Gender Codes: Exploring Malaysiaâs Gender Parity in Computer Science
The Voice of Technology: Understanding The Work Of Feminine Voice Assistants and the Feminization of the Interface
Whose Voices, Whose Values? Environmental Policy Effects Ofextra-Community Sovereignty Advocacy
Environmental Science and Public Policy
âFelons, Not Familiesâ: The Construction of Immigrant Criminality in Obama-Era Policies and Discourses, 2011-2016
History and Literature
Seeing Beyond the Binary: The Photographic Construction of Queer Identity in Interwar Paris and Berlin
History and Literature
Iconic Market Women: The Unsung Heroines of Post-Colonial Ghana (1960s-1990s)
History and Literature: Ethnic Studies
From Stove Polish to the She-E-O: The Historical Relationship Between the American Feminist Movement and Consumer Culture
Social Studies
âInterstitial Existence,â De-Personification, and Black Womenâs Resistance to Police Brutality
#Metoo Meets #Blm: Understanding Black Feminist Anti-Violence Activism in the United States
Social Studies
"Why Wonât Anyone Fight For Us?â: A Contemporary Class Analysis of the Positions and Politics of H-1b and H-4 Visa Holders
Social Studies
2019
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall, Why Canât I See Myself At All?: A Close Reading of Childrenâs Picture Books Featuring Gender Expansive Children of Color
African and African-American Studies
2019
Dilating Health, Healthcare, and Well-Being: Experiences of LGBTQ+ Thai People
2019
The Consociationalist Culprit: Explaining Womenâs Lack of Political Representation in Northern Ireland
2019
Queering the Political Sphere: Play, Performance, and Civil Society with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in San Francisco, 1979-1999 Â Â Â
2019
Playing With Power: Kink, Race, and Desire
History and Literature
2019
âTake Root:â Community Formation at the San Francisco Chinatown Branch Public Library, 1970s-1990s
Fetal Tomfoolery: Comedy, Activism, and Reproductive Justice in the Pro-Abortion Work of the Lady Parts Justice League
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And They're Saying It's Because of the Internet: An Exploration of Sexuality Urban Legends Online
(In)visibly Queer: Assessing Disparities in the Adjudication of U.S. LGBTQ Asylum Cases
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Radical Appropriations:Â A Cultural History and Critical Theorization of Cultural Appropriation in Drag Performance
Surviving Safe Spaces:Â Exploring Survivor Narratives and Community-Based Responses to LGBTQ Intimate Partner Violence
âThe Cruelest of All Painsâ:Â Â Birth, Compassion, and the Female Body in
Virtually Normal? How âInitiationâ Shapes the Pursuit of Modern Gay Relationships
How Stigma Impacts Mental Health:Â The Minority Stress Model and Unwed Mothers in South Korea
The Future is Taken Care of:Â Care Robots, Migrant Workers, and the Re-production of Japanese Identity
Bodies on the Line: Empowerment through Collective Subjectification in Women's Rugby Culture
"In the Middle of the Movement": Advocating for Sexuality and Reproductive Health Rights in the Nonprofit Industrial Complex
Breaking the Equator: Formation and Fragmentation of Gender and Race in Indigenous Ecuador
Social Studies
Deconstructing the American Dream: in Kodak Advertisements and Shirley Cards in Post World War II American Culture
Imposing Consent: Past Paradigms, Gender Norms, and the Continuing Conflation of Health and Genital Appearance in Medical Practice for Intersex Infants  Â
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And I am Telling You, You Canât Stop the Beat: Locating Narratives of Racial Crossover in Musical Theater
RealityÂŽ Check: Shifting Discourses of âFemale Empowermentâ in the History of the Reality Female Condom, 1989-2000
Dialectics of a Feminist FutureÂ
Lesbian Against the Law: Indian Lesbian Activism and Film, 1987-2014
Talking Dirty: Using the Pornographic to Negotiate Sexual Discourse in Public and Private
Wars Are Fought, They Are Also Told: A Study of 9/11 and the War on Terrorism in U.S. History Textbooks
Yoko as a Narrator in Nobuyoshi Arakiâs and
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2014
Reading at an Angle: Theorizing Young Women Reading Science-Fictionally
English and American Literature
2014
âAre you Ready to be Strong?â: Images of Female Empowerment in 1990s Popular Culture
History and Literature
2014
Constructing the Harvard Man: Eugenics, the Science of Physical Education, and Masculinity at Harvard, 1879-1919
History and Science
2014
Sex, Science, and Politics in the Sociobiology Debate
History and Science
2014
"A Little Bit of Sodomy in Meâ: Â Disgust, Loss, and the Politics of Redemption in the American Ex-Gay Movement
Religion
2014
Art of Disturbance: Â Trans-Actions on the Stage of the US-Mexico Border
Romance Languages and Literatures
2014
âToo Important for Politicsâ: The Implications of âAutonomyâ in the Indian Womenâs Movement
Social Studies
2014
Yes, No, Maybe: The Politics of Consent Under Compulsory Sex-Positivity
Social Studies
2013
Inside the Master's House: Gender, Sexuality, and the 'Impossible' History of Slavery in Jamaica, 1753-1786
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2013
Illuminating the Darkness Beneath the Lamp: Im Yong-sinâs Disappearance from History and Rewriting the History of Women in Koreaâs Colonial Period (1910-1945)
East Asian Languages and Civilizations
2013
"How to Survive a Plague": Navigating AIDS in Mark Doty's Poetry
English and American Literature
2013
Respectability's Girl: Images of Black Girlhood Innocence, 1920-2013
History and Literature
2013
Defining Our Own Lives: The Racial, Gendered, and Postcolonial Experience of Black Women in the Netherlands
Social Studies
2013
Beyond Victim-Blaming: Strategies of Rape Response through Narrative
Sociology
2012
From âUltimate Femalesâ to âBe(ing) Meâ: Uncovering Australian Intersex Experiences and Perspectives
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2012
Modernity on Trial: Sodomy and Nation in Malaysia
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2012
: Woven Accounts of Gender, Work and Motherhood in South Korea
