Gender of Nature: Mother Earth
“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the wind longs to play with your hair.”
-The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran
There is no voice more comforting than Mama’s. In the womb we are suspended in safe warmth, hearing every noise that Mama makes. And we don’t just hear her voice. We feel its vibrations, its muffled hum, through our ears and our entire forming bodies. It’s no wonder that that is often the only voice that can comfort us in the distress of our new little lives. Yet, what of the mother who cannot speak? Can she still comfort her baby? Yes, because it is much more than vocal chords that connect a baby with its birth mother. After all, Baby eats all that Mama eats, breathes Mama’s air, knows Mama’s way of moving and laughing…Baby feels every surge of adrenaline that Mama feels. Bonds don’t get more intimate than that. Even after Baby is born, this bond is strengthened through long bouts of staring into each other’s eyes, through feeling the lulling rhythm of Mama’s breathing while sleeping against her chest, through time spent together saturated in touch and play. This phenomenon of intimacy is so powerful that it surpasses any blindness or handicap Mama could possibly have.
Not only do we all have this precious connection with our Mama’s, we also have a strong, and similar, connection with Earth. Philosopher, Roger S. Gottlieb, tells plainly of our connection with Earth, saying, “We all live and breathe and drink the water and receive the food from the soil…” We are dependent on Earth, like infants depend on Mama, for life itself. It daily sustains us, in body, as well as in spirit. It is a tragedy that we have lost sight of our connection with Earth. In his book, Vocation: Discerning Our Callings in Life, Douglass Schuurman says, “Some dullards have no curiosity or sense of wonder at the harmony and beauty of creation; others have had it drummed out of them by suffering or deadening educational systems. But traces of the sense of wonder and the quest for meaning survive in most human beings. (65)” Perhaps it can be said that some dullardshave no curiosity or sense of wonder at the harmony and beauty of their Mama, the one in whom their life began.
Gender, what is the exact meaning of this world in society. When people speak of gender in their conversation, it is most likely a way to distinguish if one’s a male or female. According to Merriam-Webster, gender is describe as a state of being male or female. The importance of the definition offered by Merriam-Webster is the part, “state of being.” Anyone in their own culture/society can define themselves as male or female, with no influence from biological parts. Gender issues have developed into a controversial topic but how did gender history come about? The topic of gender in historical terms could not have started without women, who were discontent about their representation in history, which were none. Green and Troup organized their chapter about Gender History into 4 different topic, explaining the significance of gender in history and analyzing problems in certain research methods.
There is something to be said for heredity, and the traits that we inherit from our elders. With recent advancements in genetics, such as the mapping of the human genome and the study of epigenetics, scientists have a better understanding of what traits are inherited. There are the obvious traits such as eye color, hair color and skin color that are inherited from one’s parents and there are genes making a person predisposed to certain diseases such as breast cancer. However, the line becomes slightly blurred when it comes to behavior, mental psyche and intelligence. The nu...
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Does personality determine behavior? Phelps (2015) dived into this discussion in his article by reviewing the perspectives of personality, how psychology relates to behavior and the idea of self, and further, how behaviorists define personality and all of its components. Phelps (2015) compares and contrasts the common beliefs of personality and the view of self as attributed to personality theorists with those characterized by behavioral theorists. A typical understanding of personality is one that defines it as an internal substance that drives behavior, and therefore, by seeking to understand a person's personality we can almost assume their actions (Phelps, 2015). Behavioral theorists, on the other hand, do not lean on vague internal conditions to explain behavior, but rather they evaluate a person's past and present settings to define behavior, according to Phelps (2015). The conclusion is that behaviorists' perspectives on these topics are far more parsimonious in nature and most popular views of personality speak to a more internal and far-reaching position rather than the behavior itself (Phelps, 2015). Likewise, Phelps (2015) addresses the issue of meeting specific criteria for discerning whether a theoretical viewpoint is valid in helping us understand people. He continued to remark that behaviorists' stances meet a large portion of the criteria as presented by Gordon Allport (Phelps, 2015). For example, they have less assumptions, they are consistent, and not to mention, they are testable and falsifiable, Phelps (2015) supports. In my opinion and critical review, this article is useful because it provides an unbiased assessment of a variety of personality theories and definitions of personality and the self. Likewise, it is simple and easy to understand, thus qualifying it as parsimonious. Overall, I think the article did its ultimate job of evaluating different perspectives and
Though not much is known about pre-historic man or woman, I have to guess that the struggle to stay alive alone must have taken all of early man’s time both day and night. Based on this thought, it is hard for me to imagine how roles outside the main task of staying alive would have been divided by gender. Women and men both probably foraged for edible foods and probably hunted together in pairs I would guess. Since groups were small I imagine roles were shared equally. As the groups became larger, more organized and more advanced in agriculture, gender roles probably became more prominent. In early times, a woman’s primary role became childbearing and keeping the home environment, whether it be in a cave, mud hut or other structure.
