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Male vs Female Gender Roles, 2008.
A discussion on gender, masculine attributes and the roles of American and African women in their respective societies.
1,430 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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The paper defines gender roles as behaviors and ways that are socially constructed and culturally regarded as appropriately male or female. These roles are first learned through interaction with primary care givers and peers. The paper comments that in the American culture, the traditional male gender role requires men and boys to avoid behaviors, which display emotions and affections. The paper also comments that modern gender roles have released the American woman from just being a homemaker. Her rights have increased as a result of many years of picketing and representations. The paper then continues and highlights the difference in gender roles in American and African women.
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"Wife battering is also common. The United Nations reported that approximately 66-80% of Africa's farm work is done by women. Girls are at a definite disadvantage to boys in Africa's chauvinist society. Girls must drop out of school in favor of boys when resources are low. African women have proved that they can be leaders in their community as they are in their respective homes. They have demonstrated their capability as channels of economic empowerment. In comparison, many African men have, in fact, been unable to provide the same leadership and capability because of laziness or indifference. Their natural capabilities and willingness to respond to the task are, however, economically constrained because African men or husbands stubbornly remain the decision-makers of the home."
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Male Gender Roles, 2001.
Overview of changes in traditional gender roles. Effect on men. Media portrayals of the masculine role (TV commercials & movies) which perpetuate traditional images & myths of male behavior.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, $ 47.95
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" Myths are not falsehoods or fairy tales, but uncontested and generally unconscious assumptions that are so widely shared within a culture that they are considered natural. Biology determines whether we are male or female, culture determines what it means to be male or female, and what sorts of behaviors and personality attributes are appropriate for each gender role (Strate, 1992, 248).
As Joseph Campbell has shown in his pioneering work on mythology, The Hero With A Thousand Faces, there is a method to what seems random. One can study stories from many different cultures and different historical periods, and find a similar structure in each tale. Campbell calls this "the hero's journey," and it goes like this: (1) the hero is taken from his.."
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Gender Roles, 2006.
A look at the so-called traditional gender roles.
1,231 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses how, from the time that males and females are born, they are expected to fit into what society often terms as the "traditional" roles for each gender. The paper goes on to discuss that in reality, both males and females often uphold and/or violate these so-called traditional roles, as does the multimedia establishment. This paper takes a look at the various facets of male and female gender roles in an effort to better understand this complex topic.
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Socially Defined Terms-Masculinity and Femininity
Male Gender Roles- Followed and Violated
Female Gender Roles-Followed and Violated
Physiological Aspects of Gender Difference
Rebelling Against Gender Definition
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"Women broke free of many of the gender definitions pre set for them by necessity, as well as by the burning human desire to have freedom. Necessity called in times of warfare; when men were taken away from their wage earning potential for military service, women took on many of the jobs that were classically reserved for men, proving that they in fact could cross gender definitions as established. The desire for women to break free of their gender limitations also existed as a result of the modern movement of equality for women. Also, many women defy gender roles in terms of clothing choices, hobbies, etc."
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Gender Roles, 2006.
An in-depth discussion regarding gender roles in society.
1,622 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper reviews and discusses the issue of gender roles. According to the paper, gender roles are defined as the ways that society expects men and women to act, based upon what society and long standing tradition says is appropriate for men and women. The paper further discusses how these roles have been open to interpretation in recent generations due to a better understanding of gender roles and the realization that each person is unique and, as such, may behave in a unique way in terms of what his/her gender expression might be. The paper also explores various dimensions of the terms and expectations of gender definition in an effort to better understand the topic itself.
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Socially Defined Terms-Masculinity and Femininity
Male Gender Roles- Followed and Violated
Female Gender Roles-Followed and Violated
The End of a War and the Beginning of a Battle
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"When the war concluded and the men returned home, and to their regular jobs, it is true that many women returned to their home maker roles and left the working world behind. For a spirited few, however, the taste of an identity and ability to contribute by working outside of the home was not something that they could simply forget. Rather, many of these women stayed in the workforce, and it is likely that their husbands became the ones staying home. Undoubtedly, this was the case in the households where men returned from World War II too sick or injured to be able to work. Whatever the reason, the gender-shattering working woman was in force and here to stay."