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2012
Sexual Apartheid: Marginalized Identity(s) in South Africa's HIV/AIDS Interventions
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2012
The Pornographer's Tools: A Critical and Artistic Response to the Pornography of Georges Bataille and AnaĂŻs Nin
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Cerebral interhemispheric connectivity and autism: A laboratory investigation of Dkk3 function in the postmitotic development of callosal projection neuron subpopulations and a historical analysis of the reported male prevalence of autism and the âextreme male brainâ theory
Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
2011
"Let's Just Invite Them In" versus "We Just Don't Have the Resources to Support You": Selective and Non-Selective College Administrators as Creators of Alcohol Policies and Practices, Campus Cultures, and Students' Identities, and Implications for Opportunities in Higher Education
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2011
Plaintiffs' Role in Reinventing Legal Arguments for Same-Sex Marriage
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Facing Tijuana's Maquilas: An Inquiry into Embodied Viewership of the US-Mexico Border
Romance Languages and Literatures
2011
"The Woman Who Shouts": Coming to Voice as a Young Urban Female Leader
Social Studies
2011
Closet Communities: A Study of Queer Life in Cairo
Social Studies
2011
Redefining Survival: Statistics and the Language of Uncertainty at the Height of the AIDS Epidemic
Statistics
2010
A Genealogy of Gay Male Representation from the Lavender Scare to Lavender Containment
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2010
More Than "Thoughts by the Way": Young Women and the Overland Journey Finding Themselves Through Narrative Voice, 1940-1870
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2010
Que(e)rying Harvard Men, 1941-1951: A Project on Oral Histories
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2010
When Welfare Queens Speak: Survival Rhetoric in the Face of Domination
African and African American Studies
2010
ACT UP New York: Art, Activism and the AIDS Crisis, 1987-1993
Visual and Environmental Studies
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"Gay, Straight, or Lying?": The Cultural Silencing of Male Bisexuality in America
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"I had never seen a beautiful woman with just one breast": Beauty and Norms of Femininity in Popular Breast Cancer Narratives
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2009
Diego Garcia: Islands of Empire, Archipelagos of Resistance
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Zion Sexing Palestine
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Are You Sisters?: Motherhood, Sisterhood, and the Impossible Black Lesbian Subject
African and African American Studies
2009
Girl Interpellated: Female Childhoods and the Trauma of Nationalist Subjectivity
History and Literature
Breaching the Subject of Birth: An Examination of Undergraduate Women's Perceptions of "Alternative" Birthing Methods
Sociology
2008
Biomedicalizing the Labor of Love: Narratives of Maternal Disability and Reproduction
Dis/locating the Margins: Gloria AnzaldĂşa and New Potential for Feminist Pedagogy
Mommy, Where Do Babies Come From? Egg Donation and Popular Constructions of Authentic Motherhood
Parallel Histories and Mutual Lessons: Advocates Negotiate Feminism and Domestic Violence Services in Immigrant Communities in Boston
SILENCE=DEATH: (Re)Presentations of "The AIDS Epidemic" 1981-1990
The "Sparrow in the Cage": Images of the Emaciated Body in Representations of Anorexia Nervosa
Theater of the Abject: The Powers of Horror in Sarah Kane's
Toward a Participatory Framework for Inclusive Citizenship: Haitian Immigrant Women's Claim to Civic Space in Boston
"Keepin' it Real," Queering the Real: Queer Hip Hop and the Performance of Authenticity
African and African American Studies
On the Surface: Conceptualizing Gender and Subjectivity in Chinese Lesbian Culture
East Asian Languages and Civilization
Viewing Post-War Black Politics Through a New Lens: Tracing Changes in Ann Perry's Conception of the Mother-Child Relationship, 1943-1965
History and Literature
Silent Families and Invisible Sex: Christian Nationalism and the 2004 Texas Sex Education Battle
Social Studies
White 2.0: Theorizing White Feminist Blogging
Social Studies
2007
Do Mothers Experience The Mommy Wars?: An Examination of the Media's Claims About the Mommy Wars and the Mothers Who Supposedly Fight In Them
2007
On The Offense: The Apologetic Defense and Women's Sports
2007
Stop Being Polite & Start Getting "Real": Examining Madonna & Black Culture Appropriation in the MTV Generation
2007
The Inviability of Balance: Performing Female Political Candidacy
2007
The Money Taboo
English
2007
Somewhere Over the Rainbow Nation: The Dynamics of the Gay and Lesbian Movement and the Countermovement After a Decade of Democracy in South Africa
Government
2007
Facing The Empress: Modern Representations of Women, Power and Ideology In Dynasty China
Religion
2007
Re-Evaluating Homosexuality: Extralegal Factors in Conservative Jewish Law
Social Studies
2007
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Who's Producing Your Knowledge?: Filipina American Scholars
Social Studies
2006
"The Potential of Universality": Discovering Gender Fluidity Through Performance
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Coming Out of the Candlelight: Erasure, Politics, and Practice at the 2005 Boston Transgender Day of Remembrance
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May Our Daughters Return Home: Transnational Organizing to Halt Femicide in Ciudad Juarez
She Let It Happen: An Analysis of Rape Myth Acceptance among Women
Anthropology
"This is no time for the private point of view": Vexing the Confessional in the Poetry of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton
History and Literature
Relying on the Experts: The Hidden Motives of Tampon Manufacturers, Feminist Health Activists and the Medical Community During the American Toxic Shock Epidemic from 1978- 1982
