Carol Lakey Hess’ “Caretakers of Our Common House”: Gender Socialization and Women and Conversational Education (Chapter 6)
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This is a 6 page paper discussing Hess’ “Caretakers of Our Common House”. Carol Lakey Hess’ “Caretakers of Our Common House: Women’s Development in Communities of Faith” studies not only areas connected with faith, theology and women’s experience but also the various aspects in the difference of female socialization in regards to “caring and connection” and how this relates to theological interpretation. The idea of the practice of faith within communities relates to Hess’ argument that separation and connection is obtained through “hard dialogues and deep connections” in which girls and women care be nurtured to be caretakers of their “own house” (self) as well as the “common house” (the community of faith). Women, through conversational education and strong leadership in the religious community can overcome the generations of gender socialization which have largely led to men as powerful and women as servile, caring, and supportive which has resulted in women “losing themselves” to societal roles. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Cary Churchill and Sylvia Plath: Similar Yet Different Feminists Messages in Literature
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An 8 page examination of Plath’s “The Bell Jar” and Churchill’s “Top Girl” and the underlying societal messages. The author of this paper contends that each of these women’s work is largely directed at the injustices of a patriarchal society. The manner in which these women deal with those injustices, however, vary considerably. Each utilizes their personal experiences to form the basis for political critique. While Plath does so from the individualist perspective, however, Churchill approaches said change from a societal standpoint. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Case Study of Rena Graybeal: Gerontology Theories of Disengagement and Activity
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This is an 11 page paper discussing a case study of an elderly woman in regards to the gerontology theories of disengagement and activity. A case study of an elderly woman, Rena Graybeal, consists of two aspects: part one, her biography which explores her biographical details, education, social supports, retirement, finances, politics, religion, relationships and health status; and, part two, her life in relation to the gerontology theories of disengagement and activity. The disengagement theory and the activity theory present two contrasting concepts of what functional roles older individuals play in society: disengagement, in which older individuals gradual disengage themselves from activities in society in order to allow for the younger generations which leads to life satisfaction; and activity, in which older individuals continue to maintain high activity levels in order to continue to contribute to society which leads to life satisfaction. Upon reviewing Rena Graybeal’s biography and current life, it becomes obvious to readers that Rena has always had and continues to have an active life consistent with the activity theory. Rena continues to contribute to this generation and the next, is aware of political, environmental and social issues, and maintains an open-mind in regards to religion, politics, family and other important components which makes her a functional member of society. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Cash Grants for Earned Income: An Analysis of Three Hypothetical Approaches
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A 2 page analysis of earned income strategies designed to aid working women in Hawaii. Outlines Hawaii's current approach and compares that approach to two hypothetical approaches. Each involves a cash grant for earned income but the budget constraints for each differ both in the maximum work hours allowed without taxation and in the rate of taxation. Concludes that the second hypothetical approach is superior as it rewards women who work a minimum or one-hundred hours per month with an increased cash grant. The other two approaches actually penalize women who work over forty hours per month by requiring that the cash grant be taxed away. No sources are listed.
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution"
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A 6 page analysis of these two nineteenth century works. The author of this paper contends that books stands in testament to the historical sacrifice of female qualities for male qualities due to perceived societal need which has been a component of our lives presumably since the beginning of human reign on the earth. This sacrifice had perhaps reached its peak by the nineteenth century. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Child Pornography and Prostitution: A Question of Economics?
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A 5 page argument that while some feminists view prostitution and pornography involving adult women as a means of economic betterment, the exploitation of children is nothing but criminal. While the sexual exploitation of children might be for the economic benefit of the men who exploit them it serves no positive purpose, economic or otherwise, in the lives of those who are exploited. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Chinese Women And Communism
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Nationalism, or what Westerners tend to define as communism, effects not only the economic and political aspects of a culture, but also, the social evolution by restricting and, or, discouraging independent ideas and innovative processes. This 8 page paper argues that the transition to communism in China was a political and idealistic process that had little or no room and, or, inclination for advocating the rights of women, even though the basic tenets of communism, as presented by Karl Marx, is the value of the human 'capital'. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Christina Hoff Sommers’ “The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism is Harming Our Young Men”
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This 5 page report discusses Sommers’ 2000 book that asserts that believes it is a bad time to be a boy in America. Sommers makes the points that boys are less likely to enroll in college than girls. They do their homework less often and they cheat on tests more often. They are also more likely to be disciplined in school, sent to detention, or drop out of school all together. Sommers is determined to debunk the “the myth of the fragile girl” in order to assure that boys are not penalized simply for being boys. Bibliography list only the primary source.
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Collin's Black Feminist Thought
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Patricia Collins is a sociologist who happens to be Black and female. Her book, Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment, is a sociological study from the perspective of ethnography and centered on the lives and experiences of real women, including the author. This 6 page paper critiques the unique perspective utilized by Ms. Collins. No additional sources are listed.
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