At the end of the chapter 1 in “Women, Power, and Politics,” by Lori Cox Han and Caroline Heldman, the author asks the reader, “are men and women different political animals?” I say absolutely. Since men have always been involved in politics, they do not have as many people watching, scrutinizing, critiquing, and judging each […]

The first wave mostly regarded suffrage, and Susan B. Anthony’s fight for the right to vote for white women. She published “The Revolution,” and the authors divulge into several victories and setbacks of the first wave. The authors mention that before the first wave, women were strictly confined to domestic duties around the home and […]

The female menstrual, or uterine cycle, is a beautiful and natural part of life. When a girl is usually between the ages of 11-14, they will reach menarche. This is the initial onset of the menstruation cycle, which will come every single month for up to several decades except during pregnancy and if the patient […]

Women’s health When I first took a women’s studies class I was caught off guard. I was raised in the suburbs by a middle class nuclear family that had access to healthcare, birth control, and top of the line medical care. When I went a way to college and was given a more diverse look […]

We often fear getting any sort of procedure done in the area we use to go to the bathroom. But procedures such as a cystoscopy can be done easily and fast, with extremely low risk. A cystoscopy is a procedure where a doctor will insert a cystoscope into your urethra with a small camera on […]