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No Bulk, 2007.
This paper discusses women and weight training, dispelling the myth that women who lift weights for exercise risk developing masculine-appearing muscles.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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In this article, the writer explores how and why the myth that women "bulk up" in masculine and unattractive ways from lifting weights began. The writer also provides scientific details that disprove this myth. Further, the writer explains how and why building healthy muscle through appropriate weight-lifting will not make women "bulk up"; but instead become healthier, more physically fit and more attractive.
The writer maintains that weight-lifting allows most women who exercise regularly and correctly in this way to become healthier, more physically fit and more physically attractive. The writer concludes that women who have been holding back from weight-lifting due to the unrealistic fear of building too much muscle may now, therefore, relax about this faulty myth.
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"To possess good health; physical fitness, and a body both healthy and attractive are aspirations as important to women (and men) today as ever before. With today's myriad convenient yet unhealthy "fast-food" temptations and our typically too-sedentary 21st century lifestyles, becoming healthy; physically fit, and physically attractive, and then staying that way, are goals perhaps more difficult to attain (and when reached, maintain) than ever before. is to regularly lift weights: the barbell kind and/or by repetitively using weight-lifting machines made (most famously) by Nautilus, but also by various other manufacturers. There is now even an entire line of Nautilus and/or other weight-lifting machines, available in many gyms that are designed to be used only by women, precisely so that women who lift weights no longer fear having to "bulk up" by repetitively lifting weights."
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Sex Discrimination at Work, 2007.
This paper discusses the issue of sex discrimination in the workplace.
2,288 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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In this essay, the writer examines the subject of sex discrimination at work and the writer argues that gender discrimination stems from the patriarchal system. The writer looks at socialization and claims that discrimination in the workplace is just a continuation of the children's social upbringing. The writer claims that the problem of favoring man over woman is deeply-rooted in our society. Further, the writer maintains that patriarchal socialization is so great and so complete, that gender discrimination is frequently unconscious. The writer concludes that discrimination will probably continue for some time into the future, but if women make as much progress in the next 40 years as they made since the 1960s, conditions in the workplace will be much better for them.
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How Did It Start?
Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling: What's Stopping Women?
What is the Problem?
What is the Glass Ceiling?
Conclusion
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"Patriarchal societies are always male-centered. In literature, for example, including movies and TV, the male experience is considered the human experience. Until only about 20 years ago, schools taught that male pronouns were always to be used when referring to people in mixed groups. If there were 39 girls and only one boy, for example, the male pronoun was "proper" English (as in "The student will put his pencils and his books in his desk at 3:15 and get ready to go home"). This kind of male-centered message says that females are unimportant and negligible. It implies that men are human beings and women are something other. Women's work and contributions, as a result, are devalued, belittled, and often invisible. The domestic work that women do, usually unpaid, is not even defined as work. For years, schoolteachers, almost always women, were hopeful that more men would enter the field of teaching because it would help them (the female teachers) to gain respect and better pay."
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Rosa Parks, 2007.
This paper highlights the bravery of Rosa Parks, an African-American woman who protested the racism prevalent in the 1950s.
913 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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The paper discusses how Rosa Parks, who held fast to her sense of dignity and worth as a person, risked imprisonment and physical assault, so that she could hold true to her convictions. The paper shows how Rosa Parks became one of the icons of the American Civil Rights Movement because she refused to relinquish her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. The paper demonstrates how Parks' single act of quiet defiance more than fifty years ago helped touch off the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
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""To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, -- that is genius," writes Ralph Waldo Emerson at the beginning of his essay "Self-Reliance." (Emerson, 1841) And, one might add, for all women too! In his famous essay, Emerson writes that genius, and true self-reliance and bravery comes from resisting accepted norms, and refusing to follow the crowd, and the mass, popular opinion. Such was the case with Rosa Parks, who held fast to her sense of dignity and worth as a person, risked imprisonment and physical assault, so that she might hold true to her convictions."
