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Adolescent Female Magazines and Beauty Stereotype, 2002.
How teenage girls view themselves through magazines.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 15 sources, $ 115.95
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This paper discusses the stereotypes created by the way women are portrayed in adolescent female magazines. The effect these media images have on young females is explored is also explored in this paper.
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Male vs. Female Leadership, 2007.
This study investigates the goal-setting practices of male and female CEO's in an attempt to overcome common stereotypes about female leadership.
4,530 words (approx. 18.1 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 118.95
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The researcher reviews two male and two female leaders in large global organizations. The researcher examines the long-term objectives, mission, values and beliefs of the organization in an attempt to discern whether female led organizations are more apt to adopt different long- term goals than male led organizations. The paper shows how males and females are likely to perform equally well when afforded the opportunity to take on advanced leadership roles within an organization. The paper stresses, however, that as long as stereotypes exist regarding women's ability to perform adequately within the organizational leadership role, women will continue to struggle to maintain egalitarian representation in the world of corporate society.
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Abstract
Introduction/Background to Problem
Environmental Context of the Investigation
Conceptual Framework Framework/Espoused Leadership Model
Theoretical Foundation and Framework for Research
Literature Review
Summary of Literature
Research Questions and Hypothesis
Implications and Significance of Study
Methodology
Summary and Conclusions
Implications Suggestions for Future Research
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"Studies suggest that roughly 79 percent of the female population and 82 percent of the male population believe that men and women manage differently and thus, contribute to the organization's bottom line in different ways (RBI, 2004). This assumes a potential difference in the ways male vs. female organizations lead, including their goal setting preferences. According to recent surveys of 1,000 employees RBI (2004) revealed that more and more women are also breaking into top organizational roles, and within these roles are more likely to be described as either "controlling, approachable or direct" (RBI, 2004)."
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Female Protagonists, 2002.
A paper that analyzes female characters in 3 books and how they overcome stereotypes in society.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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The paper explicates the ways in which the female protagonists of "A Rose for Emily" (William Faulkner), "Hindus" (Bharati Mukherjeeand) and "Astronomer's Wife" (Kay Boyle) overcome the stereotypes that society cast on them and the effect it had on them. The author of the paper concludes that the female characters of the above mentioned stories are the direct opposite of the women of their own times.
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"According to some sources she was a strong, willful woman who after her father's death had completely retreated into her past. What's worth mentioning here is that she was happy being there i.e. in the past. Emily was clearly suffering from denial - she was unable to come to terms with her father's death and then Colonel Sartoris' passing away and so she continued to harbor the illusion that they were still there for her (especially Colonel Sartoris). She refused to let anyone threaten her imaginary world and so remained adamant about taxes when the new Board of Alderman approached her."
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Social Stereotyping, 2005.
This paper discusses the inevitability of social stereotyping and the way the stereotyping can be changed.
1,490 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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This paper explains that stereotypes have existed since the dawn of time; since man was first able to become a member of a group or society, man has had a tendency to conjure negative associations of people that were 'outsiders' or not members of their own society. The author points out that social psychologists have suggested that man's tendency to judge members of groups that are different from ones own is unconscious, which leads to the belief that stereotyping is behavior that is inevitable. The paper offers several steps to reduce the likelihood of stereotyping: (1) Acknowledge fears and tendencies to be prejudge towards others (2) remember that members of outside groups are unique individuals and (3) evaluate from where judgments and perceptions about a particular person or group of people come.
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"It is important to note that not all stereotypes are considered negative, but many are misleading,too general and inflexible to offer an accurate assessment of a group or members of a group. Even if a stereotype is considered positive, it allows misconceptions of a particular person or groups of people, and any assumptions or misperceptions of a particular group can be harmful or damaging over time. Most social psychologists agree that stereotyping is overall negative because it is harmful to human relational processes. It often leads to false beliefs and assumptions about other groups."
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Female Sexuality in the Movies, 2002.
A comparison of female sexuality in three movies - "The Ice Storm", "Boys Don't Cry" and "Thelma and Louise".
