How women were perceived in the ancient world.

All of the works read thus far have female characters, including, but not limited to, Shamhat and Ishtar in The Epic ofGilgamesh, Anubis’ wife and the Pharaoh’s wife in “Two Brothers,” Tamar in “The JosephStory,” Ruth and Naomi in The Book of Ruth, or Medea in The...

Timeline of Gendered Movements

Overview If there is one important lesson you can learn as social scientists it is this: historical events never appear in isolation, but instead, are connected to previous events. In this Assignment you will develop a 6-point timeline that shows how the...

Jobs suited for men and women

Women and men now work in a greater variety of jobs than ever before: women take combat roles in the military and serve as police officers and firefighters. Men work as nurses and participate in cheerleading. More individuals are refusing the male/female binary,...

An Evaluation of Gender Violence

You will accomplish this by critically analyzing a specific concept/topic in criminology. Some examples include the politicization of crime; the development and enforcement of a specific type of crime policing (such as drug crimes); mass incarceration; race and...

Women in Society

The instructions are: Pick a period in Western history OR a non-Western traditional society and write about the role of women in that period or society. You could, for example, examine the role of women in ancient Greek society, Roman society, medieval society, and/or...