Gender bender

Most feminists would agree that feminism is a movement that empowers women to break free of the chains of male supremacy and also a movement that allows them to find level footing on the uneven turf of gender inequality. However, tension arises when people contend over how women can and should escape from the misogynistic fetters that restrain their true identity. What exactly does a free, independent woman look like and most importantly, how is she able to achieve that freedom from male…

Olympics, rather they discuss whether or not they liked her dress when she gave her acceptance speech for the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYS. “Acts and gestures, articulated and enacted desires create the illusion of an interior and organizing gender core,” wrote Butler (Norton, 2549). Now that Jenner expresses her true womanly self, her body, in all of its materiality, is now a canvas for people to dictate where she can or cannot participate in…

Before race began it was thought women were property of men. In the history was so based on that one statement, it did effect the outcome of American history. America was mostly western Christian influenced, values and rules were practice throughout the country. In the bible it stated women are helper of men and so. There is reason women can’t be pastor or a priests of the church. But what are the roles of women under Christian religion? The beginning in Genesis, it explain how God created life…

Throughout the process of historicizing the past, women are primarily left out of the history books and stories for their contribution to civilization. However through the unearthing of antiquity it is clear that women were prominent in both the advances and declines of human society and culture. Using examples from three different regions of Africa this essay will discuss the influence that women had in shaping the history of African politics, culutre, and society. Ancient Egypt is an African…

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 they identify as.…

Gender is constructed by the society. Although individuals are born sexed, they are not born gendered. Learning is required for individuals to become masculine or feminine. Children learn to talk, walk and gesture according to their social group’s beliefs of how boys and girls should act (Lorber, 1991). Gender is a human production which relies on everyone continual “doing gender” (West & Zimmerman, 1987). The process of gendering involved naming, dressing, and the use of other gender markers.…

topics interested me because I learned so much from every single one. These are all issues that we are still dealing with today and can relate to them as well. The three topics that I will be talking about are Racialized Class Differences in School, Gender Pay Gap, and Work and Family Conflict. These topics have shaped the way people think and what they should do. The first topic that I will talk about is on Racialized Class Difference in School. I can personally relate to this because I am a…

created a standard on how one physique should look like. Gyms are meant to be stress relievers, a place where one comes and breaks a sweat with no intention of anything else. Yet, society has created gyms a place where it depicts sexual interaction, gender discrimination, cultural stereotype and where bodies are on display as objects of desire. Gyms are socially contracted because they can be defined in many perspectives: historical, cross-cultural,…

Class, gender, and race are all simple words that have powerful meanings attached to them. The meanings of words are socially derived, which are negotiated through interaction with others (O’ Brien). We have used these words as a way to separate and rank people. This has led to the separation of society and has created several conflicts between people. This paper will be analyzing how the American society ranks people in terms of class, race and gender. It will also assess why these rankings…

This type of science restricts findings to a binary category, forcing certain findings into categories they most likely do not actually fit neatly into. In a similar fashion, many of these theories often disregard external factors, attributing sex, gender, and sexuality differences to biological causes…