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  • Discuss the Traditional Place of Women in Papua New Guinea Society and the Changes Taking Place in Contemporary Papua New Guinea.

    Discuss the Traditional Place of Women in Papua New Guinea Society and the Changes Taking Place in Contemporary Papua New Guinea.

    Discuss the traditional place of women in Papua New Guinea society and the changes taking place in contemporary Papua New Guinea. From the earliest time of their life Papua New Guinean women (specifically those of the Papua New Guinean Highlands) are subject to suppression, exploitation and malapropism at the hands of the dominant males. From the position as a sexual object to their role as the primary animal farmer, women are little more than a

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    Essay Length: 1,541 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 15, 2010 By: Yan
  • Women’s Rights

    Women’s Rights

    Harriet Tubman Harriet Ross was born into slavery in 1819 or 1820, in Dorchester County, Maryland. She was raised under harsh conditions, and subjected to whippings even as a small child. At the age of 12 she was seriously injured by a blow to the head, inflicted by a white overseer for refusing to assist in tying up a man who had attempted to escape. At 25, she married John Tubman, a free African American.

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    Essay Length: 2,864 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Austins Theory of Law

    Austins Theory of Law

    Laws in the most general sense are rules made by one intelligent being for the guidance of another intelligent being, the former having power over the latter. - All laws are a species of command, a command being an expression of a wish or desire that some other person do something. Commands can only be issued by one who has the power and intention to inflict a sanction in the event of disobedience. - A

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    Essay Length: 378 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: Vika
  • Tax Law: A Broader Perspective

    Tax Law: A Broader Perspective

    Paper 1 Tax Law: A Broader Perspective Edith Smith University of Phoenix ACC/ 483 Accounting for Income Taxes Professor Eric Knight Week One April 10, 2006 Paper 1 Tax Law: A Broader Perspective Edith Smith University of Phoenix ACC/ 483 Accounting for Income Taxes Professor Eric Knight Week One April 10, 2006 Paper 2 Taxes and the Law: A Broader Perspective Taxes are everywhere and exist as a vital part of national structure, both

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    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Violence Against South African Women and the Spread of Aids

    Violence Against South African Women and the Spread of Aids

    Introduction Terrible, destructive synergy exists between the pervasiveness of HIV in South Africa and the prevalence of sexual crimes against the women there. Because of the cross-culturally observable, strong traditional beliefs about gender roles among South African men, women experience adversity in their efforts to avoid infection with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (Glick et al., 2000). Historically, the fight for human rights and the conflicts among political groups have given rise to civil

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    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: David
  • Homeless Women

    Homeless Women

    Homelessness and extreme poverty are distant realities for many of us. However our brief encounters with the homeless reinforce biases and perceptions that influence our existence as everyday citizens, as we label them “dirty” inadequacies who have made a life for themselves that is less than acceptable. Homelessness is considered a socio-economic status that has typically been dominated by men, striking people living below the poverty threshold. Although over the years men have traditionally dominated

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    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: Jack
  • Illegal Immigrants Deserve a Humane and Fair Immigration Law Which Would Regulate Their Status

    Illegal Immigrants Deserve a Humane and Fair Immigration Law Which Would Regulate Their Status

    Illegal Immigrants Deserve a Humane and Fair Immigration Law Which Would regulate Their Status There is an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States. They are working jobs that need to be done, that someone has to do and that many of us would never take. They are still in the darkness waiting for a change in the system which could regulate their status and come out to the light. These people

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    Submitted: March 17, 2010 By: Janna
  • Men Benefit More from Marriage Than Women

    Men Benefit More from Marriage Than Women

    In the 21st century, given the question “who will benefit more from marriage, men or women”, we are here to answer; men will benefit more. Marriage, as a center of collision between aspiration and confusion faced by couples nowadays, actually has a more positive influence on men than on women for mainly three reasons. First, it brings a higher sense of commitment to married men and makes them not only more considerate to his family

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    Essay Length: 949 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Top
  • Liberating the Women of India

    Liberating the Women of India

    Liberating the Women of India Flora Annie Steel and Annie Besant were educated Englishwomen who live in India at the turn of the century. Being Englishwomen, they thought themselves superior to Indian women. To them the women of India need to be instructed on the correct way to run their households and the need for them to seek education. Through their very informative works, they portrayed the “suitable” (according to the English way of life)

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    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Women as Second Class Citizens

    Women as Second Class Citizens

    Women as Second Class Citizens Women have been regarded as second class citizens throughout history. It is common knowledge that almost every language and culture tends to be male-dominated. Some think that the feelings of superiority by men can be traced back to the biblical times of Adam and Eve as Adam was created in God’s image and Eve came from Adam. Women did not gain equal rights until the early 1970s in the

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    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Mike
  • Business Law: Offer and Acceptance

    Business Law: Offer and Acceptance

    Business Law: Offer and Acceptance. For a simple contract to be valid one party must make an offer and the other party accept it. ‘An offer is made where a person (the offerer) unequivocally expresses to another (the offeree) his willingness to make a binding agreement on the terms specified by him if they are accepted by the offeree’ (Card 2002). This offer could be made to a specific person, in which case it cannot

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    Essay Length: 1,573 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Women’s Campaign for the Right to Vote

    Women’s Campaign for the Right to Vote

    Women's Campaign for the Right to Vote This propaganda poster, produced 16 years before women gained the vote, explains the view of the campaigners by illustrating pictures of what women may be and yet not have the vote. The pictures illustrate women as a major, nurse, mother, doctor or teacher and factory hand. This only applies to women of the higher and middle class, eg: women of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)

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    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Why Singaporean Women Remain Single?

