Category: Womens Studies

Video Gambling – Confessions of an Addict Some people associate gambling as a means of enjoyment or social interaction. But at one point in my life it became an addiction. The fun stopped and the problems began, but oddly enough while it was happening I didn’t know the moment the switch occurred.

The excerpt by Susan Douglas gives us an insight on how the media can manipulate the thought process of children. In the United States the media is used to sell products, nothing more, and nothing less. This is not a new idea in the United States; it has been around since newspapers have been selling…

Research: The Media’s Influence on Body Image – Women’s Studies Essay The journal, “The Media’s Influence on Body Image Disturbance and Eating Disorders: We’ve Reviled Them, Now Can We Rehabilitate Them?”, by Kevin J. Thompson and Leslie J. Heinberg, uses social scientific methods to try

Plastic Surgery and Effect On Society – Essay In her essay “Cosmetic surgery: Paying for your beauty,” Debra Gimlin concludes that “women who undergo plastic surgery help to reproduce some of the worst aspects of the

History of Feminism: A Short Overview From The 17th Century Onwards Describing the roots of feminism in a clear and exactly chronological way is, because of the diversity and plurality of the theme itself, impossible. There are too much causes, effects and consequences in history that

Where Did Contemporary Liberal Feminism Come From – Women’s Studies Essay The systematic oppression of women, a tacit social dogma inherent in the history of western thought, was dependant upon the continued polarization of two

Contemporary Trends in Feminist Criticism and Their Echo in Sylvia Plath’s Later Poems This paper on women’s poetry seeks to demonstrate the extent to which two of Sylvia Plath’s later poems are rebellious and non- conventional for her era and how this style corresponds to two views in recent feminist

Women’s Literature – The Piano Lesson Essay In The Piano Lesson both Boy Willie and his sister Bernice have their own agendas for their father’s old piano, crafted by their grandfather. Boy Willie wants to put the piano to use. He wants to sell it so that he can

The Media and Body Image – Women’s Studies Essay (100 Level Course) The media has impact on everyone, everywhere and all the time. Whether the population hears it on television, movies, or the radio perhaps. Maybe they read about how to be beautiful on advertisements, or in magazines.

Marybeth Abraham – Biography Essay Women’s Studies (300 Level Course) Open any historical text and one will find in bold face and color photos, the men and women that have shaped a nation. Abraham Lincoln, Bill Clinton, Martin Luther King Jr., each of these names signals in the minds and

Carol Moseley Braun Essay- Women’s Studies Carol Moseley Braun attended public school in Chicago and later graduated from the University of Chicago with a Law degree in 1972. Braun has become a pioneer for African American women in the arena of politics. She has managed to