"Come back here Bitch!" Eminem's songs contain these types of foul and demeaning lyrics that perpetuate sexism among young people. In today's rap lyrics, it is becoming more evident that sexism is on the rise. Popular rap music has contributed to perpetuating sexism among you...

The ideal antebellum woman is a far cry from today's woman, but of course the antebellum time period is over a century removed from today's world. The antebellum woman was expected to be a member of the proverbial "cult of domesticity," a term modern historians use to describe t...

The role of women is crucial to any society's formation. Particularly in the Middle East, the correlation between gender and the nation is instrumental in the formation of the modern state. Essentially, the "Woman Question" attempts to understand the role of women within the modern state and thei...

Title IX Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, is the federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in educational programs or activities at schools and colleges that receive federal funds. Title nine provides for equal athletic opportunities for women in athletics, however, getting people to...

?Every culture follows certain norms that are understood in terms of it's place in its cultural context. There have always been accepted ways of doing or carrying out ideas socially. This makes people status conscious. But many in our open-minded, young generation don't believe in sticking to what w...

Susan Bordo works at the University of Kentucky as the Otis A. Singletary Chair of Humanities. She also is a philosopher who deals with many traditional aspects of philosophy such as Rene Descartes and Sigmund Freud. However, what sets Bordo apart from most other philosophers is her training ...

Hungy? The United States sure is. Susan Bordo works at the University of Kentucky as the Otis A. Singletary Chair of Humanities. She also is a philosopher who deals with many traditional aspects of philosophy such as Rene Descartes and Sigmund Freud. However, what sets Bordo apart from most ...