Essays on Gender

When walking into toy departments, it is easy to notice several distinct isles. In most cases, the most distinct feature is the color of the toys and the general make of the toys. In one isle, one can find toys that are packaged in shades of grey, blue, brown and black. In another isle, the toys will be in pink, white and even red. These toys will have been marketed differently from the color to their designs, and this is what draws many people to them. This general presentation will determine which isle a person will visit to buy which ...

Intellectual Elaboration

Among the many examples of gender or racial stereotyping that can be found from film or media, I chose the following; Gender Stereotypes within Children, Labels Against Women, and Raise the Red Latern. The Gender Stereotypes within Children has emphasis on how children respond from the given questions about the difference between a boy and a girl. The Labels Against Women talks about a commercial advertisement that represents women empowerment. The movie entitled Raise the Red Lantern demonstrates polygamy happened in China during the era of warlords, before the civil war of the ...

In this article, McCabe (2014) described the findings of a study where she explored the relationship between gender constructs and learning styles. This was based on the premise that learning styles could affect students’ learning outcomes. To collect data, the researcher conducted a quantitative study where she administered questionnaires to 161 freshman undergraduate students at a private university, with measures based on the Kolb Learning Style Inventory (LSI) (McCabe, 2014). Her findings showed that although the men showed a preference towards the abstract approach ...

There have been several theories and perspectives that have been advanced in the past. The criminal theories expose many instances of the oppressive practices of domination, inhumanity, and inequality in the structure of power in most communities. In the classical theory by Beccaria, the argument is that the benefits of the crime outweigh the costs involved in committing that crime. The theory is influenced byrational choice especially in deterrence. The punishment in this theory was not based on substantial evidence, but it was rather based on deterrence so that crime offenders could avoid participating in certain crimes due to ...

Taking the hidden bias assessment strengthened my conviction that indeed, individuals have hidden biases. People, when asked racists and gender related questions tend to choose answers they believe are the best and most acceptable to others. This may be because they want to make the impression that they do not have biases or prejudice against the race of other person or that they want to show that they are pro gender equality. However, the truth maybe is that deep inside they do not really know themselves that much to such point that they don’t realize that actually they ...

Undisputedly, social identity has a psychological dimension. However, in the sociological imagination, Wright Mills explains that ‘neither the life of an individual nor the history of society can be understood without understanding both’ (Mills, 1959). Therefore, when exploring social identity it is vital to assess the social and cultural factors that shape an individual in the milieu that it is fashioned in the contemporary society. This means that, we must look at both the power the individual has to exercise agency and the structure, or society into which they are born; the society, which already exist. Sociologist Emile Durkheim ...

Problems in Gender Equality

Gender inequality has posed as a serious challenge in today’s society, especially since women empowerment started. Historically, women were given minor roles in society and they were always deemed the weaker gender. However, substantial improvements in the education systems have allowed women to receive education and they have proved that they are just as capable as their male counterparts are in various professions (Inglehart and Norris 2005).

Gender inequality, especially in developed countries has taken a new turn. Women have received so much attention that feministic movements that are now undermining the male species. Women are receiving preferential treatment ...

Communication

- BBC News about Gender Role “Japanese Astronaut changes gender roles; her husband is back to home to look after his daughter.” This news is published by BBC in the topic on gender roles. The four women are orbiting the earth on the international space station. Among the four, one is the Japanese astronaut, and her space flight questions the gender roles between men and women. Mrs. Naoka Yamazaki is the second Japanese women astronaut in the space; her husband gave back his job to look after his seven- year old daughter Yuki, and his husband wants to ...

Butler, J. (1991) asserts in her article entitled “To Theorize as a Lesbian” that sexuality is self-determined. A person she said who is a lesbian or gay need not to declare to the world by going “out” of the closet and disclose to the world his or her totality as a person. She added that the one who discloses his or her sexuality may be the last to reflect on the real meaning of sexuality. Butler continued by saying that sexuality is not stagnant. She asserts that nobody in this world has the right to set standard indicators of being a lesbian as ...

