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Women's economic stature and marriage patterns in the United States

One of the most accurate definitions of gender was given Ridgeway and colleague (1999) where he explained that gender was simply a structure where by a society was able to define the social differences within people and their relations or socioeconomic stature based on those differences.

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Philosophical origins and definitions of modernism and postmodernism

There are differing opinions as to the point in history that is marked by the advent of modernism. Clement Greenberg (1982) says that he identifies the modernist period as commencing with the philosophy of Kant (Frascina, Francis, Harrison, Charles, and Paul, Deidre, 1982, p. *).

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How personal codes of ethics develop and shape moral decision-making

Personal Code of Ethics is much like the human brain. Everyone already has one but some people tend to use it to better effect than others.

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Gender differences in homicidal crime rates and demographics

Criminologists have long believed that crime rates are at least partially attributable to social factors in society that affect individuals differently (Macionis, 2003). In particular, race, social class, age and gender correlate strongly to incidence of criminal behavior.

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Women in combat units: policy debate and military integration

Women in the army are nothing new. During the Second World War, women served in the front as much as men, both among the allied and the axis powers. The separation of duties resulted in companies called the WAC -- Women Army Corps that had details in medical, and other non-combatant operations.

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Research-based best practices for teaching reading disabilities

The objective of this study is to make a review of research-based best practices for students diagnosed with a learning disability in reading.

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Sexuality and media influence on late adolescent girls

Adolescence is a time of change, physically, emotionally and mentally for young people. They are making a transition from their role of child, to their role of young adolescence when they will be empowered with more freedom and decision making in their lives.

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Critiquing Gardner and Csikszentmihalyi's theories of creativity

Gardner and Csikszentmihalyi's perspectives on ongoing creativity are valid, but unnecessarily restrictive for several reasons. First, their view discounts the contributions of creative individuals like musicians and artists who create one superb masterpiece.

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Age perception's effect on employee interactions with HR representatives

This transformation has been influenced in part by the ability of human resource departments to provide high quality services to their customers in a timely fashion in both face-to-face as well as online venues.

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Mindfulness techniques for managing the inner critic

Buddhism has leapt out of the terrain of religion and into the domain of cognitive science. Mindfulness is a central Buddhist concept and practice, especially in the Theravadan school.

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