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Uncovering Women's Magazines: Editors' Perspectives on the Relationship between Editorial and Advertising Content in Women's Fashion/Beauty Magazines

Creator:: Felesky, C. Leigh
Abstract:: This research examines women's magazine editors' perspectives of the relationship between editorial and advertising content in women's magazines. It specifically investigates how this relationship affects both general editorial content and more specifically, social topic stories. Mainstream women's beauty/fashion magazine editors—including editors-in-chief—were queried as to the nature of these relationships. Interviews...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Judith K. Bowker This research examines women's magazine editors' perspectives of the relationship

Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy of Evangelical Christian College Women

Creator:: Dahlvig, Jolyn E.
Abstract:: The extent in which the evangelical Christian perspective influenced the career decision-making self-efficacy of six female college students was qualitatively explored. Interviews and a focus group were utilized to find common themes and influences amongst the women. Literature from the areas of female college student development, career decision-making self-efficacy, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: first researchers to form a comprehensive psychosocial model of development (Carter & McClellan, 2000

A Thematic Feminist Analysis of Best-Selling Children’s Picture Books

Creator:: Marie, Michelle
Abstract:: Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the top ten best-selling children's picture books of 2006 reveals that these books contain elements of systematic privilege and oppression. Dominant group members are numerically overrepresented in the sample. Major emergent themes are the normalization of racism and white privilege, the stereotypical portrayal of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Passage through The Vagina Monologues: A College Anti-Violence Rite

Creator:: Freehling-Burton, Kryn
Abstract:: Passage through The Vagina Monologues: A College Anti-Violence Rite examines the ways in which the audience at Oregon State University (OSU) responds to the annual production of the play in connection with the international college campaign to raise awareness about violence against women and to raise money for community organizations...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The resistance and survival of old women : striving for empowerment in the face of oppression and violence

Creator:: Mau, Sindy Kay
Abstract:: Old women face a unique set of obstacles in their quest for empowerment. In this study the concept of empowerment is explored by politicizing issues of personal safety. The most significant factors that impede an old woman's sense of safety and control include oppression, primarily ageism and sexism, along with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: empowerment in the face of oppression and violence AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sindy K. Mau for the degree

The application of John Rawls' principles of justice to health care distribution in the United States

Creator:: Wetle, Victoria L.
Abstract:: The principles of justice developed by John Rawls and articulated in his work A Theory of Justice, published in 1971, were used as the evaluative tool in assessing health care distribution in the United States. A model for using Rawls' theory was developed emphasizing the role of the 'least advantaged'...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Whose community is it anyway? : the CDA and cultural conflicts over speech and pornography

Creator:: Christian, Mary Ann
Abstract:: The Communication Decency Act became law in 1996 and was immediately challenged on Constitutional grounds. It was subsequently declared unconstitutional based on the First Amendment guarantee of free speech. Using Fantasy Theme Analysis, an analysis of the dramatic elements of the key players was accomplished. The dramatic elements of Overall...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: perceived during and after the Hinkley trial, the campaign strategies of the Carter and Ford campaigns

A Qualitative Study of Women in Modern Day Polygamous Households in the United States

Creator:: Wilson, Suzanne M.
Abstract:: This study will show that polygamy is not a religious freedom protected under the U.S. Constitution, but a power system in which men use economic, political, social and physical force to control the behavior of others. This thesis will use a feminist perspective theory to provide a theoretical outline for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Birthing Experience: Feminism, Symbolic Interaction, and (Re) Defining Birth

Creator:: Roland-Schwartz, Michele L.
Abstract:: In this paper, my aim is to call attention to the meanings women attach to their birthing experiences using the symbolic interaction perspective in conjunction with a feminist lens. I argue that the obstetrical model of childbirth defines the course of the relationship between the laboring woman and attendant, limiting...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Are single classified women's needs being addressed by the union in a university environment?

Creator:: Pastre, Nicolette M.
Abstract:: The initial research question for this study asked whether single women were having their employment needs met by the union in a university setting. Twelve single women who were members of a union at a university participated in semi-structured interviews about their experiences with the union. To the surprise of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Uncovering Women's Magazines: Editors' Perspectives on the Relationship between Editorial and Advertising Content in Women's Fashion/Beauty Magazines

Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy of Evangelical Christian College Women

A Thematic Feminist Analysis of Best-Selling Children’s Picture Books

Passage through The Vagina Monologues: A College Anti-Violence Rite

The resistance and survival of old women : striving for empowerment in the face of oppression and violence

The application of John Rawls' principles of justice to health care distribution in the United States

Whose community is it anyway? : the CDA and cultural conflicts over speech and pornography

A Qualitative Study of Women in Modern Day Polygamous Households in the United States

Birthing Experience: Feminism, Symbolic Interaction, and (Re) Defining Birth

Are single classified women's needs being addressed by the union in a university environment?

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