Essays Tagged: "Gender role"

stereotyping men and women in mass media

so apparent but at the same time society is so blind to it. In society parents teach their children gender role at a very early age. Gender role refers to the attitudes, behavior, and activities that ... profitable and desirable in the corporate job market. This is a result of the distinctions between genders created by society.Another example of gender stereotyping is sports coverage. Woman who part ...

(3 pages) 472 0 4.4 Jul/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

What challenges does As You Like It present to out conceptions of gender identity?

Present day conceptions of gender would appear to be different to what they were in Shakespeare's day. Clear cut divisions of m ... parent. One would need to look back to the time of Shakespeare to try and see the different view of gender identity. Using the play As You Like It and the characters portrayed within it one might be a ... y As You Like It and the characters portrayed within it one might be able to see how our concept of gender may well be challenged. Gender role in this play does appear to be confusing at first glance. ...

(5 pages) 117 0 4.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Gender Identity Disorder

Gender Identity DisorderI.I want to talk about gender issues. The definition of gender identity diso ... ty disorder is a condition in which there is a discrepancy between an individual's assigned sex and gender identity, involving a strong and persistent identification with the other gender. Now this ma ... g and persistent identification with the other gender. Now this makes no sense to me so in my terms gender issues have to deal with same sex partners, transsexuals, and people who want a sex change. T ...

(4 pages) 230 4 3.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality

gender roles

Describe and comment on your experience of gender role in socialisationIn all aspects of every society, gender identity must be established. It ... e parents have been told, it is then that society will set the example and attitudes for that given gender. "Gender includes a broad spectrum of attitudes, behaviours, and social expectations that we ... es, through interactions with one another and experiences in various environments". Stereotyping of genders, even in today's society still occurs, for example when thinking of a doctor, most people wo ...

(3 pages) 256 4 4.2 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Inequalities on Gender

In today's society, women and male gender roles reflect on more that only just what people think about sex roles. In this research, I w ... In this research, I will inform the reader about stereotypes that society accepts when dealing with gender roles. In addition, this paper will explain the reasons gender roles are labeled the way they ... social concern over a feminine aspect; therefore, it brings our conclusion that the differences of gender are a subject of power. Mostly all the articles that I came about to research show in detail ...

(5 pages) 284 0 4.6 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

The Agricultural Revoltion.

e of resettlement.Tolls were soon developed to make farm labor easier and faster for early farmers. Gender role changed dramatically from how they had been in hunter-gatherer society. Before the Agric ...

(2 pages) 93 1 4.6 Jun/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

Men must fight and women must weep.

MEDEA"Men must fight and women must weep"Essay on Gender RolesGender roles are those characteristics, actions or behaviours, for which acceptance and ... acceptance and approval within a particular community, and at a specified time, is determined on a gender-specific basis. A very traditional idea of these roles is that men are overt, the protectors, ... ight..." and women are covert, the victims, passive and emotional "...women must weep". Traditional gender roles are found in many texts. In the play Medea by Euripides, the main character, Media, bot ...

(5 pages) 96 0 4.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Te Gender Roles in Society

Gender Roles in SocietyThe world today has changed in many aspects of gender related life style. Yet ... d in many aspects of gender related life style. Yet there is an area of improvement in the focus of gender: based on labor and the patriarchal working woman. The class society has a great impact on th ... The different theories and definitions help to explain the relationship of the construction of the gender. Feminism has a great impact on the gender role in our society. Feminists have been fighting ...

(11 pages) 469 4 4.9 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Perspective in Psychology - Sex & Gender

Sex and Gender seem to have two connotative meanings in society today. Sex is a very scientific term that ex ... term that explains the physical attributes of a person and the sexual organs they possess, where as gender is defined as the overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your ma ... rt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness; "your gender role is the public expression of your gender identity"Both Psychoanalysis and Behaviourism ha ...

(5 pages) 203 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Groundhog Day: Is Rita an example of a traditional "good" woman? In what ways does she fit (or not fit into) a traditional gender role?

an example of a traditional "good" woman? In what ways does she fit (or notfit into) a traditional gender role?The traditional "good" woman has many stereotypical characteristics. Shedoesn't talk to ... ting woman who ishappy and eager to please others. In that aspect she is staying in the traditional genderrole of our stereotype woman. She goes to great lengths to ensure everyone's needs aremet with ...

