Risky Business: Impact of HIV, The
Life changed when the dangers of HIV were introduced to our society. No longer could a casual sexual encounter be categorized as "no big deal." Because the virus remains latent for so long, people can transmit the infection through blood or sexual a...
Subject: women
Transcript: have the infection But will transmit it, of course, through sexual activity, Or women will transmit it to their newborn children Or if the blood is not
Turbulent Virginia: Pirate Base...Royal Colony: England Revises Approach to Colonization and Establishes Royal Colony of Virginia
England and its Virginia Company surrogate take steps to revise their approach to colonization yet again. They increase incentives for families willing to migrate, attempt to attract merchants rather than aristocrats, and develop agricultural produc...
Subject: women
Transcript: :] the authorities soon realized That not having women around meant That they didn't have stable family households, Which during this period was seen As
History of Professional Women
American history professor Alice Kessler-Harris traces the history of professional women in the United States, from the colonial period to modern
Series: Women In American History
Subject: women
Labor Market For African-Americans and Women in the 1940's, The
women. Professor Gerstle talks about the iconic Rosie the Riveter image, as well as the fact that this period marked the second great migration of African
Subject: women
The Role of Gender: Women in the Workplace
The experiences of men and women in the workplace are often very different. Women frequently must contend with gender-based discrimination
Subject: women
Transcript: [narrator] the story of women working outside the home doesn't end with the household division of labor. the workplace itself has been transformed
The Role of Gender: Similarities and Differences Between Men and Women
The fact that gender is a very different experience for males and females might suggest that men and women are fundamentally very different. But
Subject: women
Transcript: whether your waist is involved, that's doing gender. When you put on eyeliner, that's doing gender. [coltrane:] men have to act masculine And women have to
The Role of Gender: Gender Socialization
The gender socialization process teaches children from a very early age how to differentiate between males and females. Over time, most boys and girls take on gender-related traits and incorporate them into their behavior. There has been a longst...
Subject: women
Transcript: [narrator:] society tends to emphasize the differences between men and women rather than the similarities. and it is those differences that are at
The Role of Gender: Changing Gender Roles at Home
The rapidly increasing number of women in the labor force has been both a cause and effect of the shift in gender roles in recent years. Women have
Subject: women
Transcript: growth of women in the labor force. [coltrane] go back to about 1940. There were about five times more families with just the Husband as a breadwinner And
When I Grow Up: Women Who Act Tough
Author and feminist Betty Friedan talks about the "war between the sexes," noting that, at one time, the mere mention of the words "my wife" in comedy routines made the audience laugh.
Series: Women's Studies
Subject: women
Women at Work
American history professor Alice Kessler-Harris explains that, in the early twentieth century, two-thirds of native-born White women worked
Series: Women In American History
Subject: women