Heteronormativity

Every single person on this planet is connected to and part of a community. This can be a small, hometown community or one that spreads across the globe. From a young age, we need to be taught how to function in our role of the community. There are many different types of citizenship with many ways to act, but in the end, what you do should be for the good of all people. Several people have spoken of citizenship and what comes along with it and none of them seem to agree on any one thing; a…

According to Ghillyer, “Corporate governance is the process by which organizations are directed and controlled” (2014, p. 94). When Wells Fargo employees opened accounts for customers without their consent, their actions violated customer’s trust, shareholder’s standards, and employees’ loyalty. Moreover, the unethical behavior lay within the framework of Wells Fargo’s corporate culture, thus influencing employees’ behavior and leaderships’ incompetence. The reaction from leadership was to…

Norms Norms are an element of rules of a culture that people follow without even thinking about it. Around the world there are different societies with particular norms that make people to act in certain ways. Norms provides justifications for sanctions. However different societies have different norms that may appear rare to other culture. For example in our society it is expected that we have the freedom to talk with whoever we want, while in other cultures a woman trying to talk with a man…

Relationships with others and growing awareness of societal values help children and people build a sense of who they are and the societal roles available to them. Societal pressures and parental influences are more helpful than harmful. Authors Kenji Yoshino and Jayme Poisson discuss in their articles how people are trying to change societal views by challenging them and introducing new and scary situations. Poisson describes an extreme case of parenting to end covering due to societal norms.…

Colonial Latin America is a very important time period that shows us where the roots of social and cultural prejudices were created. Women in particular have faced challenges fighting constraints and prejudices, like the preconceived notion that women are inferior to men; however, there are many women that fought against those normative ideas that grounded central themes in social rights that are still important today. In the hispanic culture, women learn how to cook, clean and are seen as more…

Prejudice leads to discrimination; many different issues can come from it. Different factors contribute to prejudice and discrimination includes: Socialization, having one’s upbringing teach and perpetuate prejudice. Conformity engaging in discriminatory behavior because others in your group are doing so, usually for approval or to be likes others. Institutional racism, prejudice and discrimination encouraged or ignored at high levels such as government and ethnocentrism, the tendency to value…

1. What is a social / cultural norm? a. "The rules of behavior that are considered acceptable in a group or society. People who do not follow these norms may be shunned or suffer some kind of consequence. Norms change according to the environment or situation and may change or be modified over time.” (Your Dictionary, 2016) b. Examples: i. Not making eye contact during conversation – Cultural norm ii. Invading someone’s personal space – Social norm 2. What social / cultural norm did you…

Henrik Ibsen’s play, A Doll House, was written in 1879. During that time period gender roles and social norms were much different than they are today. This play is based on and formed around strict roles of females and males, as well as expectations from the time period such as keeping reputation and economic status levels. In the beginning acts of the play Torvald, the husband of Nora is seen as the authority in the household. Torvald is very concerned with his reputation and his status in the…

In her Graphic Memoir Tomboy, Liz Prince, born a girl but likes to do boyish things talks about what its like to not fit into society’s gender role conspiracy. She talks about the first 18 years of her life while using pictures to describe her feelings from dresses, to hair, to clothing at various ages. She is truthful and forward while strolling down memory lane about the things girls aren’t supposed to do and how expectations of gender roles can play a major part in the way a young girls mind…

Introduction Today, the world is facing many issues and problems involving gender inequality, especially in the workplace. These issues are not new, but have developed from the gender inequality that existed during WWII. This causes the question to be raise, to what extent did female involvement in WWII impact gender roles in the 1940s? The workplace was almost entirely all-male before the start of the either world war, but the present circumstances during these times required change, thus…