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Traditional Gender Roles, 2007.
This paper analyzes when changes have occurred in traditional gender roles.
1,027 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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The paper reveals that in times of crisis, or in unusual circumstances, traditional gender roles are often ignored or relaxed. The paper illustrates this phenomenon by looking at 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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"The Suffragette Movement of the early twentieth century, which culminated in American women winning the right to vote, had been slowly gaining support among women for decades, but little progress was made until the First World War. This global conflict swept away traditional beliefs and values, and produced a brief era of idealism and liberalism. Millions of American women challenged prevailing attitudes about gender roles and rejected the centuries-old conviction that they should play no role in politics or government simply because they were women. (Collins 304-305)"
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Sylvia Plath and Non-Traditional Gender Roles, 2002.
This paper explores the life of the tragic poetess Sylvia Plath and her struggle with the expectations of women in the 1950s.
2,380 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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Sylvia Plath's difficulty accepting quiet domestic life and inability to settle into a career as a poet are illustrated in her poem "Two Sisters of Persephone." The paper examines the roles of wives and mothers in the 1950s, and gives examples of Plath's own personal rebellion. The writer looks into several areas of Plath's life: her education, writing, sexuality, depression and motherhood.
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"Expectations for an American or British woman in the 1950s were fairly straightforward: Create a happy, healthy home for your husband. The reality was far more complicated. Working outside the home during World War II had given many women a desire for something more. They were no longer happy to merely press shirts and cook meals. These women longed to break free of traditional gender roles and have an impact on the fate of their family, the world, or both."
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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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Dean Lily and Gender Roles, 2005.
An analysis of the subversion of traditional gender roles through the example of the character of Dean Lily in Dinitia Smith's "The Illusionist".
1,525 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 50.95
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This paper considers of the character of Dean Lily in the novel "The Illusionist" by Dinitia Smith and discusses to what extent s/he may be said to subvert or reconfigure traditional gender roles. It also discusses whether all non-hegemonic groups are marginalised and whether gender transgression is dangerous.
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"Dean Lily became a performer, an entertainer, initially because it gave him some popularity at school. It gave him a form of status, and even though everyone thought he was strange, at least his peers more or less accepted him. As he grew older, Dean continued to play the magician, possibly as it gave him the freedom to hide behind the identity of entertainer. This averted the focus of his body. Tricks made it possible to hide any femininity that was left (the thin wrists [p 17], the long soft toes [p 29], the two faint mounds on his chest [p 30], the small body [p 14]) behind the hocus pocus of cards and magic. He liked to look, and did not like to be looked at."
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Gender Roles On TV, 1999.
Examines theories on traditional and nontraditional gender roles (for example "Xena") and their effects on the development and behavior of children.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 9 sources, $ 55.95
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In the popular press, much of the discussion about television's influence has focused on television violence or sex on television. However, television's portrays of both women and men may also have a significant influence on children's development. Certainly both young children and adolescents recognize that women and men are filling specific gender roles on television programs.
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"Non-Traditional Gender Roles on Television And Their Effects on Children
Introduction
In the popular press, much of the discussion about television's influence has focused on television violence or sex on television. However, television's portrays of both women and men may also have a significant influence on children's development. Certainly both young children and adolescents recognize that women and men are filling specific gender roles on television programs. In a 1995 survey of more than 2,000 children in third to twelfth grades, for example, 55% of the girls indicated that there were too few programs about females ..."
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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.
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 in Christianity and Judaism, 2002.
An examination of gender roles in Judaism and Christianity, looking at how one evolved out of the other and how both have evolved today.
1,595 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper discusses how, like most religions, gender roles are an important part of both Christianity and Judaism. It shows how both of these religions have very specific roles for men and women, which constitute key theological areas of both faiths and how, because Christianity arose out of Judaism, some of the gender roles are similar. It also looks at how Christianity has some unique gender roles of its own. Further, how the gender roles in both Judaism and Christianity have changed and evolved over the centuries.
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"Women, as keepers of the house and home, had special tasks to perform when preparing for the Sabbath. On Fridays before sunset, they had to work hard to finish the cooking and clean the house (?Women?s Role in the Rituals?). They set the table for the first Sabbath meal and put all things that remind people of work out of view, as no work is permitted on the Sabbath. The woman of the house lights two candles on a table and says a prayer of blessing for the family; when this is completed, the Sabbath has officially begun (?Women?s Role in the Rituals?). This is one of three ritual acts specifically given to women to perform in the traditional Jewish religion. Afterward, the man of the house blesses his children?first sons, then daughters?and then blesses his wife. The family then begins the first meal of the Sabbath. The last meal of the Sabbath is concluded with another prayer from the woman of the house."
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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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Gender Roles in the United States, 2007.
This article discusses gender roles in the United States and looks at how ingrained they have become in every day culture.
1,414 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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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."
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Gender Roles, 2006.
A review of gender roles through the ages.
2,169 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 67.95
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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)."
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Understanding Gender Roles, 2002.
Looks at how the process of forming gender roles begins at a very young age.
2,746 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 82.95
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This paper examines research and studies that support the notion that the gender roles of men and women are determined at a very early age. Examples of this process are cited throughout the paper. Included in this discussion are the ways that gender roles that are defined when we are children affect choices we make as adults in regard to education, career, and attitudes. The paper talks about the need to better understand the early formation of gender roles so that we need not undo this process as adults in order to attain true social equality.
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"These roles were firmly accepted and promoted for years of existence in mankind. During the 1960?s with the civil rights movement there was a major shift in the way women and men were viewed in the world. For the last four or five decades females have been moving to the forfront of equality and today many of the old gender role practices have been removed. The workplace has become much more equal and students in college are from both genders, but it is as adults the effort takes place. The gender roles of yesteryear are still being promoted and encouraged in the lives of children. Because of this, when the children grow up they often have to break out of the roles they have been taught and they work to squash the multi-generational habits that are ingrained in society. This can lead to many wasted years of confusion and struggle as both genders work together in today?s society."
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Gender Roles: Nature, Nurture, or Social Performance?, 2005.
An argument for the right to choose our gender role.
4,275 words (approx. 17.1 pages), 8 sources, $ 169.95
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A look at how human gender roles are decided. The paper discusses the issues surrounding gender roles and whether these are chosen by nature, culture or society. The roles of men and women may be consistany with cultural stereotypes gender roles, however, today the sex that a baby is born with is not necesarily the same sex that he/she remains.
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The first question that is asked when a human baby is born is "Is it a boy or a girl?" The answer to this question is enormously important in human cultures. With that definition of "femaleness" or "maleness" comes an entire set of assumptions about how the child will look and act in her culture. It is also thought to be final - a child that is born a girl will remain female forever, while a boy will remain a boy until he is a man. It is taken for granted that the child's sex will..."
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Dorothy Arzner and Gender Roles, 2005.
Examines gender roles in films by Dorothy Arzner.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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This analysis provides the argument that filmmaker Dorothy Arzner was able to slip meaning into her films that contradicted the heterosexual and traditional gender roles of the era. Films by Arzner are used to illuminate this contention.
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"Though Beverle Houston maintains Dorothy Arzner remains largely invisible to the contemporary public the films she wrote and directed in ..."
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Gender Roles in Ancient Philosophy and Religion, 2006.
An analysis of gender roles in the Old Testament story of 'Genesis' and "The Politics" by Aristotle and how these roles were explained and justified.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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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.
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