Even though many women know of the pay gap between men and women they still continue to work in these environment despite the poorer pay because the job that they are offered offer them flexibility in order to manage both the family and job responsibilities 3. ... On average for ever dollar man a earns a women has made 73 cents in 1998. ... Because women are usually known to trade off higher paying jobs for one that offers a range of flexibility to be able to juggle work and family responsibilities (GAO p.16) therefore when it comes to management they are also offered lower pay because they ...

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In this paper, I will and explain how the economy has a great affect on family divorce rates, how it leads families into poverty, and how the economy also leads to a father leaving his family. ... Coontz is saying that single parent family does not mean that the family is in poverty. ... I believe Zinn is saying that family can be poor no matter the structure of the family. ... Weitzman found that while the average divorced woman experiences a 73% drop in her standard of living, divorced men experience a 42% increase" (Peterson 5). ... Deterioration of the family structure does not play...

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The baby is brought home and dressed in clothes that help friends, family and even strangers identify the sex of the child. ... In Nancy Chodorow's essay "Family Structure and Feminine Personality" she examines the development of gender identity and personality. ... KFRC radio disk jockey Ron Parker recently reported that out of a survey of one hundred fourth grade boys and one hundred fourth grade girls, the boys receive an average weekly allowance that is approximately 50% higher than the girls receive. On the average, the boys receive $4.18 as compared to the $2.67 paid to the girls. ....

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The baby is brought home and dressed in clothes that help friends, family and even strangers identify the sex of the child. ... In Nancy Chodorow's essay Family Structure and Feminine Personality she examines the development of gender identity and personality. ... KFRC radio disk jockey Ron Parker recently reported that out of a survey of one hundred fourth grade boys and one hundred fourth grade girls, the boys receive an average weekly allowance that is approximately 50% higher than the girls receive. On the average, the boys receive $4.18 as compared to the $2.67 paid to the girls. ......

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Researches found out that working woman spend an average of 50 hours a week at the job place. ... These studies prove how important family life is for men. ... But this mostly happens in old families or in families with low education. ... Two-career families benefit in one more way. ... It is beneficial for the family's budget and easier for the husband because he does not have to be responsible for the financial situation of the family. ...

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These diverse types of women all fell into the category fitted because of how society prefers women to behave and how the woman feels about society's/family's expectations for them. ... While a few encounters with men would not make Alicia an actual ho, her neighborhood would classify her as the typical Latina woman because the average stereotypical Latina woman follows the same path that a woman of that behavior follows. An example of how identity plays a role in a woman's life stems from the fact that "In some ways Alicias family molded her into being a good girlshe was ...

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Yet women are still getting on average paid less than men. Based off the article "Gender Pay" by the GAO Report on Low-Wage Earners' Compensation "By the end of 2010, women made up nearly half (47percent) of the workforce, up from 41percent in 1980" as the women increase their presence in their workforce they are still not getting paid on average the same amount as men. When women, who make up nearly half the workforce, bring home less money each day, it means they have less for the everyday needs of their families, and over a lifetime of work, far less savings for ret...

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To the average civilian a pageant is seen simply as a beauty contest in which girls fix their hair up and put on sparkly dresses. ... Being a thin, blonde, twelve year old, when a family friend suggested a pageant, I wasn't too aghast. ... The average American female is overweight. ...

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Although it can be argued, in areas such as the workforce, the family, and in the military, women are constantly faced with discrimination. ... For instance, the average annual salary of a male general manager of a hotel was $64,264 with a 13.92% bonus, yet a female general manager only made a startling $37,610 with a 9.47% bonus (Kefgen). ... So, the family structure still includes a father as the provider and mother as the nurturer, only the mother has taken on the providing role, as well. ... This can be seen as an obvious inequality of roles in the new family structure that needs to mak...

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Although it can be argued, in areas such as the workforce, the family, and in the military, women are constantly faced with discrimination. ... For instance, the average annual salary of a male general manager of a hotel was $64,264 with a 13.92% bonus, yet a female general manager only made a startling $37,610 with a 9.47% bonus (Kefgen). ... So, the family structure still includes a father as the provider and mother as the nurturer, only the mother has taken on the providing role, as well. ... This can be seen as an obvious inequality of roles in the new family structure that needs to mak...

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Commonly performed by neighbors, family members, or perhaps even those specially deemed with the task, the mutilation is bloody and painful. ... FGM is usually performed in the houses of neighbors or in the family's home itself. ... Often family members wouldn't even tell the children what would happen to them. ... In a study conducted by the World Health Organization, the average age at which the procedure is performed is falling, showing that the practice is becoming less associated with the belief that the practice initiates adulthood; especially in the urban areas (Dirie 188). ...

