Gender

Throughout history, it has always been suggested that the women need to depend on men as breadwinners; but it seems to always exclude the fact that men need women in order to allow creative and emotional expression. Philippa Pearce, author of Tom’s Midnight Garden and Katherine Paterson, author of Bridge to Terabithia, explore the fundamental roles women play in a man’s life. In both novels, it is being suggested that the female guides are depicted as sources of knowledge which consequently…

attitudes towards sexuality, body image, attitudes about condoms, and sexual double standard attitudes. The article explains how body image is just as much a factor that goes into an individual’s sexuality as religious beliefs, culture, ethnicity, and gender roles do. This study focuses primarily on how an individual’s body image affects their sexual tendencies including how often they engage in…

characters. The movie highlights central themes regarding gender and sexuality. Marilyn Monroe’s character represents the quintessential cinematic female fantasy, as she represents the seemingly all too innocent, naive, sensual and sexual female representation that she has been largely popularized by. In spite of the movies light comedic angle it showcases some relevant beliefs on the pervasive attitudes around female relationships, sexuality, gender norms roles and values. Consequently, the…

Gender identity formation is the process we follow because of dominant norms that influence us to act, speak and perform a certain way that will benefit us within our society (Lei, 2003). The term gender performativity created by a post-structuralist philosopher named Judith Butler suggests that we are not born with a specified gender, yet she believes we are born with a specific sex that has socially constructed assumptions attached to it. The actual term gender performativity believes we can…

public’s attention, gender issues are becoming more obvious in the media. Non-binary genders have been almost completely overlooked in both media and society as a whole. The media should be more diversified and appeal to all genders, not just the binary two, so non-binary people can be more easily accepted in society and binary people can be comfortable with their place on the gender spectrum. Claims such as these are often countered with the argument that there are only two genders, male and…

scholars aim to actively challenge traditional ways of how we view sex and gender by highlighting gender as a key factor in structuring the way in which we live our lives. Sexual orientation develops from a complex relationship of psychological, social and cultural factors. Society’s interpretation of both sex and gender is able to strongly influence the roles they play within social institutions. The implications of these gender distinctions are that women and men assume unequal positions in…

I. Gender Roles The comic Stumptown by Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth and the audio podcast Nick Carter: Master Detective starring Lon Clack portray the different roles of gender in detective fiction. Nick Carter was on the radio from 1943 to 1955, and represents more traditional roles of gender. Although the character Nick Carter was chronicled in books and a movie, the most well- known installment of his story was the radio show. Over the many episodes, the radio show followed detective…

approach of ‘doing gender’. They discuss the arguments of Candace West and Don Zimmerman, who suggested that gender is not an inactive or fixed component, but instead it is a characteristic of an action and gender is the product of an occurring interaction (Kimmel & Holler, p.127, 2011). Kimmel and Holler (2011) argue that doing gender is a case of our biology determining which gender one will become (p.127). This relates to the social construction of gender because by determining gender we are…

Secondly, in order to show how gender inequality is harmful to society, I will point out its dangers. Some people think that pursuing gender equality is harmful to women. “Feminism Has Harmed Women by Eliminating Natural Gender Roles”, by Nicole M. Kooistra states that “Women have bought into a feminist mystique that has left them more alone and conflicted in their pursuit of fulfillment than ever before.” This mentality that women cannot fulfil themselves unless they get married, have children,…

we can see gender inequality is not an issue that affects women alone. Men should participate in advocating for equal rights and privileges, as well as representation, discrimination and illogical treatment initiated by gender disparity. Proper early…