Grammatical gender

the sexist and nonsexist views in the religions. This is important to understand because society has progressed in multiple ways, but still believes in sexist traditions. These traditions are influencing the 21st century and causing the gap between genders to still exist. Instead, today’s generation and future generations should analyze these…

In the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, she exposes that women’s personal growth was hinder by male domination in society and even more so in marriage. This was because at that time the thought was men knew what was right and women did not because men knew better than women. This led to many misunderstanding and problem women had in society and in their marriage. One problem had to do with how to treat depression and the idea of the rest cure. For women it was…

In “Beauty (Re)discovers the Male Body” (1999) feminist, philosopher, and author Susan Bordo discusses the changes in American advertisements. If we look back to almost any period of time before the late 1980’s, early 1990’s, we would never have seen the half-naked, bulging penis advertisements that all people are familiar with today. This change comes about in the topic of masculinity within the ads, which can be related to the society that Bordo is writing in, and to the society we currently…

According to Kate Bornstein in “My New Gender Workbook,” when presented with the main characters of the movie WALL-E, “we consciously or unconsciously switch the gender mix to what delights us the most.” Although the makers of the movie don’t directly state the gender of either character, WALL-E and EVE, we rely on basic appearance cues to determine the gender we believe most fits them. The same is true for nonmetallic beings, humans, who construct intricate methods of yielding desired…

“The Chrysanthemums” Reading the short story “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck made me realized that society as a whole has not changed when it comes to the equality between men and women. Even though, today women are allowed to perform many tasks and activities that were in the past only performed by men; men are still given authorities over females. This short story is about a woman named Elisa, who was not valued by her husband because she was a female. She was treated more like a child…

others. As the new generation, we should try to avoid stereotyping. Even though it is difficult to remove stereotypes in a short period for most of the people, I believe mutual respecting and stop prejudging others by their appearances, races, and genders can gradually decrease the probability of stereotyping. Also, listening to others to express themselves is the first step to get to know their points, and then a friendly objective communication should be made to clarify any questions to avoid…

Women have been mistreated by gender equality throughout the world. Knijik and Horton states, “The participation of women in sport has long been a target of cotestalation in the mid 20th century women were still viewed in many cultures, including Brazil, as being too fragile to take…

Telemachos decides that she should not be present in the bow and arrow competition, that only men should be allowed to handle those types of events. He defines the fact that he is in charge of the belongings of the house and the house is yet under his power but not his and Penelope’s unified power. As he claims to be categorized with the men he wants to certainly play the role of one which would include demands and receiving obedience from a woman. The repetition of Telemachos’ statements,…

“A Rose for Emily” is not just a story about a deranged women obsessed with the fear of being a disappointment to her father, but a story of a women who kept all of her conflicts buried by using defenses such as denial. The to-close relation between Emily and her father had a permanent impact on the future life of Emily. Her father’s motive to indulge her in assumed close relationship is considered a protective tool. To protect Emily’s holiness from future potential suitors, he must turn…

This means that due to role models being slim females may believe that in order to be a fan of that celebrity/ famous person they will have to physically look like them which means being skinny. An example of a female role model is Cheryl Cole who is very skinny but is viewed as the nation’s sweetheart. This implies that even though Cheryl Cole is thin she is somewhat idolized by females and due to the media showcasing her as being pretty, successful and a role model young girls are bring…