For another perspective on pornography, I want to share with all of you Catherine MacKinnon's basic position, and I will supply a supporting argument that is grounded in contemporary evolutionary biology. She thinks that all women are hurt by porn. She thinks that porn perpetuates the mal...

ABSTRACT This experiment is designed to test whether or not gender is a major contributing factor to the recovery heart rate in humans. Most would assume that the male heart rate would be considerably faster in recovery time than that of the female. This experiment furthers that assumption by elim...

A fellow waitress once said to me "waitressing is the quintessential female job, revealing the deeply gender-based expectations in the world of work and it upholds the idea of sex-segregation." I was a young server at the time she said this to me and had never really thought about my job ...

I have a lot to say about this "glass ceiling" business. In fact, when I started outlining my thoughts on the topic, I knew exactly what it was I wanted to impart and felt that my sentiments echoed those of many of my female friends and colleagues; That the theory of the glass ceiling was nothing mo...

Laird Harrison, in "A Classroom in Which You Can Speak Your Mind," believes schools should separate boys and girls. Laird Harrison said that even though a single-sex education might not be an optimum decision to help "every distracted student," it is considered a good solution fo...

The term socialization refers to the \"lifelong social experience by which individuals develop their human potential and learn culture.\" [Macionis et al. p 55] The concept of socialization is that our actions are driven/learned by culture. Socialization is also the foundation of personality, which ...

The 17th and 18th centuries saw the beginning stage of the women's movement towards intellectual and social equality with men. Women were weaker physically, bore children as well as nurtured them. The economics and culture of Europe at this time were strongly influenced by religion and resulte...

THE RECOVERY RATE OF THE MALE IS SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER THAN THAT OF THE FEMALE. Abstract:This experiment is designed to test whether or not gender is a major contributing factor to the recovery heart rate in humans. Most would assume that the male heart rate would be considerably faster in recover...

Women constitute over half of the global population today. Their contributions socially, economically, culturally, and politically are great yet, their efforts have been recognized at a much lower proportion than those of men. Over the past thirty years, the legal status of the woman has undoubtedly...

In the book "The Body Project", Joan Jacobs Brumberg examines how the social changes of the last century have affected the ways in which teenage girls regard their bodies and themselves. By the use of various historical documents, including the many diaries of adolescent women, the author looks at t...