Everyday Decisions
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This is a 6 page original short story discussing the decisions faced by Ginny, a woman in her mid-twenties, when her and her husband decide to have a child. Ginny must weigh her choices and their consequences in regards to returning to work after the child is born or staying and home and not providing financially for the family. She reflects back to her studies at university and the writings and lives of women writers such as Virginia Woolf and Charlotte Perkins Gilman who at the time had inspired her to campaign for women’s freedom of choice. Now Ginny finds that the writings and lives of Woolf and Gilman do little to provide her with guidance in her own life decisions. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Evolution of Abortion Law Analyzed
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This 10 page research paper chronicles the evolution of U.S. abortion legislation by examining landmark Supreme Court case law decisions. Specifically discussed are historic cases including Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), Roe v. Wade (1973), Harris v. McRae (1980), and Akron v. Akron Center For Reproductive Health, Inc. (1983). Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Evolution Of The Swimsuit
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5 pages in length. The writer chronicles the vast changes that have occurred to the swimsuit since the early 1900s, including the bikini, French cut and thong. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Fairy Tales: Lasting Influence On Attitudes Later In Life
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5 pages in length. It is not difficult to realize that impressionable young girls are getting their first introduction to female relationships and sisterhood through a fairy tale that places sibling love and respect below all other aspects of a healthy relationship. Additionally, young readers are taught that the world is dominated by patriarchal figures to which women are not allowed to oppose, being forced to abide by the rules set down for them without making any fuss. Laurence Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen, authors of Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, contend it is no wonder that young girls grow up into womanhood with a distorted impression of love, relationships and sisterhood, inasmuch as when they finally embark upon the real world, they are rudely awakened to the fact that life is nothing like it had been portrayed in the well-worn fairy tale Cinderella. Various vignettes throughout the book illustrate the manner by which this particular fairy tale gives young girls the wrong lesson about female relationships. No additional sources cited.
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Female Body Image in America
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A 6 page paper which examines how the female body image, and the perception of the female body, has changed through the years. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Female Victims Of Crimes & Unjust Treatment
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A 12 page paper detailing the injustices women often have to face as the victims of violent crimes from not only the criminal but also the law enforcement personnel who are responsible for investigating crime, the criminal justice system which is responsible for litigating such crimes, and the media which often gives an unfair view of the woman's role in the crime. Bibliography lists eight sources.
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Feminism & Exotic Dancers / Freedom Of Choice vs. The Identity of Womanhood
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A 14 page paper that provides an overview of both sides of the issue of conflicts between feminism and exotic dancing. This paper looks at the social and psychological arguments surrounding the responses to exotic dancing, unionization of strippers, and the impact on society. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Stripper.doc

Feminism and Gender Roles in the 1950s and 1960s
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A 12 page overview of the societal changes which occurred during these two decades in regard to the relationships between men and women. Notes a number of factors combined to effect these changes. These were inclusive of the subservient role of women throughout history, inequalities in the workplace, and the perception of being bound into domesticity. Concludes that to judge the changes in gender roles which occurred during the 1960s is the same as judging any facet of human evolution. The relationship between men and women is no more static than any other aspect of our culture and society. Women had witnessed the breaking down of racial discrimination, and age-old attitudes about sexuality and other barriers, they were ready to implement equal changes in their own lives. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Feminism and Judaism
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This 6 page report discusses the fact that as feminism has become a more commonplace mindset in the past several decades, traditional interpretations of various aspects of culture, including religious beliefs, have evolved in ways that acknowledge and accommodate a feminist based understanding. Judaism is no exception. In fact, a feminist reinterpretation of traditional texts combined with exploration of historic women's religious practices has created a new Jewish spirituality for women with new rituals and beliefs. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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