History of Science
(In)visibility: Identity Rights and Subjective Experience in Gay Beirut
Social Studies
Social Studies
Social Studies
Social Studies
2005
"Takin' Back the Night!" Buffy the Vampire Slayer and "Girl Power" Feminism
Bread Winners or Bread Makers? The Professional Challenges for Working Women
Power to the People! Or Not: The Exceptional Decrease in Womenâs Formal and Informal Political Participation in Slovenia During Democratization
To Whom Many Doors Are Still Locked: Gender, Space & Power in Harvard Final Clubs
Coca Politics: Women's Leadership in the Chapare
Anthropology
Redressing Prostitution: Trans Sex Work and the Fragmentation of Feminist Theories
Government
The Media Coverage of Women, Ten Years Later, in the 108th Congress, Has Anything Changed Since 'The Year of the Women' in 1992
Government
Divided Designs: Separatism, Intersectionality, and Feminist Science in the 1970s
History of Science
Completing the Circle: Singing Women's Universality and the Music of Libana
Music
Attitudes, Beliefs and Behavior Towards Gays and Lesbians
Psychology
Beauty and Brains: The Influence of Stereotypical Portraits of Women on Implicit Cognition
Psychology
"Rational Kitchens" How Scientific Kitchen Designs Reconfigured Domestic Space and Subjectivity from the White City to the New Frankfurt
Social Studies
2004
Begin By Imagining: Reflections of Women in the Holocaust
Feminism within the Frame: An Analysis of Representations of Women in the Art of Americas Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
History of Art and Architecture
The Fluid Body: Gender, Agency, and Embodiment in ChĂśd Ritual
Religion
Parodic Patriotism and Ambivalent Assimilation: A Rereading of Mary Antin's The Promised Land
Romance Languages and Literatures
Virgin, Mother, Warrior: The Virgin of Guadalupe as an Icon of the Anti- Abortion Movement
Romance Languages and Literatures
Feminist Evolutions: An exploration and response to the disconnect between young women and contemporary dominant feminism
Social Studies
Public Enemies: South Asian and Arab Americans Navigate Racialization and Cultural Citizenship After 9/11
Social Studies
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The Blue Stockinged Gal of Yesterday is Gone: Life-course Decision-making and Identity Formation of 1950s Radcliffe College Graduates
Social Studies
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At the Narrative Center of Gravity: Stories and Identities of Queer Women of Color
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Embodying the Psyche, Envisioning the Self: Race, Gender, and Psychology in Postwar American Womenâs Fiction
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From Many Mouths to Her Mind: Pursuits of Selfhood, the American Woman, and the Self-Help Book
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Out of Love: The Permissibility of Abuse in Love and Self Development
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Promising Monsters, Perilous Motherhood: The Social Construction of 20th Century Multiple Births
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Sexing the Gender Dysphoric Body: A Developmental Examination of Gender Identity Disorder of Childhood
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The Specter of Homoeroticism: Recasting Castration in David Fincher's 'Fight Club'
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Women's Occupational Health: A Study of Latina Immigrant Janitors at Harvard
Biology
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Accidental Bodies
English
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Transformations in the Polish Female Gender Model from Communism to Democracy
History of Science
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Between Nation and World: Organizing Against Domestic Violence in China
Social Studies
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The Process of Becoming: Cultural Identity-Formation Among Second-Generation South Asian Women in the Contexts of Marriage and Family
Social Studies
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A Turn of the Page: Contemporary Womenâs Reading Groups in America
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Bordering Home
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Canary in a Coal Mine: The Mixed Race Woman in American History and Literature
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Reflections in Yellow
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My Rights Don't Just Come to Me: Palestinian Women Negotiating Identity
Anthropology
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âProgressive Conservatismâ: The Intersection of Boston Women's Involvement in Anti-Suffrage and Progressive Reform, 1908 - 1920
History
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âWhat Can a Woman Do?â: Gender, Youth, and Citizenship at Women's Colleges During World War I
History
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Building Strong Community: A Study of Queer Groups at Northeastern, Brandeis, and Harvard
Sociology
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Taking Care: Stereotypes, Medical Care, and HIV+ Women
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Of Tongues Untied: Stories Told and Retold by Working-Class Women
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On Display: Deconstructing Modes of Fashion Exhibition
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The Un-Candidates: Gender and Outsider Signals in Women's Political Advertisements
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Tugging at the Seams: Feminist Resistance in Pornography
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Witnessing Memory': Narrating the Realities of Immigrant and Refugee Women
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âLa Revolution Tranquilleâ: Concubinage: The Renegotiation of Gender and the Deregulation of Conjugal Kinship in the Contemporary French Household
Anthropology
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What is ânaturalâ about the menstrual cycle?