2,556 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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Female characters using their sexuality to achieve what they want in Hollywood films is a strategy that is used over and over again by film makers. The paper shows that while many movies use the same basic themes when it comes to female sexuality, there are some variances from the norm. This paper discusses different forms of female sexuality as they appear in three Hollywood films, "The Ice Storm", "Boys Don't Cry" and "Thelma and Louise". From these movies three specific characters are studied: Wendy Hood, Brandon Teena and Thelma, respectively. The paper shows that these three women all represent female sexuality differently. They don't all fit the stereotypes of women that other movies tend to portray. Although there are some similarities between the three characters, the portrayals vary as to how the characters use their sexuality and femininity and it is these differences the paper examines.
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"Another similarity between the movies is that they all portray women who are struggling with something. Whether it's coming of age, sexual identity, or a discovery of who they really are, all three women have something very important going on in their lives that they must deal with. Brandon Teena has the largest problem to handle of the three selected women, but Wendy and Thelma must struggle with their own beliefs and actions as well. The actions of others that directly affect each of the women must also be dealt with."
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The Silencing of the Female Voice in Adolescence, 2002.
Using Pipher's "Reviving Ophelia" as a reference, this paper examines the role that the mass media plays in silencing the voice of the female teenager in American culture.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 53.95
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Carol Gilligan declares that "The silencing of the female voice in adolescence is enforced by the wish not to hurt others but also by the fear that in speaking her voice will not be heard." There are certain stereotypical portrayals of women in mass media that make the sexism of our society transparently clear. It also disallows women to have their own sense of self. This process inflicts extreme damage to the female voice in adolescence. In "Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girl"s, Pipher sees America's culture as "girl-poisoning". She shows how a certain brand of femininity is imposed on adolescent girls. This process, in her perspective, obliterates the confidence and self-knowledge that these young girls have amassed since their own childhood. In a tragic sense, their own peers act as enforcers.
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Female Sex Offenders, 2004.
An exploration of some of the studies that acknowledge the existence of female sexual offenders.
2,151 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 20 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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This paper examines through a literature review how there are a number of myths and stereotypes about women in our culture that have contributed to the under-reporting of childhood sexual abuse by female offenders. It explores the reasons behind the potential female abuser, such as past sexual and physical victimization, as well as ongoing physical victimization. It also looks at how the number of incarcerated women who are convicted of sex offenses is actually higher than believed and how they require a complex variety of treatment programs.
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"Female sex offending appears to be associated more with relationship and dependency issues than with deviant sexual preferences (Nathan, Ward 2001). Early research and clinical experience suggests that female sex offenders are a heterogenous group who can be placed into distinct categories according to their psychological and offence characteristics (Nathan, Ward 2001). Individuals who fall into the pre-disposed category might require intensive fantasy work, while those whose offending occur in the context of a professional relationship, such a teacher-lover, need to focus on issues associated with power and control (Nathan, Ward 2001). Research and clinical experience suggest that treatment programs for women have only provisional utility and evidence based research is necessary to validate the usefulness of these programs (Nathan, Ward 2001)."
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Representations of Female Insanity, 2001.
This essay looks at the madness of female characters in Frank Norris' "McTeague" and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper".
3,755 words (approx. 15.0 pages), 6 sources, $ 103.95
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This paper compares and contrasts the representations of female insanity in Frank Norris? ?Mcteague? and Charlotte Perkins Gilman?s ?The Yellow Wallpaper specifically looking at Trina and the narrator and how such characters fit in to the stereotypes that women were faced with at the turn of the twentieth century.
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?The end of the nineteenth century represented a time of turmoil for the American female. There was conflict about what a woman?s role was in society. Many believed that women should be a kind of angel in the house, or a true woman, one that was a virtuous and passionless moral agent. On the other hand, there was a growing movement that promoted the transition into the new woman, or a woman that had a career and could express her sexuality.?
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Black Female Authors, 2002.
An examination of how female writers deal with the plight of the blacks through a review of "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker and "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison.
1,213 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses how African-American authors have been essential to elucidation of the race and gender issues that face blacks living in America. In particular it looks at how black female authors have confronted the woes of societal stereotypes and idiosyncrasies that reflect life in America for people of color. It examines how women writers analyze the race, class and gender discrimination that black women have often faced by review of the books "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker and "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison.
