... criminal offences than women, but that the crimes committed by women tended to be crimes less associated with violent attacks on others. In a cross cultural analysis of the behaviour of children, by Maccoby and Jacklin in 1974, reviewing studies of child behaviour dating back to the 1930's, and found that boys were typically more aggressive than girls across different social classes ... towards more masculine behaviour throughout childhood (Erhardt and Baker 1972). One hormone studied was progestin, which recent studies have shown to have a masculinizing effect on the foetus while still...

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... through a process of education and reform (Seidman, 1994). In radical feminism, the family is viewed as a major institution whose role is to foster gender inequality through the socialisation of children and subordinate women by forcing them to conform to feminine stereotypes (e.g, Greer G, 1970, The Female Eunuch). Postmodern feminism based on Foucault's work explicitly criticises the emphasis on the family ... focussed on contraceptive and abortion rights. However, many women at that time were being discriminated against because of their colour, sexuality or physical abilities and were...

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... home by her father: The women artists of the time were unwanted at the universities thus barred from attending and kept in solitude in there own homes tending to the children and/or other household necessities which led to the painful restriction of friendship. Not being fortunate enough to have the formal introduction into the literary arts at university, as did ... the women writer would need life experience, which had since been unattainable to most women in their times of literary depression. Women in general kept to their homes caring for children and attending to other household m...

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