Anthropology
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Multi-Drug Resistance in Malaria: Identification and Characterization of a Putative ABC-Transporter in Plasmodium falciparum
Biology
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âWe Was Girls Togetherâ: The Role of Female Friendship in Nella Larsen's and Toni Morrison's
English
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Pom-Pom Power--The History of Cheerleading at Harvard
History
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Conception of Gender in Artificial Intelligence
History of Science
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âHysterilizationâ: Hysterectomy as Sterilization in the 1970s United States
History of Science
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What's Blood Got to Do with It? Menarche, Menstrual Attitudes, Experiences, and Behaviors
Psychology
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Facing the Screen: Portrayals of Female Body Image on Websites for Teenagers
Sociology
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They're Not Those Kinds of Girls: The Absence of Physical Pleasure in Teenage Girls' Sexual Narratives
Sociology
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(Re)Writing Woman: Confronting Gender in the Czech Masculine Narrative
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âLike a Nuprin: Little, Yellow, Queerâ: The Case for Queer Asian American Autobiofictional Performance
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Sex, Mothers, and Bodies: Chilean Sex Workers Voicing their Honor
Anthropology
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Mapping his Manila: Feminine Geographies of the City in Nick Joaquin's
English
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Precious Mettle: Margaret DeWitt, Susanna Townsend, and Mary Jane Megquier Negotiate Environment, Refinement & Femininity in Gold Rush California
History
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From to : Analyzing the Aesthetics of Spoken Word Poetry
History and Literature
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The Hymeneal Seal: Embodying Female Virginity in Early Modern England
History of Science
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Suit Her Up, She's Ready to Play: How the Woman-in-a-Suit Tackles Social Binaries
Social Studies
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"From the Bones of Memory": Women's Stories to the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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"When We Get Married, We'll Live Next Door to Each Other": Adolescence, Girl-Friends, and "Lesbian" Desires
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Healthy Bodies, Healthy Lives: The Women's Health Initiative and the Politics of Science
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Adah Isaacs Menken, The [Un]True Stories: History, Identity, Memory, Menken, and Me
Afro-American Studies
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Situated Science: Margaret Cavendish and Natural Philosophical Discourse
English
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From "Sympathizers" to Organizers: The Emergence of the Women's Liberation Movement from the New Left at Harvard-Radcliffe
History
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Re-(e)valu[ate/ing] Madonna: Understanding the Success of Post-Modernity's Greatest Diva
Music
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"Let's Not Change the Subject!": Deliberation on Abortion on the Web, in the House and in Abortion Dialogue Groups
Social Studies
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A Socialist-Feminist Re-vision: An Integration of Socialist Feminist and Psychoanalytic Accounts of Women's Oppression
Social Studies
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Common Visions, Differing Priorities, Challenging Dynamics: An Examination of a Low-Income Immigrant Women's Cooperative Project
Sociology
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"I Don't Want to Grow Up - If It's Like That": Carson McCullers's Construction of Female Adolescence and Women's Coming of Age
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Another Toxic Shock: Health Risks from Rayon and Dioxin in Chlorine Bleached Tampons Manufactured in the United States, a Public Policy Analysis
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Damned Beauties of the Roaring Twenties: The Death of Young, White, Urban, American Women and
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Just Saying No? A Closer Look at the Messages of Three Sexual Abstinence Programs
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The Cost of Making Money: Exploring the Dissociative Tendencies of College Educated Strippers
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Whose Sexuality? Masochistic Sexual Fantasies and Notions of Feminist Subjectivity
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That Takes BallsâŚor Does it? A Historical and Endocrinologic Examination of the Relation of Androgens to Confidence in Males and Females
Anthropology
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black tar/and honey: Anne Sexton in Performance
English
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Redefining the Politics of Presence: The Case of Indian Women in Panchayati Raj Institutions
Government
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The Psychic Connection: The historical evolution of the psychic hotline in terms of gender, spirituality, and talk therapy
History
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Visions and Revisions of Love: and the Crisis of Heterosexual Romance
Visual and Environmental Studies
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"I Feel it in My Bones That You are Making History": The Life and Leadership of Pauli Murray
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"Reports from the Front: Welfare Mothers Up in Arms": A Case Study with Policy Implications
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All the Weapons I Carry 'Round with Me: Five Adult Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Speak about Their Experiences with Impact Model Mugging
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Listening to Stories of Prison: The HIV Epidemic in MCI-Framingham
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The Communicating Wire: Bell Telephone, Farm Wives, and the Struggle for Rural Telephone Service
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When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Good Girl: Adolescent Fiction and Patriarchal Notions of Womanhood
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Out of the Courtroom and onto the Ballot: The Politicization of the 1930s and '40s Massachusetts Birth Control Movement
History
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"The Role For Which God Created Them": Women in the United States' Religious Right
Social Studies
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Potent Vulnerability: American Jewry and the Romance with Diaspora
Social Studies
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"I Certainly Try and Make the Most of it": An Exploratory Study of Teenage Mothers Who Have Remained in High School
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In Their Own Words: Life and Love in the Literary Transactions of Adolescent Girls
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Math/Theory: Constructing a Feminist Epistemology of Mathematics
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Mirror, Mirror on the WallâŚ" Nella Larsen, Alice Walker, and the Self-Representation of Black Female Sexuality
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Racial Iconography and Feminist Film: A Cultural Critique of Independent Women's Cinema
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Real Plums in an Imaginary Cake: Mary McCarthy and the Writing of Autobiography
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Single-Mother Poverty: A Critical Analysis of Current Welfare Theory and Policy from a Feminist, Cultural Perspective
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Intra-household Resource Allocations in South Africa: Is There a Gender Bias?
