Abstract This is a brief biography of Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI, who is often cited as one of the causes for the collapse of the French Monarchy in the late 1700s. The paper addresses historical conditions that shaped the Queen's behavior, as well as personal and political events that contributed to her reputation as the woman who said of her starving peasant subjects, "Let them eat cake!"
Abstract This paper addresses common communication issues between men and women in workplace situations. It discusses what conflicts can arise, what traditional "male" and "female" communication styles are, and how they can be harmonized in corporate situations.
Tags: GENDER AND SEXUALITY / GENDER STUDIES IN LITERATURE, ARTS, gender communication workplace
Abstract This paper analyzes women in politics. Starting with the suffrage movement, the author describes how women struggled to secure voting rights, then how they were still largely subject to the will of male politicians. The author then discusses the debate surrounding the ERA movement and how that debate culminated into the political activism of the 1960s and 70s. Then, the author describes how political groups such as NOW emerged from this time to not allow only women to play on an even stage as men in public office, but to fight for abortion rights and equal wages. The author closes the piece by discussing how women today are not longer considered a separate class of citizens and can finally start wielding real political power.
Abstract This paper will discuss Roman and Greek roles of women in history. By learning the different aspects of their daily lives, as well as some roles that they held in their societies, we can see how they lived. By learning of these kinds of women in history, we can see how they were treated, and under what auspices they were dominated by men.
Abstract This paper will discuss the aspects of the 'glass ceiling', which affects how women are treated inferior in pay grades in the workplace. By understanding these objectives, we can see why women take the backseat to men in this aspect of workplace gender.
Abstract This six-page undergraduate paper examines the controversial issue of women serving in combat. The author analyzes several critical arguments against this policy and refutes them with evidence from World War II, and the recent conflicts in the Balkans and Iraq.
Abstract The paper tries to prove the hypothesis that economic prosperity is inversely related to domestic violence. It attempts to prove that better economic status will decrease the incidence of domestic violence. The paper also looks at the role of women in preventing domestic violence, the reason that a higher percentage of women are on the receiving end of domestic violence, power equations in the family that cause domestic violence, and whether a change in power equations increases or decreases domestic violence. Also examined is how the earning potential of a person can affect his/her status in the family, the role of the government or community services in mitigating domestic violence, and the role of the police or similar organizations in helping poor families deal with domestic violence.
From the Paper "Domestic violence seems to be the biggest and gravest social problems in our society in the recent times. This is mainly because it is ubiquitous in occurrence and almost all types of societies, right form the poorest to the richest has been affected by it. While the modern world has considered women as equal to men at least in theory, it has also used that excuse to comfortably forget the chivalry and decency with which men were supposed to behave to women. Conversely, women also at times indulge in violence against men. It must be understood that domestic violence is not a term that is restricted to men committing crimes on women. In most cases it is seen that violence is directly related to absence of the basic requirements in life, which encourages either partners to pick up a fight with each other."
Abstract This paper evaluates both the positive and negative effects of affirmative action policies today, with a particular focus on racial minorities, such as African-Americans and Latinos, in higher education. The paper defines affirmative action, traces the policies? history, examines their goals, and looks at the various legal challenges that have been mounted against these policies. Finally, the paper includes a critical examination of the arguments both for and against the continued use of affirmative action policies and concludes by taking the position that affirmative action policies are ineffective and actually harm the parties they are intended to benefit.
From the Paper "Jackson further argues that many affluent white students have access to SAT preparation scores and have the time and resources to participate in extracurricular activities and honor courses. This places many minority students from lower-income families who need to work after school and do not have resources for SAT preparation tests at a distinct disadvantage (Jackson 290). For proponents like Jackson, affirmative action is a way to address these discrepancies and ensure that disadvantaged youth receive an equal opportunity towards higher education."
