...gender roles (a set of social and behavioral norms that are widely considered to be socially appropriate for individuals of a specific sex) are everywhere. For a long time men and women had to do certain things throughout their lives. It was expect that men would be the ones that had to work, while their wives had to stay home to take care of the house, the kids, bills, etc. Over time, these gender roles have changed. Females now take on tasks that only men were supposed to do. Gender roles appear in places that one wouldn’t expect: Disney movies. Disney movies do a great job at showing how gender roles were portrayed at the time the movie came out. Most notably, in these movies, males fulfill a certain appearance stereotype (tall, muscular, handsome, etc.). The same stereotype applies to females as well (makeup, being slim, posture, etc.). In Disney movies, the male protagonist is almost always good-looking, muscular, tall, etc. An example of this is Prince Eric from the Little Mermaid movie. In the movie, he’s tall, light-skinned, muscular, and handsome. He’s almost “perfect”. In the essay ....Happily Ever After (Or What Fairy Tales teach Girls about being Women) Alice Neikirk states “the hero, often a prince, is generally described as brave and handsome.” Over time, the appearance of the male protagonists have changed. For example, Flynn Rider from Tangled is just a slim, not very muscular, semi- handsome guy. He’s average compared to princes from other Disney movies (like Prince...
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...America and Diversity Kathy McGowan ETH/125 February 2, 2014 Shanna Birkholz-Vasquez America and Diversity Over more than two hundred years, the United States has grown from a fledgling nation to one of the most powerful countries in the world. The principles which established this nation attracted many different groups to its shores. Principles of freedom of religion and speech bought refugees from different ethnic groups. While other groups came to seek their fortune in the “land of opportunity”, one group came to the America under duress. Each group found prejudice and discrimination. As the years passed and the country continued to grow, the barriers of prejudice and discrimination were beginning to crumble. The different groups began to accept the differences that accompanied the diversity of the nation. These changes bring up a question. Has the United States finally overcome our fear of diversity? If we examine the cultural background of Americans, we will discover many are of European descent. Many of our ancestors came looking for religious freedom. Others came to settle debts they had in their homeland. Some citizens are descendants of slaves who were sold to affluent citizens and plantation owners. The circumstances around people in these groups arrival resulted in prejudice and ethnocentrism. Prejudice was not just directed toward African Americans during the 19th century. German, Irish, Polish, Chinese and Italian immigrants found themselves...
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...seriously. I responded “Whenever she’s comfortable.” As usual he replied “Ok, Just thought I’d ask.” You see my friend is one of the many men that have challenged the stereotype that has been placed upon them of being absentee or dead beat fathers once their relationship ends with the mothers. This is proving to no longer be status quo. You see I have several male friends who are raising their children, mostly girls, alone. Thus we now have a growing number of “absentee or deadbeat” mothers in our society. According to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, there is a significant rise in the number of single fathers raising kids. Specifically, the census data shows that the rise in families led by single fathers has outpaced the rise in single-mother families for the first time since 1970. Today, there is an increase of 14 percent of single-dad households. The number of single-mother households only increased by roughly 3.2 percent in the past 10 years. Gone are the days of family court automatically granting custody to the mother just because “That’s the way it’s always been.” Fathers are now challenging and exercising their parental rights. They are now demanding the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of their children. The reasons for fathers being granted custody vary from things as bad as child neglect and abandonment, to...
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...Gender roles have been used in novels and plays all throughout the course of time. When authors or playwrights write their works, most of the time they take the ideas of stereotypes from authors and playwrights before them. Gender roles can be seen in Les Miserables, The Kite Runner, and so much more. It is almost like a standard in writing. Females are almost treated like objects in some works. This isn’t always morally right, but it just seems that it is how things are. It would seem the most that role, power, and responsibility for males and females are determined by the stereotypes of people before us and their amoral ways of thinking. Gender role, power, and responsibility are usually determined by culture and society. Changing culture...
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...CHILD SOLDIERS IN UGANDA Name Institution Professor (Tutor) Course City/State Date Abstract More often than not, children have been abducted in the past and recruited to fight wars against their will. One vital question someone might ask is the true definition of a child. What is child? Is it ethical to recruit children in military? These are the core issues I would like to address. The universal definition of child is any person who is below the age of 18yrs, while a few states limit the age to 16yrs and below (UNICEF, 2016). Uganda as a country has been through dark ages, internal feuds that led to the abduction of children and forced into combat Introduction. Child soldering is detrimental as the victims, young and vulnerable experience trauma and societal stigma. The process completely ruins their wellbeing (Francia and Edling, 2016). What led to child soldering in Uganda was a serious conflict between National Resistance Army (NRA) led by the current president of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) composed of rebels. The latter won a bush war and assumed leadership and what happened next was identity politics characterized by hate and violence between the northerners and the southerners. A cabinet minister, who hailed from the South and who was affiliated to NRA once perpetuated hate speech by saying that they (the government) don’t care about the North. The Lord Resistance Army, being northerners, were sidelined by Yoweri Museveni, the...