An analysis of the studies showed that all of them related different aspects of the research of inequality and gender issues. Zajacova (2006) researched the issue of impact of schooling on mortality, Riegle-Crumb and Humphries (2012) developed a study related bias of math teachers towards male and female students, the study of Martin (1998) concerned gender issues in preschools, Mihelich and Storrs (2003) suggested cultural and religious changes related gender outlook, Diprete and Buchmann (2006) considered value of education from male and female perspectives, Bobbitt-Zeher (2007) concerned the issues related success in education and its impact on future earnings from ...

We find a lot of evidence that since the birth of a new born, the girls and boys are treated differently, and this tradition is followed in every culture. Sex is the biological characteristic on which the gender is built. As notified by Eagly and Crowley, gender roles refer to the culturally derived behavior and activities associated with masculinity and femininity that individuals choose to adopt (qtd in Otnes, Zayer, 2012). Though there are traditional differences in the roles, it is difficult to define various roles for each gender. The men and women are socialized differently and this gender socialization is ...

Context of Gender in Corporate World

For a long time, gender equality has always engrossed and troubled the corporate world. Gender equality efforts aims at eradicating the barriers of stereotypes and prejudices to enable both sexes equally contribute and benefit from social, economic, political, and cultural developments in the society. In the past, the society had a misconception on the ability of women to balance work and domestic roles (Benshoff and Sean 32). However, this has changed in the wake 21 century many women have dedicated themselves to the growth and success of various corporations. The corporate has felt the presence of women and their contribution as ...

This paper attempts to answer the question “should queer theory be considered a theory for psychotherapy?” This paper takes the stand that queer theory must be considered a theory for psychotherapy.

Queer theory stemmed from the fields of women’s and queer studies in the early 1990s. This theory concentrates on mismatches between desire, gender and sex (Pinar, 1998). To a larger extent, this theory is associated with gay, lesbian and bisexual subjects. In the recent past, this theory has incorporated other areas such as gender corrective surgery, gender ambiguity, intersexuality and cross dressing (Pinar, 1998). As such, queer theory evaluates ...

Introduction

- Attention Getter: Amazingly all the women have moved and joined the Women Trade Union League, Civil Right Movement.

- Credibility Statement: Our clients in the organization have the endorsement on the development and better earnings witnessed from the services offered by the Women Trade Union League. It is revealed clearly that the Women Trade Union League has turned to a point where registration and joining of new clients in the union is increasingly with the clients and members benefit.

- Thesis Statement: Working environment of the workers from the company seemingly did not consider the factory machines ...

Social security/ protection means the presence of government and other policies focused on the management, prevention and resolving issues affecting the welfare of the society. They reduce vulnerability and poverty by the creation of a labor market that reduces the individuals’ risks. This paper will study the impact of social security on the labor market, with an emphasis on the gender balance there. Social security is a policy that combines social security and poverty reduction concerns. The social security has focused mostly on the poor (Kabeer 13). Therefore, women have been left out of those policies. Not all countries consider ...

Organizational identification can be defined as the significance of the organization in the individual’s self-concept. It is the adoption of identity by either the person in the context or by others. Organizations regulate and control members’ identity in different ways. One of this way is by conceive control where members watch and control each other’s actions. Another way through which organization regulate and control members’ identity is by setting up some rules and procedures to govern the identification. Also, member’s identity can be regulated through the setting up of strong organizational values. Organization identification is a legitimate organizational ...

Gender is defined as the activities, roles and behavior assigned in a social place with reference to women and men. Though it is normally confused with sex, it is not. Sex is the biological issue of whether a person is male or female. Gender on the other hand is the society’s code of behavior as to how a man or woman is supposed to behave and act. These distinct given roles are what give rise to inequalities. This difference is that which gives systematical favor to one group and disfavors another. This may occur in terms of health services, job opportunities, ...

Introduction

- Google+ is a social network owned and operated by Google Inc. - It is the second-largest social networking site in the world after Facebook. It has 540 Million active users in a month.

