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Richard M Restak in his article "The Other Difference Between Boys and Girls" examines some of those stereotypes and demonstrates that differences in behavioral performance of boys and girls are determined by brain functioning. He intends to reverse conventional wisdom about discrimination based on sex, and pursues his analysis with the assumption that "social equality for men and women really depends on recognizing these differences in brain behavior"

Tags:brain, boys, girls

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This paper compares and contrasts two short stories that address the different ways in which boys and girls are treated in modern-day society. The paper looks at how each text treats the cult of domesticity to which young women are wed, how human sexuality is treated in each story and how gender relations are addressed in each work. The paper concludes that while there are similarities, the major difference appears to be that Kincaid's narrator sounds like someone who has given up hope; Munro's young girl is mostly still in that hopeful state before reality dawns upon her.

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"This paper compares and contrasts two short stories that address the different ways in which boys and girls are treated in modern-day society. The essay looks at how each text treats the cult of domesticity to which young women are wed; the essay also ponders how human sexuality is treated in each story; and things conclude with a look at how gender relations are addressed in each work. Ultimately, while there are similarities, the major difference appears to be that Kincaid's narrator sounds like someone..."

Tags:girl, boy, kincaid

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The paper explores two short stories, "Boys and Girls" by Alice Munro and "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid, and outlines how gender stereotypes are presented in each story. The paper shows how the two stories both say something about the domestic expectations of the family; they are the ones, in short, who look after the domestic hearth. Additionally, the paper explains that both stories discuss how women are confined to a certain, narrow part of human endeavour; as well, the concept of male superiority emerges in quite interesting ways in each narrative. Finally, the paper discusses how both stories look at how women are perceived as servants who do the monotonous chores that men do not wish to do. The paper concludes that the major difference between the two short stories is that Munro deliberately sets out to craft a rebellious tom-boy whilst Kincaid merely offers a catalogue of all the injunctions women must endure.

From the Paper
"The following paper will explore two short stories, "Boys and Girls" by Alice Munro and "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid, and outline how gender stereotypes are presented in each story. First of all, the two stories both say something about the domestic expectations of the family; they are the ones, in short, who look after the domestic hearth. Additionally, both stories discuss how women are confined to a certain, narrow part of human endeavour; as well, the concept of male superiority emerges in quite interesting ways in each narrative. Finally, both stories look at how women are perceived as servants who do the monotonous chores that men do..."

Tags:gender, stereotypes, girl

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Using the short story, "Boys and Girls" by Alice Munro, this essay explains the finer points of the societal gender expectations of boys and girls in the past. Many examples are used with quotations from the story to illustrate these points. Laird, the boy in the story, was favored over the girl to complete simple tasks on the farm. The expectations were that Laird do all of the outdoor work and that the girl should stay inside to cook and clean. In the end, a disaster ruins the girl's hopes of ever working outside of the house.

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"The girl had begun to accept her role on the farm as a passive female, which was expected of her at the time. She lost her sense of rebellion and with it her dreams and goals in life. Her actual dreams started to change. At first, she dreamed about rescuing others, now she dreams about being rescued. The girl has a sense of helplessness right now. No matter what she does, she will not have the chance to be herself. The horse, Flora parallels her story as well. Flora was a horse that was rebellious and untamed, which was much like the protagonist."

Tags:Flora, horse, Mack, Laird

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This paper examines how the narrator in "Boys and Girls" by Alice Munro begins the story thinking of herself as free: free to do and be whatever she wants. Over the course of the story, however, she realizes that freedom is an illusion and that she will be required to acknowledge and accept society's gender roles whether she resists or not. It looks at how, like Flora, the horse, she yearns to be free and fights against the inevitable, but how, in the end, her fate is sealed, just like Flora's. It shows how Munro is making a point about the nature of our selves and how, although society pushes us in certain directions, we cannot deny the truth of who we essentially are; girls and boys, or men and women, are not the same, and there is no point in pretending we are.

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"The ultimate change in the narrator begins when she watches the farm hand Henry shoot Mack, one of the horses she has grown to love. She watches this with the same eyes that have witnessed foxes being skinned all her life, but inside, she feels differently about Mack's death. She cannot help but notice the horror of his death and it affects her, although she doesn't realize it until later. When it is Flora's turn to be killed, the girl is struck by Flora's free spirit: "It was exciting to see her running, whinnying, going up on her hind legs, prancing and threatening like a horse in a Western movie, an unbroken ranch horse, though she was just an old driver, an old sorrel mare" (p. 771). Here, Flora is free, resisting the confines of her assigned role, breaking free of the chains that hold her."

Tags:henry, flora, mack

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This paper discusses how both Alice Munro's short story "Boys and Girls" and Jamaica Kincaid's short story "Girl" have autobiographical aspects and deal with the expectations of living as a female in their respective cultures. The paper looks at how both Munro and Kincaid's stories echo the respective cultures that the authors grew up in, and they portray the different options that a young girl faces in those particular cultures.