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Female Workers in Canada, 2007.
This paper discusses the book 'Discounted Labour-Women Workers in Canada' by Ruth A. Frager and Carmela K. Patrias.
2,056 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 64.95
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In this essay, the writer examines the book "Discounted Labour: Women Workers in Canada", which discusses a very crucial period that took place in industrial capitalism, largely between the years of 1870 and 1939. The writer points out that the book looks at many of the historical issues behind the persistent inequality that women faced within the paid workforce. The writer notes that, also examined by the authors, were the divisions that are seen among various women based on their racial, ethnic, and social class differences and the way those differences are affected by the female gender where they might not be affected in the same way or to the same degree by the male gender. The writer concludes that reform and change must start somewhere, and in this case it started with Canadian who that just wanted equality.
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"The book, therefore, looks at many of the historical issues behind the persistent inequality that women faced within the paid workforce. Women were confined to the jobs that paid less and the work that they did was not seen to be nearly as valuable as the work that men did. Many women also found that they lacked union membership, experience in the workforce, and training for many jobs, but some of these women did resist being subordinate. There have always been discrepancies in the earnings and employment patterns of women, regardless of whether one is talking about unskilled labor or about the higher-skilled positions, and for this reason the book looks not only at the salaried positions of women but the lower-skilled and lower-paying jobs as well."
"Also examined by the authors were the divisions that are seen among various women based on their racial, ethnic, and social class differences and the way those differences are affected by the female gender where they might not be affected in the same way or to the same degree by the male gender. The struggle for gender equality in Canada is a historic one, much like the struggle for the same issue within the United States and various other countries."
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Legal Abortion in Canada, 2007.
This paper examines the issue of legal abortion in Canada.
1,149 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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In this essay, the writer explains that abortion was decriminalized and abortion clinics were established in Canada as a result of direct challenges to federal and provincial governments. The writer looks at Section 251, which restricted the conditions under which abortions could be performed and not be considered an indictable offense. The writer notes that on January 28, 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada declared Section 251 of the Criminal Code unconstitutional. The writer concludes that social policies that support women, including prenatal education, universal daycare, parental leave, community midwives, affordable housing and economic equality, are needed in order to ensure real freedom of reproductive choice.
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"Section 251 was passed in 1969. This law criminalized abortion under any circumstances but in an accredited hospital with a therapeutic abortion committee. Activism in opposition to that law began in 1970 when Dr. Henry Morgentaler was arrested for doing abortions without the consent of an abortion committee and outside of an accredited hospital. He performed the abortions as an act of civil disobedience, and when he was prosecuted in Quebec in 1973, 1975 and 1976, all three juries refused to convict him as a criminal. In 1976 a newly elected Parti Quebecois government refused to continue with the prosecutions of Dr. Morgentaler, and English Canadian activism subsided because the new government promised there would be no further cases brought before the Court for violation of Section 251. Although Section 251 was a federal law, cases were prosecuted in the provinces. Abortion was de-criminalized, but women continued to fight in Quebec for better access to abortion services and for public medical insurance coverage for abortions done in clinics and health centers."
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"Victoria's Secret"--An Analysis, 2007.
An analysis of Charles Martin's poem "Victoria's Secret."
4,588 words (approx. 18.4 pages), 25 sources, MLA, $ 119.95
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This paper analyzes Charles Martin's poem about sexual liberation entitled "Victoria's Secret." Both the content and structure of the poem are examined. The reviewer first describes Martin's life and career. Then, the poem's metric system is evaluated, including the words and phrases used to accent certain messages and themes. Additionally, the reviewer considers the literary stylization that Martin uses to juxtapose his contemporary message within his education on Victorian era sex. Martin's use of the narrative voice is also analyzed. The author concludes that "Victoria's Secret" is deftly used to look at the deeper social problems of our day, which shows Martin's ability to provide entertaining social commentary hidden within a layer of mockery and wit.
