Towards the end of the book we are introduced to the female "witch" Morgan le Faye. ... "She guided me in this guise/ to your great hall/ to put pride on trial/, and to test with this trick/ what distinction and trust the Round Table deserves./ She imagined this mischief would muddle your minds/ and that grieving Guinevere would go to her grave" (2460). Although the female roles in this book are major, they are not portrayed as heroic and honorable as the male characters are. ...

• Word Count: 586
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Harris explains these terms in his book, I'm OK You're OK, based on Eric Burne's ideas called Transactional Analysis. ... All of us have Parent, Adult or Child data' guiding our thoughts and decisions, and Harris believed that transactional analysis would free up the Adult, the reasoning voice. ... One can see at the beginning of the book that the woman is not too far gone. ...

• Word Count: 829
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Harris explains these terms in his book, I'm OK You're OK, based on Eric Burne's ideas called Transactional Analysis. ... All of us have Parent, Adult or Child data' guiding our thoughts and decisions, and Harris believed that transactional analysis would free up the Adult, the reasoning voice. ... One can see at the beginning of the book that the woman is not too far gone. ...

• Word Count: 873
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Joseph Conrad's book, Heart of Darkness, women are viewed as inferior to men, both physically and mentally. ... Edna begins with a view of the sea as being something to dread without someone with her to guide her. ... She falls in love with someone else and is "glad and happy to be alive,"" for the first time in the book when she admits her love (135). ... In this book, the model of a woman is one who can find these key elements within herself: freedom, emotionally, sexually, intellectually, and is not straddled by conventions. ... The males in Conrad's book find woman to be nave...

• Word Count: 993
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Without his mother there to guide him, Gilgamesh would most likely not even understand why he had to go on this trip and how he would do so. ... Women are generally portrayed as good and pure in the story, making Enkkidu, a near-god, guiding men through their struggles, actually creating humans, and reacting negatively rarely. ... Goddesses are present throughout the book, constantly tweaking the outcome of events. ...

• Word Count: 1389
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"The Author to Her Book- takes on a very feminine manner of describing her book as a child, which illustrates it in a clear and unique way. ... This excerpt allows readers to perceive Anne's spirit and imagination as she compares authoring a book to having a child. ... There, she expresses the book/child as fatherless because she is its sole creator. ... This is because, in reality, a book doesn't need a father, thus portraying the playful side of Anne. ... Here, Dickinson acknowledges the role of authority men have in her society, but breaks free of it by using her imagination ...

• Word Count: 1953
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

It seemed to be a clear enough guide to the roles of man and wife within this period. ... In his book "English society 1580-1680" Wrightson shows that the man has the overall power: He was the highest in the family and made almost all decision and judgements. ...

• Word Count: 880
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• Grade Level: High School

While thinking of research only one book came to my mind that would show the exact opposite, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. ... In the Field Guide to Parenting it states,Stereotypes promote the false idea that boys and girls have different and predictable behavior and feelings based on their gender.? ... Tami Eggleston states in her Lessons From Introductory Psychology book that,Once someone gives you a label, you will look for examples that confirm the label, and maybe even start acting like the label.? ...

• Word Count: 1822
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Thankfully there are thousands of books and information out there to help guide people in being a successful parent(s) including Laura E. 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. ...

• Word Count: 2833
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Oppressed People "The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and agreed upon myths of its conquerors." -Meridel Le Sueur. Women are the oppressed people, and its conquerors are men. Joseph Conrad accurately depicts this aspect of colonial history in the novel Heart of Darknes...

• Word Count: 1262
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A controversial book "Brain Sex" offers explanations for these very early differences in children18. ... According to a national survey commissioned by the MSN(R) Sidewalk(R) online guide, "Men and women make decisions differently. ...

• Word Count: 1356
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Famous mythological writer, Joseph Campbell, wrote the book The Hero of a Thousand Faces. ... They can be a mother figure, the goddess that guides the hero in their journey, the damsel or a supporting character for the hero to accomplish his goal. ...

• Word Count: 1102
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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 physical impairment. One area that has remained resistant to change is language. While it is has been widely accepted that some aspects of language are clearly sexist, for example the use of "he" as a genderless pronoun (Cameron 1998, Wardaugh 1992, Pauwels 1998), there is still argument as to whether or n...

• Word Count: 2723
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While searching the American Psychological Associations (APA) website I found a great article that showed that there are several variables of sexual orientation that affect the classroom experience and academic achievement of K-12 students. Population being studied in this case is jr' high and high school students. First students can be at a disadvantage to pre-dispossed biases by teachers. As we've learned already to this point everyone has bias and there is no way around it. If you have an accepting teacher and one that will make the situation a good thing instead of unconformable ...

• Word Count: 5261
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In chapter one of the book, Mass Media Research: An Introduction, the authors, Roger D. ... As explained in the article "BMI-Based Body Size Guides For Women and Men: Development and Validation of a Novel Pictorial Method to Assess Weight-Related Concepts" by CV Harris, AS Bradlyn, J Coffman, E Gunel and L Cottrell, "Using Photoshop software, images were standardized by adding a gender-matched composite face to each body and removing any unusual or distinguishing features (that is, tattoos, scars, or excessive body hair)" (337). ...

• Word Count: 4155
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate