...American society has created its stereotypes of what is considered masculine and feminine traits. Most women tend to be feminine as they wear makeup, dresses, miniskirts, and are soft spoken. On the other hand, men are seen as dominant, and in athletic apparel, or casual clothing. But not every female nor male fits these stereotypes. I have changed the aspect of myself from the perceived philosophies of dressing in femininity. I have created a gender argument producing an identity that does not precisely match my so called gender. I argue that cross dressing on a woman does not define a woman’s gender nor sexuality. With what is considered male clothing, I am still a woman. My intentions are to show the relationship between gender and sex and how gender and sex is socially constructed. To address the nature of identity through feminist ideas and how it is represented. I offer to show that one's...
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...Name: Tutor: Course: Date: Empowerment: How are gender and race socially constructed? From a social construction point of view, gender and race don’t mean anything. They have meaning because the society defines a meaning for them (Judith, 1998). By social construction, we mean how the society group people and how it gives certain groups an advantage over others. For instance, somebody believes that he is a man only because the society says he is a man, not because he wants to be a man. One has no choice to become what he or she wish, but must follow the classification the society has defined. According to Ruth (1993) our daily lives are influenced by race and gender, whether we are aware of it or not. Everyone sees life through a racial lens that colors our society. This view leads to the racial formation. Judith (1998) defines racial formation as a socio-historical process whereby categories are formed, inhibited, changed, and destroyed. By socio-historical, Judith (1998) meant that race was created and given meaning by society due to the many historical events that happened over time. The society classifies people as white, black, Asian or any other minority group (Ruth, 1993). Therefore, the way are seen and how we see other people affects different aspects of our lives. These elements can include the type of friends we have, the kind of job we have, and the amount of money we make. They may also include the type of school we attend and many other things that make us...
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...Nurture Over Nature Most males and females responsibilities are shaped by our society. As we grow up our parents hold us to the stereotypes that they were raised in during their generation. As a boy we were taught to never cry, to and show your feelings, and to be brave. As a female they were taught to be innocent, classy, and to be beautiful. I personally think that our gender is influenced by our culture/society (nurture). As a young adolescence we are taught to be in our lanes. Meaning that if you were a girl you would do girl things such as; playing with dolls, dressing up, and being innocent. As young boys we were taught that being tough was being a boy. Being that “tough” boy means being emotionally tough, physically tough, and verbally tough. Crying over something because you do not get something was not manly to a father. It is really intolerated by fathers to promote crying or expressing yourself. Parents play a major part in that also environment and media. Media has a major role on women and men from adolescence to adulthood. As women on media, media use stereotypes to project to our society their women roles. Women on T.V. are used to send most of the messages to the viewers. Advertisements use women in many ways to send a sexual message to a sports message to a food message. Women are usually centered by media. Most people do not know that the media has a role on their stereotypical lives. Men see it as cool and do not understand that they are affected too. In the...
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...“played Indian.” Like the costumes put on by children, teenagers, and adults every Halloween claiming to portray an Indian identity, Lewis Henry Morgan and the other society members played Indian and took part in “yet another reinvention and dramatic appropriation of Indianness” (Deloria 94). Halloween costumes continue to reenact “stereotypes of Indigenous Peoples as a much-distorted, monolithic culture” (Robertson). The stereotypes and tropes continually reenacted in these “authentic” American Indian costumes are feathered headdresses,...
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...stereotypical images set by the western of the orient are not entirely correct. This is evident through the scene when Marjane is about to marry, her mother is found crying the bathroom because she is upset over the fact that her daughter is giving her life away when she wanted her to be liberated, literate and independent. This shows that even though Marjane was in an Iranian society and was forced to veil herself and follow the set of Islamic rules, the film challenges the orientalist impression of Marjane being completely suppressed or controlled in the society, which would be expected by the western audience. In fact, Marjane is seen to have a liberal and supportive family, her mother and grandmother at several instances are seen to encourage her to stand up for herself and make a future for herself by being educated and free from any oppression. In fact as the west would expect, in a conservative society like Iran’s, one’s mother would be happy about her daughter’s marriage, where as, Marjane’s mother wanted her to achieve more in life and not be married at such an early age. This breaks all expectations and stereotypes of orientalism and shows the existence of liberal and educated minds within...
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... saying “girls aren’t as fast as boys, or a strong, or as athletic. This is not me talking, it’s a scientific fact” (Fickman). Outraged, Viola does everything in her power to prove this, as well as many other stereotypes wrong. Viola, played by Amanda Bynes, disguises herself as her brother and try’s out for his schools’ boys’ team. “This transparently cross-dressed performance advances a distinctly conservative perspective on both gender identity and the human subject” (). She’s the Man uses a humorous approach to help viewers understand the gender roles of teenage life when Viola is able to break through the barriers of femininity versus masculinity, disproving stereotypes about romance, athletics, education, and beauty along the way. There are many different stereotypes of femininity and masculinity in the movie, but the main one focused on in the movie is romance and the different ways that each gender enacts the roles of their individual relationships. Main character Viola Hastings is in a relationship with Justin, who is a typical macho man with no respect for women. In society, women are usually stereotypes as timid, dependent on the men in their lives, and able to be easily controlled in a relationship. However, Viola is able to break through those stereotypes when she holds her own against Justin as he lies to her face and tries to act dominant over her in front of his friends and teammates. When Viola is shot down by...
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...How Do the Language and Images in Fashion Advertising Reflect Societal Stereotypes/Expectations of Women? A regular American is exposed to over 3,000 ads every single day and will spend two years of his or her life watching television commercials. These commercials have the will to show food, cloths, beverages and the most important: beauty items in the most perfect way. These adverts show beautiful and flawless women exposing not only their desirable bodies and faces but also, their ideologies. Every time regular TV viewer watches television, magazines and even newspapers he is constantly in contact with this a massive and wild environment that has a clear effect in society. Sometimes the audiences do not realize the significance and the...
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...verbal, empathy and supportive skills from playing make-believe games with dolls and dressing up. Operating under their role in a stereotypical society, men and women have intrinsically learned different ways of communicating based on perception. Presumably, men have a dominating and fearless way of pursuing life, while women undertake the part of gentle and perfect ladies. Personal communication is affected by outside observations placed upon the genders categorically triggering constrained...
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...supporting actors, whose main roles is to guide the youngsters. In addition, a family lives outside Upper East Side who relate with the rich. The show brings to light many issues that rich society experience and their day-to-day problems for the young stars. There are the minorities in the fictional community who includes non-whites and those who are not part of the high society. The show also shows how different classes relate. It is clear that when the lower class are discriminated by some, most do not mind and even have a good relationship with them. Class representation Gossip girl represents the high class in the society; only one family is not rich, and later they move to Upper East Side. Blair waldoff is a young teen who has very high regard to herself and her family name. Blair is conservative and refined, and very careful not to tarnish her family name. She belongs to the high class and does not like those who do not belong there. She does not like Dan Humphrey at first for his low social status, but they later become friends. She has friends who only belong to her social status, and later she gets married to the prince of Monaco. Another character Serena van der Woonsen is a young, rebellious, and very attractive woman who has the status of a celebrity in this show. Her dressing is expensive portraying her high-class status, on the other hand, grandmother who is highly respected and has high-class standards. However, Serena is less concerned about upholding her family...
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...filled out I calculated the averages of the responses for the boy and girl and came up with the following information. I found many differences between the ratings of the surveys that I gave out. The people who had “Robert” selected more masculine traits for him such as firm, hardy, and strong. For the people who had “Rachel” gave her more feminine traits such as soft, delicate, and beautiful. For the traits that could be either masculine or feminine, like quiet or loud, easy or difficult, happy or sad, just really depended on the judgment of the people who took the survey. Since it was the same picture for both the male and the female the neutral traits were generally the same for both sexes. I feel that the judgment of the person’s stereotype depended on how that person was raised. These results are the results that I thought would happen which help to prove that most...
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...awe as she models an array of different costumes that perpetuate female stereotypes by incorporating...
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...Sexism is a problem that every person will experience at least once in the life. The oppression can be as simple as a joke, to as a serious as rape or death. This bias is hidden in stereotypes and in common practices, or it can be front page news. Gender discrimination is so ingrained into our society that it will always be commonplace in our everyday lives. The main reason for its continuing in our society is the history of ignorance and misinformation. Sexism is the discrimination or prejudice of a person based on whether that is a man, women, or transgender. Women have the hardest struggle against sexism. These prejudices can affect them in hundreds of ways from the workplace, home, and their safety while out and about. Nationally, women are subject to horrible mistreatment such as domestic violence and sexual assaults. Globally the amount of abuse to women is disgusting. War rapes, gendercide, genital mutilation, honor killings are not only being done to women, but are being accepted as a part of some cultures. The main issue most women face daily is inequality between men and women faced in the media, workplace, marriage, and many other important areas. It’s not only that women need to be accepted in everything they want to do, but also the...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix B Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Stereotypes | unreliable generalizations about all members of a group that do not take individual differences | | |into account. | |Prejudice |a negative attitude that rejects an entire group; a negative attitude toward an entire category of | | |people, such as a racial or ethnic minority. | | | | | |1: injury or damage resulting from some judgment or action of another in disregard of one's rights; | | |especially : detriment to one's legal rights or claims | | | | | |2 a (1) : preconceived judgment or opinion | | | ...
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...Morrison points out those major themes in American literature that have Caucasians playing the heroic protagonist whereas the African American plays the antagonist. African Americans are seen as the dark, or the wrong within media. Throughout history most African Americans play minor characters that add conflict to stories such as To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee or Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. American history of race has impacted the world and created problematic stereotypes. “I pointed out that cultural identities are formed and informed by a nation's literature. What seemed to be on the "mind" of the literature of the United States was the self-conscious but highly problematic construction of the American as a new white...
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...Humor plays a major role in the play “ The Rez Sisters”, by Tomson Highway ( Fifth House, 1998). Humor is used within the play to handle trauma or hardships, to tease one another, and to push past, as well as break, stereotypes. Thus humor is what cultivates, shapes and shifts Aboriginal identity, playing a vital part in who they are. First, humor is a coping mechanism to avoid and push aside problems. It can also provide an output to talk about touchy subject matter, in a more uplifting way and as a result, further helps to release any tension one might have. Overall bringing people together and is they key to the strengthening of bonds within the play. For instance, using humor to deal with violence helps provide an understanding to...
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