Abstract
The writer of this article notes that in 'Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps', Barbara Pease and Allan Pease contend that these commonly observed social idiosyncrasies actually stem from profound differences between the sexes going as deep as brain chemistry. The writer points out that despite the obvious humor in their title, Pease and Pease have a serious message: men and women are different, in very regular ways. The writer notes that most men have a much better spatial orientation than women. They can translate the abstract lines and symbols on a map into a clear understanding of where they are going. By contrast, the writer points out that women are oriented to multi-dimensional cues such as landmarks that men often overlook. The writer concludes that while this book is intended for the general reading public rather than being a narrowly scientific treatise, there is a good deal of information, and the humor involved makes it a highly readable, genuinely enjoyable study.

From the Paper
"On the other hand, women's approach to language is indirect and based on suggestion rather than the blunt, yes-and-no style that men favor. Unfortunately, because most individuals assume that their own communication style is consistent with what everyone else does, men and women often fail to communicate.
"Pease and Pease begin by addressing a difficult issues they must confront, the conflict between their research and current social movements. They state bluntly that they are addressing issues of science, not social or political questions."

Tags:communication, chemistry, vision, speech

Abstract
This paper examines how anthropology challenges the traditional acceptance of gender roles as a necessary consequence of biological differences. It looks at how anthropological approaches to gender have participated in showing that gender roles are a social construction rather than a natural given and have also challenged the conventional ideas in regards to what is acceptable or not in terms of sexual behaviors and customs.

From the Paper
"Far from being confined to the academic sphere of the anthropological discipline, those revelations provoked major shifts in terms of power. Indeed, the reason why feminists have been so interested in anthropology is that they immediately realised the political implications of such a change in Western thinking (Nugent 2008, pp.122). For most feminist scholars, who were convinced that most societies were showing at least some degree of patriarchy - i.e. the dominance of females by male in significant spheres of life - the anthropological revelation that gender inequalities were rooted in cultural practises rather that in biological determinism was of enormous political importance, as it proved that male dominance was not inevitable (Robertson 2007, p.16). "

Tags:deviance, social, construct

From the Paper
"In The Gender of Sexuality, Pepper Schwartz and Virginia Rutter delve into the influential role of gender in human sexuality. Unlike the essentialists who use biological nature to explain the differences between male and female sexual behavior, Schwartz and Rutter adhere to the social constructionist view (22). In the social constructionist perspective, gender is a social construct that reflects the interaction between biology and sociological factors such as class, culture, race and the individual (Schwartz & Rutter 3). One of the key questions explored in this book is why gender exerts such a great impact on human sexual behavior (Schwartz & Rutter 212). Even though men and women are biologically different, their sexual behavior is not consistent across societies and time periods. The evolution of social institutions clearly plays an important role in .."

Tags:BOOK, REVIEWS, NON-FICTION, Gender, sexuality

Abstract
This paper examines the importance of the study of gender. The paper first describes the divisions of gender, such as biological differences or societal divisions and then focuses on the importance of understanding the continuum of gender in order to increase equality and freedom for both men and women. The paper provides examples of the divisions of gender from the book, "A Thousand Splendid Suns," by Khaled Hosseini.

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"In increasingly sexualized portrayals of both men and women in the media, women are portrayed as powerful through their sexual power. With their appearance, media would have consumers believe, women are able to control men. It is often heard in movies and television programs that a woman uses sexual intercourse as a source of her power: if the man does not do what she wants, he will not be rewarded in the bedroom. If this message were true, then women would dominate the world. As untrue as it is, this message helps perpetuate one of many stereotypes for women: that they are scheming and calculating, using sex to manipulate their partners (or potential partners)."

Tags:sexuality, feminism, masculinity

Abstract
The paper explores how relationships among gender, race, class and sexuality are complex and overlapping. The paper discusses how the distinction between gender and sexuality is understandable but not readily noted by most people, with sexuality being a biological reality and gender a social construct linked to these biological differences. The paper addresses how race is also a social construct to a great degree, and scientists still argue about whether race has any real biological meaning at all. The paper discusses, however, how as a social construct, race has a good deal of influence on the way social institutions are formed and behave, with differences according to the way different social groups view race and according to the time period considered.

Tags:sociology, questions, essays

Abstract
This paper examines the different reactions shown by men and women as they experience emotional and sexual jealousy. The paper begins with a discussion of gender differences in general as well as defining what jealousy actually is. The paper concludes that while gender does have some effect on the person's jealous reaction, social and cultural differences have a larger influence on sexual jealousy.

From the Paper
"The psychology of gender has evolved and has been modified dramatically over the past decade from descriptive cataloguing of gender-related differences and similarities to specific areas of inquiry within organized theoretical or methodological framework. Much of the history of behavioural sciences has involved the attempt to come to grips with a dilemma of gender-determined reaction to sexual and emotional infidelity."

