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"Regulating Girls and Women", 2008.
A review of the strengths and weaknesses of Joan Sangster's book, "Regulating Girls and Women - Sexuality, Family and the Law in Ontario, 1920-1960."
1,680 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper reviews Joan Sangster's book, "Regulating Girls and Women - Sexuality, Family and the Law in Ontario, 1920-1960", and describes the strengths and weaknesses of the book. The paper argues that there is room to ask whether or not legal and social realities have changed much with regard to girls and women entering a reformed criminal justice system.
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"Institutionally, all appears to have worked to protect women in Canadian family law that made men responsible for wives and children should they desert them. There were assault laws that seemed to direct high standards in the home and with the interval of 1920 to 1960 seeing the appearance of Toronto's Juvenile and Family Court as seemed to promise that family issues were taken seriously, just as the Children's Aid Society attended to child welfare. The ideal was one of producing 'social' hearings or trials that would reflect social investigation and clinical expertise as promised better family law. (p. 55) However, Sangster is able to show that law was really carried over from before, was not always enforced in ways that protected women, in effect, and that very old-fashioned thinking governed society's ideals for female citizens. The same interval produced the Mercer Reformatory for Women which aimed to make 'honest' or respectable women according to a certain mold from women thought to be immoral, as in convicted prostitutes, or in need of correction through labor."
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'Lives of Girls and Women' and 'The Jade Peony', 2006.
A comparison and contrast of Wayson Choy's "The Jade Peony" and Alice Munro's "Lives of Girls and Women".
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 4 sources, $ 26.95
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"Wayson Choy's "The Jade Peony" is a novel that reflects the experience of being a Chinese child in Vancouver around the time of the Second World War. Alice Munro's "Lives of Girls and Women" also records the experience of growing up in Canada but in this case, it is the experience of a Caucasian girl, growing up on a fox farm in rural Canada. This paper compares and contrasts these two novels, pointing out that the most striking difference between them is the narration technique.
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Boys vs. Girls; Girls and Boys, 2008.
This paper provides a literary analysis of Alice Munro's novel "Found Boat" and focuses on the dilemma raised regarding boys versus girls.
1,212 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 41.95
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In this article, the writer notes that Munro's short story is about two young preteen girls, Eva and Carol, and their quest to be noticed by the uninterested boys. The writer discusses that Munro effectively manipulates the obscure rules of pre-teenagers to create the dilemma where Eva and Carol try to attract the other boys' attention using a boat they found.Through Munro's excellent understanding of the preteen rational, the author creates a dilemma for the young Eve and Carol to search the attention they seek, and in turn expresses the reality of such a fragile time period as the preteen years. The writer maintains that it is important that authors like Munro reminds readers of a time with simple rules so people can escape back to that certain time through the artistry of their fictional works.
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"It is commonly understood that society abides by a strict unwritten law, and through the various stages of life those rules change drastically. For example, as children: the rules state that a boy and a girl are mutual and utter enemies, but as the children enter the preteen marker, the rules seem to change completely. Eventually, both sexes find themselves fascinated with one another. Yet, by the mandate of puberty, this change does not happen simultaneously, it is the female that goes through these mind and body changes first, and as a result a young preteen girl might start finding interest in the opposite sex but not get the same interest back. Author Alice Munro surely understands this concept and uses it as a palette to paint her short story, "The Found Boat"."
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A Woman?s Place in ?Boys and Girls?, 2004.
A review of Alice Munro?s ?Boys and Girls?.
1,764 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper examines how the narrator in ?Boys and Girls? by Alice Munro begins the story thinking of herself as free: free to do and be whatever she wants. Over the course of the story, however, she realizes that freedom is an illusion and that she will be required to acknowledge and accept society?s gender roles whether she resists or not. It looks at how, like Flora, the horse, she yearns to be free and fights against the inevitable, but how, in the end, her fate is sealed, just like Flora?s. It shows how Munro is making a point about the nature of our selves and how, although society pushes us in certain directions, we cannot deny the truth of who we essentially are; girls and boys, or men and women, are not the same, and there is no point in pretending we are.
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"The ultimate change in the narrator begins when she watches the farm hand Henry shoot Mack, one of the horses she has grown to love. She watches this with the same eyes that have witnessed foxes being skinned all her life, but inside, she feels differently about Mack?s death. She cannot help but notice the horror of his death and it affects her, although she doesn?t realize it until later. When it is Flora?s turn to be killed, the girl is struck by Flora?s free spirit: ?It was exciting to see her running, whinnying, going up on her hind legs, prancing and threatening like a horse in a Western movie, an unbroken ranch horse, though she was just an old driver, an old sorrel mare? (p. 771). Here, Flora is free, resisting the confines of her assigned role, breaking free of the chains that hold her."
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Women on Girls, 2002.
A comparison of two short stories by female authors on the subject of teenage girls: ?Girl? by Jamaica Kincaid and ?Boys and Girls? by Alice Munro.
1,220 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 2 sources, $ 41.95
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This paper examines Jamaica Kincaid?s short story ?Girl? to ?Boys and Girls? by Alice Munro. Both are stories about the coming of age of teenage girls and the rules enforced on them by society. The paper explores gender roles and mother-daughter relationships.