- On September 20, 2011, Google+ opened to everyone 18 years of age or older without the need for an invitation. It was opened for a younger age group (13 years or older in US and most countries, 14 or older in South Korea and Spain, 16 or older in the Netherlands) on January 26, 2012. - Google+ grew to 10 million users after its first ...

Summary of the Essay Not Yet Queer Enough The Lessons of Queer Theory for the Sociology of Gender and Sexuality by Stephen Valocchi The queer theory seeks to demystify existing perspectives on sex, and gender issues in society. It presents a reaction to previous thoughts held by society especially in the era of diversified gender roles. The article Not Yet Queer Enough The Lessons of Queer Theory for the Sociology of Gender and Sexuality, written by Stephen Valocchi, seeks to illustrate how sociologists use queer theory to rethink gender and sexuality issues in order to solve conflicting perspectives. This ...

Parents are always taking care of the kids; they do their best to give children everything they can give. I chose "Even Nine-Month-Olds Choose Gender-Specific Toys" to show how this article reflects my life. Up to the certain age children are obsessed with toys, but do the toys they choose reflect their gender? Does the boy choose boys' toys and the girl choose girls’ toys, or not? This article is valuable because it discusses all sides of gender matters, especially children’s choice of toys, and provides us with evidences that prove what the ...

The reading explains concepts that are beyond the issue of gender. It explains the current challenges that women face after receiving affirmation from the society. It is still a dominant culture to use male traditional male leadership styles to gauge women’s leadership styles. This culture has affected the way women perform in the work place as leaders. Essentially, the culture affects management and leadership, which are beyond the issues of genders. A good number of women have managed to rise the corporate ladder to managerial positions. Women make up to 50 percent of professionals and managers in the work ...

Sociology

This paper looks at male chauvinism; where David Grazian documents the nature of gender and sexual pursuits based on activities associated with individual and group male behavior. In drawing on narrative accounts of their behavior and speech, Grazian illustrates how young heterosexual male students use their collective powers to show their masculinity by girl hunting in urban nightlife. The book is designed to reinforce the unspoken, dominant sexual pursuits and behavior of males who look to portray their masculinity in the presence of women. In the story, Lawrence, a twenty-one-year-old white junior, on a visit to a nightclub with his friends, displays ...

The curious case of Tala and Laila in the film Fire & I Can’t Think Straight by Sarif Shamim (2010) brings forth the question of the social construct of homophobia in relation to their different personal backgrounds. Whereas Tala, a Palestinian Christian with roots from Jordan and raised in England and Laila, a timid Muslim, are both initially depicted as being involved in heterosexual relationships, their innate attraction to women has brought them together as lovers later ...

The simple fact that so many women have used male pseudonyms to find a publisher shows the differences that gender forces on writers. Mary Ann Evans chose to write under the name of George Eliot, and Louisa May Alcott wrote as A.M. Barnard, at least when she was writing her dark short stories. Lest you think that this is an eccentric oddity of the 19th century, it is instructive to remember that a publisher told Joanne Rowling that boys would enjoy reading about Harry Potter more if she published it as a more masculine J.K. While both women and men appear comfortable ...

Summary of the Article

The article entitled “Gender Role Portrayal and the Disney Princesses” written by England, Descartes and Collier-Meek presented relevant issues pertinent to alleged depictions of gender roles as examined from films produced by the Disney Princess Line. There were three main thrusts that were aimed to be addressed. Initially, there were expected gender roles that were traditionally exhibited by male and female characters (prince and princess) according to masculine and feminine characteristics. Likewise, rescues in these films would be expected to be performed more by the princes than with the princesses. Finally, the authors contended ...

The society develops, progresses in all spheres of activity, however, at the same time, produces certain behaviors and related stereotypes, corresponding to a popular worldview. Gender relations during each cultural epoch formed an appropriate worldview, producing and perpetuating gender stereotypes, using feminine and masculine personality characteristics. So, antiquity formed a patriarchal worldview, which is still relevant to the present day, however, the democratic tendencies in the modern society have led to the emergence of gender studies, which help the society to overcome certain gender conventions and stereotypes that prevalent in the minds of the society for centuries. Therefore antiquity is an ...