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"The first step to understanding "Victoria's Secrets" is to begin to learn of Charles Martin himself, an idiosyncratic poet who has transformed his poetic style to fit within the nuances of both traditional and modern poetry. Martin is not only a noted poet but also a critic and a translator he grew up in New York City and went to Fordham University and received his doctorate from the University of Buffalo . Although within "Victoria's Secret" his focus is on the witty and friendly imitation of traditional Victorian poetry, his specialty is in Latin poetry in which he has published twice. Considered one of the most prominent New Formalists , he has helped shape a transformation in modern form and narrative in poetry. This particular work was included within his book "Starting from Sleep: New and Selected Poems" in which he won the Bess Hokin Award. "
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"The Bluest Eye"--A Review, 2007.
This paper reviews Toni Morrison's novel "The Bluest Eye."
1,980 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper gives a synopsis and analysis of Toni Morrison's novel entitled "The Bluest Eyes." The novel takes place in the town where Morrison grew up during the first half of the 20th century, when the area still brimmed with racism and social inequity. Although the book may have centered initially on the theme of incest, the reviewer sees it as tackling the social, economic and cultural issues of the time. The story is described as the journey of Pecola Breedlove into self-hatred and insanity which was caused by the misplaced standards of society. The reviewer concludes that Morrison's novel incorporates the theme of perception and how each of us has our own view of reality. The view of reality may be a result of what the media or what society dictates.
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"The book's story is set in the early 1940s - at the end of the Great Depression - and the MacTeer family lives in Lorain, Ohio (the same place where the author grew up). Nine-year-old Claudia and ten-year-old Frieda MacTeer live with their parents, who are more concerned with putting bread on the table rather than bestowing love and affection to the two young girls. There is an initial recollection by Claudia MacTeer about the year's events regarding the rape of her best friend Pecola Breedlove and the death of Pecola's baby. One glaring moment during that year which Claudia remembers is that no marigolds bloomed and she presumes that this was because of Pecola' father, Cholly Breedlove, rapes her, and it is fate bringing no growth to the marigolds."
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Osteoporosis in the US, 2007.
This paper presents information about osteoporosis, including its causes and treatments.
2,961 words (approx. 11.8 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 87.95
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This paper provides an in-depth discussion on osteoporosis, including a description of the disease's symptoms, causes and treatment options. The paper also describes who is at risk for developing this condition and cites recent medical studies on osteoporosis. A large portion of the paper explores the impact of diet on osteoporosis. Finally, the paper presents various drug treatments for the condition from a scientific perspective.
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"Records say that osteoporosis affects more than 25 million Americans (Mangels 2005). In 2001 alone, the approximate national direct expenditure for osteoporosis and fractures related to the condition was $17 billion and still rising. A person, especially a woman, needs 1,000 mg of calcium daily before menopause and 1,500 mg after menopause if she is not taking estrogen (American Family Physician 2004). Good sources of calcium are nonfat and low-fat dairy products, dried beans, sardines, broccoli, juices and cereals, which are fortified with calcium. Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium and a woman needs 400-800 IU of the vitamin daily. Treatment of osteoporosis includes proper diet, exercising, quitting smoking and medicines, such as hormones (American Family Physician)."
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"Fashion Victim"--A Literary Critique, 2007.
This paper describes Erica Jong's critical essay on "Madam Bovary" entitled "Fashion Victim."
1,721 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper examines Erica Jong's literary critique of Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" as presented in her essay "Fashion Victim." The reviewer appreciates Jong's novel approach to analyzing Flaubert's work, in which Emma Bovary is seen as a consumer of literature. The paper considers Emma's downfall as the result of her trying to live her life as a novel. The reviewer concludes that although Jong's essay does not offer an extensive, deep interpretation of the entire novel, it acts as an important reminder of critical aspects of the work that may be overlooked. This includes the importance of reading to Emma's interior life.
