Are you from Girls State? Yeah Yeah. The week that I spent in Claremont McKenna was an amazing experience. Girls State is a week long program where young women from all of California, one from each school, learn about the government system and discuss the social issues occurring in our state and nation.…
In current society we still live in a mostly heteronormative world. Being heterosexual is still considered the norm and is mainly depicted throughout the media, movies, music and in society in general. The rise of the LGBT community has shaped tremendous progress for sexual minorities. The future looks like heteronormative may not be the norm. LGBT community has made progress in legislation, civil rights, and most communities.…
A gender specific program that found interest to me was Pace center for girls. This program provides girls with the opportunity for a better future through education. Pace center for girls has a range of middle school to high school girls. These girls complete full school day at the center and are provided with counseling and therapy. Every girl receives an individual assessment to see where she is at academically and psychologically in order to meet her specific needs.…
About three weeks ago, I was approached with an idea. Something that I could do in the name of the lord, that could change lives for girls all over the world. This amazing opportunity was centered around a organization by the name of Days For Girls. So far, this what it means to me. Days For Girls is an organization that provides products and information to girls in third world countries, that have nothing to deal with their period every month.…
Gender is a social construction that reaches from the individual to the institutional level of society. The term, gender, refers to masculinity and femininity, which are traits and characteristics that are associated with being male-bodied or female-bodied. Gender differentiates itself from sex because sex is based on the biological primary and secondary characteristics, like reproductive organs. Gender, however, is a performance that forms the gender norms and is reinforced through social interactions. West and Zimmerman’s “Doing Gender” explains gender as being learned at an early age, yet it is understood as being an internal institution and not questioned as a social construct.…
Ever since I was a little girl, I have been taught about what a girl should and shouldn’t do, what a girl should or shouldn’t wear, and even what a girl should or shouldn’t be. And as I got older my identity has slowly conformed to these gender ideas. But, what if when I was younger I hadn’t been taught about gender and what if gender ideals wouldn’t have been pushed onto us by the media? Would I be the same person that I am today, or would I be someone completely different? I would hope that I would be the same person now, but I do not believe that that would be the case.…
According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “tomboy” means a girl who dresses and behaves in a manner usually considered boyish. On average I wear a dress 2-3 times a year and I never ever EVER wear skirts. I only wear a dress when I’m forced to. When you think of a tomboy, I’m an expert, I hate pink and purple or anything girly, I love playing sports and being athletic, and I love playing video games. I am a tomboy, so to prove it here is me in great detail.…
In 1905 the Oxford University Press published Bonnie Smith’s article Gender and the Practice of Scientific Research: The Seminar and Archival Research in the Nineteenth Century in the American Historical Review. Smith’s article is able to demonstrate to the reader what factors led to historical science becoming such a male dominated profession in the nineteenth century. Smith’s article argues, among other things, that the two practices in scientific history, the seminar and archival research, were fundamental as well as influential in the profession as the ideals of truth and objectivity. Smith also argues throughout her article that gender was a fundamental aspect of procedures in scientific history. Smith uses a variety of sources and quotations…
In this article, becoming a Gendered Body by Karin A. Martin, the social problem being researched is how bodily differences are constructed. The idea investigated are how gender differences and bodily differences throughout school, could possibly be the beginning of gender inequality. Observing the practices that take place in not only the school curriculum, but the physical instructions in and out of the classroom. These actions appear to have the ability to shape young children into their expected societal gender roles. Our bodies are a large part of non-verbal communication the way we walk, talk, hold ourselves reflect in ways we may not imagine.…
Connotative Qualities and Weasel Words of CoverGirl Cosmetics CoverGirl Cosmetics was launched in 1961 nationally with Clean Liquid Makeup. In 1997, the infamous campaign slogan, "Easy, Breezy, Beautiful..." debuted which helped solidify COVERGIRL's equity: clean, fresh, natural and approachable. A covergirl is a female model whose picture appears on magazine covers. But, what covergirl means to me is a smart easy going and fun girl, also known as "the complete package". An individual who brightens up peoples lives and adds style and class to every situation.…
Elisabeth Lloyd is a philosophical author, who wrote “Feminism as a Method: What Scientists Get That Philosophers Don’t”. In her book, Lloyd discusses the impact that the role feminism, the philosophy about women, has in scientific research. Lloyd’s position is that feminism can be and should be a significant key and role in making scientific research objective and rigorous. Going along these lines, this means that the influence of feminism on scientific methods is an example about how particular and value-laden perspectives should influence scientific inquiry. I agree and support Lloyd’s position because of her shown research on social and political problems involving feminism.…
In preparation for my interview I did research on common terms used in the homosexual community, I did this so that I would not use incorrect terminology and offend the person I was interviewing. This interview took place at a restaurant in Mountain City, Tennessee. I did this interview was done in a question-and-answer format the purpose of this interview is to obtain information regarding Rodney 's lifestyle as a gay man and to obtain information from Rodney as to how his life is different from my life or from individuals who identify as heterosexual. At different times during the interview friends of Rodney stop by or phone. Each of these friends identified as being gay males.…
Sociologist may associate biological influences on gender with the human behaviour and the structure of the human anatomy however; some sociologist may base their sociological influences on gender with cultural and environmental factors. This associates with the “nature vs. nuture” argument, as I will be exploring and comparing sociologist views on whether biology has more of an influence on gender or sociology. From a sociologist’s point of view, sex is referred to the biological approach and status for instance, a child will be indentified as boy or girl at birth due their genitals, for examples females have vaginas and males have penises. On the other hand, some sociologist may refer gender to the cultural approach and society’s mentality of how a males and females should conduct themselves. For example, if a male wears a dress, it may not be socially accepted.…
Individuals will often feel a sense of alienation from the society as result of the lack of acceptance due to one’s self-identity. People endeavor to search for their true self and discover their status within the society from socialising with a diverse range of people from various cultures, age, race and gender. This builds a sense of belonging for an individual, as they are able to understand where their stance is in the world. However, the society creates stereotypes by linking certain values and characteristics to each gender. This has evolved in the development of specific behaviors and attitudes towards each gender roles, which has negatively impacted on an individual’s self-esteem, self-confidence and social relations.…
Have you ever wonder how to impress a girl? Have you ever disappointed for not being impressed enough? If your answers are yes, then you need to understand more about girls. Your life would be a lot easier when u know in advance what turn on and off the girls. You can learn it from your own mistakes or you can learn it from successes and defeats of other men.…