Ntozake Shange's "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf : A Choreopoem"
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5 pages in length. The writer discusses patriarchy, gender and ethnic oppression as they relate to Shange's work. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCcolrd.rtf

Obstacles Facing Minority Women Versus Those Of Minority Men In Attaining Success And Employment
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7 pages in length. The obstacles facing minority women versus those of minority men in attaining success and employment clearly prove how women have been and continue to be at a greater disadvantage. Even in today's seemingly more gender equitable society, women still struggle to achieve the same status and financial recognition as their male counterparts. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TLCMinWm.rtf

On Boys, Girls and the Veil/A Film Review
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A 6 page film review that explores the topics covered in the film from an anthropological viewpoint. Egyptian director Yousry Nasrallah's 1995 documentary On Boys, Girls and the Veil is a fascinating and intriguing film that will challenge Western viewers preconceptions of Islamic custom, particularly in regards to that most controversial of subjects--the veil. This examination of the film examines how the veil is portrayed in this documentary, relating this to other anthropological investigations of how the veil works in Middle Eastern gender relations and in the lives of Middle Eastern women. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khbgveil.rtf

Out In The Redwoods/An Oral History
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A 3 page research paper that investigates the an history project, “Four Decades of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History—Out In the Redwoods,” which was conducted by the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC). The experience of being gay has changed over the ensuing decades since Gay liberation first emerged as a civil rights movement in the 1960s. The UCSC project demonstrates how the experience of being other than heterosexual on the UCSC campus changed during this time. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: kh6gay9.rtf

Out of the Frying Pan & Into the Fire - The Changing Role of Women Since 1970
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A 4 page paper that examines the changing role of the female gender since the implementation of the sex discrimination laws and protection of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Discussed are the dual role identities faced by women of the 1970s and 1980s as well as the achievements gained in the 1990s. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: LCwomen.doc

Out Of Work Divorced Mother: Is It Her Fault?
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5 pages in length. Laura is a twenty-four-year-old Caucasian woman who is divorced with three young children. Her ex-husband Josh, who works in a mill in Josephine County, Oregon, has dutifully maintained his child support payments; however, Laura is very upset because it is not enough to support both her and her children. She has a high school education yet has not been able to find full time work, which she significantly attributes to her lack of any pertinent skills. It has come to the point where she must receive food stamps in order to feed her children, which upsets her even more, because she feels it is all her fault that she is in this situation. Clearly, that is not the case, inasmuch as the overwhelming social forces and cultural influences have served to involuntarily shape her life to the exclusion of her own choices. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLClaura.wps

Outrageous Acts, Everyday Rebellions
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7 pages. In this paper the student is to think of an act which in some way makes the world a better place for women, or even perhaps for one woman. This outrageous act, as it may be called, will be examined in this paper as well as the reason the choice was made to take this action, and the results of the choice. While this is only a hypothetical example, this excellent model paper discusses an 'outrageous act' which serves to make the world a better place for at least one person. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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