The author, Marjorie Shostak, provides at the beginning of each chapter in her book a short introduction of the subject matter which precedes text in the actual chapters recounting Nisa's life. ... But there appears to be a particular emphasis on Nisa's sexual trysts with men from chapter 4 onwards, "There are men, a few of my lovers, who still live in my heart." ... If the anthropologist was a man, this book may turn out totally different, covering more of the men's aspect on life, giving details on the men going out for hunting, the specific methods and knowledge needed in the...

• Word Count: 524
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• Grade Level: High School

In Nancy Chodorow's chapter, Pre-Oedipal Gender Configurations, she states that "mothers are and have been the child's primary caretaker, socializer, and inner object; fathers are secondary objects" (Chodorow 470). ... Later on in Chodorow's chapter, she writes that daughters copy or imitate many features of their mothers' personality characteristics (Chodorow 476). ... Her father is mostly absent in her life and tries to make up for it by giving her whatever she desires. ...

• Word Count: 685
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In each chapter of the book Sax goes into detail how boys and girls differ not only on the biological level but how these biological differences affect the way they react in different situations. ... On the other hand, clubs can give a gentler outlet for girls (and boys) to become more well rounded and maybe more nurturing. ... This gives way to the fact that girls become better at expressing themselves as they get older while boys never get better at it and may even feel awkward in doing so. ... Sax's chapter on discipline was rightly called "The Oozing of Parental Authority" ...

• Word Count: 1231
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• Grade Level: High School

A woman's biggest mistake is offering advice to a man without him asking for it or trying to give him direction. ... There is a chapter that explains why communicating to each other is so difficult. ... Differences in intimacy make us all want to give up sometimes. ...

• Word Count: 600
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• Grade Level: High School

This course gives you the chance to learn about all the different parts and functions of one's body. ... It also gives all of the choices and options if conception occurs without want. ... There is no candy coating to this chapter. ... The chapter in the book that discusses these types of behaviors doesn't not alienate these people. ...

• Word Count: 1022
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(p.41) In the chapter The Family with Little Feet. ... She will not give it away." ... Instead, these women, like Marin, will not give up this power until they get what they want in life; which is to escape from Mango Street. ...

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However, there are two distinct groups within the Awlad" Ali society that contradict this idea and reassert the proposition that there is indeed a defined structure that separates groups, and gives some groups power over others - namely, the power of men over women. ... Men are given much leeway with their behaviour and it is generally expected that a man is to pursue a woman to request marriage, in an effort to procreate and give the community much-loved children. ... However, as depicted in the chapter in question, only the boy must utter the religious phrase associated with slaughtering. ...

• Word Count: 1170
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

People in this community, especially sex workers, are at the highest risk for police violence and violence in general.2 To initiate reform and lower the rate of violence in the trans community, detailed reports are used to give accurate data and representation of the problem at hand. ... In the report by the NCTE, a chapter called "Reforming Police and Ending Anti-Transgender Violence" gives a brief intro into the problem at hand, noting that in the LGBT community "nearly 3 out of 4 of lethal crimes [are] committed against trans women and girls," and when they seek refuge in the police "2...

• Word Count: 1203
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

Jane gives clues of her ambitions when she is reluctant to marry Rochester because of his social status and the fact that he is her employer. ... The entire passage from chapter twelve of Jane Eyre is a symbol of Bronte's disgust with the social restrictions put on women of her era. ...

• Word Count: 1148
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate