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    Women in Sports

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    History of Women in Sports                 Throughout history‚ women have fought for equality against men‚ significantly in the last century‚ as women have taken on greater‚ and more equal‚ roles in society. There have been several fronts on which women have fought for equality and one of those cases is in sports. Sports history is filled with men popularizing athletics such as baseball‚ basketball‚ boxing‚ football‚ track‚ and many other sports. It is quite surprising to many that women‚ as well

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    Women Hobbies

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    Hobbies Preferred By The Women Can you imagine the women walking into each shop in the megamall and try every shoes‚ clothes‚ and handbags for 8 hours straight without even feeling tired? Even Haile Gebrselassie‚ world’s best long-distance runner can’t do that! According to the research done by a group of students from the University of Melbourne‚ women love to go shopping‚ grooming‚ go for a massage or spa‚ reading‚ singing‚ cooking‚ art &craft and so on. Despite being so passionate

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    Women Empowerment

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    Women’s Empowerment Introduction Women have generally been looked upon with contempt for centuries with various strictures inflicted upon them reducing their status to the mercy of men. They have been confined to hearth and home. But now the perspective of the society has changed and a general thinking to work for the emancipation and empowerment of women is being developed so that they could also contribute in the enhancement and welfare of the society. Their Emancipation But their emancipation

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    women in vietnam

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    Women in Vietnam played a significant role in defending Vietnam during the Vietnam War from 1945 to 1975. They took roles such as village patrol guards‚ intelligence agents‚ propagandists‚ and military recruiters. By becoming "active participants" in the struggle to liberate their country from foreign occupation‚ Vietnamese women were able to free themselves from "centuries of Confucian influence that had made them second-class citizens".[2] Historically‚ this character and spirit of Vietnamese women

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    women in egypt

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    Member‚ San Diego State University i Copyright By Antwanisha Alameen 2012 All Rights Reserved ii ABSTRACT This is an Afrocentric examination of women’s use of agency in Ancient Egypt and Igboland. Most histories written on Kemetic women not only disconnect them from Africa but also fail to fully address the significance of their position within the political spiritual structure of the state. Additionally‚ the presence of matriarchy in Ancient Egypt is dismissed on the basis that

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    Voltaire On Women

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    Voltaire’s “Candide‚ or Optimism”‚ Aphra Behn’s “Oroonoko”‚ and Ihara Saikaku’s “Life of a Sensuous Woman”‚ women are portrayed differently all around the world. Although these women are from different parts of the world‚ they all share similarities while also having distinguishing factors that differentiates themselves from one another. A few of the female characters present a striking resemblance to women in today’s world‚ while others are greatly different. In “Candide‚ or Optimism” by Voltaire reveals

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    Women and Crime

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    on male offenders is pretty obvious – majority of criminal offences is done by men and women tend to be much less involved in any type of crime. Many studies and statistics show that men have higher rates of crime and offending than women‚ with the gender gap being highest for serious violent crimes and lowest for minor property crime and drug use. In fact the only two major categories of crime to which women make substantial contribution is shoplifting and prostitution. Using data of a group of

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    Women of Medea

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    Women Breaking the Stereotype The women in the play Medea‚ by Euripides‚ each have an important role. In Ancient Greece‚ women were portrayed as the weak and less important people; however‚ this portrayal is contradicted in the story of Medea. The women in the story hold a more significant position than the men. The story starts with the Nurse giving the audience the background information necessary to know in order to understand what conflict Medea is dealing with. She gives information about

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    Women in Genesis

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    variety of factors. "...Religious or theological persuasions‚ or one ’s place in history‚ society and culture" 2 can sway or change an interpretation of text. This being said‚ the popular and widely accepted interpretations are the ones affecting women and our population in general. The Bible is widely distributed and acknowledged‚ Genesis is known throughout the world and its social order. Even more so‚ the creation story is famous‚ it is mentioned in films‚ books‚ school and much more. The interpretation

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    Women Equality

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    Striving for Women Equality In order for our society to ensure that future generations of women will have equal access to the same important resources currently available to men‚ an increase access to resources such as land‚ credit‚ education‚ technology and information can give them the opportunity to participate equally with men in key decisions that affect their lives. In particular‚ economic and educational opportunities should be readily available to them. By increasing women ’s economic productivity

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