Portrayal of Women in European Paintings
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A 5 page research paper exploring how women are portrayed in paintings. The writer describes images of women in a few key 20th century European paintings, and the social and cultural influences on these portrayals. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Power and Sexuality
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This 5 page paper considers the way in which sexuality and power may be interpreted. The writers considers the arguments of Catharine MacKinnon and Michel Focault to examine how power may manifest and how these two theorists may both agree and differ on their perspectives. The bibliography cited 2 sources.
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Pratt's Working Feminism
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This 8 page paper provides a general book review and focuses attention on the idea of sex and gender construction. Some quotes are included from Pratt's work. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Professions for Women by Virginia Woolf
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A 2 page paper which examines the writing style of Virginia Woolf’s Professions for Women. No additional sources cited.
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Prostitution: Differing Feminist Views
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An 8 page overview of the inroads made to understanding female prostitution which have resulted with feminist research. Notes that feminist research on female prostitution has in itself exhibited a two-sided approach to the issues. On the one hand, feminist research indicts female prostitution as a system of exploitation and sexual abuse and as an institution which results in sexual subordination and enslavement. Other feminist research, however, views female prostitution as a means by which women can empower themselves and materially prosper by preying on the needs and desires of men. Summarizes each view and concludes by noting that the key to understanding prostitution is a fuller understanding of the applications of the words "choice" and "consent". Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Race/Ethnicity and Feminism
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A 5 page paper which examines how race/ethnicity complicates or intensifies the subject of feminism. The paper uses the essays of Donna Langston, “Tired of Playing Monopoly?,” and Gloria Joseph’s “The Imcompatible Menage A Trois: Marxism, Feminism and Race.” No additional sources cited.
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Racism Against Women of Color / During the Feminist Movement
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A 10 page paper that considers the issues of racial division in the feminist movement and also focuses on the role that women of color have played in race-based social movements. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Radical and Reform Feminism
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Radical and Reform Feminism : This 7 page report discusses the evolution of the radical and reform sectors of the feminist movement. By the middle of the 1970's, the original formats of feminist consciousness-raising gave way to one through which women began to examine their subordinate status in other hierarchies that were based on race, politics, or sexual orientation rather than only gender. Bibliography lists 6 sources. BWfemrad.wps
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Refuting Danielle Crittenden
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This 6 page paper analyzes Daniel Crittenden's article "About Marriage" and refutes 3 of her arguments. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Reproductive Rights as Human Rights
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This is an 18 page paper discussing reproductive rights as a human right. Reproductive rights represents a component of human rights as promoted by the international community in regards to the “right to health and family planning; the right to life, freedom, integrity and security; the right not to be assaulted or exploited sexually; the right not to be tortured or to be the object of cruel, inhuman, degrading punishment or treatment; the right not to be subject to sex-based discrimination; the right to privacy; the right to intimacy; and the right to enjoy scientific progress and the right to consent to be an object of experimentation”. These basic human rights extend to include reproductive rights in many different areas of concern. Firstly, the international community has promoted the concept of reproductive rights in order to provide education and support for family planning, contraceptive options and safe abortion and health care environment to people who desire these rights and are in need of these rights. These concerns are mainly to address the growing number of women who die on an annual basis from unsupervised or illegal abortions and also to promote contraception use in order to prevent unplanned pregnancies, the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS. Second, on the basis of equal human rights, family planning and reproductive rights extend to both men and women although quite often the focus is on the sexual exploitation of women. Finally, reproductive rights also extend to those who wish to have children and who may also use the human right to use the benefit of scientific progress to do so which includes the use of the reproductive technologies of in-vitro fertilization, donor insemination, and cloning if desired. Because reproductive rights are based on desire and basic human rights for the individual decision in regards to reproduction, population growth arguments do not provide a good basis for conflict as some countries use reproductive rights to control population growth, other countries use reproductive rights to promote population growth. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Resolving the Anomalies in the Lives of Muslim Women
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This 6 page paper examines the issues facing Muslim women, and argues that it is unlikely they will be accepted by their culture if they are too "Westernized." Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVResMus.rtf

Review of Beyond the Veil by Fatima Mernissi
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5 pages in length. This important and eye-opening book sheds light on the way in which Muslim women must deal with their sexuality within the Islamic community. Not only must the women deal with this on a daily basis but those around them are expected to treat them as dictated by Islamic society. Discusses the author's viewpoint and her success in expressing her subject.
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