Economics
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Vision and Revision: The Naked Body and the Borders of Sex and Gender
English
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Are Abusive Men Different? And Can We Predict Their Behavior?
Psychology
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Racial Iconography and Feminist Film: A Cultural Critique of Independent Women's Cinema
Visual and Environmental Studies
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"What Does a Girl Do?": Teenage Girls' Voices in the Girl Group Music of the 1950s and '60s
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Continuing the Struggle: Gender Equality in an Egalitarian Community
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Elements of Community: Re-entering the Landscape of Utah Mormonism
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Loving and Living Surrealism: Reuniting Leonora Carrington and Max Ernst
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Reading the Body: The Physiological Politics of Gender in Charlotte Bronte's , Margaret Oliphant's , and Mary Braddon's
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Searching for a Place Apart: A Journey into and out of Bulimia Nervosa
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The Flagstad Case
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Visual Strategies of the Contemporary U.S. Abortion Conflict
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Working Women, Legitimate Lives: The Gender Values Underlying 1994 Welfare Reform
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The Hormone Replacement Therapy Decision: Women at the Crossroads of Women's Health
Anthropology
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The Economic Consequences of Domestic Violence
Economics
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"It's My Skin": Gender, Pathology, and the Jewish Body in Holocaust Narratives
English
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Essentialist Tensions: Feminist Theories of the "Maleness" of Philosophy
Philosophy
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Differences Among Friends: International feminists, USAID, and Nigerian women
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Helke Sander and the Roots of Change: Gaining a Foothold for Women Filmmakers in Postwar Germany
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On Dorothy Allison's and Literary Theory on Pain and Witnessing
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Redefining : A Study of Chicana Identity and the Malinche Image
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The Feminist Critique of the Birth Control Pill
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The Re-visited: Women Villains in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema
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The Framings of Ethel Rosenberg: Gender, Law, Politics, and Culture in Cold War America
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Tradition and Transgression: Gender Roles in Ballroom Dancing
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When Pregnancy is a Crime: Addiction, Pregnancy and the Law
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Strategic Sentiments: Javanese Women and the Anthropology of Emotion
Anthropology
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Engendering Bodies in Pain: Trauma and Silence in Dorothy Allison's
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The Flowers of Middle Summer
English
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Conceptions of Self, Relationships and Gender Roles in Japanese American Women in California and Hawaii
Psychology
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Bad Mothers and Wicked (wo)Men: Facts and Fictions about Serial Killers
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Child of Imagination: Literary Analysis of Woolf, Steedman, Rich & Gilligan
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Gender Roles on Trial During the Reign of Terror
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Grief and Rage: The Politics of Death and the Political Implications of Mourning
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Jewels in the Net: Women Bringing Relation into the Light of American Buddhist Practice
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Mamas Fighting for Freedom in Kenya
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Rethinking "Feminine Wiles": Sexuality and Subversion in the Fiction of Jane Bowles
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Sexing the Machine: Feminism, Technology, and Postmodernism
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Sisterhood is Robin? The Politics of the Woman-Centered Feminist Discourse in the New Ms. Magazine
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"Thank God for Technology!" Taking a Second Look at the Technocratic Birth Experience
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Where She Slept These Many Years
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Women's Narratives of Anger: Exploring the Relationship between Anger and Self
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Edith Wharton's : Gendered Paradoxes and Resistance to Representation
English
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Sociocognitive and Motivational Influences on Gender-Linked Conduct
Psychology
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Conceptions of the Female Self: A Struggle Between Dominant and Resistant Forces
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Objectified Subjects: Women in AIDS Clinical Drug Trials
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Re-membering the American Dream: Woman in the Process of Placing a Beam in a Bag
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Women and War
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Women of the Cloister, Women of the World: American Benedictines in Transition
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The Changing Lives of Palestinian Women in the Galilee: Reflections on Some Aspects of Modernization by Three Generations
Anthropology
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Blending the Spectrum: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Women and HIV Disease
Biology
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Maestra: Five Female Orchestral Conductors in the United States
Music
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Negotiating Identity: Multiracial People Challenging the Discourse
Social Studies
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Pain, Privacy, and Photography: Approaches to Picturing the Experiences of Battered Women
Visual and Environmental Studies
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Incest and the Denial of Paternal Fallibility in Psychoanalysis and Feminist Theory
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Sex and the Ivory Girl: Judy Blume Speaks to the Erotics of Disembodiment in Adolescent Girls' Discourses of Sexual Desire
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Women's Secrets, Feminine Desires: Narrative Hiding and Revealing in Frances Burney's , Emily Bronte's , and Mary Braddon's
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Workers, Mothers and Working Mothers: The Politics of Fetal Protection in the Workplace
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Appalachian Identity: A Contested Discourse
Anthropology
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Half-Baked in Botswana: Why Cookstoves Aren't Heating Up the Kitchen
