Each year, more than 50% of all pregnancies among American women are unintended. About half of these unplanned pregnancies, 1.5 million each year, are ended by abortion. ... When a wanted pregnancy is ended (for medical reasons) for example, some women experience a sense of loss and grief. ... Of these women, 97% report no complications; 2.5% have minor complications that can be handled at the physician's office or abortion facility; and less than 0.5% require some additional surgical procedure and/or hospitalization"(Unintended Pregnancy Among American Women. ...

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The Sex Discrimination Act was designed to eradicate discrimination against women and to lawfully secure women's right to equal treatment (although men can also complain of discrimation, but women are afforded special treatment in connection with pregnancy and childbirth). ... However additional rights were introduced concerning pregnancy and maternity leave, The Employment Protection (consolidation) Act, 1978 and the Social Security Act 1986, these two Acts give four rights to pregnant employees: (i) the right not to be unfairly dissmissed because of pregnancy; (ii) the right to...

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Companies will take extra consideration while promoting women, because of women's possibility of pregnancy and child care issues. Comparing to women, men don't have pregnancy problem, they don't need to spend as much time as women to take care children. ... A successful female professional has to overcome more obstacles, including her pregnancy and child issues. ...

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Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit "New pregnancy was always appropriate, and pregnancy before marriage was celebrated as a good sign" (page 146) She believed that getting pregnant before marriage wasn't an immense problem where as for reality it is, is consider a sinful act in many religious beliefs. ...

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Margaret Atwood's novel "Alias Grace" is based loosely around the historical character of Grace Marks, a jailed murderess. The novel depicts her childhood and describes the events that led to the murders - crimes she may or may not have committed. Sexuality seems to be the main focus of many events ...

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Since 1998, 25 female-on-male rape cases that result in pregnancy have been brought before specialty courts. ... Men should have the right to be exempt from child support if they are not informed of the pregnancy or have conceived the child from female-on-male rape. ...

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Typically, all practices relating to a woman's fertility are handled by men and the state: "These range from decisions over whether or when to have intercoarse, to decisions over knowledge of and access to different types of contraception, to the permissibility or impermissibility of pregnancy termination" (Jung 25). ... Therefore, there is the possibility of many unwanted pregnancies. ...

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Eve and Phyllis are not allowed to be masters of their own destinies "Phyllis's pregnancy happens because Harry and Eve ultimately cannot repair their marriage. ... Phyllis is an even more interesting female character because she is originally prepared to deal with her unexpected pregnancy without Harry's help. ...

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The Portrayal of Females in Society: Sex Sells You have to wonder who exactly Pepsi is trying to sell to when they put Britney Spears in a half shirt with suspenders and low-slung, ripped jeans in a commercial with Bob Dole at the end staring lewdly at the television screen. Could Pepsi be...

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In china there are many abortions that women are forced to do without their free will. Forced abortions, sterilization and the killing of innocent infants is cruel and unnecessary. The government should find another way of dealing with china's immense population. Even though they need to control the...

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Although female circumcision may be performed during infancy, during adolescence or even during a woman's first pregnancy, " the procedure is usually carried out on girls between the ages of four and twelve". ...

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Anthropology studies could be said to be as old as religious studies. In social and cultural anthropology, religion is considered universal. The presence of religious systems is expressed through a set of rules, precepts, and prohibitions that have to do with the family organization, the rules of ma...

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I find Lorna Simpson to be very expressionistic in her work. Her photographs give a direct message to the viewer when looked at. When I look at her photographs I clearly understand what she is trying to portray. To me her feelings are expressed directly, depicting a thought or idea on a subject. ...

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Anglo-Saxon women's daily activities depended greatly on her status. Traditionally, women in this period were cloth-makers and embroiderers. They would make a variety of different soft furnishings like wall-hangings, seat-covers, bedclothes and table linen. Male slaves were in charge of preparin...

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(Stanton page 138) "Hills Like White Elephants" on the other hand, uses the hills to refer to the shape of the female body during pregnancy and the "white elephants" symbolize a property requiring much care, love, and attention. ...

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Islam is a particularly hot topic in the world we live in today, however, our society has a false conception about the religion. Most of the misconceptions are regarding the rights of Muslim women. Our society has the idea that Muslim women are weak, denigrated, demeaned, neglected, and subjugated. ...

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In this report, I will be using Walklate's book to discuss the role of women in regards to crime and the criminal justice system. I have used an extensive range of sources, whether they are journals, books or articles. The topic of gender and crime is vast, and can be taken from many different angle...

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"So Long a Letter," was a story written in the form of a letter, that discussed the trails and tribulations that Ramatoulaye and her friend Assioute encountered after their husband wedded for a second time. With Senegal moving into a time of modernization, woman begun to have a new outlook on their ...

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FGM, or Female Genital Mutilation, has been practiced worldwide for several thousand years in more than thirty countries throughout the world. While it is mostly practiced in muslim countries, some may be surprised that it's not isolated to such areas; rather, it has been reported in lower Africa a...

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Education can lead to the end of many toxic social practices, including, childhood marriage and childhood pregnancy, and it can also allow women to better exercise their rights and move up the social ladder. ...

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An exception to most other ancient societies, Egyptian women achieved practical equality with Egyptian men. They enjoyed a lot of the same rights ad men. Legal and economic rights were afforded to both sexes. Publicly and privately a woman's role was of great importance in Ancient Egypt. But, "i...

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The term 'International division of labour' labels the spatial movement of manufacturing industries from advanced capitalist countries to developing countries (Barney, 2010). This essay will go on to explore and explain the gender differences in the international division of labour. In England...

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Throughout the ten-year long civil war, hundreds and thousands of women and girls were subject to widespread sexual violence in Sierra Leone. This means around 215,000 to 257,000 women and girls may have been subjected to such violence during this time. ("We'll Kill You If You Cry " p.25). Nicholas ...

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