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    What are the similarities and difference between Rome and Greece in terms of how they feel in regards to women and men roles? In the Greek’s view of women, they saw women as being inferior to men, although, the Greeks viewed these Amazons women as warriors given them the room of the land with their bow; and arrow to protect their distant land from barbarians. Men in their eyes (the Greeks) believed men were only good for one thing, and that was sexual relations with that of a women; and nothing…

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    what is socially accepted and what is not. They are gender variance in every culture. Customs and traditions differ around the world however, almost every culture shares the concept of gender and some cultures recognize that they are more than two genders. In Indonesia an Islamic society the Bugis people are the largest ethnic group. They have three concepts of sex which are male, female, Bissu (intersex ). In addition, they are five genders men, women, Calalbai (born biologically male…

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    used to define the differences between men and women until the late twentieth century. On English speaking countries women were referred to as “the sex” in the ninetieth century. This type of labeling was reinforcing the idea that women were a sex and that men were just people. For centuries feminists have pointed out the differences between men and women are created by social and cultural norms just as much as they are by biology. Sociologist John Mooney adopted the word gender in order to…

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    Biological Arguments about Gender Difference 1. Look at the link below and examine the images posted on gender and toys. Describe the images that you focused on. Identify some of the gendering of products (such as how little boys’ toys are often active, engaging, and require critical thinking, whereas girls’ toys are often reduced to housework or caregiving). One toy that caught my attention the most was the hot wheels. I remember playing with the exact same toy cars as a child. These toy…

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    and marry, but she never tells him the truth. The truth comes out 20 years later, when their marriage is falling apart and after Valentino has cheated on Suzy, jeopardizing their happiness. The script explores the theme of timeless love and gender age differences. It’s not a new topic to the film industry, but always one that is intriguing to explore. However, the script would benefit from continued developed. One of the main…

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    This research article is written on both men and women exotic dancers. An exotic dancer is described as one who wears a scanty amount of clothes while dancing for compensation. This career choice is normally seen as deviant, as it is often associated with illegal activity such as illicit drug dealing, prostitution, and so forth. The authors conducted a survey among fifty-six individuals, and they were selected from eighteen different establishments that conduct this kind of business. With their…

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    Much of contemporary society has focused on the gender of who makes the better leader, in 2014, less than a 1/3 of women held the Chief executive occupation (283 women, 795 men), and this goes the same with other top leadership occupations (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014). Even when women do hold some of the top jobs and have the title of manager, evidence shows that women and men do not hold the same responsibilities, which still makes society unequal (Reskin & Ross, 1992). It is thought that…

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    religion or justifying the legitimacy of slavery, but rather, the absurd debates are about the topic of men and women. Both genders do not understand each other due to lack of communication and it seems like there is a big wall that separates the two genders. We must understand that in many countries, both genders have equal protection under law, but there are still many differences between men and women, like intelligence/opinions, appearance/personalities, and parenting/responsibilities,…

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    certain plays. In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night the use of disguise is a blocking agents that leans more towards Judith Butler’s theory of gender performativity. In Twelfth Night, Shakespeare writes a play that creates a denaturalization of gender differences that a reader wouldn’t normally find in plays during this time. The denaturalization of gender differences emphasize the same-sex love between characters by distorting the boundaries of heterosexuality. As stated, disguise is a blocking…

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    This paper will be examining the differences and similarities of gender in Mesopotamia as well as Ancient Egypt. When looking at the sources there can be certain distinctions made for gender assumptions in each society. In Mesopotamia, men were considered to be the breadwinners, head of the household, the warriors, builders, as well as the rule makers while women were considered to be the housekeepers and baby makers. (“Epic of Gilgamesh” 10-40) In Egypt, men were often seen as the…

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