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  • Changing Roles of Men and Women Adapting to Changes in Work and Family Life in Australia

    Changing Roles of Men and Women Adapting to Changes in Work and Family Life in Australia

    Changing roles of men and women adapting to changes in work and family life in Australia. Roles of men and women have changed in today’s context, unlike the past, it was caused by cultural and sociological changes around the communities. Roles can be defined as the characteristic and expected social behavior of an individual. The aim of this essay is to investigate the changes in responsibility of men and women, adapting to changes in work

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    Submitted: May 9, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Aboriginal's and Racism in Australia

    Aboriginal's and Racism in Australia

    Australian society is made up of a wide variety of groups. These groups of people have different cultural traditions and economic and social background. The success of the communication and interacting of these groups depends largely on the attitudes, values, and behaviour of people towards different groups. Racism is probably the first form of discrimination we think of. It is the belief that some races of people are inferior to other ‘races'. Racism usually involves

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    Submitted: December 4, 2008 By: Victor
  • General Information About Australia

    General Information About Australia

    General Information about Australia Australia is situated in the south-west of the Pacific Ocean. The area of this country is 7,7 million square kilometres. The population of the country is about 20 million people. The capital is Canberra. The population of Canberra is about 300 thousand people. Official language is English. Australia is the largest island in the world and it is the smallest continent. The Commonwealth of Australia is a self-governing federal state. It

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    Submitted: December 8, 2008 By: Max
  • Women in Media

    Women in Media

    Women In Media The media is a powerful force in shaping how Americans perceive women's roles in national politics. Until the early 1990s, this media was limited to television, radio, and newspapers. With the advent of the personal computer, new tools have evolved such as instantaneous reporting on each major network's internet sites (ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and Fox News), streaming video (Google's YouTube), and the blog (a contraction of the term "web log"). Unfortunately,

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    Submitted: December 18, 2008 By: Jon
  • Women in the Labor Force

    Women in the Labor Force

    The past decades their has been a dramatic increase of women participating in the labour force from countries all over the world including Canada. In 1950, one Canadian worker in five was a woman. By 1980 this percentage had doubled, and women are expected to make up more than 44 percent of the labour force by the end of this century. The increase in female participation started occurring during the 1970's. This increase also caused

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    Submitted: January 15, 2009 By: Tasha
  • The Women of the Great Gatsby

    The Women of the Great Gatsby

    The Women of The Great Gatsby In the novel, The Great Gatsby, the two central women presented are Daisy Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson. These two women, although different, have similar personalities. Throughout the novel, there are instances in which the reader feels bad for and dislikes both Daisy and Myrtle. These two women portray that wealth is better than everything else, and they both base their lives on it. Also the novel shows the hardships

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    Submitted: February 17, 2009 By: Mikki
  • 19th Century Women Authors

    19th Century Women Authors

    19th Century Women Authors Some of the most influential women authors of all time lived in the 19th century. These women expressed their inner most thoughts and ideas through their writings. They helped to change society, perhaps without knowing it, through poetry, novels, and articles. Emily Dickinson, Harriet Jacobs, Kate Chopin, Louisa May Alcott, and Elizabeth Oakes Smith are the best-known controversial and expressive women authors of their time. On December 10, 1830 a poet

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    Submitted: February 18, 2009 By: Jack
  • A Women of Castiglione's the Courtier and Machiavelli's the Prince

    A Women of Castiglione's the Courtier and Machiavelli's the Prince

    Essay on Woman Leader Machiavelli and Castiglione both present the epitome of perfection in their topics of leadership and the way a women should be, respectively. In the case of Castiglione's work, it is stated by signor Gaspare that "...in the way people sometimes hanker after things that are impossible and miraculous, rather then explain them you (Magnifico) have wished them into existence." This quote is true of both excerpts. Both have created idealisms that

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    Essay Length: 874 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 16, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Education for Women In

    Education for Women In

    The revolution in France went through many phases. Some phases more violent than others, some more progressive than others. New constitutions were written and disregarded, declarations of equality drafted but never followed, a king beheaded and a monarchy abolished. The end of the nineteenth century saw France in great turmoil. New governments sprang up everywhere with new rules to follow and new leaders to praise. Napoleon was the last to rule France during this time

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    Submitted: March 16, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Enslaved Women

    Enslaved Women

    Slavery for women was much different then for men. What it feels like to be an enslaved woman and deal with the facts that not only were you cheap labor, but also the means to get cheaper labor. Women can reproduce, and to raise a baby then to have your family sold away was a fact of life. Families influenced woman's behavior, as they were "less likely to escape or join collective resistance". (Pg.229 text)

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    Submitted: March 17, 2009 By: Anna
  • Women and Religions

    Women and Religions

    Most ancient belief systems placed women near or at the bottom of the social hierarchy. Women were required to follow the rules and responsibilities given to them in order to reinforce established systems of social patriarchy. Not only were they not accepted socially but most of their religions also encouraged them to be hidden away. In Ancient China all the followers of Confucianism believed women should have little or nothing to do with the religion.

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    Submitted: March 17, 2009 By: David
  • Renaissance Man and Renaissance Women

    Renaissance Man and Renaissance Women

    Between the 1300s and 1500s, Europe experienced a period of cultural rebirth known as the Renaissance, marking the transition from medieval times to modern times. The Renaissance brought new importance to individual expression, self-consciousness and worldly experience. The Renaissance man and woman characterized the Renaissance ideals. A renaissance man was a well- educated gentleman who had cultural grace, courage and who understood the arts and sciences. On the other hand, a Renaissance woman was supposed

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    Submitted: March 17, 2009 By: David
  • American Women Poets

    American Women Poets

    French 1 In this paper I will discuss two poems by Sharon Olds. They are both taken from her collection "The Dead and the Living" and are entitled "The Eye" and "Poem to My Husband from my Fathers Daughter." Olds is a contemporary writer who expertly maneuvers her work through modern life. In this particular collection, written in 1983, she takes us on an explorative journey through both the past and present of family life.

