Heteronormativity

The two protagonists in catcher in the rye and the stranger are cast as outsiders throughout the novel due to their neglect of social propriety, their own emotional connection with others, and relationship with death. Holden and Meursault both refuse to behave as they are expected to therefore confining themselves to social isolation. Holden believes that those who follow social propriety are phonies. To neglect behaviour expected of him Holden chooses to drink, go to clubs, smoke, and…

The Stockers are a Canadian family who has recently earned the appellation of “the most politically correct family in the world”. The family earned this title after the parents made the life-altering decision to keep the gender of their third child, Storm, hidden from everyone except themselves, Storm’s siblings, a close family friend, and two midwives who helped deliver Storm two years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Stocker claim that they are letting Storm decide his or hers own gender because they do not…

When I asked my grandmother about her father’s baby picture, I was curious why the clothes in the photo is light in the sepia picture. She explained to me that he was wearing white dress. White dress? as I profoundly questioned. I found out that all children in my great great grandma’s generations wore white dress whether it’s a boy or a girl when they were a baby. For my opinion, is do strange and odd was that. From then on, I learned babies had been identified with colors when they born. It…

Cellphones have come a long way in popularity and use since they came out. But how we use them today has affected society on a grander scale. The purpose of this essay is to prove how cellphones have impacted social norms. To be more specific, how the line between personal and work life has been blurred. A closer look into how everyday aspects of our lives have changed due to cellphones, as well as how work and school life has changed will support this point. First of all, cellphones have…

For the final assignment of the semester, we have been given the task of creating an autobiographical essay using five concepts from our course. Before I begin to go into much more detail, I believe it is important to start off with some simple definitions in regards to work, family, and gender as it is the course name. Work is defined by Hannah Arendt as “the construction of a stable world of things, which become the basis for action” (138). The family is referred to by Friedrich Engels as the…

This class has provided me with a very valuable learning experience. As a psychology major I don’t have the opportunity to take classes in the ALS department very often. At the start of the semester when we discussed what SWAPA was I didn 't think much of it, especially because it involved performing my piece in front of the class which made me nervous. However, listening to my classmates perform their pieces each week was one of my favorite parts about the course. It was great to hear people…

Introduction Gender inequality is a persistent issue that continues to thrive in the United States as well as various nations across the world (Buchanan, 2014). In order to understand the concept of gender inequality, it is crucial to have a clear comprehension of some key terminology, such as social norms. Social norms are the beliefs of a society regarding how individuals should and should not behave in a given situation (Klugman, Kolb, & Morton, 2014). The construct of social norms thus…

What we understand to be true about sexuality begins to ingrain itself in our person since the time we are born. At a young age, our parents influence our beliefs on sexuality by teaching us what is right or wrong for our gender. Over time, our peers and the media contribute to our understanding of our own sexuality as well as others’ sexuality. We are taught and socialized to follow societal norms or otherwise be faced with the possibility of being viewed negatively by others. Impositions by…

Anaahad Kaur Mrs. Gianola UW 240 30 March, 2015 Masks, Journey of Identity Discovery Would you agree that stubborn, weak, and trivial are some of the ultimate descriptions that women have been described as throughout the ages? Born in 1973, Dao Strom is a Vietnamese American writer who used roughly of her own personal experiences to produce the fictional novel, Grass Roof, Tin Roof. This story is about a young troubled Vietnamese women, Tran and her family as they struggle to resettle in a rural…

Education and Sexuality: Different Processes of Liberation It is common practice to define a period in history by the experiences of the people living during that time. However, this presents an issue when those few experiences are generalized and expanded to represent an entire population during a given time period. When considering the two texts Loose Change: Three Women of the Sixties by Sara Davidson and Migrant Daughter: Coming of Age as a Mexican American Woman by Frances Esquibel Tywoniak…