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In visual culture, the male gaze is described as a point of view in which the viewer registers their surroundings in the perspective of a heterosexual male. More often than not, in this point of view, women are seen as objects of sexual pleasure aimed specifically for the male viewer. Media uses the male gaze to entice the viewer into believing that they are in control of whatever situation is being presented. In this response, I will be discussing an advertisement from The Competition Issue:…

in many sports that have previously been male dominated. Some of these sports such as MMA, and hockey have been perceived as “manly” sports, and many feel that women should not participate in them due to their physically demanding nature. However, even though many female athletes have been discouraged from participating in male dominated sports, women have continued to break…

People have existed on earth for billions of years. Many species of animals and fish that do not have males as a part of their community, but instead, they have the ability to reproduce asexually. Even though males are not necessary for survival, Matt Ridley argues using different business references and nature examples to prove men are similar to animals by nature because that is how women bred them to be. Ridley uses a different style of writing to further prove his point of the essay. The…

Although male privilege gives many benefits such as power to men, it is no doubt that this privilege taught and encouraged to men ruin their perception of themselves and women. It is clear that male privilege has a huge effect on women, but many individuals do not even come to think that it has become an issue for men as well. In Ellison’s article in Holding up Our Half of the Sky: Male Gender Privilege as Problem and Resource for Liberation Ethics, he states that: “gender privilege affects…

Though no two incidents are identical, I can generally predict how a future incident will transpire merely based on the gender of those involved. Because I am a female and an authority figure, it is likely that males are more comfortable challenging my position of authority, as opposed to females who are typically more respectful. According to Linda L. Carli (2001), men tend to maintain power and advantage over women through resistance to female influence, “A reasonable prediction, therefore, is…

of anger. She knew the coach had reacted this way because she was a girl. Girls should be able to play male sports because they can perform better in school, they can be just as passionate about the sport and they can perform athletically just as good as boys. For years and years in the past, women were discriminated against just because of their sex. They couldn’t do simple things that males were allowed to do like vote, apply for medical…

“Male dominance is when a man is the dominant one in a situation or a relationship. A dominant male shows power and authority and is often the leader in a situation.” [1] In this drama, the theme of male dominance is one of the main themes present in the play “A streetcar named Desire” and it is mostly represented using the character of Stanley towards Blanche and her sister. The stage directions play a major role in the play, whereby we learn a lot more about the male dominance of Stanley in…

In the article, “A cultural approach to male-female miscommunication” the authors Daniel Maltz and Ruth Borker talk about the different communication patterns of males and females. They talk about problems with male and female conversations and how we have a difficult time picking up on the opposite sexes verbal tendencies. The authors give an in depth analysis on how male and female think on a psychological level during a conversation. Women have many key tendencies in the way they…

In Hisham Matar’s Novel In The Country of Men, male dominance is heavily present in the country of Libya. Suleiman is a young boy coming of age and is influenced by the many male models in his life. Suleiman must deal with the conflict of finding his true identity in a society in which carries strict norms of masculinity. Living in a society where violence is a big factor in male power and what it means to be a male, Suleiman is taught from a very young age what he should aspire to be as he…

statistics prove they are still making less than men. Stephanie Coontz wrote “The Myth of Male Decline” which was published in The New York Times on September 30, 2012, which argued this exact fact. Stephanie Coontz mentions over a dozen facts in this one article alone to prove her main point; that all though there is an increase in “female breadwinners” (Coontz), women still aren’t on the same level as their fellow male co-workers. Particularly when it comes to equalization of starting…