... the Arctic thinking I should have killed myself, but I was so happy I did not. I wanted to kill the last of the Frankenstein, Ernest as I did not know he had made a wife for me. I came in Geneva to kill him, but when I knocked on the door a beautiful girl opened it. I saw Ernest coming downstairs and I had felt anger. He welcomed and told me that this beautiful woman standing here was my wife, Juliet. By giving me Juliet, he had given me the most love I had ever received. Then the best part came, Ernest told me Juliet could turn me into a normal human being. I was so happy that I had jumped and screamed. Ernest told me he named me Romeo. I was delighted to have a name. Later Juliet and I had fallen in love, and one month later we got married. We live with Ernest while he is studying chemistry at University of Geneva. I cannot be happier with life, thank you Ernest.
For the experiment, 30 female Yr. 11 Psychology students will be asked, with informed consent, to record their psychological reaction time from the Stroop test - and physiological reaction times from the Reaction Time test - with a timer, prior to and after consuming caffeine, collecting Objective Quantitative Data. After gathering the data, they will be placed in two bar graphs and interpreted.
The attachment between identical twins was also suggested to be genetic by these studies, as eighty percent of identical twins stated that they felt closer to their twin than they did to their closest associates, despite having just met their twin. According to a study, it is suggested that genetics play a considerable role in the development of personality: Environment had little effect on personality when twins were raised together, however it did have an effect when they were raised separately. (“Nature vs. Nurture,”
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Bioarchaeology is unique in that it bridges biology and social science to create new theories and ask more meaningful questions. The art of bioarchaeology and why it is important is that it is a heavily question based field. It contextualizes all fields of anthropology that can span into answering specific questions asked by researchers in archaeology, culture studies, and physical anthropology. The questions that bioarchaeologists seek to answer can range from demography, diet, identity, food-ways, and mortuary analysis. In general, the study of gender in anthropology is a relatively recent phenomenon that spans all subfields. Since anthropology is the study of all thing human, it is interesting that study of identity and gender are only
Genetic Engineering is essentially altering / adding new DNA into an organism, to provide that organism with more desirable traits. Process - desired gene is isolated with restriction enzymes from organism, and then extracted. The gene then undergoes PCR (polymerase chain reaction) where the gene is sequenced and then copied multiple times, to be re - inserted into the new organism (transgenic). This process is commonly used to provide plants with more desirable traits (e.g. less reliance on water) and can be used just as easily to provide humans with the traits that they themselves desire (e.g. blonde hair and blue eyes). However, medical complications and ethical issues prevent such procedures from occurring, as the theory and practice is still very much in its infancy, and as there is no glass ceiling as such in this particular field of engineering, resulting in countless possibilities that the world may not yet be prepared for.
As a mother my emotion were mixed with pain and joy. My pain as mother knowing that my son didn’t ask to come in this world. He had been denied by his own father and as his mother I couldn’t see myself giving up on my son. Even though I knew that he knows that he has special needs. As a mother you see all past that when it comes to your child.
As foreign automotive companies expanded into the United States, building manufacturing plants across the country, the “Big Three” American manufacturers (Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler) were forced to close numerous plants, and layoff tens of thousands of workers (Rothstein, 65, 68). According to Snarr and Snarr, Japanese automotive imports quickly posed such an economic threat, that in 1981 the U.S. government pleaded with Japan to agree to a voluntary export restraint (203). Japan agreed to limit its automotive exports to about 22 percent of the automotive market in the U.S. (Rothstein, 67).
Throughout interpretations of Genesis one to three, there are a number of issues that repeatedly relate to gender. Adopting attitudes regarding social roles to demonstrate relationships between men and women cultivate a context for norms that are highly diversified. In this essay, Philo of Alexandria will feature a prominent opinion of gender hierarchy in relation to the Creation story. Further, this same story will be explained in terms of its ability to promote gender equality through the work of Christine de Pizan and Judith Plaskow. Finally, the use of ontological equality and functional subordination as described by Susan T. Foh will be conceptualized in terms of their significance to the gender roles situation. These various roles will
As pointed out earlier, men and women have different tasks and responsibilities both within the household and community. These varying tasks and responsibilities often translate into different needs, priorities and concerns. (FAO 2004.) For example, with livestock management, engage in looking after cattle and larger animals while women tend to care for smaller animals such as poultry and small ruminants.