SEGREGATION AT WORKPLACES IS NOT RIGHT: GET THE FACTS RIGHT

Thinking about it now, I realize just how important it is to work. Every element of human existence point to work. The Bible, the Koran, and other religious doctrines relate humanity to work. However, one controversial element of all these provisions dwells upon the need to have particular work groups clowned in segregation. In the contemporary society, divisions often exist at workplaces where the women and the men are given specific tasks often stressing their energy outputs and presumed superiority indexes. The women in many workplaces today have certain barriers that hinder them from working in a broad-spectrum schedule like ...

Masculinity can be defined as having possession of the qualities a man or the characteristics and behaviour expected of men in many different cultures. Mostly these characteristics infer aggressiveness, domination, strength and stoicism, boldness and leadership. In the advent of globalization which brought about the widening as well as deepening of the relations of governments in search for trade and knowledge as well as technology the gender factor has contributed greatly. Men and women have sought to succeed and find opportunities in the global market by using their gender predisposition and have sought to expand and grow through gender. Traditionally ...

Feminization of Agriculture denotes the manner in which women’s work has developed to be more evident in the last past years. This happens due to the lots of research that have appeared in the rural areas of Mexico among other states. Women have industrialized and extended their participation in agricultural production as they progressively take on the charge of household continued existence and respond to economic openings in commercial agriculture. This movement of the agriculture production is what is referred to as feminization of agriculture. Feminization of agriculture is the process in which women have aggregated their labor.

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One empirical example found in Chapter 5 is the statement that the most important about Kansas is that it’s ahead of the crowd in terms of women’s rights (Frank 90). This statement encompasses an assumption that the State of Kansas is the most prominent place in terms advocating women’s rights. This assumption could have significant implication toward the people’s perception gender equality in the United States. Part of the evidence provided for this assumption suggests that women’s rights was established in Kansas due to the proposed end of suffrage 1867 and was fully achieved ...

Derek Pearsall’s essay “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: An Essay in Enigma” is part of The Chaucer Review’s commemorative issue celebrating the work of C. David Benson as he approaches the age of retirement. Pearsall hearkens back to his master’s thesis days when he writes about Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; he begins by noting that even though he is quite familiar with the plot of this tale, to the point where he can tell a slightly less salacious version of the tale to his children and grandchildren. However, he also points out that ...

Q. Watch any child-oriented cartoon on television. Describe the obvious and implied messages (both positive and negative) apparent in the cartoon about race and ethnicity and gender differences. Consider how these messages may affect gender and ethnic development in young children.

The cartoon show that I will be discussing in the paper is the famous Tom and Jerry Show. I will be highlighting how messaging is apparent about race, ethnicity and gender differences.

The gender differences highlighted in the cartoon is stark and rampant through the show:

- Visually the differences between the male cat/mouse or dog and the female cat/mouse or dog are the eyes and lips. The female characters have long ...

According to statistics done in 2008, the United States has the leading record of crimes in the world at a rate of approximately 0.75 per 100,000 persons of the national population (Walmsley, 2009). In an attempt to explain the origin and rates of crime several theories emerged to handle this task. There have been biological and psychological theories which associated crime with the individual characteristics of human beings and the susceptibility of these individuals to crime. These two theories do not however explain the variation of the crime rates between rural and urban areas, different economic groups, social groups ...

Gender equality is a human right, an essential condition for the complete enjoyment by women and men. It means that there is an equal empowerment, visibility, participation of women and men in all area of public and private lives. The acceptance and appreciation are highly necessary of the complementarities of women and men with their roles in the society as individuals. It measures an equal representation of both women and men in a range of role and responsibility. It does not imply that men and women are the same; however, they should have equal value in the society and with equal ...

Women Studies (or at times referred to as feminist studies) is a holistic, interdisciplinary academic field that taps issues both from the past, current and even future that concerns women. The course is interdisciplinary because it tackles different professions including politics, societal, psychological and historic through the point of view of feminists. The main reason behind the subject is not to make women superior, but to promote gender equality and eradicate oppression, discrimination and the misleading stereotypes against women. The subject is a timely answer to the growing cases of women discrimination in different areas of society. Although there has been a ...

