In the book, "Just Friends: The Role of Friendship in Our Lives," Lillian Rubin (1985) looks at friendships as they develop during adulthood. ... The other theory that I thought applied to this research came from the book "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life," by Erving Goffman (1959). ... I couldn't help but compare my research to this book, because men and women are given social roles based off of their gender. ... In one study, women reported that the primary benefit was the opportunity to engage in a more masculine interaction style. ... One of the conclusions that they came to...

• Word Count: 1760
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The book puts the spotlight on the lived experiences of 20 transgender participants struggling from different forms of workplace bullying, violence, and discrimination. ... All five chapters of the book focus mainly on transgender issues, with minor and considerate glances on controversies affecting the LGBTQ spectrum. ... The first part of the book starts with a story of a retired U.S. ... As studies frequently stated in the book, consequent loss of jobs led to homelessness of a huge population of transgender population. ... A section of the book entitled the "I'm Lucky" Phenomenon r...

• Word Count: 1525
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Graduate

I say "superficially" because this book really has nothing to do with any of those things at all. ... While there is no actual sex in this book (to the best of my recollection), the topic of sexuality is explored in such depth that it cannot be denied: this book is about sex. ... The story unfolds as Ai's report; he narrates us through his experiences with a steady voice that acknowledges errors and frustrations, and still tries to convey the truth of what really occurred. ... It appears very near the beginning of the book. ... Everyone should read this book, or at the very least, its...

• Word Count: 942
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

It was written to reinforce his series of "Mackay reports" and concentrates on Australia's changing attitudes and values in, and as a result of the 90's. ... But Mackay's notion of "finding a new world", something that is undercurrent throughout the book comes through more blatantly in the end. ... To me the structure and arguments in The Big Picture represent a condensed version of the whole book. I found a study of the section separately after the reading of the text more like an overview, but an overview that was far less positive than the overall approach of the book as an e...

• Word Count: 1591
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Yvonne Delaney reports of a black female authors? book signing in whichMen, women and children filled the reception hall, enthralled by the sight of forty Black female authors of all ages gathered together in fellowship.? ... Works Cited Delaney, Yvonne, Diversity Folio: Women's Views from the Ethic & Minority Press. 40 Black Female Authors Gather for Fellowship and Book Signing.? ...

• Word Count: 1264
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The idioms for revenge are "report a crime" and not the beheading, not the gutting, but the words. ... With her two pieces representing these possibilities leads to the collaboration of a book of memoirs. This book being made in hope that the memoirs are something she can look back on and see that she has helped unmask something that has oppressed her for so long and has finally created a change for others. ...

• Word Count: 1870
• Approx Pages: 7

On a series of vases beginning in the mid-fifth century BCE, women are portrayed reading together from papyrus book-rolls. ... Aristotle reports that in democracies it was impossible to keep poor women from going out, and it was in fact not just a sign of pride, but also of poverty for free women to circulate in the public spaces of the polis. ...

• Word Count: 1064
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The classical western religious book, Bible, considered women to be the roots of all evils and proved the inequality between men and women to be quite normal. ... A report announced by the international association of labor in December the 12th 1997 showed that there were more women holding the post of management in enterprises and governments than ever before. ...

• Word Count: 1297
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

For example, transsexuals often report feeling trapped in the wrong body; they experience themselves as female, but their biological sex is male, or vice versa.... Relation to EDPS 322 Material: "During adolescence, about 8% of boys and 6% of girls report engaging in some same-sex activity or feeling strong attractions to individuals of their own sex. ...

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• Approx Pages: 21

As Rosemary Evans comments in the book Women: Changing Canada: "Emily Murphy [was] the woman at the centre of the Persons Case."" ... However during the time the government did little to stop and help them, and tired of government reports Macphail travelled to Cape Breton herself and saw first hand the horrible living conditions that the men and their families were in. ...

• Word Count: 2902
• Approx Pages: 12