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    that each society and each past society’s time period differs when it comes to defining masculinity and femininity (Ferris, p.246). The constructionist view has changed the way society identity’s an individual because they do not only look at their sex but other contributing factors like other theories. Some of the other theories are the functionalist theory, the conflict theory, and the symbolic interactionist theory. The functionalist theory approaches gender…

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    When Charles Darwin published his famous book “On the Origin of Species” (1859) it outlined what he had learned on his geological exploration around the world. Darwin’s theory of evolution states that natural selection (the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring) is the cause of evolution. Through many explorations, his findings supported this claim. For example, when he traveled to the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, he observed…

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    They, along with humans, are one of the few species that have sex for pleasure and not only to reproduce. Chimpanzees are much more sexually active than humans, in fact, it is estimated that males copulate once per hour on average during all the days of their lives. It is estimated that the bonobos (a close related…

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    advertisements; they are normally appeared as the item clients. Additionally, there is a propensity in numerous nations, including the Unified States, to depict ladies as being subordinate to men, as charming sex objects, or as beautiful articles. This is not great depicts ladies as the weaker sex, being just great as…

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    The Coquette and The Awakening show female desire to break the constraints placed on women in the 19th century. In The Coquette, Eliza Wharton is presented with two choices, one man or the other. The option never exists for her to simply not be with a man, to not conform to the societal expectation of women. The Awakening presents Edna Pontellier, a wife and a mother, transforming from the ideal picture of woman to pursuing her own desires. Women’s desire is not only shown from the plot, the…

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    audiences characteristics such as culture, religion, gender, etc. Without getting this right information, a speech could turn out into something horrible and offensive. For example, making a speech in front of a classroom that consist the topic of same sex marriage, could cause some students to become very uncomfortable due to what they believe. Nor would majority of the students would be able to relate to the topic. Religion is a very touch subject that has to be taken to consideration and have…

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    Gender Typing Theory

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    infancy, and adolescence (Matlin, 2012, pg. 75). During the prenatal period, or the time before birth, gender typing begins once doctors and parents assign the unborn baby a gender based on the child’s biological sex, which is thus, based on the child’s sex chromosomes and gonads, or sex glands. Even when a child is born as an intersex baby, without clear biological male or female parts, doctors will most often perform surgeries to make…

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    Study after study has shown that yes, men do have a stronger sex drive than women. For one, men think about sex more often than women. At least once a day men will think about sex. Only about a quarter of women say they relate to that though. As we get older, we fantasize less, but men will still fantasize twice as much as women. Now girls, did momma ever tell you that all a boy wants is to get in your pants? Well, she had reason. Males want sex more often than women. He wants it at the…

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    Gender refers to the socially-constructed roles of and relationships between males and females, which is not based on biological differences. The roles are a imperative in this construction for parents and the media, especially in the area of sport. Since sports were invented, there is a controversial issue about gender in sports. In the early years, only men were played the sports, and the things that women could do were sit on the sidelines and watch. However, things had have a change over the…

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    The Children of God, a new religious movement by David Berg serves to manifest the idea of the “Law of Love.” Conserving the ideas of “flirty-fishing” and evangelism, the role of gender and sexuality is highly interpreted within the Children of God. In specific, gender and sexuality is highly targeted towards females within new religious movements (NRMs). To begin, gender plays a role in new religious movements, where women become subordinated in a hierarchy, lower than men, while they…

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