Tags:male, female, men, women, culture, social, marriage

Abstract
This paper examines sexuality and the differences between the genders in the media. The paper focuses on the television series, "The L Word" and "Sex in the City" and discusses the way in which they depict relationships, sexuality and the roles of the genders. The paper concludes that even these shows promote conventional and traditional roles for women.

From the Paper
"Both these shows have been promoted as female-orientated, and yet they consistently fail to show women in any other position except as receptive partner to a male. Even a lesbian show has a traditional narrative that could allow the viewer to read the text as heterosexual. Nether show depicts women's work as anything other than 'cutesy', or as a narrative trick to provide situations for the female character. The only Working class long-term character in The L Word is depicted as gender-ambiguous, and 'other'. There is no evidence that these shows promote female sexuality as independent of male acceptance, or as part of a wider lifestyle which includes work and hobbies. IN this way, both shows contribute to our understanding of sexuality by demonstrating that conventional and traditional roles for women are still being promoted on television without challenge, and this can be done in even the guise of a radical show supposedly depicting homosexuality."

Tags:identity, image, lesbian

Abstract
This paper discusses how the characteristic differences between male and female behaviors of every known species generally show a consistency that make it difficult to believe that humans are other than the most intellectually evolved form of animal life on this planet. The author describes some of the gender-specific differences that have been observed in animals and explains how these differences manifest in human behavior, despite the constraints that the social evolution of human societies has placed on it. Exceptions to many of these observations exist, but these exceptions, instead of contradicting those observations, merely represent more novel evolutionary solutions to issues. The paper concludes that realizing our biological evolution should impact our obligation to treat animal life with respect and compassion.

Outline:
Introduction
General Behavior
The Mating Urge and Parenting
Distinguishing Biology From the Contributions of the Human Socialization Process
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Just as our earliest female ancestors must have been drawn to more dominant males who commanded both control over others and access to resources, modern females are correspondingly drawn to powerful men, except that in contemporary society, those traits are exhibited by powerful careers and the accumulation (and display) of monetary
worth. Both men and women are drawn to physical symmetry in bone structure and size proportionality, sometimes even with respect to differences too small to be perceived consciously but measurable with precision equipment."

Tags:DNA, male, manifestation, socialization, dominance, male, genetic, affair, fertility

Abstract
This paper discusses and reviews the five sections of "Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective," written by Caroline Brettell and Carolyn Sargent. The paper specifically focuses on the topics presented in the novel of the demands made of women, imbalances between genders, the power that women hold in society, whether or not women have a voice in society and exactly how many men perceive themselves.

From the Paper
"The final section of this text is the introductions that are included at the beginning of every section in order to give some background information on, as well as the context of, the issue that is being discussed. Since there are so many different issues regarding the anthropology of gender, the context of what is being discussed is very important so that the reader is able to articulate the ideas in an effective manner. Those who are not experienced in the subject might not yet have the skills to decipher exactly what the issue is and why is it so important, so these introductions are a very good way to get this point across. These introductions also include a reference list, which are present in order to give both the teacher and the student the opportunity to do further readings on the subject, which could open up a variety of essay questions and discussion topics. This is important because it does not limit the course material to what is present in the textbook, but expands it further, into areas that the student would otherwise not know about. One of the most effective learning techniques is to experience things from a variety of different points of view, and the inclusion of this reference list does this by providing these different points of view. There is always something to discuss and always something to question, and this textbook provides a number of different sources to look into when deciding what exactly should be discussed in class."

Tags:inequality, society, gender, sexuality, relationship

Abstract
This paper examines how, in the introduction to the "History of Sexuality", Foucault argues that in the 17th century the role of sex and sexual activity in the discourse of western society made a fundamental and radical change. It also looks at how, in "Discipline and Punish", Foucault argues that obsessions over sexuality and society's approval or disapproval of specific actions occurs because of the infinite diffusion of power which is found as the basis of western society. In comparison, it looks at how two decades later, Butler employed themes from Foucault's philosophy in order to argue her case for the arbitrariness of anatomical sex, gender identity and gender performance. It shows that through the arguments in her work, "Gender Trouble", Butler concludes that there is no essential relationship between a person's anatomical sex, her self-identified gender and the gender performance she enacts to fulfill society's expectations of the norm.

From the Paper
"Foucault's analysis of discourses on sex comes as a reaction to the more commonly-held belief that there was a society-wide discourse of repression in regards to sex. Foucault argues against this; he questions whether or not "sexual repression is truly an established historical fact"; whether "prohibition, censorship, and denial truly the forms through which power is exercised in a general way, if not in every society, most certainly in our own"; and whether "there really was a historical rupture between the age of repression and the critical analysis of repression". Foucault argues that through the evolution of Christian pastoral practices, specifically that of confessions regarding sexual sins, society was compelled to begin an elaborate and never-ceasing discourse on sex. "

Tags:birth, disciple, homosexual, prison, punish, sex, sexuality, trouble