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International Gender Studies, 2004.
An analysis of the importance of giving gender studies an international history.
3,471 words (approx. 13.9 pages), 36 sources, MLA, £ 50.95
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This paper examines why it is important to give gender studies an international history. The paper considers that both men and women have been on the planet for the same amount of time and claims that each must have contributed to the success of the human race in order for the whole to have survived. The paper contends that by presenting the accounts of gender history from an international perspective, the overall accomplishments of women can be seen as an even more spectacular series of events than by isolating those undertakings to a region or isolated part of history which minimizes in the scope of the big picture.
Outline
Introduction
Thesis
Blacklisted Witches
Rulers
Twisted Tales
Oppression and Violence
International History Gender
Conclusion
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"Access to scholars and information who maintained humankind's history has been maintained by gender, location, birth or luck and men seem to have had more luck than women. History is prejudice in the sense that it certainly helps to have been born a male first son in a secure family that knew how to read, write or cipher. Women have been literate of course because of tutors, a benevolent father, husband or brother willing to share the male knowledge base. And the religious factions did well to educate many nuns or women living in convents of Europe and mainly in England, France or Germany. "They further argue that in this pursuit, when cultural and gender rights come into conflict, much sensitivity and careful balancing is necessary." (Moller-Okin, Susan, 1999) The fact remains, a very helpful skill was scholarly pursuit but because those skills rarely put food on the table, they were not pursued by all and the majority of those who did pursue those skill sets were men. The majority of mankind prior to the twentieth century had little to no educational opportunities available to them. "
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Gender Studies, 2005.
This paper studies the women's movement in American culture with a focus on the last half of the 20th century.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 24.95
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In this article, the writer provides a discussion of the "women's movement" in American culture. The writer looks at the movement from its origins through the present, with a focus on the last half of the 20th century. This paper discusses the obstacles faced by women, the forces against them and among them that hindered them, the major gains they succeeded in achieving, and the nature of the contemporary "third wave" of feminism that is more global and diverse in nature than its U.S. predecessors.
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"Ruth Rosen begins her chronology of the women's movement and its issues in 'The World Split Open How the Modern Women's Movement Changed America', by citing feminist poet Anne Sexton. While making references to the first wave of feminism suffrage Rosen's work focuses on the second and third waves of feminism. In so doing the author reveals a number of political and social forces from the F.B.I. to the media that impacted the women's movement ... '
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Gendered Technologies and Gendered Jobs, 2002.
A comparison between women studying and working with computer technology and the sciences in North America and women studying science and technology in Asia.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 60.95
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Explores how the gendered development of technology in a research setting impacts the gendered use of technology in the industrial or commercial setting, as well as the cultural barriers to women's advancement in the high-tech economy.
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Cross-Cultural Gender and Gender Relations in Horticultural Societies, 2002.
This paper examines the gender roles in horticultural societies.
1,990 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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This paper shows the difference that agriculturists, sedentary lifestyles, and social differentiation made in gender relationships.
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"The first evidence of agriculturists, sedentary lifestyles, and social differentiation that archaeologists and anthropologists have distinguished come from groups termed Horticulturists. Though the past record remains relatively scant in regards, anthropologists have used existing ones as a locus of study and interpretation. More numerous than surviving hunter-gatherer groups, horticultural societies also show an incredible range of gender diversity between groups, more numerous, in fact, than any other extent societal model. The quantity of studies that has come as a result of this are astounding. Those done in the area of New Guinea alone, home to at least two hundred different horticultural societies, provide ample evidence to add weight to the debate of nurture over nature, by sheer examples of the differences in living and understanding gender roles in such a relatively small and homogenous environmental area. "
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Gender Issues and Third Gender Problems, 2002.
A look at how transsexuals fit into society.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, £ 27.95
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This six-page undergraduate paper discusses gender from anthropological perspective and finds out how transsexuals are treated in different societies of the world. While males and female may fight each other over who is stronger, they are the fortunate ones for they belong to two accepted genders but for transsexuals adjusting to the norms of restrictive societies may not be easy as they are not considered a part of the social fabric in many cultures of the world.
