She walks into the room, head held high: confident. Her long, blond hair is flowing past her shoulders like a golden fire. Her lip gloss is shimmering with every step as she finally takes a seat. Unfortunately, from the male perspective, her beauty wasn't the first thing he noticed about he...

In Gloria Steinem's These Are Not the Best Days of Your Life and Scott Russell Sanders Looking at Women speak at somewhat opposite points. Steinem articulates the amount of success women are encountering nowadays, whereas Sanders thinks women present themselves as dolls more than anything else...

Men vs. Women There is a commotion in the front hallway at school. You hear yelling and arguing, and backpacks being slammed down. The people standing around watching are being pushed and shoved, and it's obvious there is something bad going on. A young girl runs to find an adult or school o...

Introduction Historically, physical exercise was reserved for gym class participants and male athletes. Now, there is a treadmill or elliptical machine at every garage sale from coast to coast. The rise of home fitness equipment in the United States is a fascinating study of a need that has been...

Why Some Women Dress For Attention Women have always been flattered by attention given to them by the opposite sex. There are important differences between men and women beyond the fact that women spend more time selecting their clothing. Everything has to match and fit perfectly. Ladies a...

Gender Discrimination In 1972, the United States Congress passed Title IX of the Education Amendment Act. This act banned sexual discrimination in education programs which received federal funding. In the area of athletics, it required universities which received federal funding to provide equal ...

Different ethnics race choose their ethnics race as the prettiest in most cases, but in this case it has something to do with what the media thinks is the prettiest and best looking. As a group we choose six different models from different ethnics groups and showed them to kids of different age and ...

Who's shaping whom? Melicha Ahmat explores the representations of women through the media and its influences on society. In Australia, everyone relies on some form of media for vital everyday information. Whether it be news, music, movies or the latest trends, it's always there t...