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...samurai. Confederate soldiers with glints of stone-cold malice in their eyes. Professional football players built like massive siege walls. World War II soldiers supported by shining, unmoving medals of honor. From a young age, the idea that boys and men must be creatures of warrior-like stoicism and Herculean athleticness is reinforced, at the cost of emotional depth and academic success. One can find the culprits of this embedded in America’s archetypes of masculine ‘normality’, the school system’s dependence on sport-programs, and culture’s reverence of military honor. The stereotypes of American heroes and men are heavily entrenched in the toxicity of masculinity,...
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...This essay attempts to analyse, using appropriate illustrations, the extent to which gender stereotyping conforms to Jean Piaget’s four stages of development, which he elaborated in his Theory of Cognitive Development. It will first begin by clearly defining the terms; ‘gender,’ ‘stereotype,’ and hence the term ‘gender stereotyping.’ It will thereafter define cognitive development and will furthermore discuss in depth the stages of cognitive development, which are sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational respectively. A critical assessment will then be made on the extent to which gender stereotyping acts in accordance to Piaget’s stages of development, to aid one have a final opinion of his Theory of Cognitive Development. Gender was a word used by Ann Oakley and others in the 1970s to describe the characteristics of men and women that are socially determined, in contrast to the ones that are biologically determined. Gender is therefore a term referring to the social and cultural construction of men and women. The word stereotype is defined as an organised set of beliefs concerning the characteristics of all members of a defined group (Golombok, 1995). Therefore, gender stereotyping is the overgeneralisation about the characteristics of an entire group of people based on their gender. It is the perception of people on how others should behave. According to Piaget (1952), cognitive development was a progressive reorganisation of mental processes...
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...people by the people. Critics argue that it was founded by and for white male Europeans. So which one is it? By viewing this exhibition, it shall become quite clear that this country was not founded by and for all the people. Indeed, African Americans did not found this nation nor was it founded for their benefit. Their white counterparts founded it on their backs. And unfortunately, they are still looked down upon today. By whites castigating them as black or even by stereotyping themselves, it does still matter today if you are black or white. The following exhibition will show American art's progressive portrayal of blacks as an inferior race. In 1710, Justus Engelhardt Kuhn painted Henry Darnall III as a Child. In this painting a young white boy along with his black child slave stands on a balcony overlooking his estate's elaborate gardens. The slave stands behind his master, holding a dead bird that the master has just killed after a hunt. The slave is not placed directly on the balcony with his master but behind the ledge so that he can not come too close to the white boy. This indicated a clear distinction between the two races. And to further subjugate the slave, he is given a facial expression tantamount to adoration of his master. He is not a person but rather like a puppy. One can treat a puppy however they want since animals have no feeling. (This is before PETA.) Despicably, black slaves were treated far worse than the house pet. Blacks were not given the human status...
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...miraculous feats for the something greater than themselves. A few years ago, in Latin class, we studied the Hero’s Journey. We examined the Odyssey and Star Wars, comparing the main characters and their plotlines. After the unit, we recognized all notorious heroes follow the same 14-step journey, regardless of time and culture. The villains, the scenery, the motive might change across movies and books, but heroes sifted out the same: suffer a major crisis, passage through the “belly of the beast” (term for going on a physical journey), and transform themselves. In pop culture, the entertainment industry manipulates the hero stereotype, pumping out films like the Avengers and Harry Potter. These heroes possess a special ability...
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...Movies have a huge contribution over societies. Some movies try to draw a picture that completely deceives and tricks people into believing in the concept that they try to distribute. In addition to that, movies may support an impression or a stereotype. But on the contrary, sometimes they may disprove it by some way or another. The dictator movie which has been published at 2012 by the director Larry Charles, who is of American origins, is a living example of how producers may use their power into supporting an impression that a lot of people already believe in. In this movie, Larry Charles had showed that Arabs are hairy, rich, terrorists, who find a huge importance in sexual intercourse with women. Moreover, Charles had supported these stereotypes by using humour and sarcasm as weapons to accomplish delivering those ideas to the spectators. Arabic music was used as a theme of the movie in order to stir the viewers into the Arabic region. Charles was creative in mixing between the Arabic theme represented by the music and the ideas that he wants to plant into people’s heads. In the beginning of the movie, he started by shooting the birth of the main character, Haffaz Aladdin, emphasizing over the amount of hair he had, reaching into the point that Arabs are hairy human beings in nature. Beards were one of the director’s techniques that have been used in building up to the conclusion that Arabs in general are leaning toward terrorism. Not to mention that, the main actor who...
