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John Gray suggests that men and women are different in coping: men withdraw and women become emotional and need to talk. Empirical research generally does not support this claim. Two studies Hamilton and Fagot (1988) and Porter et al. (2000) found few significant gender differences in types and frequency of stressors as well as coping strategies. Hamilton and Fagot (1988) studied and analyzed 51 female and 39 male undergraduate students. They measured stressor of two different types: gender…

Video game popularity is rising each year. But with all the popularity people are noticing how few of games portray a leading female role. Even if a female character has a leading role, almost all of the females are portrayed with fantasy body types to draw in a crowd. These women characters deserve to have a chance to entertain gamers just like any other male character, but it doesn’t have to be where their body is drastically overhauled to look fake. These things degrade females not only in…

Inequality for All Look out the window across the street new neighbors are moving in. The females are carrying the boxes in while males are carrying furniture. This is a normal occurrence with nuclear families. Females are socially viewed as the weaker gender. Males have to be strong. These ideals are what drive the chance of double standards. Double standards between genders have almost become a social normality, but must end because they impede equality in social issues, in the military, and…

Generally, as men and women age, the ability to stretch as far as a younger child is not as easy due to a decline in flexibility. When a child hits puberty, flexibility will diminish because the tendons and muscles are not able to keep up with the rapid growth of the bones. Though, women are able to gain or improve their flexibility after puberty because of estrogen (Stricker, 11/4/2014). As joints age, they lose flexibility because they are not as healthy as a child’s joints (Appleton, 1/9/96).…

The gender pay gap may as well be called the gender pay chasm. In a sense, it is almost as if bridging this gap is as insurmountable as bridging the Grand Canyon. However, unlike the natural wonder, inequality is far from a thing of beauty. This inequality between men and women may be shrinking, but it is far from becoming non-existent. Creating this divide in the pay between the two sexes causes damage to both men and women, and should have become a thing of the past long ago. Women being paid…

Book V of The Republic exists as the beginning to one of the most customarily controversial and confounding topics in the building of the “true city”: the inclusion of women guardians. Socrates begrudgingly accepts the challenge put forth by his comrades to delve into the specifics that guardianship would include, firstly that of the role women would play. This first wave, which questions the possibility of equal male and female guardians, is successfully ridden out by Socrates, whose logical…

Kate Chopin’s The Awakening reveals oppressive actions towards its female characters by characterizing them through confined symbols, creating a language barrier between genders, and by setting a standard of silent rules women must uphold. In this novel one female character in particular, Edna Pontellier, begins to comprehend she is being oppressed and then decides to embark on a quest to discover her individuality as a human being. Most other female characters in The Awakening seem to ignore…

Women and men have always been separated by their differences. Not only physical but psychological, each sex has their own defining characteristics. With the years, such differences have led to the creation of gender stereotypes which generalize the abilities and behaviors of each sex. Similar to other kind of stereotypes, gender stereotypes were born from the human inclination to give sense of their environment. Nevertheless, the general and unconscious acceptance of stereotypes is still…

The first commercial that I found online to use was Mini’s “Defying Labels.” In this commercial, they are trying to get the public to buy their Mini Clubman. The first “label” they decide to break was that this car was a “chick” car. Serena Williams is resting on the car telling us that this car is a chick car. They go through all the stereotypes for the car such as a gay car, short man’s car, or a cute car. They try to get you to see beyond its typical stereotypes. Finally, they say that…

Specifically, college is a time for ‘finding yourself,’ or defining who you are and how you feel about who you are. A very vital aspect of this is the social interactions had in college. Because college students are at the age of heightened interest in sex, romantic relationships have a pivotal influence on self-esteem. While the correlation between one’s…