(4 pages) 41 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Evolution of Women: An Analysis of Women Leads in the Films Adam's Rib, City Lights, and His Girl Friday

t we viewed, City Lights, His Girl Friday and Adam's Rib, there is an evolution of the lead woman's gender role in relationships and in society. Furthermore, according to Cavell, the changing of the w ... beginning of time, women have had to realize and pursue their power, equality and strength in their gender, not only resulting in a stronger woman, but also a transformation in men's gender role.Bibli ...

(5 pages) 66 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

"Gender Roles and Fashion " How do clothing fashions aid in the social construction of gender? What does a woman or man say about herself or himself with various pieces of clothing?

Most people feel that the qualities and characteristics we perceive as specific to gender are inherent by nature. In America, physical strength is stereotyped to be masculine, while e ... pectations is sufficient grounds for alienation. However, historian Howard Zinn has documented that gender roles are a part of a system constructed by the ruling class during the formation of our nati ... hat the definition of being a man or woman is comprised of more than apparent genetic information. "Gender" is a socially constructed status, which has the intention of "choosing people for the differ ...

(4 pages) 220 0 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

An Overview of Transsexuality

What is gender? It seems like a simple question. Most people would agree that there are two genders, male an ... ke a simple question. Most people would agree that there are two genders, male and female, and your gender is chosen by your genitals at birth. Unfortunately, this definition has little to do with tru ... e is assigned (boy or girl, woman or man)". Unlike sex, which refers specifically to one's anatomy, gender reflects attitudes, behaviors and characteristics that are associated with sex. A person who ...

(10 pages) 143 0 4.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Gender in Society

Gender in Society "...everyone "does gender without thinking about it" (Judith Lorber, "Paradoxes of ... ng about it" (Judith Lorber, "Paradoxes of Gender, p.13). When I was young I did not think about my gender role. I did not think about the day to day events in my life that effected my gender. When I ... to day events in my life that effected my gender. When I look back I can find so many instances of gender in my life. So, I am taking one of the smallest instances because of the many ways it relates ...

(14 pages) 314 1 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality

Japan vs. China vs. America

re among Japan, China, and America, we can divide it into many areas, such as languages, city life, gender role, food, and so on. First of all, the languages are one of the main differences. Ja ... some of them are just be pleasure with a very normal life. But more than the city life, the gender roles are also the main difference. Yokohama is the eldest child of her family. She also has ...

(6 pages) 59 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Gender Roles: Describe the gender roles in "A Rose for Emily" and "Papas Waltz" in their respective stories.

act accordingly to how others view us. Each individual has pressure placed upon them based on their gender. Our sex is determined by genetics while our gender is programmed by social customs. Some the ... determined for them. Women are to be nurturing and men are to be providers by nature. An individual gender role is molded through socialization. Individuals learn the ways, traditions, norms, and rule ...

(3 pages) 32 0 0.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"The Two:" A Look at the Woman-to-Woman Bond and Its Effect on Traditional Gender Roles. Written about "The Two," a chapter from Gloria Naylor's "The Women of Brewster Place".

ive definition. However, when this type of relationship is perceived as lesbianism, the traditional gender role belief system is threatened and this can often lead to negative outcomes.It's evident ho ... often lead to negative outcomes.It's evident how the close bond between women threatens traditional gender roles. In the story, two women move into Brewster Place: timid, feminine Lorraine and confide ...

(4 pages) 35 0 3.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Design a questionnaire and comment on it to determine a childs point of view on a subject of your choice [in ths case gender confusion].

Summative AssessmentThe oxford English dictionary states that "the words gender and sex both have the sense 'the state of being male or female', but they are typically used ... are typically used in slightly different ways: sex tends to refer to biological differences, while gender tends to refer to cultural or social ones". This quote points out that while gender and sex a ... nder and sex are similar; and often the meanings are confused, they are developed in different ways.Gender is important to a child's self image and identity; the gender role a child acquires depends h ...

(8 pages) 52 0 4.2 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Alternative Families

uch concern is that children brought up by lesbian mothers or gay fathers will show disturbances in gender identity and/or in gender role behavior. It has also been suggested that children brought up ...

(10 pages) 132 0 4.3 Sep/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality

Gender roles in society: A look at masculinity and femininity

"The Dangers of Femininity" by Lucy Gilbert and Paula Webster discusses gender roles in society, and Messages Men Hear: Constructing Masculinities by Ian Harris discusses s ... society, and Messages Men Hear: Constructing Masculinities by Ian Harris discusses specifically the gender roles of men. According to Gilbert and Webster, "the two-gender system mandates masculine and ... d females are encouraged to behave by these codes. Harris has a similar argument. Harris proposes, "gender role messages set standards for appropriate male behavior."( 12) These messages are a set of ...

(4 pages) 128 0 4.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology