Gender Biased Language
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6 pages in length. This paper reviews three articles on the title subject and analyzes each article. There are people who use language that would be considered biased in use. The question that is raised is this: Is the language a cause of the bias or is the bias a cause of the language used? Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JGAlingu.doc

The 'Smurfette Principle' & Today's Gender-Biased Media
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Nearly three decades after the 'Feminist Movement' and the initiation of the Equal Rights Amendment, much of the entertainment media is still reflecting lower-level roles, even subordinate roles for women. This 4 page essay explores 'The Smurfette Principle' in terms of various preschool television shows. The similarity of today's storylines to those of 25 and more years ago is astounding. . . a rather incredible fact in light of the feminist movement. Gender bias is alive and well in entertainment media. No bibliography.
Filename: Smurfett.wps

Critique of Western Feminist Representation
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A 7 page paper that discusses the argument between feminists on the issue of 'third world' representation of women. The paper focuses upon theories presented by Abu-Lughod, Mahanty, Russo and Torres, and also looks at Bell Hooks' theory that feminists must interact with the women they study in order to get a true understanding of the applicability of theory. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Femcrit.wps

The Struggle To Reshape Thinking About Gender
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A 7 page paper that discusses the need to act on feminist theory, and posits that feminist anthropologists move out of the ivory tower and into action. The writer includes discussion around views of feminist anthropological theory postulated by writers such as Naomi Wolf, Marilyn Strathern, Pat Caplan, and bell hooks. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Femgen.wps

'Learning Together'
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A 5 page paper which reviews the book 'Learning Together: A History of Coeducation in American Schools' by David Tyack and Elisabeth Hansot. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAlearnto.rtf

'Moll Flanders,' 'History Of Misella' And 'The Rambler': How The Role Of Women Shaped 18th Century London Society
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14 pages in length. There has rarely been a time in the history of mankind that women have not had to struggle in order to assert their worth as a gender. From the time when males first declared patriarchal authority over their female counterparts, women have fought – in various ways and with various results – to be treated both equitably and respectfully. Literature has long reflected this perpetual struggle between the genders, most often taking the side that support patriarchal control; however, a slow but steady change began occurring in eighteenth century London society that helped nurture a growing metamorphosis, which included Samuel Johnson 'Rambler' (Misella), Daniel Defoe's 'Moll Flanders' and Frances Burney's 'Evelina: Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World.' Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: TLCMollF.rtf

'The Day I Learned to Recognize People Of The Opposite Sex As Equals'
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This 5 page essay recounts the fictional story of a boy discovering that girls could be 'real' people, too. He even discovers that they can do some things as well as he can . . . and better.
Filename: Equalsex.wps

“A Doll’s House,” “The Story of an Hour,” and “The Storm”
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A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts the stories “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen and “The Story of an Hour” and “The Storm” by Kate Chopin. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAdollhr.rtf

“A Midwife’s Tale” by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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A 6 page paper which examines Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’s work “A Midwife’s Tale” as it relates to society and women in society during the time of Martha Ballard. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAmidtha.rtf

“A Midwife’s Tale”: Gender Separation as Revealed in the Diary of Martha Ballard
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A 5 page review of this turn of the nineteenth century diary written by a midwife in Hallowell Maine. The author of this paper concentrates upon the rare insight the diary provides into such aspects of everyday life as which jobs men were expected to perform verses women and the social differences which existed at that time between the two sexes. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPmidwf2.rtf

“Affirmative Action”
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A paper which looks at the way in which the policies related to affirmative action have been developed, and the social and cultural issues which gave rise to the need for positive discrimination in the first instance. The paper also assesses how effective affirmative action has been, and whether it has achieved its stated aims of reducing disadvantage and discrimination. Bibliography lists 3 sources
Filename: JLassertaction.wps

“Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835”: A Review of the Book by Theda Perdue
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A 5 page overview of the key concepts presented in this 1999 publication. This paper contends that is a much needed treatise on gender issues which have been so frequently overlooked by the world’s predominantly white male anthropologists and historians. A particular emphasis is placed on examining a woman’s role in regard to the family, her husband, and her male relatives on her mother’s side of the family in regard to child rearing. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPnaChWm.rtf