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The paper looks at the show in general - its beginnings and its preliminary storyline - before moving onward to look at how the male characters are depicted in the series. The paper then explores how minority women apparently do not exist in the new world astronaut John Crichton finds himself in; likewise, while there are military women in the series, they eventually succumb to gender roles - at least Aeryn Sun does. The paper discusses how she eventually turns from being a tough-minded and severe (and austere) female combatant into a sexualized being who also has no objections to being a wife and a mother. Finally, the paper concludes by looking at how men predominate in the initial moments of the series, establishing a setting that is male-dominated and characterized by male bonding.

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"The following paper will examine gender roles in the TV series, Farscape. Specifically, the paper will commence by looking at the show in general - its beginnings and its preliminary storyline - before moving onward to look at how the male characters are depicted in the series. With that out of the way, the paper will look at how minority women apparently do not exist in the new world astronaut John Crichton finds himself in; likewise, while there are military women in the series, they eventually succumb to gender roles - at least Aeryn Sun does. To wit, she eventually turns from being a tough-minded and severe (and austere) female combatant into a..."

Tags:gender, roles, farscape

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The paper demonstrates how in times of crisis, or in unusual circumstances, traditional gender roles are often ignored, or at least relaxed. The paper focuses on three particular examples from American history; the Suffragette Movement of the First World War era, the Second World War, and the Women's Rights Movement of the nineteen-sixties and nineteen-seventies.

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"In times of crisis, or in unusual circumstances, traditional gender roles are often ignored, or at least relaxed. Looking back upon American history reveals that this has occurred several times, but three particular examples are considered by historians to be the most important and significant: the Suffragette Movement of the First World War era, the Second World War, and the Women's Rights Movement of the nineteen-sixties and nineteen-seventies."

Tags:gender, roles, changes

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This paper looks at the many changes that have taken place over the years within the family unit. It studies in particular how changes in attitude and law with regard to religion, industry, contraception, work ethic and rights for women have affected changes in gender roles within families.

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"The family is widely considered the most important of all social institutions as this is where socialization begins for children, and gender roles are established. Since the 1950's evidence and accumulated data suggests that there have been many changes within the family unit stemming from changes in attitude and law with regards to religion, industry, contraception, work ethic and rights for women. I shall be looking in to these areas in depth to see the extent of change that gender roles within the family unit have undergone over this period due to these elements.
"In the 1950's there were many studies in to families as social institutions. In Dennis, Henriques and Slaughter's book Coal is our Life (1956), the focus is on a mining community in Yorkshire, where most aspects of life were dominated by mining. Here, the men worked and were actively involved in political and trade union issues, and when not working, debating or rallying spent time socializing in the pub."

Tags:sociology, gender roles, family, socialization

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This paper explores possible sources of gender roles and discusses some of the problems they create for society, as well as proposing some solutions. In this essay, the writer examines and compares two works concerning the issue of gender roles. The writer studies Judith Lorber's article 'Night to His Day' and the work 'Masculinity as Homophobia' by Michael S. Kimmel. The writer maintains that the fight for the civil rights of all people in the United States seems promising. Further, the writer notes that equality for both race and gender has come a long way since the early 20th century, but there is still a lot of work to do. The writer concludes that if gender role segregation continues, the opposition of sexes will continue indefinitely and that it seems that the best way to solve this problem is to fight to stop gender role enforcement from birth.

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"When it comes to defining people from a sexual perspective in the United States, people often confuse two words: sex and gender. The word "sex" has a purely biological definition, creating the categories of male and female. "Gender" has a completely different connotation, and contains many more than two categories. Gender roles in society are incredibly pervasive, and play an important role in defining a person. According to Judith Lorber in her article 'Night to His Day', children learn to play certain gender roles from birth, receiving cues from many different sources. In Michael S. Kimmel's 'Masculinity as Homophobia', the author focuses more on the male experience, focusing on how males learn and "perform" these roles that define our society. These articles contain a lot of similar themes, and at certain points it seems like they compliment or expand on each other. At the core of the concept of gender it is observable that both sexes receive subliminal cues from influential figures that attempt to define their actions for the rest of their lives; however, the separate expectations that apply to each sex are striking in their dissimilarity."