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"Boys Don't Cry" and Gender as a Social Construction, 2005.
Shows how themes and questions in the film "Boys Don't Cry" relate to gender and women's studies.
1,845 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 30.95
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The film "Boys Don't Cry" presents several themes, problems and questions that apply to and can also serve as examples for issues of women's and gender studies. The paper shows that it relates especially well to Judith Lorber's chapter of the book Feminist Frontiers, entitled "'Night to His Day': The Social Construction of Gender." The paper shows that both of these works, although certainly in very different ways and in different mediums, convey the message that gender as we know it today is simply a construction of society. Therefore, gender is not a simple classification created by nature or biology, but instead one that has evolved and been shaped to fit particular social needs.
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"However, there are identifiable differences between this film and Judith Lorber's "'Night to His Day'": The Social Construction of Gender." It seems that Lorber both strives to emphasize, and maintains as a thematic backdrop for her chapter, the inferior and subordinate position of the female gender in comparison to the male gender. This is a topic that Boys Don't Cry only subtly touches upon. She states, "when gender is a major component of structured inequality, the devalued genders have less power, prestige, and economic rewards than the valued genders" (46). Men have historically taken the role of the oppressor and women the role of the oppressed, which is certainly not a natural condition but a product of enduring social structures."
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Nursing Studies, 2004.
A study into the needs of nursing programs, based on the background and make-up of nursing students.
6,744 words (approx. 27.0 pages), 44 sources, MLA, £ 80.95
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A study designed to examine the learning styles of nursing students in undergraduate programs at the baccalaureate and associate level. Student age, gender, and academic performance in nursing courses is also investigated to determine the way in which these factors are associated with student learning styles. The purpose of the study is to assess the degree to which such factors represent important variables for nursing educators to consider in developing and implementing plans for retaining nursing students. As it has been suggested that a major factor responsible for student success or failure is the effectiveness of the teaching-learning process, it is hoped that the findings of the study will be useful in aiding nursing education programs to more fully respond to the learning needs of student nurses.
Contents
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Research Questions
Theoretical Framework
Organization of the Thesis
Literature Review
Andragogical Model vs. Pedagogical Model
Learning Styles and the Learner-Centered Approach
Kolb's Learning Cycle
Research Methodology
Research Design
Research Method
Data Analysis
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"As evidenced throughout the literature, extensive efforts have not been implemented to study the degree to which teachers do actually use a different style when teaching adults. Two seminal studies (i.e., Beder & Darkenwald, 1982; Gorham 1984, 1985) examined this area by investigating the following questions: Do teachers teach adults in a different way, and if so, what are these differences? In both studies, subjects were teachers who taught both adults and preadults. In the Beder and Darkenwald study, information was collected solely through a self-report questionnaire. Gorham used an adaptation of Beder and Darkenwald's questionnaire for the initial phase of her study, followed up with classroom observations of a small number of her sample for a second phase."
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Single-Gender Testing, 2005.
A research study evaluating the impact of single-gender grouping for achievement testing.
9,559 words (approx. 38.2 pages), 54 sources, APA, £ 102.95
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This research focuses on one of the strategies that have been used for improving the learning of both boys and girls--that of testing single-gender groupings of students. The research focuses on a comprehensive middle school in South Carolina where this strategy had been implemented. Although single-gender groupings of students have been seen as one way in which the learning of boys and of girls might be enhanced along with other strategies, the long-term effectiveness of single-gender groupings as an appropriate intervention strategy has yet to be established.
Introduction
School Profile
Statement of the Problem
Literature Review
Major Nationwide Studies
Before and After Studies
Academic Studies
Gender Differences in General
National and Large-Scale Studies
Before and After Studies
Academic studies
Methodology
Program Rationale
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"During the last decade of the twentieth century many heads of schools, academic researchers, policy-makers and the media expressed much concern about an apparent 'gender gap' between girls' and boys' achievements in public schools. The gap varies in its nature at different key stages, and across subjects (Arnot et al., 1998). Research has been wide-ranging, focusing on a number of explanations and confirming the complex and multifaceted nature of the situation in schools."