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First there is income inequality, In 1992, given equal hours of work, women in the United States earned on average sixty-cents for every dollar earned by a man. ... "In 1989, one out of five families were headed by women. One-third of such women-headed families lived below the poverty line, which was $13, 359 for a family of four in 1990. ... Furthermore, there is an unequal division of labor in the family. "Within the family, women spend disproportionate amounts of time on housework and rearing children. ...

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Women-owned businesses are just as financially strong and creditworthy as the average U.S. firm . ... As women move up the ladder of success, the gap of wages widens; at the level of Vice President women are paid on the average 42% less than their male counterparts.(Understanding Management Third Edition,Daft Richard, p.186) Women must face the barrier of wanting to start families. ...

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On average 5% of those rapes are female-on-male with 626 children being carried to full term from male rape" (Stewart & Trussell, 2000). ... Hermesmann , aided by Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (KDSRS) , summoned Shane and his family to court. ... "The mother's alleged fault or wrongful conduct is irrelevant under section 545 of the Family Court Act. ... After a long legal dispute, Trevor and Edward were reunited, where the two would officially be called family. ... Therefore we should not discriminate males if they choose to have children on their own but s...

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I feel strongly that keeping your family close will help you have a healthier life. ... In my life a family member that I loved very much caused me this same anger. ... Family is also very important to me so when someone in my family lets me down it hurts more than the average person. ... He promised he wouldn't break apart my family even when he knew he was. ... Even though I was furious with every thing he did, he was still my family and i found it in my heart to forgive him. ...

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During the early twentieth century, women were subjected to stay within household and were apart of society to clean, raise children, and prepare meals for their families. ... And the woman's day spent chauffeuring other family members about. ... Di Prima uses her average character to show a life that is not traditionally suited for a twentieth century woman. ... Katniss, from the very beginning of the novel, shows true leadership as well as bravery as she illegally passes her district's boundaries in order to hunt and provide for her family. ... Katniss' masculine portrayal fli...

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Her family lived in Pontiac, Michigan at the time, but were visiting grandmother in Bay City when Madonna decided to appear in the world. She was christened Madonna Louise Ciccone, but her family used to called her 'Little Nonni'. ... Madonna remembers as the oldest girl in her family, she felt like all her adolescence was spent taking care of babies. ... "( Krupp 144 ) Soon her father wanted her to take piano lessons, because most of the family played an musical instrument and his father was really big on that. ... Madonna is not your average sex symbol. ...

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After being sold to another family Truth was better accommodated and taught herself English, doing so she was able to bond more with her masters. ... After a year of examining her master she came to the realization that God is a higher power that an "average white man" can not accommodate (Krass 20-22). ... In this speech she tells of her life of working as hard, if not harder, than the average man and in her speech truth argued that she was not left to tend to the children, like many other women, but tended to the crops, and she was not helped into carriages or given the best of any...

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This works best for the families of that time, because they believed that by natural design men alone were capable of managing money wisely and carefully. ... He has a bright future ahead, cares for his family, is kind to his wife, good-natured, and very handsome. ... Nora and Helmer's interactions are "absolutely typical of the relation between a young husband and wife in a civilized family (Boyesen 201)." ... While Nora may find nothing wrong with these names the average viewer will notice that the real Nora, the Nora that managed to save her husband's life and to not only pay o...

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Others believe that women are better off taking the traditional gender role and staying home to take care of the family and household chores. ... In Brazil there is an average of 337 assaults on women a day. ...

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She focuses on college women and points the alternative solutions ranging from group to family therapy. ... According to Poulton, in the journey of dieting and weight you start out with the idea that most actresses and models weigh 25% less than the average female. ...

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"In both the U.S. and Japan average age woman was the first to be in the work place..""...females between the ages of 12 and 39 must register fora possible labor draft... So you The significant of women during the WWII can imagine how these Hawaiian girl felt and this was their native home were there family where they can not live. ... First, the Japanese police would seek out young, single, socially isolated and economically disadvantaged girls from religious families in Korea (80- 90% of sex slaves to the Japanese army were Korean)55/japan. ...

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Ida Lupino's body of work explores a realistic scope of human emotion both in the lives of men and women. Her movies Hard, Fast and Beautiful and The Bigamist are no exceptions. Rather than focusing on gender issues, Lupino chooses to investigate the delicate balance that common people walk between decent and outrageous morals. As a female director in an otherwise male-dominated 1950s Hollywood, perhaps Lupino's most arduous task was to make her films stand out from the classic Hollywood mode and her ambiguity and subject matter both aid in achieving this goal. Feminist critics ca...

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Even though some of Medea's actions were not typical of the average Greek woman, she still had attitudes and emotions common among women. ... The fact that she was willing to betray her own family to be with Jason shows her loyalty to him. ...

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