Characteristics of Women Seeking Careers in Technology
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A 15 page paper discussing the issues and environment affecting women seeking careers in technology-based fields. The writer provides an overview of the literature relating to the subject, as well as making an analysis of the characteristics of women involved in technology and science careers. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman: "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution"
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A 6 page analysis of these two nineteenth century works. The author of this paper contends that books stands in testament to the historical sacrifice of female qualities for male qualities due to perceived societal need which has been a component of our lives presumably since the beginning of human reign on the earth. This sacrifice had perhaps reached its peak by the nineteenth century. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPyello2.rtf

Child Pornography and Prostitution: A Question of Economics?
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A 5 page argument that while some feminists view prostitution and pornography involving adult women as a means of economic betterment, the exploitation of children is nothing but criminal. While the sexual exploitation of children might be for the economic benefit of the men who exploit them it serves no positive purpose, economic or otherwise, in the lives of those who are exploited. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPchdPrn.rtf

Chinese Women And Communism
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Nationalism, or what Westerners tend to define as communism, effects not only the economic and political aspects of a culture, but also, the social evolution by restricting and, or, discouraging independent ideas and innovative processes. This 8 page paper argues that the transition to communism in China was a political and idealistic process that had little or no room and, or, inclination for advocating the rights of women, even though the basic tenets of communism, as presented by Karl Marx, is the value of the human 'capital'. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: KTchncom.wps

Christina Hoff Sommers’ “The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism is Harming Our Young Men”
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This 5 page report discusses Sommers’ 2000 book that asserts that believes it is a bad time to be a boy in America. Sommers makes the points that boys are less likely to enroll in college than girls. They do their homework less often and they cheat on tests more often. They are also more likely to be disciplined in school, sent to detention, or drop out of school all together. Sommers is determined to debunk the “the myth of the fragile girl” in order to assure that boys are not penalized simply for being boys. Bibliography list only the primary source.
Filename: BWboywar.wps

Clemetson: “Work vs. Family, Complicated by Race”
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This 5 page paper discusses Lynette Clemetson’s article “Work vs. Family, Complicated by Race” and uses it as a springboard to discuss the “mommy wars.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: HVclemet.rtf

Collin's Black Feminist Thought
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Patricia Collins is a sociologist who happens to be Black and female. Her book, Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment, is a sociological study from the perspective of ethnography and centered on the lives and experiences of real women, including the author. This 6 page paper critiques the unique perspective utilized by Ms. Collins. No additional sources are listed.
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