Binary option

For example, people often believe that non-binary people have to look like a certain way, bright hair, androgynous, and with a gender-neutral name. That isn’t true. Also, there is the idea that bisexual people have to be attracted to both genders equally, but from my own knowledge, people can only…

colonialism. Furthermore, this issue relates to the idea of representation. How the non-European cultures connoted. Realizing this notion, theorists such as Edward Said developed and introduced postcolonial theory. Said highlights the prevailing binary opposition between the west and the rest. There are some findings such as the rest is often depicted especially in Literature as the other which is exotic and less…

This research was conducted to investigate the different options that students undertake to make their financial costs less burdensome and more affordable while being enrolled in Undergraduate or Graduate programs at Brandeis University. Often times, students find other ways to reduce costs through optional plans, beyond what the institution has to offer and which are optional—like housing, meal plan, among other expenses. One of those options is to not live on campus and to move off campus,…

Only a few years ago, the voices of transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals fell upon deaf ears. However, within the past two years, their mistreatment has become a forefront issue discussed across America. Transgender activism is creating a bigger impact on our society, pushing reflective thoughts on transphobia into the minds of Americans. Recently, in North Carolina, a bill was passed that blocks transgender individuals from using the public restrooms corresponding with the gender…

of gender power struggles and gender assumptions, the representation of equality between the genders, displays the natural struggle of socializing gender roles. Peter and Darla hold specific gender assumptions of each other to reflect contrasting options on the roles of the opposing gender within society. Peter Pan upholds a conservative, misogynistic view towards gender for he believes women should not take part in fighting and playing, rather they must work as domestic caretakers to the boys…

Strategy Under Uncertainty: by Hugh Courtney The article addresses the issue of being successful in a highly uncertain business environment. Some managers prefer to play it safe by taking the wait-and-see strategy through positioning large investments until the future becomes clear and some others may prefer to invest in flexibility that allow their companies to adapt quickly as the market evolve, but the price in this s case is really high. The companies sometimes neglect the fact that a…

Gender-biased vs. gender-neutral education Gender roles remain strong in education, as children are often treated and taught differently depending on their biological gender. Not only does this promote the gender gap and stereotypical gender roles, but it also tends to exclude those who do not identify as their assigned or any gender. Lately, these issues have been recognized and addressed and alternatives are being thought of. Some small steps towards gender-neutrality have also been taken.…

Furthermore, as mentioned by Catherine G. Valentine, in The Prism of Gender, we are taught that a real woman is feminine; a real man is masculine and heterosexual; and any deviation is unacceptable and unnatural (3). Therefore, we live in a society that is binary that has taught us that there are only two acceptable sexes, male and female, and…

point, in the course of researching for this paper, the author typed in the word “Transgender” into the search engine Google. The second website that came up was isna.org, or The Intersex Society of North America, a comprehensive website on all non-binary forms of gender and sex, including terminology, differences therein, and links to other websites on the…

status, race and oppression. Society expects a man to be strong, and working to bring home money. While the woman is supposed to be the homemaker, mother to and take care of the house, the family, and her husband. Those regarded outside the gender binary are further discriminated for not applying themselves to a gender role and having a different gender association or not going with the gender and the role they were assigned at birth. These stereotypes and expectations on people due to their…