Economics
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"Management of Men": Political Wives in British Parliamentary Politics, 1846-1867
History
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re:Visions of Feminism: An Analysis of Contemporary Film and Video Directed by Asian American Women
Social Studies
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A Mini-Revolution: hemlines, gender identity, and the 1960s
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Feeding Women and Children First: A Study of the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children
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On Refracting a Voice: Readings of Tatiana Tolstaia
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Private Lives in Public Spaces: Marie Stopes, The Mothers' Clinics, and the Practice of Contraception
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With Child: Women's Experiences of Childbirth from Personal, Historical, and Cultural Perspectives
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Representing "Miss Lizzie": Class and Gender in the Borden Case
History and Literature
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Seductive Strategies: Towards an Interactive Model of Consumerism
History and Literature
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Nancy Chodorow's Theory Examined: Contraceptive Use Among Sexually Active Adolescents
Psychology
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Choosing Sides: Massachusetts Activists Formulate Opinions on the Abortion Issue
Social Studies
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Influence of Early Hollywood Films on Women's Roles in America
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Rethinking Sex and Gender in a World of Women without Men: Changing Consciousness and Incorporation of the Feminine in Three Utopias by Women
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A Different Voice in Politics: Women As Elites
Government
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The Lady Teaches Well: Middle-Class Women and the Sunday School Movement in England, 1780-1830
History
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The Analytical Muse: Historiography, Gender and Science in the Life of Lady Ada Lovelace
History of Science
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The Tragic Part of Happiness: The Construction of the Subject in
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The Ideology of Gender Roles in Contemporary Mormonism: Feminist Reform and Traditional Reaction
Religion
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La fonction gĂŠnĂŠratrice: French Feminism, Motherhood, and Legal Reform, 1880-1914.
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Women’s rights have been a significant focal point in the ongoing discourse on social justice and equality. The struggle for women’s rights is deeply rooted in history, marked by milestones and setbacks. While progress has undeniably been made, there remain persistent challenges that necessitate continued advocacy and action. This essay argues that the advancement of women’s rights is not only a matter of justice and equality but also a fundamental imperative for societal progress.(Comprehensive Argumentative essay example on the Rights of Women)
The historical context of women’s rights is marked by a legacy of systemic discrimination, limited opportunities, and societal norms that perpetuated gender inequality. From the suffragette movement to the fight for reproductive rights, women have consistently challenged oppressive structures. The recognition of women’s rights as human rights, as articulated in international conventions, underscores the global commitment to address historical injustices and promote gender equality.(Comprehensive Argumentative essay example on the Rights of Women)
One crucial aspect of women’s rights is economic empowerment . The gender pay gap and limited access to economic resources have persisted despite advancements in the workplace. Empowering women economically not only contributes to their individual well-being but also enhances overall societal prosperity. Research consistently demonstrates that economies thrive when women actively participate in the workforce and have equal opportunities for career advancement.(Comprehensive Argumentative essay example on the Rights of Women)
Education is a powerful catalyst for social change, and ensuring equal access to education for girls and women is integral to advancing women’s rights. When women are educated, they become catalysts for positive change within their communities. Educated women are more likely to make informed decisions about their lives, contribute meaningfully to society, and break the cycle of poverty.
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Thesis Statement: The women's suffrage movement was a critical turning point in history, highlighting the persistent struggle for gender equality and laying the foundation for women's rights in various spheres of life.
Thesis Statement: The persistent gender pay gap is a multifaceted issue rooted in historical discrimination, occupational segregation, and unequal opportunities, and addressing it is crucial for achieving economic gender equality.
Thesis Statement: While significant progress has been made in recent years, women still face unique challenges in the political sphere, including gender bias, underrepresentation, and the need for policy changes to promote gender equality in politics.
Thesis Statement: The global issue of violence against women is deeply rooted in societal norms, gender stereotypes, and power dynamics, and combating it requires comprehensive strategies that address its underlying causes.
Thesis Statement: Women's reproductive rights are fundamental to gender equality, encompassing access to safe and legal abortion, contraception, and comprehensive healthcare services, and safeguarding these rights is essential for women's autonomy and well-being.
Thesis Statement: Feminism has been a powerful social and cultural force that has challenged traditional gender roles, sparked social change, and continues to shape the discourse on women's rights and gender equality.
Thesis Statement: Intersectionality recognizes the complex interactions between gender, race, and socioeconomic status in shaping women's experiences and inequalities, emphasizing the need for inclusive and intersectional approaches to women's rights advocacy.
Thesis Statement: Gender disparities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields persist, but initiatives promoting diversity, mentorship, and educational reforms are gradually reducing these disparities and fostering women's success in STEM careers.
Thesis Statement: International organizations, governments, and grassroots movements have made significant strides in promoting women's empowerment and gender equality worldwide, demonstrating the importance of collaborative efforts to advance women's rights.
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Women's rights encompass the rights and privileges demanded by women and girls on a global scale. These rights have laid the foundation for the emergence of the women's rights crusade in the 1800s and the subsequent feminist movements that have persisted throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
Equal employment, right to vote, property rights, freedom of movement, informing women about their legal rights, discrimination, right to health, right to education, reproductive rights, freedom from violence, family law.
