...to hold powerful positions in the government, and corporate world. There was a time when women were not allowed to have any role or say in the law making decisions. The role of women has changed since the 60’s 70’s and 80’s. Some women do not even choose to be mothers. That is still somewhat of a taboo, but it is not that uncommon. Women can now choose their careers, over being a wife and or mother. Women are owning fortune 500 companies and being powerful forces in the business world. Women are also demanding and earning the same if not more than some males on the job. A women can be the breadwinner in the family. Women have proven that they can do both, They can run a business and a household. This upcoming Presidential election, we will be having a Woman running for president. The government is no longer an all boys club. The idea of having a woman president is proof of how far women’s rights have come. Women are now more respected and their opinions valued. Of course there is still those who do not want to evolve, and feel that a woman should “stay in her place”. But the women of today have showed that there is no one “place” for us to be. Women can make their own rules. In the media the masculine role tends to be strong, no emotion. The male is always considered the hero, or someone to rescue the female role. In the media the feminine role is always the damsel in distress....
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...between classes, parties and voters and the state. But more specifically, how the influence the state. The trio argues that this old form of political sociology has been replaced with an interdisciplinary form of sociology that’s basis is on the assortment of ways that society itself impacts politics. This new version of political sociology also takes a wider look at numerous politics and examines a broader range of them. The final argument is made that deep down, the ‘old’ political sociology is still there rather it is just built upon. This brief article did a suitable job at relating the two accounts of political sociology and making it relevant to this day in age. Gökariksel, B., Smith, S., (2017) “Intersectional Feminism Beyond U.S. Flag Hijab and Pussy Hats in Trump’s America”, Gender, Place and Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, 24(5): 628-624 Gökariksel and Smith take an in depth approach at identifying the importance of intersectionality in regards to feminism in the age of Donald Trump. This article discusses the issues with the political agenda of Trump’s white, male dominated administration to hostilely drive out any individual or group of individuals that does not fit the “American” archetype of white males. The article discusses the numerous political decisions that have negatively impacted women of all races and backgrounds. The more recent Women’s’ March on Washington was mentioned and it was made reference to the fact that it was inclusive...
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...American Ethnic Literature JamieLyn Thompson ENG 301 Marc Bonanni December 7th, 2015 American Ethnic Literature Introduction American literature is most commonly based on experiences within the American culture. Being an American comes with unique qualities, from the vast landscapes to the rich history. According to Britannica.com American literature is "the body of written works produced in the English language in the United States".(Britannic.com) However, there are many different types of American literature from classic American literature to modern American literature being writing all around the world based on the American experiences of the author. American Ethnic Literature The American ethnic literature is based on life and freedom with the United States. These pieces of literature reflect the different aspects and inspire many other countries. It has been seen that Americans can go through numerous setbacks and always spring back from the hardships. There are historical events that are written to express the events and how the country fought to have a life that was worth living. There is a great deal of pride that come with being an American and it is something a reader can get a small glimpse of when reading American literature. America is deep with cultural diversity that allows the country to cater to a different race, religion and ethnic background as a whole, this expressed within the American Literature. Literary Canon The literary canon is an automatic...
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...20, 2013 ETH/125 Facilitator: Jacquelin Leshan University of Phoenix Women throughout United States history have had fewer rights than men. Women were often viewed by men as inferior and weak. Women were once viewed as a gender that only should do manual labor such as house cleaning, cooking and taking care of children. Men did things that required heavy manual labor such as building a barn, plowing fields or stacking hay. For a time men also viewed women as less educated and less capable of being educated. Higher education or more formal education was not considered as important for women and almost expected for men. It was not until the beginning of the twentieth century that a large population of women began to obtain formal undergraduate degrees ("Women's History in America", 1994-1995). By the mid 1980’s women were obtaining approximately 49 percent of all undergraduate degrees, 49 percent of all master degrees and about 33 percent of all doctoral degrees. Bu 1985 it is estimated that approximately 53 percent of all college students were women. In 1890 women comprised about 5 percent of doctors in the United States of America. By the year 1980 about 17 percent of doctors in the United States were women. Throughout American history women have typically not held decision making jobs and were paid on average about 32 to 45 percent less than men for the same jobs. Women in the United States today have almost equal opportunities for jobs or professions...
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...Feminism and its relevance in today’s society Diamond V Nesbit ITT-Technical Institute When you hear or read the term feminism what image pops into your mind? Is it a woman with a short haircut, unshaven legs and/or armpits, over-weight by at least 20 pounds, a strong hatred of men and all things pertaining to men? Well this could be due to the image society burns into your mind. When watching television or browsing on the internet you cannot help but run across an image of angry women with picket signs automatically placing the group in a negative light. Feminism is more than picket signs, protests, and unshaven legs. Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights for women. This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment. Feminism is frown upon in today’s society but is still very relevant and important to many. The media and feminism have a love/hate relationship. In movies, books, and even cartoons feminist are portrayed as angry, unkempt, lesbian “man haters”. They are shown looking down on men and judging women for their attire or life choices. On rare occasions the media actually shines a positive light on feminism and its beliefs only when it can be beneficial to its rating or purpose. The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women," said Pat Robertson, a television evangelist and former Baptist minister during...
