Gender-neutral pronoun

Picture this: one day you wake up and you’re in a new body. This new body you’re in is the opposite sex. When you walk into the bathroom the reflection you see is something you can’t recognize it. You try and tell people that there something wrong. No one believe you though. They think you’re a little crazy for saying you’re in the wrong body. You’re not happy being forced to become somebody else because this new body just doesn’t feel like home, and everything you do feels like a lie. Though…

are of guardianship quality should be treated as such, for “the various natures are distributed in the same way in both creatures” (455d). The only differences between the two sexes are personal soul distinctions, and the natural abilities of each gender. It is true that in general, women are naturally inferior to men in terms of strength. The only discrepancies that may be found in Socrates’ approach is his belief that female guardians should be given lighter tasks, due to his statement that…

desire for authority as a female. There are many different opinions on this. I looked into articles that discussed Wife of Bath’s actions as she is trying to have authority as a female. In Anne McTaggart’s article What Women Want?Mimesis and Gender in Chaucer’s Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, she discusses the idea of what women really what and the reasoning for their actions behind this idea. McTaggart…

Kate Chopin’s The Awakening reveals oppressive actions towards its female characters by characterizing them through confined symbols, creating a language barrier between genders, and by setting a standard of silent rules women must uphold. In this novel one female character in particular, Edna Pontellier, begins to comprehend she is being oppressed and then decides to embark on a quest to discover her individuality as a human being. Most other female characters in The Awakening seem to ignore…

The definition of the word, Trifle, means, “something that does not have much value or importance”. This play was written during the time when women were considered their husband 's property. During the early history of the United States, a man essentially owned his wife and children and all other belongings. Americans have treated married women based on the concept of coverture, a concept that was brought from the English common law. Under the doctrine of the coverture, a woman was legally…

Gender inequality is still a defining facet of law enforcement, even in today’s world of steadily increasing employment fairness. Women make up only a small percentage of law enforcement officers across the nation. Why is that? Curtis Crooke expressed in his article Women in Law enforcement, “Women in law enforcement are often inexplicitly resented by their male counterparts and many face harassment. Additionally, many women encounter a ‘brass’ ceiling and are unable to rise to supervisory…

In a perfect world, men and women would both be treated equally. Surprisingly enough that is far from the fact; on average, men are paid significantly more than the average woman. Why might this be? Women are surpassingly capable of what the average male can do in the work industry which leads no plausible reasoning behind these statistics. Women do everything a man does daily so why should they be forced to come home barley able to take care of her family financially as they are working their…

always been separated by their differences. Not only physical but psychological, each sex has their own defining characteristics. With the years, such differences have led to the creation of gender stereotypes which generalize the abilities and behaviors of each sex. Similar to other kind of stereotypes, gender stereotypes were born from the human inclination to give sense of their environment. Nevertheless, the general and unconscious acceptance of stereotypes is still harmful to society…

Society is also changing, allowing women the opportunity to make a voice for themselves. They still are not taken seriously by men, but they are showing that they can work and earn an education. It is evident, even through the eyes of different genders, that America is changing and evolving into an innovative…

marriage agency where American men could meet single young Russian women and perhaps marry them. This film supports masculinity because women are selling their appearances to be financially supported by men who had money. This agency supports the gender roles society has created, where the female depends on the male for money and she stays at home to cook and take care of the kids. In “A war against boys”, Kimmel also argues that boys show masculinity in their education. Hondagneu-Sotelo…