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"The self esteem issues that Pecola dealt with and that black women deal with are quite different from the issues that men deal with. This is due to the fact that women are judged by their appearance more than men are. Men don?t have to worry as much about their appearance because it is not as important in our society. Quite often our society places so much emphasis on beauty that women start to believe that there appearance defines who they are?instead of their mind and spirit. On the other hand, men are often defined by the type of job they have and the amount of education that they have received. Men are also defined by how much money they have and the type of vehicle that they drive. The emphasis on the level of education a man has and the amount of money that he makes often leaves men overworked and struggling to maintain healthy relationships with their wives and children."
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Gender Stereotyping in the Workplace, 2007.
This paper is a step-by step research proposal to explore gender stereotyping in the workplace.
1,385 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 46.95
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This paper explains that social psychology knowledge leads to the identification and challenge of gender stereotypes, to the identification of other ways of thinking about stereotypes and to the breaking of stereotypes. The author points out that an experimental design can be drawn to test the hypotheses that there is a difference in gender stereotypes for higher position and lower position employees and that there is the possibility that human resources management employees are more prejudiced by (more affected by) concerns about gender roles. The paper suggests a questionnaire describing an ambiguous workplace situation, which is followed by a series of specific questions to be rated on a five-point Likert scale.
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"The study of social psychology can be of a great help to identify the stereotypes and the way they interact with our lives. A great body of research suggests that stereotypes are implicit, unconscious. In the workplace, however, they are more obvious, due to the fact that they appear repeatedly, and generate aversive behaviors as an outcome of unfairness. This is also true in socio-political context. Because stereotypes are implicit, the social psychology research and methods or simply the great amount of information on this subject would be very helpful for at least to gain awareness on the existence of such processes."
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Journalistic Gender Stereotyping, 2005.
The paper investigates how "Time" magazine stereotyped First Ladies Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton during their husbands' first term in office.
13,116 words (approx. 52.5 pages), 72 sources, MLA, $ 249.95
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This study investigates media stereotyping of American First Ladies Laura Welch Bush and Hillary Rodham Clinton principally using quantitative and qualitative content analysis. The research explores the amount and qualities of "Time" magazine's news coverage during their husband's first terms of office to establish, (i) who between Mrs. Clinton and Mrs. Bush is framed as most often politically active and (ii) who between them is more negatively stereotyped. Hypotheses predict that the most politically active First Lady will attract more media coverage and more negative stereotypes. Both hypotheses were supported by the research, which indicate that Hillary Clinton was framed both as the most politically active and negatively stereotyped of the two.
Table of COntents
I.Introduction
Etymology of Stereotypes
Scholarship on Gender Stereotypes
Stereotypes & America's First Ladies
II.The First Lady in American History
Early Interest in First Ladies
Scholarship Since the 1980s
Hillary Clinton & Laura Bush
III.Methodology
Data Collection
Setting
Coding
IV.Findings
V.Discussion and Conclusion
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"Across the globe, women are poorly represented in many facets of life - economic, political and scientific - despite the fact that they constitute the majority of the world's population. For example, females represent only about three per cent of all historical figures in Western civilization (Catell, 1903; Eisenstadt, 1978). In addition, only about one per cent of the notable contributors to science and technology are female (Simonton, 1991a)."
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Feminine Stereotyping, 2002.
Examples of feminine stereotyping in the popular TV show, "The Simpsons".
3,500 words (approx. 14.0 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 98.95
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This paper concerns instances of feminine stereotyping in "The Simpsons". It covers Marge, the dutiful wife; Patti and Selma, the spinster sisters; and Lisa, the overly moral daughter. Conclusions about each woman and her stereotypes are supported by several examples that have been drawn from episodes from several seasons. Quotes are plentiful. This paper supports the claim that "The Simpsons" provide likeable stereotypes that women can identify with.
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"?I need some liposuction, just enough to make me attractive to this man,? said Marge Simpson. (?Large Marge?) This instance is just one of many in the long running animated series The Simpsons?, which showcases a particular stereotype of women. Although there are undoubtedly many women who share Marge?s fears, most will not resort to such extreme measures as plastic surgery. So despite the fact that most women will probably not go the same route as Marge, they can and will empathize with her character. By providing a likeable stereotype with which women can identify with, The Simpsons? manages to entertain people and ease some of the painful memories women carry of times when they too have been pigeonholed into a particular role."