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Gender and Alcohol Consumption, 2002.
A study of the relationship between gender and alcoholic consumption and whether a correlation exists between the two.
2,006 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 13 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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This paper aims to identify a correlation between gender and alcoholic consumption by analyzing gender-related data concerning alcohol consumption and determining correlations not only between gender and alcohol consumption, but also between the issues within gender that might play as catalysts to the alcohol consumption. Through analyzing the results of different studies, it shows that the social, psychological and economic factors influencing the drinking of the genders differ in many ways. It discusses whether there really is a gender gap despite the fact that many studies show that men consume far more alcohol than women and examines changes in alcoholic consumption trends, it seems that women are consuming more alcohol today than in the past.
It looks at the differences in consequences of alcoholic consumption between genders and how the reasons why women drink, the way they drink, the way it affects their bodies, and the way they recover is entirely different than for men.
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"The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has applied various methods of research regarding gender differences in response to alcohol consumption. According to NIAAA, alcohol research involving humans has traditionally been mainly focused on males. Only in recent years have studies realized the importance of including women in this topic.
Early conclusions from alcohol-related studies reveal increased vulnerability of women to damage by alcohol. NIAAA reports that within a shorter period of drinking and with less overall intake of alcohol, females are more vulnerable to the development of liver cirrhosis and brain damage due to alcohol abuse (Norton et al. 1987)."
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Gender Roles in Music, 2005.
This paper studies the role of gender within music and offers a case study of meaning and context in instrumental performance.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, £ 13.95
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In this paper, one can summarize the argument presented as being a gender-unified position in relation to roles in performance instrumentals. The writer discusses that by acknowledging the presence of a separate gender role allocation in the daily life of the T'Boli tribe, gender does not take a separate set of variables when allocating instruments to those that are involved in conflicting matters of love. Further the writer looks at the revenge that can arise from infidelity.
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"This musical study will summarize the main argument of gender classification in Mora's "The Last Kiss and The Return After Murder: A Case Study of Meaning and Context in Instrumental Performance Among the T'Boli (Phillipines)." In analyzing the gender roles that are within the T'Boli community, there is a united sense of exchange between men and women through the performance music they culturally enact. By using the pieces: "The Last Kiss" and the "The Return After the Murder" to describe this inter-meshed gender role allocation to the T'Boli tribe, Mora's main argument can be revealed through instrumental music."
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Gender Discrimination, 2004.
This study examines whether or not gender discrimination is still present in the 21st century.
7,104 words (approx. 28.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 83.95
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This paper proves that, despite legislation enacted within the United States and abroad promoting equality in the workplace, women still face obstacles and discrimination in employment. This study links the practice of gender discrimination with the ability of women to achieve advancement and promotion across all industries and organizations. The study focuses on the ability of women to acquire top-level positions and wages equal to that of male counterparts. It also details the importance of educational programs geared toward reducing discrimination as a factor in the future success of female entrepreneurs.
Table of Contents
ABSTRACT
Chapter I Introduction
Problem Statement (or Purpose)
Significance of the Study
Assumptions
Limitations
II Literature Review
III Research Methodology
Research Technique
Research Design
Survey Population
Sources of Data
The Data Gathering Instrument
Reliability
Validity
Treatment of Data and Procedures
IV Results
V Discussion
VI Conclusions
VII Recommendations
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"This study assumes that gender discrimination is still a concrete problem in the workplace during the 21st century. According to Deborah Kolb and Linda Putnam, there are few legitimate empirical studies that have been adequately conducted regarding men and women related to salary and other financial negotiations. Of the studies that have been conducted, some differences between the treatment of men and women have been identified however. Research specific to salary negotiation has indicated that women in general realize lower returns resulting from salary negation efforts (Kolb & Putnam, 1997)."
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The Sociology of Sex and Gender, 2002.