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"Kincaid's writing style is poetic and prosaic, and yet it is direct. It has a hard edge to it that smacks the reader with the realities a girl must face of the role she must play when she becomes a woman. A brief story, Kincaid illustrates, through a strong instructive tone, the complexity of a woman's life, and the conflicts that the girl must meet. Very different from the delicacy of choice and discovery that the girl in Munro's story is offered, Kincaid's girl must adhere to a life without choices. Attempting to breakout of the traditional woman role, Munro's girl questions the traditional housework, and finds her mother's requests of chores as "dreary and peculiarly depressing," whereas she finds the male role and pursuing the chores assigned by her father as "ritualistically important" (117). "

Tags:relationship, mother, daughter

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This paper examines Jamaica Kincaid's short story "Girl" to "Boys and Girls" by Alice Munro. Both are stories about the coming of age of teenage girls and the rules enforced on them by society. The paper explores gender roles and mother-daughter relationships.

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"The title of the story, "Girl," is an essential part of the work itself. The title provides several ideas. First, the title represents the age of the daughter. She is not a woman, not yet on her own, but a girl, still reliant on another, still with much to learn. Second, the title symbolizes the mother's awareness of her daughter. She does not deem her a woman or a young lady, but a naive girl in need of steady instruction and supervision. A third idea of the title is that it represents the daughter's struggle to find her own rising identity in the shadow of her mother and the shadow of the identity her mother wants her to take on. She is not named in the story, nor is her place defined; she is not "daughter," "sister," "mother," or "wife," but "girl.""

Tags:adolesence, identity, society, role, gender

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Color can be a powerful force in our everyday lives. It can enhance experiences positively or negatively and often trigger memories from the past. Charlotte Gilman and Alice Munro demonstrate the power that color can have on our lives through two characters who are effected by the colors they are surrounded by in their immediate world. This paper examines the use of color in "The Yellow Wall-Paper" by Gilman and "Boys and Girls" by Munro and also compares and contrasts how each author proves the importance of color in our lives.

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"In "The Yellow Wall-Paper," Charlotte Perkins Gilman demonstrates how color can have a negative effect on a person who is already in a depressed state. What is interesting about this story is that the offensive color is yellow. It is also interesting to note the room in which most of the story takes place was at one time a child's nursery. Gilman is able to create a dramatic tension by associating a color often associated with happiness and cheer with one woman's mental instability. In addition, the tension is further increased with the information that the room was a previously child's room. Munro, on the other hand, uses color to trigger memories, which adds life to her story."

Tags:character, power

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This paper introduces the book "The War against Boys: How Misguided Feminism is Harming our Young Men," by Christina Hoff Sommers, an engaging book about modern feminist values and how they are affecting young people. It looks at how Christina Hoff Sommers believes society is emasculating boys with feminine values, while supporting girls in the classroom and beyond. It shows how in a world where men seem to dominate, Sommers' thoughts are a breath of fresh and much-needed air and how skewing the moral and mental values of boys and girls seems to be far more damaging than we realize. It examines how Sommers shows how "feminizing" boys could forever change the way men see the world and themselves and could be far more damaging than most people realize.

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"One reason Sommers cites as evidence for her beliefs and findings are the education statistics for young men in America today. She notes, "Boys, on average, are a year and a half behind girls in reading and writing; they are less committed to school and less likely to go to college" (Sommers 14). The author includes a myriad of statistics and tables, which bear out her findings, especially in the learning patterns of boys versus girls. Boys simply do not hold up in most of the studies done. For example, Sommers states, "Girls read more books. They outperform males of tests of artistic and musical ability. More girls than boys study abroad. More join the Peace Corps. Conversely, more boys than girls are suspended from school. More are held back and drop out" (Sommers 25). Her volume is filled with statistics such as these, illustrating not only her research abilities, but also the idea that our educational systems are failing today's boys and failing them badly."

Tags:moral, mental, values, girls, education

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This paper reviews the literature to understand the possible contribution of the unique psychosomatic predisposition of boys and its relation to the underachievement. The author believes that there is a clear urgency to analyze and restructure the educational methodologies to suit the special requirements of boys. The paper suggests replacing the dependency on didactic methods with more active participation of the students, which is more productive for boys as well as girls; use of computers and complementing textbook material with graphical presentations and shorter periods.

Table of Contents
Introduction
The Problem
Literature review
Father's Role
Solutions
Conclusion

From the Paper
"A British research program conducted by the Oxford University stresses that active participation by the father has a significant effect on the boy's educational performance. This 40-year-old study monitored the progress of the volunteering students at different periods of time from 7,11, 16, 23 up to 33 (years). The students were graded according to the level of participation of the fathers in their educational pursuits. The research data indicated that students who had the active participation and support of their fathers were the most successful in their educational as well as their social lives. The "British market research bureau" survey indicted that only 12% of fathers participate actively in their child's education. According to Mr. Ann Buchanan, one of the chief researchers in the Oxford project, opines, "The early years are critical. More needs to be done to involve fathers and help them understand they have an important role. School parent meetings need to become more father-friendly and health visitors and hospitals need to talk to fathers." "

Tags:father, attention, didactic, participation, computers