Trainspotting

For centuries, mankind has had a propensity to utilise the biological distinctions of the sexes in order to enforce a societal distinction between the sexes, which is known as gender. Gender, as the socially imposed division of the sexes, allowed societies to delineate certain characteristics to each of the sexes, and thus assign different roles, moral codes, and, in certain societies, thoughts and emotions to them. As such, the study of gender is of profound importance to the manner in which…

not wash their hands. The article summarizes how the researchers came to this conclusion as it recalls the participants were split into two groups. One group washed their hands and one group did not. Both groups then watched a clip from the film Trainspotting. Researchers then asked each group how morally wrong various actions are on a scale from one to nine. Though the article includes some information about how the experiment was conducted, it lacks credibility. The article is not credible as…

is the one that earns the money, he controls it. His need to prove his authority and disprove his impotence is highly prevalent here, and important to the overall scheme of the novel and the ways in which masculinity manifests itself. Shame in Trainspotting is a many fold theme. For Renton, part of his shame stems from the stereotypical Scottish hyper-masculine persona, so deeply embedded in Begbie. In the chapter ‘The Glass’, he sees a group of thugs walk into the bar and…