A literature review on the theories, methods and studies that have attempted to explain the roles that sex and gender play in society.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 15 sources, MLA, £ 19.95
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The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on the topic of the sociology of sex and gender. It compares and contrasts the different beliefs that explain the role of sex and gender in society. It begins by reviewing various works that define and differentiate between the terms "sex" and "gender". The works explored include feminist studies and works originating in the Victorian era. The paper then explores the importance of the familial environment on gender identification, referring to works on the Oedipus complex and concluding with a study that investigates differences in attitude among males and females concerning sex.
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"Lets begin by focusing on how sex and gender are defined and differentiated. An article in Sex Roles: A Research Journal explains that psychologists who study the psychology of gender have struggled with distinguishing the terminology. The term "Sex" refers to the anatomical aspects of being a man or a woman. ("Gender and Society") On the other hand the term "Gender" usually refers to the behavioral, social, and psychological characteristics of males and females. (Pryzgoda) The article reports that in recent years studies conducted involving intersexed infants has caused sociologists to question the meaning of sex groupings and theories that are based on the experiences of intersexed and transgender people. (Pryzgoda) Regardless of this new concern it is safe to conclude that people who research the sociology of sex and gender would probably agree that they are not synonymous terms. (Hunt)"
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"Gender and the Politics of History", 2002.
A book review of Joan Wallach Scott's "Gender and the Politics of History" which discusses history, politics and women's studies as disciplines.
1,450 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 25.95
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History and politics, at least according to most college course catalogues, are separate disciplines. 'Women's Studies' also forms its own separate category, apart from these two disciplines. Yet in her work "Gender and the Politics of History", Joan Wallach Scott makes it clear that for as long as women's studies has existed as a discipline, feminist historians have suggested that all three elements are intertwined in a proper analysis of history.
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"Scott writes her work both in response to these feminist historians, and as a part of the tradition of the rash of academic and popular womens writing about women in history in recent years. (15) Although it is impossible to reduce these writings on women's histories to a particular political stance she suggests a certain commonality between all of them in their lack of commonality. She pinpoints a problem that arises because of the lack of a tradition of historiography when writing about gender. Historians with political projects, such as Marxists, employ different historiographic techniques than those mainly interested in studying the construction of the feminine narrative of reproduction, and how women have attempted to control their bodies throughout history, for example. (16) "
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"Gender, Ethics and Empowerment", 2002.
An evaluation of a recent paper published in the journal "Women's Studies International Forum," published by Regina Scheyvens and Helen Leslie entitled "Gender, Ethics and Empowerment: Dilemmas of Development Fieldwork."
2,000 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 1 source, APA, £ 33.95
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This essay is an evaluation of a recent paper published in the journal "Women's Studies International Forum," published by Scheyvens and Leslie, in which the authors present facts and discussions related to several important issues for researchers pursuing ethnographic and cultural studies related to women-especially third world women. This essay involves an assessment of the following: Is there, or should there (or not) be a power distinction between the researchers and their subjects? Can the work be regarded as legitimate because of the vast differences in cultural perceptions? Certain ethical questions also crop up: Can the researchers bridge the gender divide and have males research females in third world countries? Is there an imposition of a researcher's sentimentality on the research, and is this exploitative? How valuable is such research-can it be presented objectively, honestly and more importantly in an unbiased manner? And, can such research help empower third world women? This essay addresses these issues within the context of the Scheyvens and Leslie's paper.
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"The authors' work is also very limited. Consider the countries they talk about: Fiji, El Salvador, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. The title of their paper is misleading; it promises sweeping work that would lead to generalized conclusions. The countries used in the research do not allow that. The countries researched are very isolated, quasi-aboriginal and primitive cultures though, this is not an indictment of these countries. Developing countries (third world) like India and China where poverty and sexism exist within a modern infrastructure (and a range of social situations-urban and rural) would provide a better subject for such a study. Religion (or its lack in China) plays an important role in the customs and traditions of these countries. Also, India and China have enjoyed fairly evolved civilizations before becoming the over-populated behemoths they are today. The paper, in its limited scope, should be more aptly titled "Empowerment of women of the Pacific Islands and El Salvador." "
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