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Caribbean Mothers and Stereotyping in Canada, 2008.
This paper discusses the issue of Caribbean women as single parents, focusing on political correctness and stereotyping in Canada.
3,175 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 91.95
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This paper discusses the conservatism of stereotyping Canadian- Caribbean women who are single parents. The writer notes that this can be done frequently by 'concerned' politically correct scholars and activists to assert they are attacking unwanted attitudes regarding 'women of colour' or 'Jamaican single mothers'. The writer expresses some of what is noticeable in educated circles in central Canada referring to single mothers of Caribbean backgrounds, in quite negative, distorting stereotypes that often miss practical or philosophical realities, notably those of religion and orientations other than the material. This paper's topic reinforces a simple reality that one is influenced by mass media materials if one is not alert to their influence as a danger.
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Introduction
Racism and 'Oppression'
School Failure and Gangs
The Impact of Slavery Reexamined
Class Struggle and Consumerism
'Fieldwork' - Speaking with People
Conclusion
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"The rest of the article refers to women of Caribbean origin having children when young, leaving school, living thereafter on social assistance or menial jobs. A stereotype of single mothers of Caribbean heritage in hopeless situations is now usual in a construction irritating single mothers who are achievers and sometimes excellent parents, able to provide constructive homes for their children on modest incomes. A strong bias in Philp's article is one of poverty always meaning severe disadvantage in contrast with a practicality and sense of priority found in Caribbean cultures as developed in ex-colonies of very limited resources till quite recently. Single mothers can be strongly aware of what is needed in life, and as stressed elsewhere in this paper, how to maintain their family's dignity, poverty not shameful when approached soundly, aware of how much worse off others are, trying one's best, valuing kin and conducting oneself well with others.
"Many contemporary Caribbean single mothers have had good role models in women raising children by themselves in more than one country."
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Stereotyping, 2006.
A look at typical behavior of stereotyping people at a glance and the effects it has on the person.
1,320 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper examines the role of stereotyping in society, both positive and negative, and assesses the purposes most commonly cited for such groupings. The paper further assesses the middle-class Caucasian male stereotype looking at both the good and bad aspects of the label.
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"Stereotypes can serve a purpose in society that is at least in part positive. The allow us to categorize and group individuals; we can make assumptions based on the historical tendencies associated with those groups on a macro scale. For example, a broad assumption regarding Hispanic culture is that it is more heavily focused on family relationships and traditional values. African Americans tend to be politically more liberal with regard to government benefits and programs. Both of these generalizations can be utilized by politicians and other entities which need to communicate with large groups of society; a politician wanting to demonstrate his understanding and empathy with the Hispanic community might focus on the need to restore a more traditional concept of the family in order to appeal to the broader demographic of Hispanics. Similarly, a community organization wishing to communicate more effectively with first-generation immigrants might run ads or public service advertisements in the native language of that group of immigrants. Although it is a stereotype to assume that first-generation immigrants are more comfortable in their native language than in English, it is a useful assumption and can increase the level and frequency of communication between groups when it is made."
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Huckleberry Finn - Racist Stereotyping?, 2006.
An analysis of Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" and the concern of racial stereotyping of the characters.
2,098 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 0 sources, APA, $ 65.95
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This paper discusses the theory that "Huckleberry Finn" has racial connotations, and examines the evidence for and against this belief. The author states that racial slurs throughout the novel, and the portrayal of the main character as an ignorant sidekick to a white man, is the main claim of racism. However, the paper argues, in Mark Twain's time, racial stereotyping was not morally reprehensible as it is today and that, in fact, the novel seems to condemn white prejudice more than advocate it.
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"The racial issues that arise in Twain's representation of Jim may cause discomfort in African-Americans but can cause equal discomfort in other races, including white readers. But when discomfort becomes a reason to neglect, or even abolish, a book from a teaching curriculum, then the discomfort itself is obviously a topic that needs airing and discussion in a critical, thinking environment."
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