Abstract This paper discusses how, in this new generation of globalization and multiplicity, individuals subsist even with various differences like gender, race, religion, ethnicity or culture, disability or immigrant status. It looks at how, all through history women, have had to fight for their rights against inequality, discrimination, injustice, and subjugation of all sorts and how, in the past forty years, women have progressed enormously. It discusses how, although a woman can now easily get elected to office or hold a proper job and financially support herself and her family, it does not mean that women are given equal opportunities and rights in the United States.
From the Paper "All through history women have had to fight for their rights, against inequality, discrimination, injustice and subjugation of all sorts, though most of the time their fights have either not been given any attention or have been just hidden. The working class women have had to face various kinds of impediments in history to gain a position of equality. Along with having to face their household responsibilities and also work in horrible working condition where at every opportunity they are exploited, they have had to struggle with ? one hand tied behind them?, as stated by a working class suffragist. They have also had to compete with an ideology that had assigned them a particular position in the society and a pattern as to behave in the society."
Tags: discrimination, injustice, subjugation, rights, working, class
Abstract This paper briefly explores the cultural differences between the Cherokee and the Blackfoot in relation to sex and gender. It looks at their attitudes towards a woman's role in the family, education, the duty of the husband and wife to reproduce, and discusses how their cultures were also affected by exterior forces.
From the Paper "Many Native American Indians maintained a gender division of labor and social roles ?long before the arrival of Europeans on the North American continent (Hill, 1995).? These tribes varied in how they viewed the importance of women. Most tribes, such as the Cherokee, kept a division of labor and social roles, while encouraging ?each person to value the opposite gender as an integral part of the whole-the family, clan and tribe (Hill, 1995).? Most women were valued for their ability to reproduce and their ritualistic knowledge. As the woman aged, her status in the tribe increased. The elders of the tribe, both men and women, were mainly responsible for educating the youth. Women were held in high regard by the Cherokee and tribal law stated ?the penalty for killing a woman was double that for killing a man because of the children she might have borne (unknown, 1998).? "
Abstract This paper looks at how sexual harassment is a profound violation of the respect with which each individual should be treated by others. In particular, it examines the problem of sexual harassment in the workplace and some of the legal remedies to this problem, which can ruin careers, damage relationships with family and friends, and force victims into years of therapy in an attempt to regain the sense of wholeness that they once possessed.
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Introduction
What Is Sexual Harassment?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Guidelines
From the Paper "The effect of both the EEOC guidelines and changes in the law have been that workers have more rights to complain ? and more chance of being heard when they do): Complaints about harassment in the workplace have risen sharply since Congress amended the Civil Rights Act in 1991 to allow victims of job discrimination to win as much as $300,000 in damages from their employers. More than 15,600 sexual harassment charges were filed with the EEOC in fiscal 1998, a slight decline from the year before but more than double the number filed in fiscal 1991. (Racial harassment charges rose to nearly 10,000 in fiscal 1998 from nearly 5,000 in fiscal 1991.) (Brooks C5)."
Abstract Within this paper, an overview of interracial relationships and marriages is presented. Initially, relevant historical background information is provided. This is then followed by a discussion of the pros and cons associated with interracial relationships and marriages. After this, current events of relevance to such relationships are identified. A summary of the paper and conclusions are then offered.
From the Paper "Within the US, the skin color of Americans is represented by what racial purists have long feared: a people characterized by a great deal of racial admixture, or what many in the past referred to distastefully as ?mongrelization.? While various forms of interracial relationships, including those that were loving as well as those that were based on misuse of power and coercion, reached their peak during the age of slavery within the US, following the Civil War they decreased markedly. However, after the civil-rights movement during the 1960s, interracial dating, interracial sex and interracial marriage have reportedly increased, as has the number of children born as a result of interracial unions. This increase in interracial relationships and marriages has led to what some of called the "creolization" ,"browning" or "beiging" of America."
Abstract Presents an historical overview and examines the current situation. Discusses the involvement of women in almost every aspect of police work and the discrimination against female officers. Uses the example of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Discusses women in other aspects of law.
From the Paper "This essay will analyze the relation of women to law enforcement. Even though women make up more than 51 percent of the American population, their representation on the police forces, the first line of law enforcement..."
