Essays on Study Page 54

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “median weekly earnings of full-time workers were $876 in the second quarter of 2018. Women had median weekly earnings of $780, or 81.3 percent of the $959 median for men” (2018). This is as of July 17, 2018. This disparity is not of times long ago but a…

Discrimination is the act of being biased towards a particular individual, or a specific group of people based on their age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or many other factors. Workplace discrimination occurs when an individual is denied certain rights and job opportuinities due to their specific status or qualities, while others that do not…

It’s 2020, and that means it’s about time that women feel like equals in the workplace. Yet, they still don’t feel that way, with salary disparities, sexual harassment and insufficient family leave policies still being major issues. However, if we push the bigger problems aside, workdays are also filled with small and subtle reminders that…

I really enjoyed watching this movie. I love learning about historical events, although this event really saddened me. Ethical principles protect participants in biomedical research studies from undue exploitation. In the Tuskegee study these principles were blatantly violated. Between 1932 and 1972 a large group of black men (400) were infected with syphilis. The other…

What is Gender Wage Gap? It is the amount of money paid that differs between men and women, who often do the same work. How can or can’t these two sources be a method on sharing information on Women in the workplace should be acknowledged for their work and also should be paid the equal…

            Throughout this scathing essay, Audre Lorde claim puts forth the primary claim that if the educational and feminist community continues to use the same tactics as they always have (i.e. the Master’s tools),[M1]  then they will never be able to change the racism and anti-feminist society in which they live (i.e. the Master’s house)[M2] ….

Langston Hughes uses the foils John and Delmar to illustreate this interpretation of masculinity. As a leader of the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes uses realistic characters and his own personal experience to show the inner beauty of every soul. On February 1, 1902, one of the most intriguing poets to take part in the Harlem Renaissance…

Nervous Conditions is concerned with women who live in a traditional African society in Zimbabwe (former Rhodesia), who struggle to find their place in the patriarchal system and who search for their independence. Each female protagonist in the novel finds her own way of dealing with her situation; however, this essay focuses on two characters-Tambu…

In the field of gender studies, an issue that has recently become quite controversial, is the debate over when a child establishes their own sense of gender identity. John Money argues that both nature and nurture, together, play a role in establishing one’s gender. Money is completely correct; there is not one specific instance in…

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study ran between the years 1932-1972: a total of forty years. African American males were highly encouraged to participate in the study as they were told that they had ‘bad blood’ and would receive aspirin as medication. These men were not aware that they had contracted syphilis, and would continue to engage…