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"The title of the story, "Girl", is an essential part of the work itself. The title provides several ideas. First, the title represents the age of the daughter. She is not a woman, not yet on her own, but a girl, still reliant on another, still with much to learn. Second, the title symbolizes the mother's awareness of her daughter. She does not deem her a woman or a young lady, but a naive girl in need of steady instruction and supervision. A third idea of the title is that it represents the daughter's struggle to find her own rising identity in the shadow of her mother and the shadow of the identity her mother wants her to take on. She is not named in the story, nor is her place defined; she is not "daughter", "sister", "mother", or "wife", but "girl"."
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?Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female With the Mass Media?, 2002.
A look at the portrayal of women in the media today compared to the time when Susan J. Douglas' book on the topic, ?Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female With the Mass Media?, was written.
850 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 30.95
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An essay discussing how the portrayal of women has changed in one segment of the media (music, TV, film, advertising) from the early 1990?s when the book "Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female With the Mass Media" by Susan J. Douglas was completed. Discussed are the commonalities between women currently important to American pop culture and the women examined in the book, the differences or changes that have occurred, whether conditions have improved for women, and whether there has been a continued backlash against feminism in American popular culture over the last decade.
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"?Murphy Brown? was a powerful intelligent female character who had great clothes, however, she did not look like a waif and her clothes were not skimpy. ?Roseanne? was an over-weight working wife and mother who dealt with family problems that had never before been portrayed on a television sitcom. And ?Ellen? came out of the closet on one episode to tell the world that she was a lesbian (Timson 1995). This would certainly have not been witnessed on a sitcom television program twenty years ago."
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Nan Enstad's "Ladies of Labor, Girls of Adventure", 2005.
This paper reviews a book by Nan Enstad, "Ladies of Labor, Girls of Adventure", about striking women workers in 1909.
825 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 0 sources, $ 29.95
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In Nan Enstad's "Ladies of Labor, Girls of Adventure", through their use of clothing, dime novels and movies, striking women workers in 1909 were developed and displayed their identities as workers, ladies, and Americans, areas, from which their cultural background, gender and economic status often barred them. The author points out that their identity, or what Enstad calls "working ladyhood", expressed a special form of radicalism and showed how consumer consumption can be a political statement. The paper reveals that the dime novels were not used as escapism, but instead as a means of bettering oneself, offering the readers narrative fantasies of social recognition, which allowed them to briefly bridge painful cultural contradictions.
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"The women workers read books that offered them the ammunition needed to make their way in an upper class male environment. The role models in the novels were independent strong women whose resolve and self-sufficiency made them worthy of secret inheritances and allowed them to escape from dangerous situations on their own. The heroine in the book, normally an orphaned worker, learns that she is actually an heiress and marries a wealthy man. She is liberated from her father's control and can now battle personal challenges with male-like bravery and intelligence."
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Women of Color and the Prison Industrial Complex, 2004.
A discussion on the intricate relationship between girls and women of color, law enforcement and drug laws, and the prison industrial complex.
4,509 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 117.95
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This paper examines how the Rockefeller Drug Laws issue different punishments for usage of crack and cocaine, with the former more prevalent in communities of color and carrying a greater sentence. White women charged with drug use are viewed to have a problem that can be cured via therapy, whereas women of color are incarcerated for similar offenses. Drug-abusing pregnant mothers are discussed, as well as the differences between the private and public forms of justice that lead to racial inequality in the judicial system. Different court cases are integrated into the argument as means of proof. Behind bars, the gendered differences between male and female prison systems is discussed, as well as the constant abuse and sexual degradation experienced by female prisoners at the hands of male guards. The prison industrial complex is also compared to a modern institution of slavery.
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"The American legal system often targets women of color through unjust law enforcement and the prison system perpetuates systems of inequality found among non-prisoners. Women are mainly incarcerated for non-violent offenses and the circumstances in which their behavior is deemed "criminal" are influenced by racialized stereotypes and the manner in which gender roles are defined and distributed by our society. A majority of feminists have typically failed to address that violence against women by the state/and or military is a tangible enough dilemma and instead focus on domestic violence or violence initiated in the public sphere. Drug laws, in particular, target young and older women of color and their racially specific enforcement in the 'free world' manifests into the ultimate form of domination behind bars, a control that even transcends the color line."
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Quinceanera and Other Rites of Passage for Girls, 2002.
Study of different rites of passage for girls entering womanhood with an emphasis on the Spanish celebration, Quinceanera.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 89.95
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Quinceanera, Confirmation, Bat Mitzvah and Female Castration ceremonies are all part of the modern world and all mark the change in a young girl's life to that of a woman. A Quinceanera is the celebration of a girls fifteenth birthday. Once the spiritual ceremony is over the girl moves on to the social part of the Quinceanera. At the age of fifteen the girl is no longer a child. At the age of 12 girls become obligated to observe the commandments. The ceremony marks the time in a girl's life when she is ready for womanhood and marriage. For girls, these rites have traditionally prepared them for marriage and sexual activity (childbearing) within the marriage context.
