Essays Tagged: "Gender identity"
"Gender in Society" the difference between genger and sex. brief overview and personal perspective
The word "gender" refers to the socially constructed knowledge, values, and practices connected to sex based d ... feminine, fragile, and nurturing. Family reinforcement and traditional society expectations create gender roles; they are not innate features. Gender is constructed based on everything from appearanc ... d dress, to relations with family and friends, to culture and sexuality (Appelbaum, 2001).The home "gender factory" reproduces society's traditional gender roles through parental reinforcement (Appelb ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
The Oedipus Complex
that their father would punish them, such as by castration. Freud also believed that conscience and gender identity form as the child resolved the Oedipus Complex at age 5 or 6, but this actually happ ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality
Freedom of Choice
ans face widespread discrimination on the basis of their sexual identity, and so do people of trans-gender identity even though Australia's international human rights obligations require governments t ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
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. ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
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 ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Gender Roles.
According to Jean Piaget, sometime during adolescence gender roles are established. I want to talk about the gender roles that are depicted in our society ... that are depicted in our society today, and possibly why that is. In all aspects of every society, gender identity must be established. It is at birth when an infant (person) is given either a male o ... identity. Once the parents have been told, the society will set the examples and attitudes for that gender. "Gender includes a broad spectrum of attitudes, behaviors, and social expectations that we a ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies
The Beauty of Women in our Society.
about men's institutions and institutional power".What factors determine the social construction of gender identity in our society, and how do these factors influence the shape of that construction? I ... actors influence the shape of that construction? I believe one huge factor that strongly influences gender identity in our society is the media, especially for female teenagers. In my opinion, the med ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Freud - Contributions to Psychology
and adopting her attitudes and traits. Successful resolution of the Oedipus/Electra complex is when gender identity is formed.The second contribution by Freud to the development of Psychology I am goi ... of the Oedipus and Electra complexes assist the development of further research into the studies of gender, learning, stereotyping and so on, including how behaviour is influenced and learnt.The contr ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors
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 ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Rights For All People's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Recently the topic of sexual orientation and gender identity, (Sexual orientation refers to gays, lesbian, bisexuals, and those questioning or ar ... , lesbian, bisexuals, and those questioning or are unsure. This refers to all not just homosexuals. Gender identity refers to those of transgender, which may change through medical procedures.), has b ... inequality, and discrimination toward these people that are open about their sexual orientation and gender identity.People that are open about their sexual orientation and gender identity are meet wit ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality
How is gender identity influenced by social structures?
Are we ever free to construct our own gender identity? To simplify the issue it would be easier to say that the world we live in is a stru ... e it would be easier to say that the world we live in is a structure that constrains and shapes our gender identity, the formation of which is kept in line with social boundaries that guide us in spec ... ept in line with social boundaries that guide us in specific directions throughout our lives, using gender appropriation as the tool. However, if we are to inspect the issue from a more dispassionate ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
This essay hits on three years that hepled to shape the nation. The dates were extremely important to the united states, and seem to be forgotten of how they molded us to be.
can babies were born between the years of 1946-1964. Americans unconsciously though created certain gender roles by doing this. Women were looked at as mothers and homemakers, while men were the prima ... this. Women were looked at as mothers and homemakers, while men were the primary breadwinners. This gender identity would not last long though.You would think that by this time there would be no more ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Father Absence and the developement of the male self through Freud and Chodorow's theories.
t that is his mother. The boy originally sees the mother as "not me," (Chodorow 67) which creates a gender identity for the male infant. The male infant then sees the father as close to his mother, wh ... anxiety that was felt. This shows that the absence of a father is more significant to the core male gender identity through the pre-Oedipal, Oedipal and adolescent stages. (Shill 145) The absence of a ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors
Three Concepts of Social psychology
Essay #1 / Gender IdentitySchwartz, P., & Rutter, V. (2000), The Gender of Sexuality, The Gender Lens, (1), ... ender of Sexuality, The Gender Lens, (1), 32-35.The concept I have chosen to critically evaluate is gender identity, which means it is a person's self-perception of their internalized gender. In today ... tant for a Professor in the Nursing Department, and my job is to put together a survey for the transgender community to evaluate their health concerns and needs. On this survey I ask "What do you beli ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Explain the role social structures play in forming gendered identity.
The aim of this essay is to examine the influence of social structures on gender identity. In order to do this, free will and determinism will be explored, along with evoluti ... onary behaviorism, social meaning, and some forms of social structure and their direct influence on gendered behavior.Identity is the combination of how others experience us and how we experience ours ... ty becomes confused and fragmented (R.D. Laing 1967 p.86).Of the many factors influencing identity, gender is the most important. Gender is said to be characteristics associated with being male or fem ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Internet Credibility Essay
to identify as being straight, and discourage them from having an alternative sexual orientation or gender identity."Although 'queer' is often used as a synonym for GLBT (gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgen ... sseminate the construction of manliness and womanliness in Swedish sport. Of particular interest is gender equity policy in sport as a new way of creating sexual/gender difference."Keywords and Observ ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
THE moment before the gun went off: Van Der Vyer's true identity
y: national identity, social identity, cultural/racial identity, class identity, familial identity, gender identity, sexual identity, etc. Some people say all these identities are formed beyond our co ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature
Supreme Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division. M.T., Plaintiff V. J.T., Defendant
ant then filed a notice of appeal.Dr. Ihlenfeld, the plaintiff's medical doctor with a specialty in gender identity, was accepted as an expert in the field of medicine and transsexualism. He testified ... f the sex their anatomy indicated. "There was, however, 'very little disagreement' on the fact that gender identity generally is established 'very, very firmly, almost immediately, by the age of 3 to ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases
Sexism
Gender identity is the base that forms individuals' perceptions about their role in society. Austral ... mocratic nation ensures equality of opportunity for all members of the society, regardless of their gender (Study Guide 1007AMC 1999). However, it could be argued that gender based inequalities still ... nder based inequalities still exist in the Australian contemporary society. In order to investigate gender discrimination, the terms sexism and feminism will be defined. Secondly, gender inequalities ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
The problems of defining the male self: Masculinity in Earl Lovelace's "The Dragon Can't Dance" and George Lamming's "In the Castle of My Skin"
ts to one's social and cultural construction, but the one I am going to focus on in my paper is the gender identity, more specifically, the gender identity that is associated with males and masculinit ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature