Part one of term paper
Women have enjoyed significant improvements to their individual rights and their status in general, particularly during the current century. However, although the progress that has been achieved is relatively recent, the problem of women's proper place in society has been a topic of great debate throughout history. Many great thinkers, phil ...

Part two of term paper
... ideas and theories, and their evolution, we must begin by exploring their foundations. Three aspects in particular demand to be examined. First of all, what is probably the most influential writing on the nature of women, the account of man's downfall in the Judaic Bible. Also important in shaping ideas about women are the debates of philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle. Finally, the most radical theories on women, men, and patriarchy surfaced in the Enlightenment era, with the work of Thom ...