discussing the demographics of women who use the internet, then looks at their surfing habits and reasons for using the internet. It then examines the types of products that consumers purchase and how Carol's Kitchen could fit into a certain niche of these purchasing trends. The paper finally discusses existing competition.
From the Paper "The existing and potential customers for Carol's Kitchen are likely to welcome the addition of an electronic commerce Web site. Busy women now use the Web to both purchase online and to also identify candidates for offline purchases for just about any product that they already purchase. While care will have to be taken to foster site usage for certain buyers, the opportunities will well justify the effort. "
Abstract "Mrs. Warren's Profession" by George Bernard Shaw is a play written in 1894. The roles that women play in this masterpiece show that Shaw was far ahead of his time in his thoughts about what women should do and be. The paper shows that in this work, Shaw presented a new vision of an intellectual, entrepreneurial woman and challenged the conventional roles imposed by society. He also included accounts of women victimized by a capitalist society and defended their rights to take whatever actions they had to in order to changer their circumstances even if that meant prostitution. The paper shows that in fact, Shaw's beliefs are consistent with modern-day feminism with only one exception. Shaw seemed to fear that a woman's independence and choice of a career had to come at the expense of something else, namely love and family. Nonetheless, "Mrs. Warren's Profession" is still revolutionary in comparison to the idealized Victorian version of what a woman should be.
From the Paper "Shaw's view that women must sacrifice love and relations with family members is the most disappointing aspect of his play. While the majority of his work represents a dramatic leap forward for women in the Victorian time, he hasn?t allowed for women to progress in their intellectual growth and entrepreneurship without a consequence. He seems to support their advancement, but is at the same time, afraid of it. This is apparent in Praed's questions to Vivie, "What happens to the world of chivalry, feeling, and beauty in the modern business world" Does practicality not appear more viable than romance in a world where sentiment has been reduced to sentimentality?? Regrettably, these concerns are still present in today's society where it's argued that a woman going to work will negatively impact the unity of the family and the nurturing of their children."
Abstract An historical analysis of the women's suffrage movement, which resulted in eventual equal voting rights for women in America. This paper recants the struggles, beginning in 1647 and ending in 1920 when women finally obtained a Constitutional amendment that gave them the right to vote. The paper includes some information about the significant women who led the way for women rights throughout history.
From the Paper "Women in the United States made the fight for suffrage their most fundamental demand because they saw it as the defining feature of full citizenship. The philosophy underlying women's suffrage was the belief in "natural rights" to govern themselves and choose their own representatives. Woman's suffrage asserted that women should enjoy individual rights of self-government, rather than relying on indirect civic participation as the mothers, sisters, or daughters of male voters. However, most men and even some women believed that women were not suited by circumstance or temperament for the vote. Because women by nature were believed to be dependent on men and subordinate to them, many thought women could not be trusted to exercise the independence of thought necessary for choosing political leaders responsibly."
Abstract This paper introduces and discusses the book "Heart of Darkness," by Joseph Conrad. Specifically, it analyzes the role of women in this novella. The paper looks at how women are represented and what sort of comments are made about women "in general". Women in "Heart of Darkness" play an important and distinctive role in the tale. They represent civilization (and the lack of it) far away in the jungles of Africa, where the "darkness" lies in wait for every man.
From the Paper "The African woman in the novel serves another purpose. She is totally opposite of The Intended, and of what "perfect" women are supposed to be back home in civilization. She is a leader, she is strong, and so she is infinitely frightening to the men. "Only the barbarous and superb woman did not so much as flinch, and stretched tragically her bare arms after us over the sombre and glittering river" (Conrad 146). She is also proud and "wild and gorgeous" (Conrad 135), which are adjectives Conrad never uses to portray the women back home. She represents the wild beauty of the jungle, and how it can never be tamed ? not by the colonists and not by the Europeans. This African woman shows the men of the novel what a woman can do, and because of that, they find her "barbarous" and frightening, and would kill her if they get the chance. She not only represents the beauty of the jungle, she represents a woman who men cannot control, and so she is even more dangerous to them. The fact that she appears so briefly in the novel shows how Conrad ultimately dismissed her, and by dismissing her, he dismisses all women everywhere."
