The author, Marjorie Shostak, provides at the beginning of each chapter in her book a short introduction of the subject matter which precedes text in the actual chapters recounting Nisa's life. ... If the anthropologist was a man, this book may turn out totally different, covering more of the men's aspect on life, giving details on the men going out for hunting, the specific methods and knowledge needed in the hunt. The way this book is presented or why the interviewees were mainly women is probably due to the fact that different genders relate better amongst themselves, and so, !......

• Word Count: 524
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This book studies and helps the reader to understand differences in the way the genders communicate, and offers advice for interpreting the language spoken by the opposite sex. ... According to author, John Gray, in his subsequent book, Mars & Venus in the Workplace: Nowhere in the workplace do our differences show up more dramatically than in the area of communication. ... "For example, a woman may ask an employee how a report is coming and ask when it will be completed. A man will ask outright when the report will be done and if the deadline will be met" (Moon. 2002). ... In Deb...

• Word Count: 1380
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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

The book that I mainly used for my research was "Women's Cinema" by Alison Butler. ... The main problem I found with this book was that it was so feminist, even though it was published in 2002. ...

• Word Count: 2044
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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

Book Report Margaret Atwood's The Edible Woman During Marian's lifetime women were more liberated, brought different customs and values where women were becoming more educated, allowed to work, vote and even drink and smoke than in the past. ...

• Word Count: 1197
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It is reported that girls have a larger corpus callosum than boys do. ... Karen Gallas conducted the experiment and wrote a book called Sometimes I Can Be Anything, Power, Gender, and Identity in a Primary Setting. ...

• Word Count: 1675
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School