In their book Women on the Line Cavendish and Glucksman (2009) write about the shocking division of labour in a Smiths factory in the UK in the 1970's. ... They expose the very rigid division between women and men and a strict demarcation between women's jobs and men's jobs. All women were assemblers, doing the same job regardless of their age. ... Factory work, like that written about in Cavendish and Glucksman's book (2009) is less common in the UK today. ... Due to this, women are paid lower wages than men in equivalent jobs. ...

• Word Count: 1540
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One such comment that he makes is that "some women have decided to lower their housekeeping standards" in order to keep a job. ... There is not enough time in the day to uphold all standards of work and in this day and age it is no longer solely the mother's responsibility (Job Security). ... He tends to devote parts of each chapter to the opposing sides and the chapter, Job Security, is no exception. ... 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 Th...

• Word Count: 1591
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In the book "Erin's Daughters in America" by Hasia R. ... As a result of the recent industrialization in the U.S., there became a plethora of factory jobs as well as the need for ready and willing workers to fill said jobs, this opened doors for Irish women, and made it easier to appoint jobs to the substantial number of female Irish immigrants coming to the United States. But these jobs didn't come without a price; they required their ready and willing workers to withstand working in the factories' repugnant conditions. In addition to factory jobs, Irish women also wo...

• Word Count: 1071
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In Chabon's latest book, Manhood for Amateurs, rather than attacking the traditional characteristics attributed to masculinity – leader, hunter, and warrior – he argues that no man can fulfill them. ... Michael Chabon took a stand in his book and defend men's refusal to stop and ask for directions is a "foundational cliche of woman's criticism, analysis, and stand-up mockery of male behavior," and masculinity is becoming the discrimination of manhood. ... He describes how, confronted with the job of installing towel racks at home, he picked up his electric...

• Word Count: 644
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Arat's contention that "women have been denied equal access to education, job training, employment, health care, [property] ownership, and political power" provides only a few, however important testaments to such inferiority of females. ... This just goes to show that withdrawing the chance for women to be educated leads to their perpetual struggle in health, job opportunity, and government input/interest. ... In Catherine Scott's book, Gender and Development: Rethinking Modernization and Dependency Theory, she writes about the World Bank and its theories. ... Similarly, Margaret L...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is a very bold statement by Bronte, in her attempt to make a political statement within her book Jane Eyre. ... This excerpt from the book clearly expresses Bronte's strong feelings about women's domesticity in her time, and she does it in an almost semi-humorous way which makes it even more impressive. ... Bronte did a masterful job of incorporating her political ambitions within the confines of the text. ...

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Hooks also does a good job of maintaining readability for either gender by restraining from holding a stereotypical feminist view and repelling her male audience, saying that,When we cease to focus on the simplistic stancemen are the enemy,? ... 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.? ...

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Meanwhile, in her book entitled "Bring Me Men & Women: Mandated Change at the U.S. ... They suggested that to increase the effectiveness across cultures "training must be the focus of the job, while education thought of with reference to the individual, and development reserved for organizational concerns (25)....

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The fifth book of Plato's Republic contains conversation between Glaucon and Socrates surrounding the well being of the state and the idea that increased female participation can improve the general attributes of society. ... An example of this is when Plato limits women's job options due to their inferior capabilities of completing daunting tasks. ...

• Word Count: 1094
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A controversial book "Brain Sex" offers explanations for these very early differences in children18. ... They often view a company as a set of tasks, machines, payments, and jobs - a collection of disparate components. ...

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Title: An Investigation into Sexist Language. Name: Andrew Verrijdt One of the most important political and social movements of the twentieth century has been the drive towards achieving complete equality for all people regardless of race, colour, class, gender identity, mental state or physica...

• Word Count: 2723
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Berk's ninth edition Child Development text book last published in 2013. There are at least ten pieces of parenting advice that can be found in Berk's book which are then supported by numerous evidence and research. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Myers defines in his book, Psychology the Seventh Edition, is, " the transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence" (Myers 159). ... In television reality we see the majority of women take the jobs in the service category, such as secretaries or housewives. ...

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Women have the ability to vote, make independent decisions and work at a job in the field of their choosing, but their wages still are not equal to their male counterparts with the same job description.     ... This made me wonder how long it took them to find a book that did not have typical gender roles portrayed.  ...

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From the late 1980s, research on gender, crime and social issues, has hugely focused on the study of masculinity, and how there has become a correlation between masculinity and violence. Feminists have researched extensively on all types associated with gender, including gay and lesbian, thus acting...

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Numerous individuals feel as if they are pressured by the idea of an ideal body image through the media. In many instances, individuals often have their own ideal body image, but because of standards that humanity has set for the "perfect body" that are reinforced through the media, men and women ar...

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In his apartment there are pictures of naked women, he even objectifies artistic figures (eyeing a naked statue of woman while walking by, staring at a women's breast in a religious book, drawing naked women in class as a child). ...

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