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"Thus, Jong concedes there are a number of approaches to take with Madame Bovary beyond her reading, or a feminist reading. One method is to stress the construction of the novel, and to de-emphasize the central figure as merely an imaginative creation of Flaubert. As such, the novel is not a social commentary at all, but merely a sublime vehicle for Flaubert's artistry and obsessions--even the most personal of the author's fixations like his foot fetishism. Another competing perspective is to examine the work from a historical perspective in the history of the European novel and 19th century middle class culture. The novel is realistic in its detail, rather than fantastic, and had seismic effects upon how 'good prose' was supposed to function in a novel's narrative. A Marxist critic might note how the novel both satirizes the bourgeois, even while reading novels for leisure was a bourgeois cultural institution. The novel examines "consumption as an outlet for anxiety, the attempt to people with objects the emptiness that modern life has made a permanent feature of the existence of the individual." (Jong, 1997)"
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Gender Roles, 2006.
A look at the so-called traditional gender roles.
1,231 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses how, from the time that males and females are born, they are expected to fit into what society often terms as the "traditional" roles for each gender. The paper goes on to discuss that in reality, both males and females often uphold and/or violate these so-called traditional roles, as does the multimedia establishment. This paper takes a look at the various facets of male and female gender roles in an effort to better understand this complex topic.
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Socially Defined Terms-Masculinity and Femininity
Male Gender Roles- Followed and Violated
Female Gender Roles-Followed and Violated
Physiological Aspects of Gender Difference
Rebelling Against Gender Definition
Summary
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"Women broke free of many of the gender definitions pre set for them by necessity, as well as by the burning human desire to have freedom. Necessity called in times of warfare; when men were taken away from their wage earning potential for military service, women took on many of the jobs that were classically reserved for men, proving that they in fact could cross gender definitions as established. The desire for women to break free of their gender limitations also existed as a result of the modern movement of equality for women. Also, many women defy gender roles in terms of clothing choices, hobbies, etc."
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Gender Roles, 2006.
An in-depth discussion regarding gender roles in society.
1,622 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the issue of gender roles. According to the paper, gender roles are defined as the ways that society expects men and women to act, based upon what society and long standing tradition says is appropriate for men and women. The paper further discusses how these roles have been open to interpretation in recent generations due to a better understanding of gender roles and the realization that each person is unique and, as such, may behave in a unique way in terms of what his/her gender expression might be. The paper also explores various dimensions of the terms and expectations of gender definition in an effort to better understand the topic itself.
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Socially Defined Terms-Masculinity and Femininity
Male Gender Roles- Followed and Violated
Female Gender Roles-Followed and Violated
The End of a War and the Beginning of a Battle
Summary
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"When the war concluded and the men returned home, and to their regular jobs, it is true that many women returned to their home maker roles and left the working world behind. For a spirited few, however, the taste of an identity and ability to contribute by working outside of the home was not something that they could simply forget. Rather, many of these women stayed in the workforce, and it is likely that their husbands became the ones staying home. Undoubtedly, this was the case in the households where men returned from World War II too sick or injured to be able to work. Whatever the reason, the gender-shattering working woman was in force and here to stay."
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Women and Abortion, 2006.
A review of women and abortion, as an introduction to women and American politics.
933 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper takes a look at how the US legislature has been dominated historically by males. The paper then goes on to discuss the issue of women and abortion, reviewing the famous case of Roe vs Wade. The paper concludes with the opinion that the US government is sexist when it comes to the issue of abortion.
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"The National Organization for Women (NOW) has a "historical highlight" page on their Web site that gives the dates of important legal watermarks relating to abortion rights and to those who oppose abortions ("pro-life" groups). In 1965, in Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court nullified a Connecticut statute prohibiting married couples from using birth control pills; not many people today are aware that it was actually illegal in some states for a woman to use birth control - again, we see a sexist situation coming in to play, where men in three-piece suits in state government were deciding what women could do with their bodies and what they could not do with their bodies. The Court ruled that the "right to marital privacy" allows married couples to use contraceptives if they wish to."
