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Is the angel still in the house?: changes in female ideals in nineteenth-and twentieth-century literature
(1998)
The following paper is an analysis of the ways in which Coventry Patmore's image of female perfection, the Angel in the House, and the ideals which it embodies have affected literary works by nineteenth- and twentieth-century ...
How do posttraumatic stress and acculturation correlate with marital functioning in a Bosnian refugee sample?
(1998)
Two of the most pressing problems facing today's rapidly growing population of refugees are dealing with the consequences of their past traumatic experiences (PTSD symptomology) and adjusting to a new culture (acculturation). ...
In Search of Chloe: Enlightened Views of Women
(1983)
Eighteenth-century histories, essays, criticism, and poetry suggest that certain basic attitudes toward women prevailed. have categorized and described three of those attitudes:
1. Women are merely "fair nymphs" (the ...
Aunt Jemima: The Impact Of An American Icon On African-American Women
(1997)
Always the Aunt Jemima. Always the submissive servant and comforting mammy. At least these are the portrayals of African-American women that the media often glorify. As society's primary informant, the media, especially ...
Three Women in a Decade of Change -- A Collective Biographical Approach to the 1920s
(1997)
Perhaps no decade heralded the volume of historical change that the 1920s did. Women’s lives were dramatically affected by the world around them. In the aftermath of World War I, intolerance prevailed. In this atmosphere ...
Social Influence, Sex Differences, And Group Sway On Judgments Of Beauty
(1994)
Two converging, multimethod experiments probed the hypothesis that group discussion of physical attractiveness would lead to reevaluation of initial judgments more consistent with group standards. In Study 1 participants ...
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach
(1995)
In the last ten years, much attention has been focused on the issue of sexual harassment. During the mid-1980s, the Supreme Court ruled on the issue for the first time, and discussion about the ruling and sexual harassment ...
Women of Plautine Comedy: Representative of the Roman Ideal?
(1991)
After considering what is said about women and analyzing their individual characterizations, one question remains: are these Plautine women representative of the Roman ideal? The Roman ideal for womanhood, as established ...
The Role Of Women In Society In The Works Of Willian Styron
(1979)
William Styron, author of four novels—Lie Down in Darkness (1951), The Long March (1952), Set This House on Fire (1960), and The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967)—uses Freudian psychology in his works. His female characters ...
The Role of Gender in Architectural Education
(1995)
A study was done exploring whether women are treated differently than men during their architectural education. Thirty male and female 4th-year environmental design undergraduate students of Texas A&M University were given ...