    Why Singaporean Women Remain Single?

    An article called “The Strain of Success” was written by Mr. Seah Chiang Nee where the article was published in The Star Newspaper dated March 10, 2007. Seah Chiang Nee is currently one of The Star’s columnists along with Wong Sulong, Joceline Tan, Marina Mahathdir and many more since 1986. The 65 year old journalist from Singapore has been journalizing for over 40 years. Furthermore, he was the first South-East Asian to go through

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    Essay Length: 762 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Laws of the Game

    Laws of the Game

    The official soccer rules are called the "Laws of the Game" and are revised annually (usually in July) by FIFA (pronounced "FEE' fuh"), the world soccer governing body, but youth organizations usually adjust the rules to fit children. Typical adjustments are field sizes, game lengths, number of players per team, the number and frequency of substitutions, "offside" is sometimes not called, and slide tackling is sometimes not allowed. Field sizes, ball sizes, length of games

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    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Bred
  • Intellectual Property Law

    Intellectual Property Law

    Intellectual Property Law 25 August 2007 The state of Intellectual Property Law and the current debate in modern society Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce. Intellectual property is divided into two categories: Industrial property, which includes inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source; and Copyright, which includes literary and artistic works such as novels, poems and

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    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Top
  • Concealed Weapon Laws Should Be Repealed

    Concealed Weapon Laws Should Be Repealed

    Resolved: Concealed weapon laws should be repealed. Concealed carry is the right to carry a handgun or other weapon in a concealed manner and the current concealed weapon laws vary from state to state. Carrying-concealed-weapons (CCW) laws have nothing to do with private firearms ownership in the home. They relate solely to allowing individuals to carry their concealed guns almost anywhere in the community. Currently, 48 U.S. states have some form of concealed weapon law.

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    Essay Length: 1,108 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Common Law & State Statute

    Common Law & State Statute

    Common law crimes adopted into state codes from one major source of the substantive criminal law today. Under common law, crimes had a general meaning, and every one basically understood the definitions of such actions as murder, larceny and rape. Today, statutes enacted by state and federal legislative bodies have built on these common law meaning and often contain more detailed and specific definitions of the crime. Statutes, in which the criminal law is created,

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    Essay Length: 722 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Women’s Rights Movement of the 1800’s

    The Women’s Rights Movement of the 1800’s

    The Women's Rights Movement of the 1800s For many years, women have not experienced the same freedoms as men. Being a woman, I am extremely grateful to those women who, many years ago, fought against social standards that were so constricting to women. Today, women can vote, own property instead of being property, live anywhere and have any career which she may choose. One of the biggest reasons I have for choosing this topic

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    Essay Length: 2,793 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Janna
  • Law Reform for the Current Abortion Legislation in Australia

    Law Reform for the Current Abortion Legislation in Australia

    Law Reform for the Current Abortion Legislation in Australia The possible avenues of law reform for the current Abortion legislation. Currently, Abortion is illegal in every state of Australia, unless the mother is given a Doctor’s referral, or if it fulfils the following criteria, a) It would affect the Mother’s livelihood or b) It would affect the mother’s mental state. Prolonging amendments to the Abortion legislation that would further liberate the current restraints by making

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    Essay Length: 1,436 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Social Status of Women

    Social Status of Women

    Status of women (Social, Economic, and Political) How many times have you heard “All men are equal”. It’s a quote from the American Constitution. In today’s society it has been taken literally. Yes all men are created equal but are women created equal as well? Of course not. Most would probably say yes but women are a minority in this country. Men are the rulers over America, being very forgetful that because of women they

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    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Trafficking in Women

    Trafficking in Women

    Trafficking in women is clearly a both a human rights and a development issue. Apart from the human, social and economic costs of the sex industry, the spread of venereal diseases and HIV/AIDS, prostitution deprives women of the opportunity to pursue education and to achieve their full potential. Therefore it deprives the nation of vital human resources for development. This should be a particular concern in a country such as Thailand, (with an adult population

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    Essay Length: 3,387 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Mike
  • Women in Rome

    Women in Rome

    Most women in ancient Rome were viewed as property of the men who they lived with. Basically they were handed from their father to their new husband at the time of their marriage and surrendered any property they owned, or dowry they were given, to their husband (Document 1). There were however two types of marriage in ancient Rome, manus and sine manus. Under the first type, manus, the woman and all of her property

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    Essay Length: 526 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Steve
  • Employee Safety, Health, and Welfare Law Paper

    Employee Safety, Health, and Welfare Law Paper

    Employee Safety, Health, and Welfare Law Paper The discussion of this paper will be The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Worker’s compensation, and Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). The following questions will be answered, what are employers’ responsibilities under the law and what protections does the law provide for employees? The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was signed into legislation on February 5, 1993, by President Clinton and was one of his first

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    Essay Length: 1,287 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Victor
  • More Minerva Than Mars: The French Women's Rights Campaign and The First World War

    More Minerva Than Mars: The French Women's Rights Campaign and The First World War

    More Minerva than Mars: The French Women's Rights Campaign and the First World War This essay examines the role of French women during and after the First World War based on Steven Hause's article "More Minerva than Mars: The French Women's Rights Campaign and the First World War". He claims that the World War I in many ways set back the French Women's Right Campaign. During the First World War, many French feminist leaders believed

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    Essay Length: 377 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Jon
  • 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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    Essay Length: 365 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Fatih