Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women Theses and Dissertations

Theses and Dissertations for the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women department.

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Description:: The argument “it’s just a preference” has commonly been used to justify people’s sexual and romantic desires for particular bodies over others. However, the underlying …
Year:: 2019
Contributor:: Lim, Christine Shio (creator); Shih, Elena (thesis advisor); Ramos, Nic (reader); Brown University. Pembroke Center (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Race discrimination; Desire; sex; desirability; Dating services; tinder; Online dating; dating; personal preference; Intimacy (Psychology)--Political aspects; Interpersonal relations; relationships; love; Self-esteem; Beauty culture; erotic; capital
Language:: English
Collection:: Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: With the fall of Roe v Wade in 2022, abortion access has come under increasing threat from the pro-life movement. One of the most prolific …
Year:: 2023
Contributor:: Tam, Rachel (creator); Williams, Sarah (thesis advisor); Lee, Wendy (reader); Davis, Denise (reader); Wessel, Gary (reader); Brown University. Pembroke Center (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Reproductive health; Abortion--Law and legislation; Pro-life movement; Pro-choice movement
Language:: English
Collection:: Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: This thesis examines the construction of low-income Black motherhood as criminal in the United States through policy means, using South Carolina as a case study. …
Year:: 2026
Contributor:: Willow Veda Stewart (creator); Argo, Grace (thesis advisor); Gonzalez Van Cleve, Nicole (reader); Brown University. Pembroke Center (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Intersectionality; Motherhood; Drug control; war on poverty; Public welfare--Law and legislation; crack cocaine; Reproductive rights; carceral
Language:: English
Collection:: The University and Beyond; Brown University Library; Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women; Theses and Dissertations

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