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Gender Roles, 2007.
An examination of gender roles in in Morocco and Algeria.
2,460 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 74.95
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The paper discusses how, over the past several decades, two neighboring Northern African states, Algeria and Morocco, have taken different paths in their views and treatment of families and genders. The paper examines how, as a result of the specific differences in the treatment of gender, the male and female genders have assumed different roles in each of these countries. In this paper, several books and films are discussed and analyzed in order to better describe the topic of gender roles in Morocco and Algeria.
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Introduction
Portrayal of the Gender Roles in Books
Common Threads of Gender Roles
Conclusion
Works Cited
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"There are deeper cultural clashes that are depicted in "Year of the Elephant", which is a collection of stories written and compiled by Leila Abouzeid. The "title story", if you will, shares the history of a woman who has been divorced and left with nothing to her name, essentially leaving her trapped within the confines of her village. She goes through a period of depression and recounts her life story, her involvement in the independence movement, her marriage to a young man who becomes seduced by materialism. Through all of these trials, she takes on the viewpoint that the colonization that held Morocco in a powerless position is not over, that it has simply been replaced by ambitious and greedy Moroccans wielding power over the disenfranchised--the poor and women. By presenting such a complex story, Abouzeid takes on several cultural issues- secular versus sacred, materialistic versus personal, the powerful overtaking the weak, and of course the classic struggle for the genders to attain equality and more specifically for women to achieve equal rights in a society that basically refuses to give them those rights."
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Understanding Female Gender Roles, 2006.
An understanding of the female gender roles in "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper reviews the novel 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' by Zora Neale Hurston, and provides a gender construct that involves normative male/female gender roles, but ultimately provides a liberating feminist resolution for Janie.
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"This literary study will analyze the female and male gender roles that arise within the novel: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. By understanding the submissive role that Janie possesses through Hurston's characterization, one can realize her constant state of male exploitation within the institution of marriage. However, Janie does eventually exhibit a more aggressive feminism in her liberation from Tea Cake. This gender perspective provides the basis for Hurston's gender construct revolves around women struggling against patriarchal tradition in the African American community. In essence, the female gender construct of this novel will be examined through Janie's perspective within the institution of marriage."
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Gender Roles, 2003.
Discusses culture-specific gender roles.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 14 sources, $ 55.95
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Examines gender roles in various cultures. Compares and contrasts the roles of men and women in two sets of cultures: Japanese and Islamic; and Hispanic and Anglo. Discusses women's roles as male-constructed.
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"This research examines gender roles in various cultures. The plan of the research will be to set forth the reasons for which exploration of culture-specific gender roles can yield information on the content and values of a culture and then compare and contrast...".
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Canadian Gender Roles, 2007.
This paper explores gender roles and how they have evolved in Canadian families.
1,888 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 60.95
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The paper provides a historical analysis of the evolution of gender roles and the economics of the Canadian family over time. The paper shows how this evolution was notably conservative in many respects in perpetuating the sexism and economic gender inequalities of the past.
The paper discusses how women still remain the primary source of domestic labor and male economic predominance continues within most households. The paper stresses that while the social direction points towards greater equity, we must not lose sight of the enduring economic injustices and burdens that women bear in both the domestic sphere and in the paid labor force.
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"The statement that in Canadian society men are no longer considered the "sole breadwinners" nor women only fit for "domesticity" is an assertion that, upon initial review, appears incontrovertible. After all, the rise of the dual-income family and the increasing prominence of women in the paid labour force is a widely recognized phenomenon in Canada as in most western countries."
"This being said, however, upon closer review it may be argued that the situation in terms of gender roles in the Canadian economy and labour force is not quite as clear as this statement would suggest. As this essay will argue, while men are no long the sole breadwinners, they do retain significant economic dominance in Canadian households as in the labour force as a whole."
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Gender Roles, 2005.
This paper discusses differences and stereotypes in gender roles.
