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    passionate I am about my education. My grandma’s response to that was basically, “Sure you are, honey. You’ll be nice and passionate about your education until you have a nice man to take care of you and then that will be your life.” Experiences like that make me really uncomfortable, because even if I did want to get married to a man, there’s no reason why I should give up my right to an education just because it’s assumed that I would be his new in-house maid and chef. In my opinion, there…

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    Chosen Primary Identity Group My chosen primary identity group is being a male. To me, this is different than being a man due to societal standards of what a “man” is like. The male population is very interesting to me because even though they seem to be at the top of the food chain, they face many difficulties just as women do. I am positive that underneath that tough masculine physique plenty of concerns are at play. As a feminist, parts of me hate the male population for sexualizing and…

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    privilege, eliciting deference, and resisting exploitation.” These acts usually vary by culture and region. They also vary on situation, like Norman’s situation where he is an un-masculine boy getting dropped into a situation that requires him to “man up” to be efficient and productive at his job. Throughout the film, Norman completes a number of war related manhood acts on his journey from a male to a…

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    In William Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is portrayed as a masterful puppeteer in a male predominant world in which she attempts to control. Throughout this tragedy, the role of manhood and what it takes to be a man is called into question. Lady Macbeth is one who desires to take on the male role in the play’s cruel world. The audience sees what manhood means in her eyes as she manipulates her husband into committing numerous, horrific crimes. She has many male characteristics, but…

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    As the twenty-first century approached quickly, the woman’s role started to change quite a bit just as the man’s did. There are multiple things that have stayed the same, such as, boys tend to respond to being intimidated, in the 1940’s to now, the 2000’s. Girls on the other hand, they respond to good reason, and to being persuaded. (Norman, Geoffrey. 20). According to an article on Psychologytoday.com, over the last few decades, in America and a few other countries, the status of a women has…

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    Young girls are brought up having barbies and wearing dresses; meanwhile, boys learn to “take it like a man”. Society tells woman they cannot lift weights because they need to be petite The idea that girls are “fragile” can be seen…

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    “It’s hard to still have hope,” Meleny said as she looked at her husband Stephen. It was a gloomy day, the ground was wet and the air moist from the downpour just hours before. The search party was still hunting through debris and deep snow, searching for the small boy who had gone missing days before. The family was still in shock, after their car slid out of control while gliding over a sheet of black ice. Still having flashbacks, Mr. and Mrs. O’Brien would never forget the events of that…

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    women or man, might not always work vice versa (Gray, 143). For instance, a common scenario would be a women blaming a man for ignoring her, after she rolled her eyes at him, when really he simply just didn’t understand her non-verbal cues (Legato, 67). This is not the man’s fault, since this is how his brain is wired, however, women who use verbal cues or gestures often when conversing, will often not realize this and blame the man himself. Another example would be a women offering help to a…

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    Gender Toys Analysis

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    An Analysis on Gendered Toys In western society we have a binary system for gender, we teach our kids about gender roles “society’s concept of how men and women are expected to look and how they should behave”, and expectations by the toys marketed toward them and parents buy them (OpenStax College 259). But how is it that the toys children play with enforce gender roles? The toys marketed to children have hidden aspects, demonstrating how we expect children to behave “based on norms, or…

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    Traditional gender roles permeate every aspect of society, dictating how we sit, eat, bath, dress, smile, and walk. Thus, it is only reasonable to assume that gender, and the roles ascribed to each group within the binary, will also impact the political nature of an individual. Differences in socialization, education, experience, and demeanor have ultimately developed a dichotomy between male and female legislators. The dualistic terms in which we assign traits (e.g. classifying one…

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