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.
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Betty Friedan / Gender Roles
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A 5 page commentary on how Betty Friedan contributed to the shift in gender role identification. The writer focuses on both the negative (gender confusion) and positive aspects of her contribution (life-sharing and equal opportunity). Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Feminine Mystique
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A 5 page paper which discusses the book 'The Feminine Mystique' by Betty Friedan. In discussing the book the paper presents many illustrations of how Friedan's notions changed the role of women today. The two most important changes noted are those of women gaining the realization that they should nurture themselves, and the realization that a woman can choose to have a family or not. No additional sources cited.
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Revolutionaries and the Feminine Mystique
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A 6 page piece which postulates that in 'The Feminine Mystique' and 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem,' Betty Friedan and Joan Didion write (separately) of a women's revolution, Friedan by tracing history toward a thesis, and Didion by adding apocolyptic commentary to the theme by living with the emerging culture, and by observing the unconscious shedding of historical perspective. However true to history their original insights, it can be claimed that both lost touch with their historical perspectives, specifically as they applied to the ongoing social issues for which they fought. As such, they themselves became victims to a 'history mystique' of their own creation. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Bell Hooks' 'Ain't I A Woman'
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A 5 page paper that provides an overview of Hooks' book, while also concentrating on her philosophical perspective. This paper contends that Hooks bases her work on the racial aspects that have led to racial and gender oppression, and provides a discourse for change. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Bellhooks.rtf

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.
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Postmodern Blackness by Bell Hooks
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A 7 page paper which discusses various aspects of the work on postmodern blackness, written by Bell Hooks. The work of Bell Hooks, especially in relationship to postmodern blackness which involves aesthetics and critical thought as attainable, if not possessed, by the black population, is considered incredibly controversial as well as contradictory. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
Filename: RAhooks.RTF

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.
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The Arranged Marriage and Gender Roles: The Oppression of Women in Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing
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This 5 page paper considers the issue of the arranged marriage and the gender roles as they are portrayed in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. This paper considers the way in which both works demonstrate the oppression of women through the institution of marriage and the implications for the themes presented in both works. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Women During The Revolution
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This 5 page paper outlines the society in which women lived during the time of the Revolutionary War in America. Dominant opinions about, standards of behavior, and expectations of American women of 18th century are presented. Bibliography included.
Filename: Wmrev.rtf

Argument - Mandatory HIV Testing for Pregnant Mothers
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7 pages in length. The author argues in support of mandatory HIV testing for pregnant mothers, not only for the woman's health, but also for the health of the child. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Affirmative Action and Women in Public Education
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This 8 page paper looks at the subject inclusive of a review of relevant literature and makes recommendations. The position of the paper favors affirmative action in this context in order to improve stereotypes of women as well as to help women to achieve in such professions. Bibliography lists 8 sources
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Minorities and Women: Having a Fair Shake, Having a Fair Share
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8 pages. Justice Harlan, in his famous dissenting opinion in Plessy versus Ferguson, argued that the constitution was color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. Justice Blackmun, in his remarks on the much later affirmative action case of Regents of the University of California versus Bakke, argued that in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently. These two conflicting issues represented in Harlan’s and Blackmun’s judicial statements must be analyzed carefully in order to discern the carefully reasoned arguments that each presented. The question must be asked, how successfully do affirmative action policies and the arguments for and against them address Harlan’s and Blackmun’s principles? Examination of the fourteenth amendment and the ways the Supreme Court has come to interpret it, as well as the general law and affirmative action, must be addressed within their historical and social context. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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A Woman's Perspective on the Am. Revolution
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A 2 page essay that offers a fictional account of what life might have been like for a white Patriotic colonist in New York State during the time of the American Revolution. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Battle Cries and Lullabies
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A 3 page paper discussing the book “Battle Cries and Lullabies: Women in War from Prehistory to the Present,” by Linda Grant De Pauw. Her book briefly details many women throughout history, who have played an essential role in warfare and issues surrounding National Defense. In light of the information the author provides, it is surprising that women are not as recognized for their involvement as the figures say they should be. No additional sources provided.
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Bell’s “Daughters of the Dreaming” / Gender Parity
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A 5 page paper on this controversial book by American anthropologist Diane Bell. The paper argues that Bell evocatively renders the importance of ritual and myth in the lives of aboriginal women, but overstresses the importance of their achieving social parity with tribal men. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Birth Control: History and Need
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A 5 page discussion of the history of birth control with particular emphasis on the United States and China. Discusses the birth of the movement and the resistance which it has faced in the United States. Presents China’s system of government-required birth control and concludes that although their are some human rights issues at stake in government imposed birth controls there is a pressing need for population control if our environment is to be saved. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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