Gender Relations
Essays

Television and film have been linked to the expression of sexual mores ever since their first incorporation into American culture in the first and middle parts of the 20th century, respectively.

The American experience is varied and includes both the good and bad aspects of American life, and both elements are reflected in American literature as well. The experience of black Americans is expressed most fully by…

"There's been a lot of academic research suggesting that men think they know what they're doing, even when they really don't know what they're doing." -- John Ameriks

Throughout history, gender roles have played a vital part in the shaping of Western society. From the changeover of colonial belief systems to the industrial revolution in the 1920's to current trends, these gender…

Nothing highlights the differences between genders like a marriage. For better or for worse, the linking of a man and a woman, body and soul, engenders a complex interplay of ego, vulnerability, trust, mistrust, desire,…

Although the great civilizations of pre-modern China, Korea, and Japan borrowed from each other and came to share much in common, there is no more one East Asia than there is one Europe.

Color-Blind Racism and Gender-Blind Sexism

A profound sense of melancholy envelops the couple at the center of Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants." The story takes place in one scene only, describing a difficult conversation between a couple referred to…

Dangerousness refers to the likelihood that a mentally ill person, or criminal will participate in an act that harms themselves or others. The prediction of the dangerousness of mentally ill patients is one of the key…

This study examines different types of knowledge and how women have affected progress in these domains through a critical review of the relevant literature, including open source media such as Wikipedia, but peer-reviewed and scholarly sources as well concerning H. T. Buckle's discourse from 1858 concerning the contributions of women to the progress of knowledge. A summary of the research and a synthesis of the findings are presented in the study's conclusion concerning the contributions of women to the progress of knowledge in the years since Buckle's original discourse.