Both a woman's desire for sovereignty in marriage, as well as the moral and logical correctness of female supremacy in matrimony are two themes that pervade and define Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The following essay will explore within "The Wife of Bath's Tale" and...

Famous Women in Science Born on July 19, 1921 in New York City was one of the most important American research scientists of the 20th century. Rosalyn Yalow is an inspiration to many men and women for her commitment to the education of science. Despite many challenged she never gave up and exce...

Osteoporosis affects 55% of the people over the age of 50. Of the 10 million Americans who are suspected of having osteoporosis, 8 million are woman and only a mere 2 million are men. (NIH ORBD~NRC – Fast Facts on Osteoporosis). Osteoporosis is a widely effected disease due to low bone mass an...

SHALL WE OR SHALL WE NOT HIRE POLICE OFFICERS BASED ON GENDER OR MINORITY ISSUES? We should not hire people based on gender or minority issues because everybody has different skills and capabilities to perform specific tasks. If we talk about gender issues... well, women are very good in cer...

Is a woman stronger than a man? Under any circumstances, should men take orders from women? These questions have caused many conflicts between men and women throughout history and even today. Men often feel that women are inferior to them. Women often feel that they are quite equal to men and want ...

Pregnancy in Women In today's society women are looked upon as mothers born to reproduce. The men in this society sometimes pressure the women into producing a child. Although the male does have a part in the babies life, the women is the primary carrier of the baby and it is mostly up ...

The mass media in today's society is money driven, and it seems that they will go to any length to profit. The media's sex sells approach is of particular concern. The media controls the images being put out and does not care what the outcome is aside from the accounting numbers at the e...

One indication of the protagonist's oppression is in the first sentence where she is named "Mrs. Mallard". Her husband is given a first name, but the protagonist's first name isn't revealed until much later in the story; she is only referred to as the wife of Brently Mallard. Later, as she is p...

Ideal Beauty For centuries women have been judged by their looks more than any other aspect of their person. Regardless of their personality or level of intelligence, a man's initial impression of a woman is based on their opinion of the woman's appearance. An attractive, young, slim w...

Society's WallpaperThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is an interpretation how women areoppressed by males in society. Gilman attempts to reveal this oppression through her use of maleimposed confinement. One woman's struggle with both mental and physical confinement,represents the g...

Ann Petry's Mrs. Hedges: A Challenger Appears from the Confines of Disabled Femininity Throughout The Street Ann Petry thematically examines the possibility of coexistence between the maintenance of personal virtue and morality with the achievement of the capitalistic successes of the America...

First Impression: Nora is a woman that is controlled by her husband. He tells her what to eat and what to do. But as the story progresses it explains why she is this way. She has been treated like this since she was a child. Notes: There are many themes in the book A Dolls House by Henrik Ibse...

A Doll's House In reading Ibsen's A Doll's House today, one may find it hard to imagine how daring it seemed at the time it was written one hundred years ago. Its theme, the emancipation of a woman, makes it seem almost contemporary. In Act I, there are many clues that hint at the kind of marriage N...

The value of our country\'s people that a woman\'s role as peacekeeper and our countries deep value of men protecting woman and children still remains today. Women are the support of the household and are supposed to keep the family together. However, what happens when the women, our mothers, sister...

Should Abortion Be Legal? I think Abortion should be legal under strict guidelines. I feel that abortion should be legal in some circumstances. If a woman has consensual unprotected sex, or otherwise, and becomes pregnant she should be responsible for her actions. Sex is such an open topic no...

Chillingworth's Desire Although Roger Chillingworth's zealous desire to seek out Hester's secret lover is justified, he crossed the boundary of human realm with his demonic sphere of soul possession. Hester, who is scared of him, asks, "Art thou like the Black Man that haunts the f...

It's common knowledge that the difference between young menand women is not purely physical. Guys and girls lead verydifferent lives, because the world interacts with each ofthe sexes uniquely. One argument is who has the advantageover the other in romantic situations. Some may say itdepends on the...

The Role Of Women in "That 70's Show"The 1970's were a very powerful point in time for the women's movement throughout the United States. Females around the country were proving that they were physically and mentally equal to men and it was time people realized that. The women in portrayed in FOX'...

In Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour", Mrs. Mallard, is imprisoned by her marriage, society, and her conscience. Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour", depicts a social situation of the times, a woman, a prisoner to her husband. Chopin is known for her works that ...

MOVIE REVIEW: REVIVING OPHELIA In the videorecording, Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, Mary Pipher outlines challenges that today's adolescent girls face. In particular, she emphasizes the way media manipulates popular culture and the negative backlash this has on sh...

It has been said, "The only thing constant is change itself." A change that we all must go through is the inevitable evolution from childhood into adulthood. In "Doe Season," David Michael Kaplain writes about Andy, a young girl, who makes this transition while she is on a h...

For my first compare and contrast assignment, I did the Egyptian figure \"Torso of a General\" and the Greek \"Marble Statue of Kouros.\" These statues have some similarities and many differences. \"Torso of a General\" was sculpted at the beginning of the 4th century when the Persian occupation was...

Alison Newcomer Critical Inquiry Group: 4 The author of Oleanna, David Mamet has created for us a scenario in which we are warned of the danger in a woman's right to prosecute a man for sexual harassment. It appears as though Mamet intends to challenge the reader to understand the comple...

The submissive role that many women assume in marriage is a familiar controversy among most societies; a role so common that it is often expected of a female to live "under the thumb" of her husband. Why, with all of the advances in equal rights and the recent progression of female partic...

Pain and the Differences of Genders We have all experienced physical pain sometime in our life. Some of us even must suffer it on a day to day basis. But are some people genetically made to handle pain easier than most? Sure, why not? I mean, we are all made differently and react differently...