2,065 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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This paper explains that, over the years, it has become more apparent that a female can do anything a male can, and vice versa; however, for the time being, males are still seen as superior over females. The author points out that these gender role stereotypes and definitions evolved from the U.S. Constitution, which refers only to "man" and from the Bible in which women are viewed as deceitful and evil, deserving punishment. The paper relates that women are expected to act "prim and proper", but men can act like hormonal animals; this is reflected in advertising.
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"There are several stereotypes as far as the male gender goes. We already discussed the "stay-at-home mom" stereotype of the female gender. However, men are seen as obligated to "bring home the bacon" while the women clean and cook. Also, men are supposed to me macho and strong. There is also the issue of only men being in the military. A lot of theses stereotypes are going around, but probably within the old-fashioned circle of people. In this new age, men want to be stay-at-home dads, and many women are enlisting in the military. Mr. Ricks, an author remarked, "According to the military, women and children have never been regarded as combatants. As an end result, women can get away with a lot more than men can when it comes to military issues." "
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Gender Roles in Colonialist Structure, 2005.
This paper discusses the way that imperialist controllers, of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, used gender roles to enforce a colonialist view of society on the colony.
2,640 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 79.95
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This paper explains that patriarchal culture often has preconceived
notions of superiority and ideas of backwardness about the colony, which evidenced in the European colonialist's fear of slipping into a pre-industrial state in which nature is left uncontrolled. The author points out that women were expected to take up roles of Christian missionaries and other colonial interventionists and that the central gender and societal concern was the amount of male violence used to control the colonial society. The paper relates that the Euro-centric gender
standard was enforced on the native culture, which, in many cases, were matriarchal societies.
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"In looking at gender and the interaction of masculine and feminine roles in the colonial setting, material culture perspectives generally (and not in all cases) tend to see the progress of culture and mass media within colonial outlets in terms of the way they have developed in a unitizing and progressive historical perspective. Although feminist perspectives may focus on historical change within these portrayals, they are more likely to also focus on the things that haven't changed. "Not surprisingly, much of the racism or paternalism found in memoirs of colonial women focuses upon servants and substantiates this aspect of the charge leveled at them as destructive women. Yet colonial men expressed the same racism through their own work as administrators, business owners, or settlers." This perspective is displayed variously in relevant literature, in terms of masculine and feminine roles which perpetuated various aspects of the dominant culture in its tools of oppression."
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Gender Roles in "To the Lighthouse", 2002.
This paper explains how Virginia Woolf uses "To the Lighthouse" as cathartic experience to free herself of her obsession with her parents.
3,114 words (approx. 12.5 pages), 4 sources, $ 90.95
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This essay offers an analysis of gender roles as revealed in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse. Through both extensive textual analysis and reference to scholars, Woolf's perceptions about her own parents and the roles of males and females in general are discussed. The essay shows how the characters of Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay in particular embody societal attitudes of male worldliness and intellectual superiority as opposed to female emotionality and nurturing qualities. Also included is an analysis of how Woolf artistically formats her presentation on gender roles through her use of the stream of consciousness narrative technique.
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"In the novel, To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf explores the nature of gender roles as various characters in stream of consciousness narrative style reveal the inner workings of the minds of the members of the Ramsay family and their guests at their summer home in the Hebrides Islands. Mrs. Ramsay, wife of a scholar and mother of eight children, is central to the book, becoming, for the author, the embodiment of the concerns and cares of a nurturing female who is incessantly taking care of others at great cost to herself. Her husband, Mr. Ramsey, a philosopher, is the detached, intellectual male, leader of imaginary mental troops, fighting the great battles of the world, while his wife attends to lowly social details. Both these characters are deeply rooted in Woolf's own parents, Julia and Leslie Stephen."
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Bias in Gender Roles, 2008.
This paper discusses the portrayal of males and females in children's books.
1,974 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 62.95
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Many children's books contain myths and stereotypes which, although they appear to be commonsense understanding, are actually completely inaccurate. Children learn from text and images that represent the culture, and then they organize their perceptions of the world based on that information. This paper makes use of symbolic interactionism and structural functionalism to argue that gender as it is depicted in children's books has a social purpose and that very young children are capable of interpreting the meaning. The four themes of gender bias, gender role socialization, gender-based traits, and pseudo gender equality are discussed.