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...In this new society we learn how to behave from those around us to a way that is not a good way to improve our generation. The word gender is a society concept of how men and women are expected to act and behave. In American culture males are most likely to be observed as masculine role with strength and females to a way where they are associated with passivity, subordination and nurturing. In today’s modern society is easy to outfit an infant boy with blue and a girl with pink. It is amazing to realize that is not always been this way, but until the beginnings of the 20th century, “boys were more associates with pink and girls with blue illustrating how socially constructed these associations rally are”. Some major agents of gender socialization...
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...Name Site Image Thoughts National Organization for Women This site is dedicated to the women’s rights movement, covering such issues as ending sex discrimination, stopping violence against women, promoting diversity, and ending racism. I was very pleased to find this movement covers such a wide variety of issues we face in today’s society. American Civil Liberties Union This site is dedicated to an America free of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This means an America where GLBT people can live openly, where their identities, relationships and families are respected, and where there is fair treatment on the job, in schools, housing, public places, health care, and government programs. Appendix H • What has been the status of women in the United States throughout history? Throughout history American women have been subjected to such stereotypes that they are the weaker sex and are incapable of performing work that requires physical labor or intellectual reasoning. The attitude toward women was that their primary purpose in life was to have children and tend to household chores. Traditionally American women learned from their mothers to cook, clean, and tend to the children. Scholastic testing created in the 1960’s showed that girls scored much higher in early grades, but once they reached high school their grades were significantly lower. The reasoning behind this was that girls’ own expectations declined because neither their...
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...Value Orientation of Indian and U.S. Respondents: A Study of Gender, Education, and National Culture Bahaudin G. Mujtaba, Nova Southeastern University Randolph Pohlman, Nova Southeastern University Introduction Value theory states that what a person truly values will drive his or her actions and behaviors in the workplace (Pohlman and Gardiner, 2000). Using the value theory as a foundation, we wanted to know whether Americans and Indians are focused more on completing tasks or maintaining relationships. It is important for managers, leaders, and working professionals to reflect on their relationships with people of different cultures and examine how differences in context can lead to cultural misunderstanding for overseas employees living or working in India or the United States (Cavico and Mujtaba, 2011). This paper analyzes the relationship similarities and dissimilarities between American and Indian respondents. It is almost impossible for a manager or a company to succeed in today's global workplace without relevant knowledge and understanding of issues that pertain to their employees' age, education, gender, and culture (Mujtaba and Cavico, 2010). Mujtaba and Balboa (2009) explain that context indicates the level at which communication occurs outside of verbal discussion. Understanding the effect of the differences in context provides a knowledge base and cultural intelligence that can help provide not only strong teams but also more over effective business relationships...
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...Attitudes towards Gender and Leadership Effectiveness By: Claire Duthil Attitudes towards Gender and Leadership Effectiveness Abstract This paper seeks to review and discuss the roles of gender in leadership and how they are effective. As shown from previous overviews, the evidence for sex differences in leadership behavior is still mixed, yet it is clear that these sex differences have not vanished. Although we are in the 21st century, women face hardship every day in the workplace as leaders. It is argued that sex differences in leadership styles is one of the main reasons in which male and female leaders work with different styles. Organizational factors like sex-composition of the immediate working context and hierarchical level are important moderators of leadership styles. For example, women are more likely than men to lead in a style that is effective under contemporary conditions (Eagly, Carli, 2003). To contrast these claims, Veccho claims that "women have some disadvantages in typical leadership style but suffer some disadvantages from prejudicial evaluations of their competence as leaders, especially in masculine organizational contexts" (Veccho, 2002). All in all women are rising into leadership roles at all levels. Problem Statement The society has always been in a need of effective management and efficient leaders on top. The roles of leaders determine the course and successfulness of the processes in all walks of life. In times...
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...How Relevant Feminism Actually Is Salah Eddine Youssef Kadadou American University of Sharjah How Relevant Feminism Actually Is When looking at any population, the simplest way to start categorizing organisms of any species is according to sex; male or female. If you disregard the biological and physiological differences, how would you tell them apart? Amongst animals, males and females have different roles. A lioness for example does most of the work while the lion only serves as the protector in case of predators. This difference in roles is seen throughout the animal kingdom with the exception of humans. As humans, we have decided that both men and women should have the same roles in society with regards to everything, or at least this is what feminism preaches, or does it? Feminism is a tricky matter to discuss because if you do not know how this movement started, you would look at modern day feminism and instantly be put off by what you see. Webster defines feminism as: 1.: the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities, 2.: organized activity in support of women's rights and interests. The original purpose or goal of feminism was to present women with the same opportunities and rights that men had and as hard as it is to believe, it still is. Therefore, if this is truly still the case, then feminism is still relevant even in modern day societies. On the one hand, feminism is still widely recognized as a movement with true intentions...
