Sex segregation

For years now, there has been an ongoing debate whether women or men are funnier; whether it is a woman who makes the better joke or a male who makes the best cartoon caption. Throughout the popular press article, “The Humor Code” by Peter Graw and Joel Warner, they talk about the experience they had when researching their book. When researching their book, they met with humorists all around the world, seeing that most were male. When they moved on to a behind-the-scenes look at the New Yorker…

The Nicollet Early Childhood Center (NECC) provides childcare and prepares children for pre-k readiness. Currently, the staffing at NECC consists of mainly white females who are living a middle-class lifestyle. Nicollet community loves the center, Nicollet likes the opportunity it gives their small town and school for quality childcare. Isaiah, an African American male (age 17) attends Nicollet Public High School in Nicollet Minnesota. Isaiah is the only African American male in all of the…

to act or listen when one is present. The reason why we do not realize this natural presumption is proven by the individual research Daniel Goleman and Deborah Tannen logically shared. These authors present multiple misunderstandings of the opposite sex and how reasons such as socialization and communication lead to these misinterpretations. Our…

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…