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time and be “the man”, but if a girl were to do the same she would be named a “whore”. That is unfair because both parties would have been participating in the exact same actions. It seems as if a girl wants to show her sexual desire in the same way a boy does she is not acceptable to society. The story supports this by saying,”QUOTE”. Men like to have pure women, and once a woman is no longer pure she is not as desirable for…

education programs noticed a change in men’s behavior and attitude towards rape and rape culture. While ignorance is no excuse for gendered violence, education on the topic is a sure way to help reduce the risk. By reducing the stigmatization of boys from a young age and pressuring them to conform to society’s definition of a man and later educating males and females on gendered violence would help…

In the story of Araby, a boy was infatuated with an older woman and he wants to make a good first impression. He asked her if she would go to the fair with him, but she can’t because she’ll be out of town. Then he told her he will go to the fair and buy her a gift. At home, he asked his uncle about the fair; therefore, he could buy something for his admirer. Although the uncle came home late, and he has forgotten about that. At that moment, the boy realized everything is ruined. He had planned…

compared to a boy or we can say society has more norms and rules for girls and same rules and norms can be changed for boys but girls have to stick to it throughout the course of her life. Family is the first stage of gender socialization. Gender is the key point that helps parents to guide how to raise their children. Family is a primary home where children learn what means to be boy or girl. If a baby girl is born in the family, pink becomes her dressing code as well as if a baby boy is born…

“Life’s Greatest Illusion” (A Critique of “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” Using Aristotle’s “Poetics”) “What is life’s greatest illusion?” Is a question asked in a very popular video game called “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” The answer to the question given is “Innocence….” It invokes a powerful idea of whether or not innocence exists. The movie “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” follows the story of a young boy named Bruno living in Nazi Germany. His father is an officer in the SS and Bruno’s…

experiencing hormonal changes these things are what young girls look to becoming. And when they don't, the feel so insecure and some even disgusted with their own bodies. Seeing this type of “perfection” everywhere seems like that's how we have to be to get boys attention.…

In “The Challenge”, Gary Soto introduces Jose as a young boy who experiences a change in his personality as he undergoes liminality. Prior to liminality, Jose is a teenager boy who is ingenuous and has a lack of experience of loving a girl. Jose is naïve because he thinks that receiving perfect test scores will make Estela notice him. Jose is exited to show Estela his new grades in history class: “Although Jose received another A-plus for his history quiz, Estela did not congratulate him.…

outlook or impressions as each other. Sometimes the mom wants something for their daughter that the daughter does not want for herself. Other times the daughter wants something that the mom does not want for her daughter. When parents and children bump heads, or have a different perspective of things it causes conflict. Sometimes, these struggles are not so big, but it is still a conflict. A conflict is when things do not go well or together and it causes some type of problem. In, “Bend it Like…

look like they were just bought yesterday. I always see them laughing and having fun. But they never seem to have anything to say about themselves, unless it is about their outfit or their hair. They always talk about what a girl was wearing, what a boy said, how someone’s hair looked today, or how they do not like someone for an extremely unnecessary reason. I have some friends who are self conscious around these girls just because they do not want to be judged like how the clique judges…

to be consumed by sectionalism and riots over events like the Fruitvale station shooting, the crisis in Ferguson and one of the most popular and still most debated events to this day the Trayvon Martin shooting.” Trayvon Martin a Seventeen year old boy was gunned down on the night of February 26, 2012 in Sanford Florida while walking…