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Essay Instructions: A 5 page double-spaced essay on Mao Zedong and China’s search for a modern

form in the 20th century is due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, October 15, 2013.

The essay should be written in academic format with title, citations of all evidence, page

numbers, and bibliography. Check your Freshman Rhetoric Guide for the appropriate

MLA format.

Develop a thesis (your argument, your interpretation) which allows you to evaluate some aspect of Mao’s life, thinking, and/or contribution within the context of the social, political, and cultural history of modern China. Part of your assignment is to show your knowledge of this period by presenting a synthetic analysis of materials relevant to your thesis which could include J. Spence’s biography of Mao, “To Live” directed by Zhang Yimou, J. Wasserstrom’s “China in the 21st Century,” writings on the Three Ways of Thinking, and Mao’s writings from his Selected Works or Little Red Book. Anything we have used for the class can be used in your essay. The discussion questions below should be useful to you in narrowing down your focus. You should not do outside research for this paper. I do not want you to find papers and articles on Mao (of which there are many). Spend your time honing your thesis, analysis, and written presentation. Your interpretations are important, but you must always provide evidence to substantiate them.

This Essay is about Mao Zedong's view on gender inequality.
The inequality of women was one of the issues addressed by New Culture activists, including Mao. Access Mao’s theoretical and actual record in working toward gender equality. Spence mentions the newspaper articles Mao wrote in 1919 concerning the suicide of Miss Zhao. These are some of the first and most heartfelt writings of Mao concerning the inequality of women.
See below:
http://books.google.com/books?id=JWc9Ia7TcaMC&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=suicide+of+miss+zhao&source=bl&ots=0UEK8-eynr&sig=Y6JaIHIeqHY1OpD0vhYoSOfIqiI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FAPsUcK8EdKz4AP6iYD4Cg&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=suicide%20of%20miss%20zhao&f=false
Ding Ling, and other creative writers who were Mao’s contemporaries, wrote about female characters who embodied “new,” “modern” values such as individualism, sexual equality, and political responsibility.


Introduction should start with how was traditional china on women maybe quote something from Confucius.
Thesis should be at the end of the introduction.

Essay Instructions: ALL SOURCES NEEDED HAVE BEEN UPLOADED TO THE FAX BOARD.

I would like a paper about Planned Parenting in the Philippines as it relates to gender equality gender rights, coming at it from am applied anthropology angle. Paper should outline the evolution of family planning perceptions in the Philippines through recent history and how it relates to perceptions of male-female responsibilities in the matter. Any sort of ethnographic information is gladly welcomed.

I'm sending 16 sources in pdf format, in a zipped archive which will be of some help, but any other research in the matter is gladly appreciated. Also no internet sources except those which may relate to statistics regarding recent family planning data (online academic journal archives are ok, of course).
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Essay Instructions: I will be sending you 2 readings in pdf that it would be good to use and cite quotations from them and elaborate them in the paper. The question of the essay is: must we eliminate gender differences in order for men and women to be equal? and my answer is yes to the question. The paper should include both readings. In my paper I would like to address that yes we have to eliminate gender differences in some areas of life in order to reach equality. And to give examples these ares are : parenting and employment. The readings are about employment, parenting and how government can contribute. My idea can be that if we reach equality in parenting and especially in employment gender equality would be easier to reach, women would be more active in workforce and men would be more understanding of women.

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Essay Instructions: The essay topic is that you have just been appointed as Minister of Gender Affairs in MExico. Your president has run on a platform promising gender equality in all policies of her administration. She asked you to develop a national plan to end the discrimination agianst women and promote gender equality.

Write the essay outlining your proposals in five of the following areas:
1.Family legislation(marital & inheritance regimes; family codes)
2. Sectors of the economy to be favored by government and hence growth ( take into account gender division of labor)
3. Labor market legislation
4. Trade policy (NAFTA, FTAA)
5. Land or agrarian reform policy
6. Housing policy
7. Education policy
8. Health policy
9. Political representation

State clearly in the introduction which policies the essay will address. For each of the five areas define the problem in mexico drawing on information form (Chant, Sylvia. Gender in Latin America. 2003 chapters 1-6,8-9. and Deere, Carmen Diana, Leon, Magdalena. Empowering Women: Land and property rights in Latin America. 2001 chapters 1-9) then carefully justify your proposals.

Must cite at least 10 things, that support the plan. from the above mentioned books. (Chant, and Deere)