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How may science fiction communicate anxiety about gender in society? Incorporate into your answer course concepts relating to science, gender, and social power (e.g. relative status or, conversely, social marginalization). In making your argument, mention at least one central idea from readings by Roberts, Newton, and Kavanaugh. Also incorporate at least ONE example of gender anxiety from the movie Alien (1997).
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This is a very stereotypical gender-role kind of question, but let’s go with it.
A man and a woman are trying to decide where to go on a date. The woman prefers ballet; the man prefers going to a football game. The first value is the woman’s payoff, the second is man’s.
MAN
Football Ballet
WOMAN Football 1, 4 0, 0
Ballet 2, 2 4, 1
Answer the following two questions and explain!
(a) What is the solution to this one-shot game?
(b) Suppose the couple is planning many dates over a period of time.
What other arrangements can make both parties better off?
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As a budding entrepreneur, you have purchased a small bagel shop. You have engaged in a market study to categorize your customers’ willingness to pay for a meal (coffee+bagel) into 8 equal sized groups: ($5.00, $4.50, $4.00, $3.50, $3.00, $2.50, $2.00, $1.50). All of your costs are fixed except labor and materials, which cost $2.25 per meal sold.
(a) What price should you charge for a meal? (Enter dollars and cents, separated by a decimal point; don’t include the “$”).
(b) Suppose your market research tells you that the four lowest value groups are all students. Should you offer a student discount? If so, how much of a discount? (Enter dollars and cents, separated by a decimal point; don’t include the “$”).
Based on the novels by Toni Morrison and Jesmyn Ward as well as at least two stories from Kirstin Valdez Quade’s collection, write an essay in which you analyze the portrayal of gender roles, nuanced by use of pathos, in each literary work, and take a position over whether this portrayal of gender roles meets with the expectations which most people would have for how folks in those roles should act and whether the message conveyed ends up positively for most readers.
Books: 1. Sula, Toni Morrison; Vintage; ISBN-13: 978-1400033430
Night at the Fiestas, Kirsten Valdez Quade; WW Norton; ISBN-13: 978-0393352214
Sing, Unburied, Sing, Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, ISBN-13: 978-1501126079
Select an individual healthcare related right from Chapter 6 of our e-text such as EMTALA, Women in Labor Act, Roe v. Wade, access to health insurance (the ACA), access to reproductive rights such as birth control and abortion.
Describe the right briefly and then discuss if there are any attempts to curtail (reduce) or eliminate (erase) these rights. You can use the cases described in the e-text in this chapter or cases you find in Westlaw or on the World Wide Web. Describe any opposition to the efforts to reduce or eliminate these currently available individual rights to health care services and access.
Why Did Women’s Studies Emerge In The Academic Community? Why Are Women’s Studies Programs Inherently Interdisciplinary? Mention One Discipline That Seems Especially Influential Within Women’s Studies, And Tell Us Why.
According to the articles by Charlotte Bunch (Not by Degrees: Feminist Theory and Education), what does theory enable us to do? How does she describe theory, and its functions? What is the purpose of theory? Using Chapter 1 (pages 17-31) from the Lynne Ford book, define and describe the different types of feminism. Which one(s), if any, are applicable for women in the 21st century?
Investigate the effect of leadership qualities and success impact on gender then reflect them on this list types of leadership, difference or relationship on gender, growth of SME leadership with references
Just 200 words literature Review and Aim and Objectives then methodology 80 or 100words only l just want to see a sample of this topic
According to Slaughter, women can “have it all” but not today, not with the way America’s economy and society are currently structured.
Dorment is responding to Slaughter. How fairly do you think he represents her work? Consider his audience and purpose. How effective is his informal tone?
What would you say in response to him?
What are your own thoughts and perceptions on mixing family and career? How do you think Slaughter would respond to what you say?
Dennis Prager’s “The Opposite Sex” and Irwin Shaw’s “The Girls in Their Summer Dresses” propose views about male and female insatiability. Write an essay that demonstrates how Shaw’s work corresponds with Prager’s theory. Your thesis statement should address how Michael and Frances personify male and female insatiability as mentioned by Prager in “The Opposite Sex.” Use at least four direct citations to support your analysis.
Read Margaret Fuller, from Woman in the 19th Century (71-83).
What strategy does Fuller use to make her argument? Why does she do this?
What does Fuller see as similarities between slaves and women?
Why, according to Fuller, are women and men in the places they are currently? How did they get there? Why
do they remain?
What effect do men believe woman’s rights will have on the family?
What possible problems does woman as “the heart of the house” face?
What examples does Margaret give to counter the belief that women are too delicate?
What does Margaret believe is a necessary ingredient for domestic life?
What is the current disunity? Why?
Why does Margaret believe it is difficult for men to fairly represent women in public life?
What rights is she demanding for women?