Gender studies

Introduction The gender division of labour varies significantly across societies. In some cultures women can actively participate in working outside of the secure area which is their home, while in other society, women is been put into their specific tasks that connected according to their gender lines where women tend to remain inside the home and do not participate in activities outside of the domestic situation. Gender roles and stereotypes is not a new issue in the world today. Gender role…

Perspectives on Audiences: British Cultural Studies: In the 1950’s the British cultural studies were directed by Richard Hoggart, Raymond Williams and Stuart Hall. The studies were based on a response to the Marxist theory it added race, gender, cultural history, and popular culture as areas of study (Gasher et al., 2012). The theory of the British Cultural studies was expanded on behalf of the Marxist theory. When observing the audience, these areas of study impact the effects of what the…

Sandra Bem is one of the influential psychologists who contributes to the literature especially about gender development from the feminist perspective. Lynn Liben and Rebecca Bigler get inspired from her ideas and theories. In this article, they mainly support arguments of Sandra Bem with psychological studies. Actually, in this article, the basis is from Sandra Bem and additional contributions are from author's researches. In this sense, we can say that this article contributes the psychology…

and marketed gender-differentiated toys to the masses for decades if not centuries. In the midst of the modern push toward gender equality, aisles are still separated by pink and blue, aggression and domesticity, heroes and princesses, and so forth. Finding a toy or activity for children not unambiguously targeted towards male or female children has grown increasingly difficult, and this trend poses a potential threat toward the gender equality so desired by the public today. In studies…

This essay intends to analyse the 1999 film ‘But I’m a Cheerleader’. The film explores many different themes with a focus on sexuality, gender and family. It makes use of exaggerated stereotypes, specific costuming styles and set design in order to highlight and emphasise certain aspects of characters and the issues discussed within then film. The story follows Megan who was unwillingly sent to an almost comedic version of a Conversion Therapy camp by her parents; it is from here that the meat…

Literature Review on Anthropology of Gender in Southeast Asia and its implication on Gender study in Vietnam. Introduction This essay reviewed the key literature regarding Southeast Asia gender studies in anthropology and Vietnamese gender studies. The Southeast Asia gender studies in anthropology mainly focus on the ambivalent role of gender in societies and the conflicting ideological representations and practical representations of gender. Moreover, the influence of economic transform in…

Ning et al., furthermore, explains that the coverage of this study branches into smaller different aspects. However, in this part, gender-language relation will be more focused on the role of language in relation to the ways gender concept is introduced, reflected and perpetuated. To begin with, language is a tool to introduce gender to an individual. Since their childhood, people have received much exposure to gender concepts conveyed via ‘taken-for-granted’ interaction in the culture (Hasan…

the people perform seam fixed. These roles are determined by a combination of biological and sociocultural factors. The gender role is born in nature, and it decide the role you play in the world. It cause different actions and some biological difference. The difference of biological is mostly visual; people can determine gender from the obvious facial features. The biological gender is born with each other, it would not change because of the different race, country and culture. We called Sex.…

based approach to the study of the psychology of men and boys. What might be an alternative? Use at least three online references to support your position. Include relevant facts and assumptions before describing your own position and conclude by identifying useful research that might be undertaken to clarify or address the issue. A major risk in taking the problem based approach to the study of psychology of men and boys is that it can backfire as not being a needed field of study, since many…

youth deal with pressures from both Canada and their homeland to either maintain their heritage or acculturate. This book is relevant to my paper as it examines how gender plays a role in creating identity conflict. It depicts how youth must decide between conforming, deviating, and balancing the two to meet their traditional gender roles within either their South Asian or Canadian culture. Hijri’s observations emphasize the involvement of media on the formation of pluralism. In accordance with…