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...SOC 413- Social Deviance Paper #2 4/25/14 “Uncaring Carts” Deviant acts are done every day in society, so much so that sometimes these same acts that were frowned upon or looked upon as deviant eventually turn the tide, and become the norms of society. With technology getting more and more advanced and hundreds of millions of people are using social networks as a tool to connect with the world, trends are starting more quickly and it’s easier to get a topic or act trending the video and audio moves this day and age. Whether an act is deviant or not does not mean it still won’t go “viral” or trend in today’s society, in fact the phrase “bad news travels the fastest” is more relevant than ever with the ability to access media or social networks has become easier and more advanced with the popular use of “smart phones”. This assignment was actually something a student could get excited about as we can play a role outside of a classroom setting, use our education of this course and apply it to a situation that forces you to be uncomfortable and step outside of your comfort zone. It was one of the more testing yet enjoyable assignments that I have come across this semester at Lincoln University. “Sociologists define deviance as an act or behavior that falls outside social norms; deviance ranges from criminal acts to interrupting someone who’s speaking.” (Inderbitzin) Even though when most people hear that a deviant act was committed, they conclude that it was negative, “positive...
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...Reflection Paper Lim Jian Hong, Benjamin (A0110508W) Background of Parties I was assigned the role of Mouse representative for this Mouse exercise. The primary objective for Mouse heading into the negotiation was to ensure co-operation from the mayors of Chessy, Coupvray, Magny and Bailly. The strategy revolved around financial compensation as a means of dealing with these towns. The approach towards the French government was one based on an assumption of them being supportive of Mouse in the negotiation. Mouse believed that as the government was the deciding authority, they would step in to exercise this power in favor of Mouse if there were to be an impasse. In the context of the exercise, Mouse was engaged in a negotiation with five other French nationals. Being the only American party caused conflicts with the French due to disparities in the way that the two societies conducted their business dealings. American culture is one that is deeply entrenched in its capitalist roots; this is a stark contrast to socialism in France. Capitalism is characterized by its ‘selfish’ tendencies whereas socialism focuses on the progression of society as a whole. Thus, the fundamental differences in the manner through which the two societies operate were possible causes of conflicts. Application of Cultural Frameworks By applying the various cultural frameworks to the French and Americans, it allows for an explanation of why disagreements arose between Mouse, the mayors and the government...
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...The Individual and the Society The individual and society is study of the relationship between an individual and the society and the process through which an individual learns about culture, norms and values of a society. This allows for integration and a sense of belonging. Each society has different values and norms which help to promote unity and coherence. Values are the things we regard as important, true and right. It may differ from individual to individual and also cultures and may be as a result of gender, beliefs and religion. In an African society, a male child is brought up to recognise he is a breadwinner and consequently taught the value of working hard to provide for his family, on the other hand education may be seen as wasted on a female child because she is meant to be provided for by her husband. In such a society education is not valued in females. Values change and evolve because today most societies have accepted the importance of education in both the male and female child. There are still some restrictions in some societies like in Saudi Arabia where women are not allowed to freely mix with men in the work place. Some of the change in values can occur from experiences in the secondary socialisation process. The change will allow for development, growth and modernisation. For instance a traditional Muslim male takes his wife to see a doctor for checkups will insist he wants a female doctor to attend to her. With time he begins to see the gap created...
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...International Context | | The increasing number of interactions between independent countries, companies and people has highlighted the importance of an understanding of global cultures, both national and organisational. Culture plays a large role in the way individuals behave and interact with one another and therefore plays an important role in business interactions across cultures. Many definitions of culture are offered, but one more relevant to culture in international business is : “Culture is the way in which a group of people solves problems and reconciles dilemmas.” (E.Schein 1985) The first way in which countries can be broadly categorized is into either a high context or a low context culture. High context cultures place more emphasis on the importance of group identity. They have a high sensory involvement and participate more readily in bodily contact. Low context cultures prioritise individualistic properties. They use body language less frequently and are monochronic thus placing a high importance on timing and scheduling. Most Northern European countries and other western societies are low context cultures. It has been suggested by the acclaimed social scientist, Norbert Elias (1978) that the development of society and the basis of its’ cultural contexts are closely associated with the prominent historical groups of the region leading to an establishment of national cultural values. Countries and even regions of a country often have very different historical...
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...discrimination can affect the group or person through trauma. Today’s time, the term racism cannot be labeled in a single category. The ideology behind shows that humans unconsciously subdivide themselves; submerging hatred or single aggression against another party. Under this social science study, racism can influence the health of America’s population. Can transition of the following generations to confront the issue. The study reflects the three minority groups in the Northern part of America; pertaining to the African-American, Asian-American, and Hispanic-American groups. Studies shown that each behave under the...
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