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"Boys and Girls", 2007.
Illustrates gender expectations of boys and girls through this short story by Alice Munro.
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Using the short story, "Boys and Girls" by Alice Munro, this essay explains the finer points of the societal gender expectations of boys and girls in the past. Many examples are used with quotations from the story to illustrate these points. Laird, the boy in the story, was favored over the girl to complete simple tasks on the farm. The expectations were that Laird do all of the outdoor work and that the girl should stay inside to cook and clean. In the end, a disaster ruins the girl's hopes of ever working outside of the house.
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"The girl had begun to accept her role on the farm as a passive female, which was expected of her at the time. She lost her sense of rebellion and with it her dreams and goals in life. Her actual dreams started to change. At first, she dreamed about rescuing others, now she dreams about being rescued. The girl has a sense of helplessness right now. No matter what she does, she will not have the chance to be herself. The horse, Flora parallels her story as well. Flora was a horse that was rebellious and untamed, which was much like the protagonist."
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Young Girls and Body Projects, 2003.
Compares an ad and article from magazines published exclusively for young girls to the ...
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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Compares an advertisement from Cosmo Girl and an article from Teen Vogue-- magazines published exclusively for young girls-- to the book, The Body Project: an Intimate History of American Girls.
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Introduction The last hundred years or more have seen many changes in society especially in the way that people perceive and talk about sex and theirbodies One of the most significant changes has been seen in the way girlsmature into adulthood and how the
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Teen Girls and the Media, 2002.
Discusses the negative effects of the mass media on teenage girls.
797 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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Because of its pervasiveness, mass media such as magazines and television programs are increasingly in a position to influence the behavior and attitudes of teenage girls. In fact, television programs such as ER and sports-oriented teen magazines have been lauded for providing girls with positive role models. Unfortunately, these programs and magazines remain the exception rather than the rule. Rather than promote healthy lifestyles or give positive role models, much of the media targeted to teens are both physically and psychologically harmful. This paper examines two of these main effects ? the promotion of unhealthy habits and lifestyles and the growing tendency of these media forms to sexualize teens and turn them into consumers.
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"This need to conform to unrealistic body standards infects girls at a progressively earlier age. A recent study of 12,000 children between the ages of 9 and 14 show that media's influence on girls' dieting and weight concerns equaled the influence exerted by parents and peers ("Weight concerns in preteens and young teens influenced by media..."). This represents a change from just a decade ago, when parents and peers were the biggest socialization factors in an adolescent's life."
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'Fat Talk: What Girls and their Parents Say About Dieting', 2001.
This paper is an analysis of Mimi Richter's book 'Fat Talk: What Girls and their Parents Say About Dieting'.
1,480 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 0 sources, $ 48.95
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This paper discusses Mimi Richter's book on teen dieting and how parents can cope with it. It details several extensive research interviews with a large group of girls over an extended period of time and looks at what teen girls and their parents had to say about the issues of body image and weight control. It discusses the whole female body weight issue in American culture from an anthropological point of view.
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"In the book Fat Talk: What Girls and their Parents Say about Dieting, the author Mimi Richter looks at one aspect of teen culture ? perceptions of body image ? from an anthropologist?s standpoint. The author explains why she feels an examination of these issues from outside the medical community is important. She reports that she sees many articles in magazines, newspapers and other sources about eating disorders, but notes that only 1 ? 3% of teens actually have some kind of eating disorder. She describes this kind of exaggeration ?a ?propensity to pathologize youth? (p. 2). "
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'Girls Only' Schooling, 2005.
This paper is a literature review on the topic of 'girls only' or gender segregated schooling.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper explains that gender segregated schooling for has long been seen as an alternative' option for standard schooling or for families with special religious concerns. The author points out that the benefits to girls of gender segregated schooling are not as great as they are sometimes thought to be. The paper relates that, though girls may feel more comfortable in this environment, their marks generally do not improve and they might suffer from fewer programs being offered.
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"At one time the norm, gender segregated schooling has long been seen as an 'alternative' option for those seeking something different from the standard schooling, or for families with special religious concerns with regard to the schooling of their daughters. In recent years, however, gender segregated schooling has been hailed as a solution to many of the drawbacks of standard, coeducational public schooling - particularly for girls. It is felt that girls can concentrate better in an all-girls setting, away from social distractions and gender stereotyping. Furthermore, there are some studies that suggest that girls contributions are sometimes overlooked in a coeducational classroom, and can better come to the forefront in a girls only setting."
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Behavioral Differences Of Boys And Girls, 2002.
Review of the article "The Other Difference Between Boys and Girls" and its premise that social equality of the sexes can only be achieved through recognition of gender differences.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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Richard M Restak in his article "The Other Difference Between Boys and Girls" examines some of those stereotypes and demonstrates that differences in behavioral performance of boys and girls are determined by brain functioning. He intends to reverse conventional wisdom about discrimination based on sex, and pursues his analysis with the assumption that "social equality for men and women really depends on recognizing these differences in brain behavior"
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