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Gendered Issue of Domestic Violence

independence and her equal partnership in marriage, is very much the exception rather than the rule. For the most part, women were...

Male Gender in Charles Atlas Also Dies

in this short story depict them simply in neutral roles. Some of the female depictions in this story, however, at least hint at t...

Popular Culture, Gender Constructs, and 'New Femininities'

and behaviours, and seen as being in direct opposition to "femininity", which is equally constrained in its parameters, and define...

Social Construction and Gender Roles

Smiler (2004) found that many of the socially constructed ideas about masculinity that are prevalent in American culture were prob...

Overview of the Prophet Muhammad and His Impact

his life at age twenty-four and soon became his wife. It was speculated to be an unusual marriage in that she was considerably ol...

Queen Gertrude and Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet

thrown into chaos. The roles of Gertrude and Ophelia within the plays construct were painstakingly designed by the Bard to reflec...

Don Quixote and Gender

society that Don Quixote escapes, and in books of chivalry, women are honorable for what they refrain from doing. The use of force...

Social Divisions Reflected and Reinforced by Representation of the Mass Media

culture may be seen as the culture of ordinary people, but has a basis in history, Strinati (1995), argues that this is usually se...

Homosexuality and Latin American Gender Roles

of their culture to be replaced by Catholicism. In short order the indigenous population was dominated and overcome by the Europea...

Discussion of Time Magazine's Current Issue

In two pages this paper discusses the target audience of a current Time Magazine issue in an overview of such topics as marital st...

'Guest of the Sheik' by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea

In five pages Fernea's story is analyzed in terms of social constructs that are gender based and considers the Eastern cultural ex...

Social Power and Gender Themes in Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen

In five pages this paper examines the themes of social power and gender as they are represented in the drama by Henrik Ibsen. The...

Shaping Children's Gender Roles and the Impact of Parental Interaction

In sixteen pages this paper examines how early childhood perceptions of gender roles are developed through interaction with parent...

Biology as a Determinant of Action

The writer discusses the role genetics plays in determining behavior, and indicates that while social models and genetics together...

Comparing and Contrasting Patterns of Communication in Films Cousin, Cousine, and Cousins

In twelve pages the communication patterns exhibited in the French film Cousin, Cousine and its American counterpart Cousins are c...

Marriage and Gender Differences

Marital gender roles are discussed in relationship with social expectations. Issues such as child rearing, conflict resolution and...

Women's Equality and the NOW Role

women who historically have been kept in lesser paying positions and, even when they managed to work their way into better positio...

Human Sexuality and Gender Identity

In three pages the psychodynamic, evolutionary, and social constructionist schools of thought are contrasted and compared in this ...

Organization, Gender, and Leadership

This research report compares and contrasts three different societies as it respects gender roles. Social organization is looked a...

Gender Stratification According to Charlotte Perkins Gilman

In two pages this essay analyzes an individual's social role and the gender stratification theories of author Charlotte Perkins Gi...

Gender Bias and Male Social Workers

In twenty pages this research study ponders the social work profession and the effects of gender bias as they relate to male in a ...

Italy During the 13th Century

war against the land and country in which they were born. The sense of incessant vengeance and chain of cruelty never ceased to en...

Women of the Renaissance by Margaret L. King

prove their worthiness within the stringent boundaries of a male-dominated existence speaks volumes about the inherent fortitude t...

Connection Between Gender Role Expectations and the Media

In 5 pages this paper examines how the media influences social expectations regarding gender roles. There are 4 sources cited in ...

Female Literature Since the Fifteenth Century

This paper examines fifteen female writers spanning the four-hundred year period since the Fifteenth Century. The author addresse...

Primary Themes in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

The themes of gender as a social construct, friendship, and love are examined in this analysis of Twelfth Night by William Shakesp...

In Terms of Leadership Are Women More 'People Oriented?'

In six pages this paper considers whether or not women are more people oriented in terms of leadership than are their male counter...

Susan Bordo, Paulo Freire, and Making Social and Educational Connections

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts the 'Hunger as Ideology' essay by Susan Bordo with 'The Banking Concept of Educati...

Sexuality as a Social Construct

In six pages this paper examines sexuality as profoundly influenced by social constructs of gender. Three sources are cited in th...

Social Influence and 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner

he recognizes the inconsistencies between the social representation of men and women, and is bold enough to comment upon them. Th...