The struggle for women's rights has a rich history marked by significant events. The Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, sparked the women's rights movement by advocating for suffrage and equality. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN highlighted gender equality globally. The early 20th-century suffragette movement secured voting rights, and the 1979 CEDAW aimed to eliminate discrimination against women worldwide.
Women's rights in modern America have advanced significantly, yet challenges remain. Legal protections exist, and women have achieved notable progress in various fields. Landmark legislation like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of 1972 have promoted gender equality. However, gender-based inequalities such as the pay gap, underrepresentation in leadership, and limited access to healthcare persist. Movements like #MeToo highlight ongoing issues, emphasizing the need for continued advocacy and change.
Women's Rights is an important topic as it addresses systemic inequalities and discrimination that women face on a daily basis. Ensuring women have equal rights and opportunities not only benefits them individually but also contributes to societal progress and overall well-being. By advocating for and upholding women's rights, we can create a more just and equitable world for all individuals.
1. Bunch, C. (1990). Women's rights as human rights: Toward a re-vision of human rights. Human rights quarterly, 12(4), 486-498. (https://www.jstor.org/stable/762496) 2. Doepke, M., Tertilt, M., & Voena, A. (2012). The economics and politics of women's rights. Annu. Rev. Econ., 4(1), 339-372. (https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-economics-061109-080201) 3. Osanloo, A. (2009). The politics of women's rights in Iran. In The Politics of Women's Rights in Iran. Princeton University Press. (https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781400833160/html?lang=en) 4. Coleman, I. (2004). The payoff from women's rights. Foreign Aff., 83, 80. (https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/fora83&div=48&id=&page=) 5. Al-Hibri, A. Y. (2001). Muslim women's rights in the global village: challenges and opportunities. Journal of Law and Religion, 15, 37-66. (https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-law-and-religion/article/abs/muslim-womens-rights-in-the-global-village-challenges-and-opportunities/F2AF7FAB0CD8E94D9233EB9A150C236C) 6. Agnes, F. (2001). Law and gender inequality: The politics of women's rights in India. (https://academic.oup.com/book/9051?sid=oup:oxfordacademic&genre=book&aulast=Agnes&aufirst=Flavia&title=Law+and+Gender+Inequality%3A+The+Politics+of+Women%27s+Rights+in+India&date=2001-05-31) 7. Hudson, N. F. (2009). Securitizing women's rights and gender equality. Journal of Human Rights, 8(1), 53-70. (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14754830802686526) 8. FernĂĄndez, R. (2014). Womenâs rights and development. Journal of Economic Growth, 19, 37-80. (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10887-013-9097-x) 9. Al-Ali, N., & Pratt, N. (2011). Between nationalism and womenâs rights: The Kurdish womenâs movement in Iraq. Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, 4(3), 339-355. (https://brill.com/view/journals/mjcc/4/3/article-p339_8.xml)
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Everyone deserves basic human rights like the right to life, the right to freedom from discrimination, the right to education, and so on. However, for thousands of years – and still to this day – the rights of women and girls have been neglected, threatened, and stripped away. While genderâs connection to power has varied based on time, place, and culture, the struggle for womenâs rights is one of the oldest human rights battles. In this article, weâll explore ten facts about womenâs rights, including the origins of gender inequality, the relationship between sexism and racism, and where womenâs rights stand today.
When did womenâs rights become threatened? Itâs hard to say. In 2019, Cosmos Magazine described a study published in the European Journal of Archaeology that provides some insight. In the study, archaeologists analyzed around 500 bodies from 21 sites (5000-8000 years old) to see if signs of gender inequality could be found in pre-history before written records. The sex of most bodies couldnât be determined, but for every female grave, there were around 1 ½ male graves. The researchers suggested this evidence could show a âcultural element,â meaning that women and children were less likely to get a formal burial. The studyâs authors believe their findings indicate a need for further research on archaeological sites.
An earlier study in 2017 pointed to the Bronze Age as the beginning of gender inequality, at least in China. Researchers found male graves contained more riches. Also, female skeletons suddenly became shorter. This could link to changes in farming in this era, including new plants and domesticated animals, which led to women getting less nutrition in childhood because they weren’t as valued as men. Weâll likely never know the exact time gender inequality began and itâs also likely it isnât the same everywhere in the world. We can say that womenâs rights have been less valued in many places for a very, very long time.
Not every place in the world sees women as inferior. The Mosuo people in the Yunnan and Sichuan regions in China are a good example. An isolated community, the Mosuo have maintained a matriarchal or matrilineal society. This means children take the name of their motherâs family, women run the households and finances, and mothers pass down inheritances to their daughters. Marriages are based on mutual consent and can be ended easily. A study of the Musuo found women are healthier in this type of system, though obviously there are other factors at play. Men do well in this system, as well, and still enjoy political power and freedom.
In Indonesia, the Minangkabau culture is the largest known matrilineal society. Clan property is passed down from mother to daughter. While men take the more commonplace political and spiritual leadership roles, the womenâs role as head of the household is highly valued. Decisions are made together and girls are prized. Women also select the chief and have the power to remove him if they believe heâs failed in his responsibilities. Retired professor Taufik Abdullah was quoted in a Daily Beast article saying, âWomen are the connection between the present and the past.â Itâs also worth noting that most of the Minang people are Muslim, which is a religion often believed to be inherently sexist. The role of Minang women shows that isnât the case.
