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Papers On Gender & Society
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'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
2 Feminist Books/Domesticity
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A 10 page book review on 2 feminist history texts: A Voice of Their Own edited by Martha Solomon and The Politics of Domesticity by Barbara Epstein. The writer offers an overview of each text, including reviewers' evaluation, and also argues that the texts share a common theme in that both texts indicate the antagonism toward men felt by Victorian women. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: kh2femt.rtf
2 Views /Female Participation in Late 19th and Early 20th Century Politics
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A 10 page analysis in which the writer argues that Theda Skocpol in her book "Protecting Soldiers and Mothers," and also Kristi Andersen in her book "After Suffrage" address similar territory in that both of these political scientists look at how female participation in the American political process in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries has largely been under-appreciated or ignored completely. Both of these authors demonstrate that this participation must be viewed within the context of political framework of their time in order to be understood properly. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: 99sk&an.wps
A BACKLASH AGAINST FEMINISM
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This 11 page paper discusses the backlash against feminism and the reasons why many women are now rejecting the movement. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: MBbklash.rtf
A Comparison of the Depictions of Women in "Medea" and "Wide Sargasso Sea"
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A 7 page overview of the female characters in the ancient work of literature by Euripides and the more modern work by Jean Rhys. The author contends that in each of these works the presentation of female characters runs counter to the audience's expectations. Literary conventions and audience expectations, values, and assumptions are challenged. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPlitWmn.rtf