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This study of the 1990s television show Friends analyzes the representations and portrayals of gender and sexuality presented throughout the series. Episodes containing the word “Wedding” in the title were examined for ...

Women’s rights are a crucial aspect of environmental rights because women, particularly those in the developing world, are disproportionately harmed by climate change (Alston 2013; Dankelman 2010; Women Watch n.d.). In ...

This project explores the representation of LGBTQ+ characters in mainstream comics over time through the lens of queer theory. Queer theory challenges heteronormativity, or the idea that heterosexuality is the societal ...

This thesis project will examine the role women played in the progression of the Civil War and how their actions affected their independence. Women assisted the war efforts in various ways, from serving as nurses to ...

I wrote a play called The B(r)idesmaid, which deals with bisexuality. During the process of writing my play, I examined the current research done on the historical methods and effects of writing bisexual and queer ...

North and South, by Elizabeth Gaskell, explores the differences in society during the Industrial Revolution as classes were redefined based on a new source of wealth, and gender roles were adapted to fit the new economy. ...

This thesis project explores how narrators impact a reader’s interpretation of a story. Specifically, it investigates how a homodiegetic, externally-focalized, first-person narrator—a “vague” narrator, one that provides ...

This Honors Thesis relates sexuality to personal development, both sociological and physiological. A comparison of a person's developing their self-concept in society to an actor's developing a character role in theatre.

Maggie Nelson and Sylvia Plath are female writers with commendable careers. Their work explores similar themes of physical violence and gender, and their confessional writing styles are each marked by a frank narrative ...

This research study aims to explore the factors which influence the under-representation of women within the engineering field. These factors can cause women to avoid participating within engineering programs at the ...