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The Feminist Theme, 2007.
An analysis of the feminist theme in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Birthmark" and William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily."
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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The paper examines Nathaniel Hawthorne's story "The Birthmark" and William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily." The paper analyzes and compares the feminine characters, Georgiana and Emily. The paper then discusses how the feminist theme in both stories connects these different personalities. The paper illustrates how the victimization of women at the hands of men is the common thread that ties both stories and helps us in studying the characters and their psyche.
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""The Birthmark" is essentially a love story with a strong feminist streak. The only similarity that we can find in these two works comes from this feminist theme. On the surface "Birthmark" talks about obsession of a man with everything the world can offer. This is an interesting concept since the obsession is directly connected with chauvinistic desire to control a woman. In "The rose for Emily," the same feminist theme occurs in the form of Emily's father's desire to create a lady out of his daughter. Hawthorne and Faulkner's women are, however, different."
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Karen Horney, 2007.
A look at the life and psychological theories of Karen Horney.
2,781 words (approx. 11.1 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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The paper discusses how Karen Horney was a leading reformer and theorist in the field of psychology and psychoanalysis and one of the first major proponents of feminine psychology. The paper looks at Horney's personal life and how she served as an inspiration to women psychologists everywhere. The paper explains that in recognizing that women had dreams of self-actualization, just like men, Karen Horney showed the world that women could also achieve and be fulfilled. The paper also discusses how her work has not received the full attention it deserves.
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Introduction
Birth and Early Childhood
Adolescence and Awakening
Student of Psychology
The Acceptance of Self-Actualization
Critiques of Horney's Ideas
Karen Horney and Women Psychologists
Summary
Conclusion
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"Karen Horney was born Karen Clementine Theodore Danielsen on September 15, 1885 in a suburb of Hamburg, Germany. As befits a child who would one day devote her adult life to understanding some of the universal themes of humanity, Horney's parents were of varied background. Her father was a Norwegian sea captain, a widower with four teenaged children of his own, and naturalized citizen of the German Empire. His second wife, and Karen's mother, was a woman of Dutch-German noble extraction (O'Connell & Russo, 1990, p. 184). Her fifty-year-old father, and thirty-two-year-old mother had already had one child together, Karen's brother, Berndt - this child would remain their favorite (O'Connell & Russo, 1990, p. 184)."
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Save Title XI!, 2007.
This paper discusses the legacy of US legislative amendment Title XI, focusing on its effects upon the participation of women in sports.
875 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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In this article the writer points out that when the anti-discriminatory legislative amendment known as Title XI was passed in 1972, many Americans laughed at the idea of women participating in competitive sports at all, much less female sports competing for an equal level of spectator attention and funding at institutions of higher learning. This paper looks at the legacy of Title XI, as today, powerful and positive images of female sports stars such as Venus Williams adorn the covers of magazines, and women everywhere run in marathons, take their daughters to soccer leagues or participate in such leagues themselves, and simply enjoy the delights of hard, physical competitive effort. The writer argues that Title IX must continue to mandate equal funding as without equal funding it will be too easy for colleges and high schools to go back to the old traditions of supporting male sports disproportionately, in comparison to supporting female activities.
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"Encouraging women to participate in athletics is not merely an issue of equality in school, or about building champion athletes who can win college championships. It is also an issue of health. As America becomes increasingly concerned about the inactivity of its citizens, encouraging a group of people such as women who have been historically discouraged from being physically active is vital for the well-being of the entire nation. Also, when people compete in athletics, they experience a positive uplift in their sense of self-esteem as well as their physical prowess. Women must see other women, like themselves, participating in sports, rather than simply see images of themselves as spectators on the sidelines to gain this sense of positive esteem."
"Critics of Title XI argue that by requiring institutions of higher learning to provide equal funding and equal opportunities for men and women is not valid, because there is less public interest, amongst both men and women, in collegiate sports."
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