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. ... Furthermore the notion that children should be taken from their parents to be raised separates the natural bond between mother and child. This bond is fundamental freedom and has immense value to the growth and development of a child. ... Plato denied individuals basic fundamental freedoms such as the ability to raise your own child and mate with whomever you choose...

• Word Count: 1094
• Approx Pages: 4
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

On a series of vases beginning in the mid-fifth century BCE, women are portrayed reading together from papyrus book-rolls. ... Even then, the jobs they assumed were hardly advanced professional positions, but rather street-venders, midwifery, matchmaking and child-care. ...

• Word Count: 1064
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

A World Bank report concluded that reducing gender inequality leads to falling infant and child mortality, improved nutrition, higher economic productivity and faster growth. ... Fifth, government officials must ensure the rights of women by creating regulations that protect it. ...

• Word Count: 1175
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Sexual education classes are offered in public school as early as the fifth grade, but many times they can not inform the student of all the choices and consequences of sex because of the particular school district. ... It openly discusses keeping the child, adoption, and perhaps the least often discussed, abortion. ...

• Word Count: 1022
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School