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    Submitted: April 13, 2009 By: Janna
  • The Roles and Duties of Native American Women in Their Spiritual Socie

    The Roles and Duties of Native American Women in Their Spiritual Socie

    With Native Americans being the first inhabitants of North America, many people often question what traditions they have created on their own, before the ideas of the pale settlers. When taking a look into their interesting beliefs, it is obvious to see an intricate basis or animals and spirits that guide the lifestyles of Indians all over the country. Even their society had a special way of doing things, including gender roles of both

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    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: Vika
  • An Analysis of Prostitutes on Strike: The Women of Hotel Street Durin

    An Analysis of Prostitutes on Strike: The Women of Hotel Street Durin

    When most people hear the word "prostitute", they immediately envision a person who is a disease-ridden imbecile of society. However, if one researches the statistics and personal recollections of prostitutes, they will find that they may be very moral and great women. The reflection that Beth Bailey and David Farber recall in the essay called Prostitutes on Strike: The Women of Hotel Street During WW II shows what the prostitutes were actually like in the

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    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: Vika
  • The Women on Mango Street

    The Women on Mango Street

    The Women on Mango Street “Esperanza. I have inherited [my great grandmother’s] name, but I don’t want to inherit her place by the window.” Young Esperanza’s opening thoughts in Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street begins with the introduction of a surprisingly insightful disadvantaged Hispanic girl named Esperanza, who has just moved into a poor Latino neighborhood. Esperanza’s opening remarks foreshadow a theme that continues to develop throughout the entire novel, cumulating piece by

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: July
  • Women’s Portrayal in Advertisement

    Women’s Portrayal in Advertisement

    Women’s portrayal in advertisement Women have always been portrayed certain ways when it comes to advertisements. No matter what the product is that is being sold women have been looked at in particular ways. There isn’t just one stereotype that’s placed on women but numerous stereotypes. Women have been used in advertisements for many years being portrayed in ways that reflected what an acceptable female should be. Women have always been looked at as

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Janna
  • Women in Pop Culture

    Women in Pop Culture

    If Oprah emphasized racial oppression more aggressively, would she be as popular? After reading Tammy Johnson’s article, I believe that answer to this question is probably no. I myself am a fan of Oprah and I believe that she is extremely generous and does more for the world in one year than most people can hope to do in a lifetime. I believe that Tammy Johnson raised some interesting points, but I don’t necessarily agree

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    Essay Length: 637 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Kevin
  • The 5 Women

    The 5 Women

    Louie, Jason 3/6/04 Chinese 2 5° The five women in the family did not get along well together. They were backstabbing each other and no one trusted each other. They fought about position in the family. The woman with a higher number is the lower ranked wife. Everyone wanted to be the higher ranked wife so that they get the best care from the husband and the servants. They had to live in the

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Artur
  • Communication Patterns of Men and Women

    Communication Patterns of Men and Women

    “The whole goddamn business of what you’re calling intimacy bugs the hell out of me. I never know what you women mean when you talk about it. Karen complains that I don’t talk to her, but it’s not talk she wants, it’s some other damn thing, only I don’t know what the hell it is!” This quote from a man interviewed by Lillian Rubin is the perfect example of the differences in communication between men

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Bred
  • Women’s Rights

    Women’s Rights

    A woman is a woman no matter what ethnic background she is from, but when the Seneca Falls Declaration was signed they didn’t think about the Chinese prostitute that was held a sex slave for four and a half years. Or the African American slave that wasn’t considered a woman because of her color of skin, and the upper class women that even when they seemed to have everything their life was filled with corsets,

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Childhood and Socialisation in Australia

    Childhood and Socialisation in Australia

    Socialization is the human process of learning to become a member of our society, and how each individual learns to fit into a group (Jureidini & Poole, 2003, p123). Jean Piaget (1896-1980) a Swiss psychologist described childhood and development in terms of distinct psychological stages and how these stages influence socialization and enculturation (see Jureidini & Poole, 2003, pp124 ЎV 127). Other important theorists to look at are George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) and Lev Vygotsky

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Max
  • Women Hollering Creek

    Women Hollering Creek

    Waiting for Freedom In the story "Woman Hollering Creek" Sandra Cisneros discusses the issues of living life as a married woman through a character named Cleofilas; a character who is married to a man who abuses her physically and mentally .Cisneros reveals the way the culture puts a difference between a male and a female, men above women. Cisneros has been famous about writing stories about the latino culture and how women are treated; she

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: July
  • Roles of Women

    Roles of Women

    Question: Between the 13th and 16th centuries, what were the views held by men on the economic and social roles of women? What kinds of additional documents would help you understand the roles women played? Throughout history women were mostly frowned upon as well as in the 13th and 16th centuries. Men were the supreme gender in countries such as China and India, women were seen to bear children and do household chores while in

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Steve
  • Womens Sufferage

    Womens Sufferage

    In the early nineteenth century, women were considered second-class citizens whose existence was limited to the interior life of the home and care of the children. Women were considered sub-sets of their husbands, and after marriage they did not have the right to own property, maintain their wages, or sign a contract, much less vote. It was expected that women be obedient wives, never to hold a thought or opinion independent of their husbands. It

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Edward

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