Gender equality is a human right, an essential condition for the complete enjoyment by women and men. One of United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization or UNESCO’s global priorities is promoting gender equality globally; it is acknowledged as being a key to achieve the objectives and priorities on the promotion of policy – oriented research, capacity – building, and an advocacy for gender equality. The international instruments has existed to support and protect the rights of women, however the inequalities of gender are determined in broad areas in the community. The complete achievement of gender equality is the way ...

Questions for Women and Cinema

Part I

1. Transgender It is a state in which an individual’s gender is not matching his or her assigned sex responsibility. It refers to the trans-genders, such as homosexual, bisexuals, heterosexual. In the Paris burning film, the issue of Transgender is explored using various characters men and women. For instance, Trans women used as members of the club to show realness. The women are sued to enhance transgender in the film, this shows that as much as they are women they can also compete men and become real (Besnier and Kalissa 34).

2. Monstrous-feminine The female ...

Dietary Trends Reflect Socioeconomic Status and Gender Roles in contemporary U.S Society.

Nutrition has undoubtedly emerged as a dominant contemporary social and cultural value in contemporary U.S society amid an escalating rate of heart disease and ongoing obesity epidemic. However, dietary choices on the individual level are often influenced by exterior forces which both mold the perception of what is considered to be healthy as well as the availability of genuinely healthy food to certain socio-economic segments of the population. In the consumer based capitalist society of the contemporary United States, food has become an agent which reinforces traditional gender roles and also serves as a primary indicator of the ever expanding degree ...

Introduction

There are fundamental gender differences in organizational management styles, values, leadership strategies and policy preferences, which constitute barriers to women’s ascendancy to the highest levels of leadership. These differences not only condition women’s leadership/managerial styles, but also shape the effectiveness of any such styles, which in turn reflect on their participation in public administration. This paper distils the existent conceptual, theoretical and empirical models on public administration, gender disparities, and underlying factors that prevent women’s upward mobility as well as the subsequent effect on organizational outcomes. Ultimately, however, management and leadership styles in any context continue ...

Doob, Christopher B. Social Inequality and Social Stratification in US Society. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc. 2013. Print The article aims to address the inequalities in the society, for instance, in the journalism arena. Despite some women being highly qualified than men, they are not offered the opportunity to progress with their careers. Recent research have revealed that there is an aspect of gender bias towards female news anchors due to the misguided perception of being less competent than males. The landscape of news anchoring has traditionally recognized the male figure, much to the demerits of ...

Women have historically played a subordinate role to men across social, political and economic spheres. The oppression is clear in the firmly embedded gender roles set expectations of proper attitudes, activities and behaviour for both genders. Gender differences have persisted in the United States culture due to the systematic socialization of infants and babies, adolescents, children and adults. Women are traditionally expected to hold domestic roles and child rearing, while men, who are thought to be stronger and more aggressive, took on the responsibility of providing for the family. This perception is reflected in the careers that the respective genders ...

Dinkins, J. M., & Lino, M. (2002). Food Trade-Offs: Choosing How to Balance the Diet. Family Economics and Nutrition Review, 14(2), 83-85.

The article informs how people adopt food trade-offs approach to make their diet healthy. The authors mentioned about how people can include different nutrients by exchanging one food item from the other in order to make their diet healthy. The authors say that the healthy diet prevents people from unwanted health issues. The source is very helpful in understanding different food items that need to be included in the diet of individuals.

Leonard, B., Armstrong, L., Breen, J., Denton, C., & Georgiou, A. (2013, August 28). How Does Diet Impact Health? Retrieved from University of Minnesota: http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/enhance-your-wellbeing/health/diet-nutrition/how-does-diet-impact-health

The article describes benefits of a healthy diet and negative impacts of highly processed food items. According to the authors, standard American diet consists of a large amount of ...

