Pacifism and peace activism are often stereotyped as the domains of nurturing women acting upon their maternal instincts to end war and thus protect the children of the world. Exploring the history of female radical pacifists with a focus on gender, however, reveals a much more complex set of...
The struggle for the recognition of gender difference, freedom of sexual choice and the diversity of sexual identity were yet to be fought in earnest using the Constitution's Equality Clause. The possible implications for harm to women (and of course children and men) by pornography were not ...
In any event, we've only got Little Women , Little Men , and Jo's Boys . Little Men has become a television series, but Michelle Rene Thomas isn't really Jo. Sitting in front of the fire after all the children have been put to bed, trading nuggets of wisdom with Nick, the ...
“Neither the medical community, not the parents who undergo this type of treatment, have adequately considered how the children – and this is about the children – will eventually see themselves,” Aizawa said, in summary. “As for donors, most of them haven’t given much thought to these...
women's struggles depicted in short stories; such struggles are initiated by various motives for oneself, for one's family, and for the country. In the stories, women are depicted to be capable of escaping from the 'prison' of domestic domain and acting as a partner for their male ...
Many women and children in developing countries have very limited opportunities to shape their futures. Their are countless tragic stories of abuse,
It evolved into a promise -- to themselves, to their community, to the women and children of Nepal. Use their platform to empower women? Educate girls? Fight sex trafficking? Change the world? Absolutely. After the Seven Summits. "Before we were home from Antarctica, we were ...
Between two worlds: The inner lives of children of divorce An astonishing one quarter of adults between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five have grown up in divorced families. Now, as this generation comes of age, Between Two Worlds will speak to them like no other book. Elizabeth Marquardt...
Finally, having children and raising a family does not guarantee happiness despite what popular culture might purport. Orenstein's book is an academic piece and she uses sound qualitative methods to generate her findings. She interviewed over 200 middle class women during the late 1990s to gather ...
This chapter begins with a historical overview of women in documentary. It provides a representative indication of the international presence of women across the last century and captures examples of their significant innovation. This is followed by an overview of the involvement of women as documentar...