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A Cross-Cultural Comparative Analysis Of Levels Of Social Development And Gender Stratification, Helen Elisabeth Wells

Honors Papers

There is a current debate in social science literature, in Marxist theory, and in Feminist theory on the role of gender in affecting the form of inequality. Particular emphasis is placed on the controversy over whether or not women suffer universal exploitation and oppression. The debate over the role of gender in the stratification process is further complicated by a division in orientation: some consider gender inequality to be conditioned by relations of production or distribution that arise historically, and therefore are not universal (Engles 1968; Friedl 1978; Sacks 1974; Sanday 1974); while others trace it ultimately to fundamental biological …

Women As A Political Force : Did The Vote Make A Difference?, Dorene Roberts Sarnoski

Honors Capstones

Whether from traditional history books or women’s studies texts, the pronouncement on women and the vote seems to be the same. The preceding quotes are the conventional assumption of women as a political force. After the vote, we are told, women went back home and nothing changed. With no driving issue, women became apathetical. This is not only a wrong historical fact, but a dangerous one for women. If accepted, it can be used as a weapon against women. Ie: Women aren’t really political. Women did not exercise rights anyway. Suffragists were a small, unimportant group. Most women don’t care …

Adjustment Of South African Education Program Students And South African Higher Education Program Students In America, Ronald T. September

All Master's Theses

The self-perceived adjustment of black South African undergraduate and graduate students in two educational exchange programs in America was investigated by means of a questionnaire administered through the mail during Fall 1985. Sixty-one female and male students at various American institutions participated in the study. The results showed that students perceived themselves to have achieved a high level of personal, social and academic adjustment, and that the undergraduate females, graduate females, undergraduate males and graduate males do not differ significantly in their perceived adjustment. Recommendations for further adjustment strategies are put forward.

Is A Student's Dormroom His Castle?, Mark R. Hayden

Honors Capstones

Theories of the Student-University Relationship: The five most common theories are: “expertise,” “privilege,” “in loco parentis,” “property,” and “contract.” I will discuss these in some detail from a historical viewpoint, then try to sum up current law as applied to various Fourth Amendment situations and explore the current student-university relationship. The focus will be on the law’s effect on the student’s right to privacy in his living quarters to answer the question: “is the student’s dormitory room his castle?”

Female/Male Ratings Of Female/ Male Authors: A Written "Matched- Guise" Anaysis Of Students At The Three Egyptian Universities, Barbara Jean Mcqueen

Archived Theses and Dissertations

In an attempt to add to cross-cultural research on sex­differentiation in language use, this study replicates, in an Egyptian setting, American experiments designed to determine whether or not stereotypes and prejudices exist that work against the success of women writers.

The specific hypothesis tested was that female and male raters would consistently rate female authors lower than their male counterparts for identical work. Subjects were 195 students from 12 English classes at four different Egyptian educational institutions--three universities and one adult continuing-education program. A written form of the matched-guise technique was employed as the main experiment instrument. To supplement it …