Gender studies

some of these role models may be characters in shows. Many stereotypes occur in children 's television series or commercials and therefore can create misrepresentations of both genders. The portrayals of any gender in a certain way may alter children 's perceptions and mold the way they communicate with the opposite gender. Sex-role stereotypes that try to define girl 's feminine roles and boy 's masculinity roles are arguably the biggest issue in television. Males outnumber females in a…

Try to imagine how you would feel if you woke up one morning and you look into the mirror, you come to the shocking realization that the gender you portray is incorrect. For many this is a reality. For those who don’t know Transgender is a term used to describe people who feel that their gender identity differs from the sex that was given at birth. In today’s world, Trans Americans have been experiencing more advocacy and media coverage than ever before. Still at this time Transgender…

sparked controversy due to the way in which transgender identities challenge a long accepted societal idea of a strict gender binary. Many people have thus turned to science to find answers. Online forums and blogs are full of questions and comments all wondering “Has science proved transgender identities exist?”. While the question itself is misinformed due to social nature of gender identity, it indicates another salient issue within Western society, considering science to be value free.…

(Hill, Corbett and Rose, 2010 p. IX.) As technology develops the growth of research increase on the topic of gender difference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and the biology behind the reasoning is creating questions on the topic. A book by Jo Boaler ‘What’s math got to do with it’ explores studies of the brain between different genders. On average, a men’s brain is larger than a women’s, which leads people to believe that therefore men are genetically smarter…

Dorsey, Bruce. Reforming Men and Women: Gender in the Antebellum City. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2002. Thesis: Dorsey argues that "gender provided men and women with a powerful set of meanings by which to interpret their daily relationships" in Antebellum America and that his study presents "men as gendered beings" because manhood is a "crucial category of analysis in the study of the history of the United States (243)." Themes: One of the themes of the texts is stereotypes/stock…

article I chose, “Self-Perceived Gender Typicality, Gender-Typed Attributes, and Gender Stereotype Endorsement in Elementary-School-Aged Children”, is a study based on gender typicality (how people of a certain gender perceives themselves to be similar or different from those of the same gender) in elementary age students. More specifically, how gender typicality relates to gender attributes as well as gender stereotypes and if these relations varied by age and gender. In this specific article,…

person’s identities (their race, class, sexuality, gender, age, ability, etc.) are not separate – they are intertwined. Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term in her 1989 essay “Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex,” and she expands on it in her 1993 essay “mapping the Margins.” Employing intersectional analysis, she demonstrates how racial stratification shapes violence towards women. Historically, much of feminist studies has regarded race and gender as separate categories, and there…

have the best education possible. Single-gender schools have very good statistics to back it up. If there was something that could change ones child life for the better would one do it? There should be more public schools with single-gender classes. Single-gender schools are changing the way schools are teaching and how the kids are learning. The effect on kids who go to same gender schools are very interesting Why should one send their child to a single-gender school. One might consider to…

Discussion In the current study, we sought to analyze the portrayal of gender stereotypical behaviors in Disney films. We developed this study based on previous findings from Kirsch and Murnen (2015), Junn (1997), and Leaper et al. (2002) and because of the potential implications of Disney’s portrayal of gender stereotypes in their films. We developed two hypotheses to test this. First, we hypothesized that male characters would exhibit masculine stereotypical behaviors, such as giving orders…

questions asked by researchers in archaeology, culture studies, and physical anthropology. The questions that bioarchaeologists seek to answer can range from demography, diet, identity, food-ways, and mortuary analysis. In general, the study of gender in anthropology is a relatively recent phenomenon that spans all subfields. Bioarchaeology has a unique position to study gender since the field of bioarchaeology can contextualize human…