Women who lived in the cities without the security of a man's wealth and protection were limited to unskilled labor typically because they were not allowed to further their academic education and therefore were not admitted to trade schools. ... According to the Oregon Donation Land Act of 1850 a bachelor who could claim 320 acre of land could double his claim up to 640 acres if he had a wife. The irony of the Oregon Donation Land Act was that the land was to stay in the woman's name, but she could only claim the land if she was married; a woman could not claim 320 acres on her own. ...

• Word Count: 1651
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The behavior is not acceptable because it is an act of discrimination and sexual harassment. ... Thirdly, "moral rights provide a basis for justifying one's actions and for invoking the protection or aid of others" (92). ... Within the semaphore the people are affected, and begin to act in sexual ways. ... Therefore, if in a sexual environment, the people begin to act in sexual ways. ...

• Word Count: 2199
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In fact, the 1895 New York Bakeshop Act which placed limit on working hours for bakers intended to protect the rights of workers. ... The protection imposed on women was for the benefits of others and it did not reflect the true will of women. ...

• Word Count: 1415
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Claiming that it is for her protection, he asks Dil to cut her hair and wear Jody's clothes. ... In addition to having Dil embody all the typical female attributes, there are times when Jordan succumbs to the most cliché of all sterotypes about transsexuals; he has Dil act like the drag queens we may see in other movies. ...

• Word Count: 1424
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Her gender, her domesticated fate, and her act of weaving all represent Tennyson idea of an ideal woman of the Victorian age who was to be expected, "withdrawal from the world, with women cloistered awaytrapped in the private hell of suicidal contemplation.... This is evident through his act of equating womanhood with seclusion by placing a domesticated woman on the tower instead of a male. ...

• Word Count: 3387
• Approx Pages: 14
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Homosexuality- The Major Cause of Homosexuality The origins of human sexuality and homosexuality in particular have puzzled philosophers, theologians and ordinary people for thousands of years. In scatter cultures, homosexuals have been regarded as a normal part of life, however, same sex attraction...

• Word Count: 2425
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Jim strikes violently and with revulsion, recognizing even then an irrational hatred stronger than the impulse for protection." ... Killing the snake is perhaps the only act of bravery the reader witnesses from Jim, which as aforementioned can be viewed as a strategic symbol. ...

• Word Count: 2062
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Introduction Hundreds of companies in the United States started moving their customer service jobs to India in the late 1990s (Patel, 2008). This country in South Asia is in the center of globalized economic processes, and positions itself as a semi-periphery country. Therefore, it climbs up the ech...

• Word Count: 2203
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Introduction A. Reasons for Undertaking Research. Today, during these democratic transformations, women are becoming more active in many spheres and trying to compete with men and take their rightful place in a new society. Historically the administrative structure is comprised of men and does not reflect the developing level of public potential and therefore on the opportunities or influence of women on affairs of a society, state and family. It also fails to provide the correct social direction for the development of a society and its democratization. ...

• Word Count: 5989
• Approx Pages: 24
• Grade Level: Undergraduate