The history of womenâs rights is not linear. In some eras, it was a mixed bag. According to History on the Net , Mesopotamian women in Sumer enjoyed more rights than women in the Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian societies that came later. Sumerian women could own property, run businesses (with a husband), and become scribes, priestesses, or physicians. However, experts theorize that a patriarchal structure became more powerful as Mesopotamian cultures became wealthier. The story of womenâs rights in Mesopotamia shows that time doesnât always mean progress.
Officially, every country with voting now allows women to vote. New Zealand became the first in 1893 while in 1902, the Commonwealth Franchise Act gave all White women in Australia the right to vote and the right to stand for election to parliament. According to Pew Research , at least 19 other countries in Europe and Asia followed suit before the United States passed the 19th Amendment in 1920. Saudi Arabia didnât give women the right to vote until 2015. The right to vote doesnât ensure voting access. In Saudi Arabia in 2015, only 10% of the ballots cast were by women. In Pakistan, where women have been able to vote since 1947, female turnout is among the lowest in the world.
In the United States in the 1880s, women struggled to make progress on equal rights. Suffragettes like Matilda Joslyn Gage looked to the Six Nation Haudenosaunee Confederacy , where women had power. They controlled the food system – growing and distribution – and had final say over decisions regarding war and land transfers. Haudenosaunee women also controlled their own property and belongings. Political power was shared equally, making the Six Nations one of the oldest democracies in the world. In suffragette history, this connection with Native American women is often overlooked. For her part, Gage was pushed out of the suffragette movement for being too radical . She supported Native American rights and rejected the white supremacist leanings of the mainstream suffragette movement.
Itâs impossible to talk about womenâs rights movements without talking about racism. The data presents a jarring picture: at least 19 countries (including the US) restricted womenâs right to vote based on factors like race. Australia, which was one of the first nations to give women voting rights, excluded Indigenous women until 1962. In South Africa, White women got the vote in 1930 while apartheid excluded Black women from voting until 1993. In the US, the early suffragette movement was saturated with racism. While activists like Susan B. Anthony fought for abolition, they were appalled when Black men were given the right to vote before White women.
The racism that fractured the womenâs rights movement lingers today. Too many mainstream womenâs rights movements and campaigns are guilty of âwhite feminism,â ignoring or even attacking the concerns and contributions of non-White (especially Black) women. Critics of white feminism advocate for ââintersectional feminism,â a phrase coined by Professor KimberlĂŠ Crenshaw, which describes how forms of discrimination (sexism, racism, etc) overlap.
While the âwaves of feminismâ metaphor is imperfect and imprecise, itâs still commonly used to represent the different goals of feminists from different eras. From 1848-to 1920, activists focused on the right to vote and abolition. As we discussed before, this movement became divided over race. Leaders like Sojourner Truth, Frances E.W. Harper, and Frederick Douglass worked for universal suffrage while Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton only wanted votes for White women. First-wave feminism goals also included the right to own property, reproductive rights, and equal opportunities. Second-wave feminism, which goes through the 1980s, focused on sexism, gender roles, domestic violence, sexual harassment, and equal opportunities. The third wave is not easily defined but saw more women in power and the coining of intersectionality as a term. Despite progress, womenâs rights still face many of the same threats.
Throughout history, violence has weakened womenâs rights. Gender-based violence (GBV) refers to any harmful act directed at someone or a group based on their gender, but it disproportionately affects women and girls. There are a variety of types of violence , including emotional violence, sexual violence, physical violence, and economic violence. Violence and harassment often occur within relationships, but women face increased risk in the workplace and online. GBV affects the individuals targeted, but also has broad, long-term consequences for families and society. The protection of womenâs rights includes preventing gender-based violence.
In the early 1970s, âgender criticalâ feminists began threatening violence against trans women in spaces for women and lesbians. Gender critical feminists were a small – but vocal – group and their ideology had a tangible impact on trans women and transition-related healthcare. Today, youâll see the term TERF circulated online, which stands for âtrans-exclusionary radical feminist.” Those who donât believe trans women are ârealâ women often still call themselves âgender critical.â The UK is a hotbed for this transphobia, though it exists in the United States, as well. Some gender-critical feminists have even aligned with right-wing groups to promote their beliefs, which they claim protect women. As attacks on trans people – especially trans women – amp up, itâs important to recognize how calls for âwomenâs rightsâ can be weaponized.
According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), it will take just over 135 years to reach global gender parity. A few years ago, it was about 100 years, but the COVID-19 pandemic added over three decades. There are a few reasons for this, including the fact that women make up the majority of the industries most affected by COVID, like the hospitality and retail industries. Women also took on more responsibilities at home such as caring for children or other family members. Many had to leave the workforce. Womenâs rights clearly have a long way to go, but as weâve seen from history, progress is possible.
About the author, emmaline soken-huberty.
Emmaline Soken-Huberty is a freelance writer based in Portland, Oregon. She started to become interested in human rights while attending college, eventually getting a concentration in human rights and humanitarianism. LGBTQ+ rights, womenâs rights, and climate change are of special concern to her. In her spare time, she can be found reading or enjoying Oregonâs natural beauty with her husband and dog.
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