Tags:civil, discrimination, diversity, gender, rights, sociology

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The paper analyzes the gender roles of Greek and Roman culture through the construct of feminism within religious and governmental functions for women. The paper explains that although Greek and Roman cultures were essentially equal in their limitations on the autonomy of women, the Greeks provided a foundation for a greater sense of liberties for women through the festival of Thesmophoria. The paper discusses how in the case of the Romans, the lesser role of women created only ceremonial affectations toward the basis of feminism within a religious construct, but did not provide a practical way for women to empower themselves or be separate and equal participants in government.

Tags:rome, greece, roles

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This paper reviews and discusses gender roles through the years. According to the paper, throughout history, gender roles have played a vital part in the shaping of Western society. This paper focuses on gender roles from the 1920's through today, and examines the sociological trends of these roles over time.

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"As in previous times of crisis, women found themselves again asked to go to work outside the home. With increased demand for weapon manufacturing, and with nearly ten million men overseas, it became clear that the role of women must change again. Instead of being icons for homesick soldiers, the women of WWII had to become factory workers. While women had been in the workforce previously, their role was often still as educators, retail sales personnel, and other non-tasking roles. For the first time, women were asked by their government to join the labor force as skilled laborers, welders, and other traditionally male roles (Rupp, 63)."

Tags:politics, workforce, stereotype, war, education, gender, shift, emotional, crisis, homemaker, sexes

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The paper discusses the film 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001) that was the first of a series of phenomenally popular films, based upon the equally popular novels of the "Harry Potter" series by J.K. Rowling, with a prominent school theme in that all are set at the "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." The paper explains that while Hogwarts is a fantasy representation of a school, its basic model is the traditional British boarding school, it is also arguably the single best known educational environment among young people in the world today. The paper discusses how the sheer extraordinary popularity and influence of this film, and its recreation of a school theme, presents us with a range of complex implications with respect to issues of gender roles and expectations, identity, and the impact of the film's representations of these upon its vast, young viewing audience. The paper argues that the representations of gender in the school setting in the film mirror its gendered representations of family roles, with females serving as enablers of male power and authority. While complexities and subtleties in the depiction of female agency and identity in the film are explored, nonetheless it is shown how this film can foster regressive and conservative models of gender among young viewers.

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"The film "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001) was the first of a series of phenomenally popular films, based upon the equally popular novels of the "Harry Potter" series by J.K. Rowling, with a prominent school theme in that all are set at the "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." While Hogwarts is a fantasy representation of a school, its basic model is the traditional British boarding school, it is also arguably the single best known educational environment among young people in the world today. The sheer extraordinary popularity and influence of..."

Tags:gender, film, roles

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Societies spend a great deal of time trying to explain and justify the gender roles that exist within them. The works of theologians and philosophers in particular are used to explain the gender roles within a society and justify their existence. This essay examines two particularly influential works. These works are "The Politics" by Aristotle and the Old Testament story of "Genesis". Although these works were written within a different cultural and temporal context, both works provide similar explanations and justifications for the superiority of men and the inferiority of women.

Tags:gender, genesis, aristotle

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In this paper, the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston provides a gender construct that involves normative male/female gender roles, but ultimately provides a liberating feminist resolution for Janie. Also, the generational issue of traditional female roles models found in Nanny's character, provide more insight into how women are victimized and brought into situations that deny hem their freedom from aggressive men. Through a succession of marriages that ended with Janie being subjected to male misogyny throughout much of her life.

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This paper covers questions on topics such as third-wave feminism, the shaping of gender roles through participation in patriarchal families, the feminist issue of aging and the beauty myth, the social construction of gender through language, and the social construction of gender through education.

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"The term "third wave feminism" refers to the feminists in the here and now. The third wave is current feminist practice, which builds and expands upon the "second wave mantra" that states "the personal is political" (Mitchell & Karaian, 2005, p. 59). According to Mitchell and Karaian (2005) third wave feminists are characterised by their tendency to "defy labels, embrace contradictions, and call for complexity, [appearing] eclectic, fragmented, and even trite" (p. 59). Third wave feminists distance themselves from earlier feminist waves, while acknowledging the changes that those previous activists had made (Mitchell & Karaian, 2005)..."

Tags:women, feminism, gender