Comprehending the effects of cultural disparities among the members of the project team is gaining prominence in the purview of project management. Given this era of heightened globalization, people are increasingly interacting with other people from different cultural backgrounds. Each organization has its unique culture, which is defined as

“A system of shared assumptions, values and beliefs, which governs how people behave in organizations” (Anbari et al., 2014, p. 2). The organizational culture has overly influenced the organization’s staff and dictated the manner in which they perform tasks. In other words, the organizational culture provides the ...

Perception: Matching Game

Selection: Salient Information First, the initial stage is the perception process. While at the selection phase, one must identify and gather salient information that is unique. As such, different individuals gather different information from one other due to differences in individual personalities, attitude, and experience. Resultantly, the salient information is gathered, organized, and interpreted to come up with a perception.

There are numerous pieces of salient information that enable me to determine the move to make on each item when in the process of completing as matching game. Arguably, the individual’s gender remains as one piece of information ...

In the English language, ‘being’ entails a sense of identity, while ‘doing’ connotes action. Gender, for years, has been marked as a sensitive issue in society because it taps many sectors. West and Zimmerman (1987) mentioned the difference between sex and gender, sex refers to biological and anatomical features of being male and female while gender is more socio-cultural in nature. Gender roles are a product of various cultural norms in various countries. The classification of members of society into two distinct categories of such as ‘girl’ or ‘boy’ or ‘woman’ or ‘man’ works in a social ...

I do accept as true that people should have equal opportunities regardless of their race, gender or religion. Discrimination on the foundations of either of the three kills democracy and is detrimental to the development of the economy and life. Equal prospects to all natives in spite of their race, religion or gender promote unity amongst the people living in the nation or state. Both men and women ought to be betrothed in active employment and given equal chances to compete in the career world . Equal opportunities to all help in making sure that all races and religions are ...

The nature-nurture controversy refers to the debate over whether heredity or environment play a greater role in a person’s behavior. The debate addresses how much of our makeup, behavior, personality and preferences are the product of biology such as genetics and biological makeup as opposed to the result of the way we are raised, our environment and essentially everything we come into contact with in our lifetime. Those following a nature viewpoint believe everything we are is a result of biology.

Evolutionary scientists believed in the nature side of the debate as did those following biological theories such as the one ...

Part 1: Pacific Islanders: The people, their culture and their life

The Pacific Islanders inhabit between 20,000 and 30,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. These islands are sometimes collectively referred to as Oceania traditionally grouped into three; (1) Micronesia meaning the black islands consists of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Maluku, West Papua, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the Solomon Islands). (2) Melanesia meaning small islands are found on the North of the Equator and consists of Guam, Wake Island, Marshall Islands, Northern Marianas, Palau, Nauru, Kiribati and the Federated States of Micronesia) and (3) Polynesia meaning many islands are found south of the equator and consist of ...

Introduction

Youths living in North America and other areas of the world that are considered relatively liberated grow up with considerably more gender equality now more than in the past. This is seen through many aspects in the society like opportunities for education, status of the women in the society and the socialization of gender roles. These youths take up courses in institutions of higher learning that were predominantly thought to be a preserve of the men. This is because the society has evolved to perceive women as an equal gender, and one deservedly worthy of equal opportunities as the male ...

Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of the book “Society in Focus: An Introduction to Sociology” by William E Thompson and Joseph V. Hickey is titled Sex and Gender and explores the relationship between the two elements and their interpretations by different members of the society. There are countless debates about the differences men and women and this is something that two authors tackle in this chapter. They attribute the enormous debate regarding differences between men and women to people’s confusion of the terms sex and gender which they claim are totally different words. The authors discuss various concepts related to ...

The video highlight how differing points of view create variation in interpretation of issues. Gender is a critical issue that encompasses many societal issues due to its conscious and unconscious effort of dividing the sexes. One of the most common issues related to gender that is often taken for granted is the concept of activity exposure of children to ‘societally’ accepted toys and activities. Children at a very young age are being molded towards a gender identity through the materials they are being exposed.

Boys and girls have different toys given to them. Boys are usually given cars and action figures ...