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...Critique of a journal article: The Black Family during Slavery: Addressing Stereotypes Restoring Truth In the article “ The Black Family during Slavery”, the author Verene Shepherd put into context the black family during slavery and tries to lay to rest some of the myths that still exist to this day about the black man and woman of slavery. In doing this she explore two schools of research into enslave people’s family, these are: the structuralist and class theorist. The structuralist believes that the system of slavery constraints cultural expressions including family formation. This means that slaves were unable to maintain proper familial structure base on their very way of life, because they were restricted to what their owners would permit. The class theorist argues that slavery allows those enslave some autonomy in constructing kinship and other forms of culture. It means then that this system allows slave to explore other cultures and choose their own partner and also develop familiar familial structures similar to present day realities. Shepherd posits that the stereotypes that were created about black families during slavery are to be cleared up because these were not the truth. She then tries to present the points that were not considered by the structuralist. To extricate the points that were presented, shepherd present research evidence that contradicts the structuralist arguments about black family’s and how they exist during slavery. These are: * The...
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...Running head: WOMEN IN THE MILITARY Women in the Military: Controversy of Direct Combat Strayer University Women in the Military: Controversy of Direct Combat Section I: Introduction Women have been in the military, or associated with combat for decades. “The most famous example of the ability of a woman to not only be involved in combat but to lead forces is that of Joan of Arc's legendary battles leading the French army when she was just a teenager.”(Gerber 1) Women have been involved in espionage and even posed as male soldiers during the Civil War. Conflicts such as, WWI, WWII, Panama, and as recent as our current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan women have served with distinction in many ways. In our most recent conflict, over 100 military women have given the ultimate sacrifice. Today with changes in our society and the global environment in which we live two controversial arguments arise concerning women in combat. Basically the debate whether or not women should be allowed to participate in direct combat or not. As our society and cultural beliefs change so does what we except as social norms. Both sides of this argument bring many reasons for and against allowing women to participate in direct combat. Taking into account both views of this controversy it will show, that not only a social change has occurred, but the dynamics of the battlefield has in fact already placed female service members into direct combat. Section II: Opposition to Direct Combat...
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...inside his mind. Liked other normal little girls, he loved playing Barbie dolls and doll’s houses. Presenting girls’ characteristics in his childhood gave him a derogatory nickname, “Girlish Boy”, which was frequently called by his classmates in primary school. Trying to conceal his female mind, Abigail always made himself looks like stronger, self-reliant through behaviors, thoughts but seems that was not successful. His classmates continued to laugh at him with offensive languages. When he grew up, he felt much more natural and comfortable to play with girls while sensed shy to play with boys. In Singapore, boys who aged 18 had to serve their duty in military. During that period, Abigail took baths in late evening after all the other soldiers took their baths. It is because Abigail felt so embarrassing to show his nude body to other boys and he felt extremely shy when she saw the boys’ ones. After years of deep consideration and struggling, Abigail finally reached his mum and dad’s agreement mentally and financially to take the SRS in 1982. Being a transgender, Abigail was seriously discriminated in the society that she couldn’t find any jobs...
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...it was, he shielded his eyes from the sun and with a squinting expression into the distance. As the sound effect got louder Daniels stuck his fingers in his ears and dived down into the ground, screwing his face up. Suddenly he turned into this posh, flamboyant RAF pilot – he played this character as an over exaggerated caricature which was very funny. This was successful because he changed roles very clearly to distinguish the two characters and his accent was very good which, made the character more funny because it was a stereotype. It was also very good because it was only him and the sound effect, yet it was so vivid and the audience could imagine it however they wanted. Daniels appeared young and excitable, as a child would if he saw a plane landing. This was a nice moment in the play because it displayed childhood innocence perfectly and reminded me of summer. A good display of physical skill was when Tommo was at the parade for the soldiers and they were doing sign ups for the military. Tommo was very excited and was with Charlie. Then an old woman poked him in the back and tried to get him to sign up; when Tommo looked uncomfortable she started saying ‘you’re not a coward are you?’ And...
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...equality. My prediction is that the most popular opinion will be to educate as it could have a more effective impact. Prejudice is a perceived opinion on someone/ something based on reason or experience. In order to gather these options I have devised a questionnaire to hand out and analyse the results in order to come to a conclusion. Some of the questions I asked are; ‘Do you think where you’re brought up has an effect on your attitudes to a multicultural society?’ ‘Do you think there are enough laws in place to reduce decimation?’ ‘Do you think there is enough being done in schools to decrease discrimination amongst a younger generation?’ ‘Who do you think is to blame for increase in prejudice’ ‘Would you be happy with your child being taught about prejudice and living in a multicultural society?’ To complete this investigation effectively I will be looking at studies from professors, results from questionnaires, personal opinions from primary teachers, documentaries, case studies and my personal opinions, to answer my hypothesis. Formative years; The most important years in a child’s life when they are taught right from wrong, how they want them to grow up, talk and think are the first 5 years of...
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