Tags: The, Intended, Victorian, Kurtz, Congo, colonial, Africa
Abstract This paper compares the treatment of women in the West with the treatment of women from the Middle East. The writer states that while there are many different types of women in the Middle East, for the purposes of this essay, the analysis makes some generalizations of a religious axis upon which to base the study of the treatment of women in the Middle East. Namely, the treatment of Middle Eastern women following Islam, and those following Judaism, are compared with the women of the West.
From the Paper "In the Islam tradition, the view of women is no different to the view held of men; they are both here on Earth, as God's wishes, and their goal is to worship their God, do righteous works, and to avoid evil. If they follow these guidelines, as laid out in the Quran, they will both be judged equally and accordingly in the eyes of God. Indeed, special treatment is given to people who give birth to daughters, as the Quran says "He who is involved in bringing up daughters, and accords benevolent treatment towards them, they will be protection for him against Hell-fire". This, and other quotes like this from the Quran, show just how open Islam is to the idea of the preciousness and importance of women's place in society."
Abstract Discusses the social, economic and family positions of women during the course of the Industrial Revolution in Britain and the US, its overlap of the Victorian era and the improvements that it ultimately made to gender-equality in society.
Abstract Feminist theory is a generalized, wide-ranging system of ideas about social life and human experience developed from a woman-centered perspective. By definition, feminist theory emerges from within an interdisciplinary community that includes scholars from a variety of disciplines. Feminist scholars work, first of all, to develop their own discipline (sociology) by taking into account the diverse work of Feminist theorists. Secondly, Feminist scholars seek to develop a critical understanding of society in order to effect change and make the world more just and humane.
Abstract Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe were both medieval mystics who had a profound impact on the image of Christian feminine divinity. One of the most interesting aspects of their religious philosophies and of their private communications with God, was the way in which both women portrayed and used motherhood in their perceptions and understandings of the divine.
Abstract "M. Butterfly" deconstructs Western stereotypes of the East and the women of the East. It reveals the multiplicity of individual relationships and their meanings in social and political contexts. Within the duality of masculinity-femininity and West-East, the play brings forth the aspects of power embedded in Western stereotypes of the femininity of the East, which is comparable to the power involved in political imperialism. With the deconstruction of the stereotypes and reversal of the duality, the play leads the audience to new political consciousness and look at the Western as well as Eastern stereotypes critically.
Abstract Nora and Emilia are both intelligent women who make choices on a basis of moral reasoning. They are loyal to their husbands as a choice, not as a passive obedience. Each woman undergoes a dramatic change when their husbands are suddenly revealed to be immoral men, and as a result, both women choose to reject their husbands for failing to have trustworthy characters. The decision to reject the husband ends very differently for each woman - Nora leaves her relationship; however, Emilia is killed for condemning Lago's immoral character.
Abstract The concept of a fundamental human nature is pervasive in the Great Awakening. Women and African- Americans alike both received a more progressive social standing through the Great Awakening. This paper demonstrates how this process occurred.
Abstract The following is research paper on Edna Pontellier in the novel "The Awakening" . This paper asserts the claim that Pontellier was a feminist for her time.
Abstract This essay discusses how genders express themselves differently in the form of non-verbal communications. Women usually display greater skill at sending and receiving nonverbal messages.
Abstract This essay discusses how Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin draws upon her philosophy of the home, and women's place in it, as the basis for the abolition of slavery. The paper demonstrates how Frederick Douglass' and Harriett Jacobs' narratives did the same thing.
Abstract This essay examines the political influence of women in Rome. It argues that there was no political influence, since women were segregated to subordinate spheres throughout the society at large.