Gender norms can be defined as the sets of rules stating what the appropriate masculine and feminine behavior is in a given culture (Ryle, 2012). Additionally, Gender norms are the standards of behaviors and manifestations that nourish the traits we expect from each gender. There are certain supposed standards of traits that define the line between the two genders.

Some of the norms that have persisted since a long time are:

- Men are supposed to be masculine and powerful, taking in charge of activities while women are supposed to be feminine and passive, supportive of men and yet sexy. - Men are considered free to be explorative in terms ...

The Weakness of the Man at the Presence of the Woman

Several research studies and journals have devoted their attention to feminist issues, especially when investigating issues of virtue ethics and gender differences based on the aforementioned philosophical idea (virtue ethics). Rather than help us determine what we ought to do, virtue ethics asks how we ought to be in order to become good members of the society (MacKinnon, 2013). Naturally, men act with much aggression than women do. Additionally, men appear to be weaker when they are around women. In most cases, men have given in to the demands of women, simply because they are women, and not because ...

Gender equality is one of the currently debated gender issues in the world in different forums. The media plays a very critical role in shaping the minds and opinions of the public on gender issues. While media coverage highlights the issues that women face in the society today and the varied possible solutions as well as comparing the models used in different countries, it also creates a societal balance, which ensures that people live in an equal society where gender roles are shared. Some of the challenges that women face in eth society today includes underrepresentation in forums and leadership positions, ...

Sex and gender

Sex is biologically and physiological based characteristics that actually define men and women. Sex also refers to nature as well as biological parts that characterized female and male. While, gender refer to the nature and main ideas about characteristics in females and males as well as their behaviors that predominant in any given society at one time. Gender can be defined as the socially constructed roles, activities, behaviors and traits that are considered appropriate in a given society for men and women. Gender offers social expectations for females and males to be feminine and masculine (Grusky, 1994). This process involves ...

Gender equality is significant in every field especially the modern days unlike aerial where on male gender that was vied as the superb gender in everything they do.One find that the female gender are thriving on any given field and to some extent they are even doing grate in some of these field than even their counter parts from the male gender. Similarly the in the construction of cinemas or the in the field of film the female gender is no longer left behind. Research on field of film acting has come to agreed with one of the essay ...

Introduction

Gender disparity stands as among the most debilitating social issues every nation has experienced. As a problem deeply ingrained in societal and cultural ties, gender disparity provides key implications to international development policies, programmes and projects. Although roles within different societies assigned per gender may appear as a natural way of life, it is nevertheless correct to assert as well that gender-based oppression is also apparent. Therefore, this study seeks to address gender awareness in light of its implications to the concept of fulfilling international development agendas. Without the promotion of gender awareness, international development agendas would not fully emancipate. Through a ...

Question 1

The globalization debate is based on the pro and against arguments, having strong arguments on the both sides. However, the strongest argument is inclined on the argument that the globalization is overlooking the fact that it is enhancing inequality and poverty among different countries across the globe. It is evident that the dramatic inequality especially between the advanced and developing countries is due to the processes of technology. While some social analysts argue that the globalization has brought about the economic growth and hence reduced poverty and facilitated economic equality, some argue that it has global division of labor that ...

This essay critically explores the claim that school is a significant site in which sex/gender is produced. The claim derives from a broadly social constructionist position, namely one that views sex/gender as being the product of social meanings and practices rather than something biologically given. The essay begins by outlining the social constructionist critique of the biological account of sex/gender. It then reviews recent research on gender and schooling to explore the extent to which the social meanings and practices that make up life in school may be seen as producing relational forms of masculinity and femininity. In exploring these issues, ...

Men and women tend to defer in many aspects. The difference is not only in looks, but also in how they think and understand different situations, their abilities, interest, lifestyle, behavior, and also their role in the society. Both male and female may perceive a person’s lifestyle in different dimensions. For example, studies and researches to evaluate the difference in attitude that exists in both heterosexual men and women towards gay men and lesbians have been in existence since from a very long time ago. By using research and earlier work done by different scholars, this paper seeks to explore ...