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Introduction
Gender Bias
Gender Role Socialization and Stereotypes
Pseudo Gender Equality
Conclusion
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"At the same time, Gooden and Gooden provide a persuasive rationale for the over-abundance of males in children's books and picture books they surveyed that were published from 1995 to 1999. The authors were all simply accepting of the traditional view of the work role assigned to the male, and these values were therefore promoted in the books. Diekman and Murnen found that even in nonsexist books for children, gender segregation and the traditional idealization of femininity result in an unequal representation of the sexes. The patterns pointed out by these authors exist for a purpose. That purpose, as is perceived through structural functionalism, is to maintain social equilibrium which depends on male dominance and female subservience. Symbolic interactionism allows us to see that very young children are aware of and are quite capable of interpreting and internalizing these patterns through the books they encounter."
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Gender Roles and Socialization, 1994.
This paper is a cross-cultural and historical analysis of expected roles for males and females in Western & non-Western societies (New Guinea, Ancient Greece, Africa).
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"Gender roles in Western societies have been changing rapidly in recent years, with the changes created both by evolutionary changes in society, including economic shifts which have altered the way people work and indeed which people work as more and more women enter the workforce, and by pressure brought to make changes because of the perception that the traditional social structure was inequitable. Gender relations are part of the socialization process, the initiation given the young by society, teaching them certain values and creating in them certain behavior patterns acceptable to their social roles. Anthropologists find certain common patterns in the division of labor which help shape gender roles in different social settings. Over time, these roles become set and are accepted as if they were part of the natural order rather than the result of specific ... "
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Children and Gender Roles, 2004.
An analysis of how gender-specific behavior is imposed on children.
2,605 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper examines how both male and female children in our society are socialized from a very young age to behave in specific, predefined ways that are considered to be appropriate for their genders. It looks at how, beginning with the parents of children and then including many other influential factors in society, many sources define what type of behavior is to be expected from children of each gender. Male and female children of all ages are given guidelines to follow regarding proper interaction with others and acceptable behavior in social situations.
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"A reflection of how gender roles are determined and enforced in society can be seen in a number of sources. For one example, research has shown that children?s literature is influenced by gender role definitions, as well as helping to make and encourage those definitions. ? In children's literature, males typically are portrayed as competent and achievement oriented, while the image of females is that they are limited in what they do, and less competent in their ability to accomplish things. Female characters are involved in few of the activities and assigned few of the characteristics or goals that are accorded prestige and esteem in our society.? (Kortenhaus) This separation of the abilities of boys versus girls in something as influential as children?s literature creates something of a self-fulfilling prophecy."
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Gender Roles in African Royal Art, 2004.
This paper discusses the feminist interpretation of art from the Yoruban African society.
1,585 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper explains the use of iconography, the study of images in search of the thoughts and meanings imbued by the artist and transmitted to the viewer, as applied to African royal art. The author points out that, in the Yoruba society, women have a distinct and celebrated role within the community, unlike Western societies. The paper stresses that the crown of the King of Yoruba may be interpreted as representing male power and dominance, but it may also be interpreted as a representation of the cooperative nature of ruling by both male and female within the Yoruba culture.
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"The feminist slogan of ?the personal is political? became a banner under which Western women determined to change the social fabric - attacking the norms and mores that had excluded women from participation in all areas of living. The feminist definition of social roles was grounded in an affirmation of women's attributes and contributions, not just of social relations. The Yoruba form of social interaction was not based on individualism, as is the Western concept. ?The Yoruba Iyalode (also called Eiyelobinrin or ?mother of all women,?) was often the head of a lineage as well as, ?the woman designated as their political leader and spokesman in government?. Her title as ?chief? gave her jurisdiction over all women within her sphere of influence. She established courts and heard cases, creating a chain of authority that oversaw women's affairs, including the administration of the all-important markets."
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