Gender Studies My decision to take the extracts from literary discourse to illustrate the differences between the male and female manner of writing was dictated by the fact that it is more interesting to search for such differences in this very discourse, then in scientific or newspaper, where there are strict rules of how to write (non-personal narration, non-emotiveness, usage of terms; laconic phrases, etc.) In literary discourse one may write whatever one wishes. (Jane Austen. Pride Prejudice)
Gender is socially constructed and emphasized on different factors such as media, family, peers, schools, religions and the list keeps going. There is race, class and sexuality that interact with gender. People always emphasize two types of gender, which is masculinity and femininity. Usually is based on the person sex. Society will not accept anyone whose sex is male and gender is feminine. Sex is what is in between the legs and gender is between the ears. Femininity or masculinity, manhood or
Women and gender studies contribute greatly to our understanding of the social and cultural world we inhabit. Studying the complex issues of this field has instituted many key insights. Two major insights that positively affected our society are the awareness through learning and through this awareness activism that can ensue. This course of women and gender studies, as would all courses, have produced awareness by coherently explaining the situations women are facing in the world today. One may
ethnicity, race and, what this paper particularly focus on, gender, which can render women subject to discrimination (Meer and Sever, 2004). The outcome of this is inequality in society where because of the source of their divergence, some people are being excluded from their rights and responsibilities. Having understood the reasons why feminists criticize the notion of citizenship and inequality, this essay is going to do a specific case study on gendered nationality. This essay will first look at the
C1 The study of gender socialization is the process where socialization teaches children what is and is not appropriate. This is where we get the idea that girls will grow into women and boys will grow into men. However in many cases that is not always the situation. Gender and sex have two completely different definitions. Because there are two different meanings, gender and sex are often confused with a lot. Gender is the expressions of what a male or female should act like. Gender is also extremely
The development of gender studies and feminist anthropology has evolved over time in relation to various relational and external factors. These positions have grown from the simplicity of terms and have evolved into a greater movement of recognition, advocacy, change and growth. Still, from its earliest references to current times, gender studies and feminist anthropology have undergrown a transition in focus and seemingly stiffened affect in the world around us. This paper will examine the holistic
In a recent study, it was shown that when transgender children are supported by their families their mental health is considerably better than the mental health of abused transgender children. Transgender and gender non-conforming individuals typically have elevated rates of anxiety and depression, but when children’s identities are affirmed and supported by their families children grow up to be mentally sound (Demeules, et al.). Considering the fact that trans* people are at a higher risk of committing
Through various studies, Assistant Psychology Professor at Amherst College, Jessica Salvatore, and Professor of Women’s Psychology at Swarthmore College, Jeanne Marecek explore the reasons behind gender barriers in the gym, in an article entitled “Gender in the Gym: Evaluation Concerns as Barriers to Women’s Weight Lifting.” Although strength training proves to enhance mood, strengthen the immune system, and prevent osteoporosis, they’ve observed a lack of women in the weight room. Salvatore and
further. In this case, it’s difficult to determine whether an employer or the employees can be blamed if salaries are unequal and therefore makes it hard to find what exactly could ameliorate the situation. One possible option mentioned in Babcock’s study was to use the phrase “ask for more” as opposed to “negotiate for more” when encouraging employees to seek raises because the latter discouraged women for some reason from trying to find a higher pay grade, possibly because of not wanting to seem argumentative
are the students’ views of single-gender classes? Do students think gender plays a part in equal educational opportunities for boys and girls? Why or why not? For the most part, the students enjoyed the single-gender classes with, “62 percent stating they could focus better without the opposite sex present” (p.5). The sentiments did change a little as the students progressed from 6th grade to 8th. “Both boys and girls in 6th grade referred to their opposite-gender peers as “noisy” and “annoying””
“girl”. This is because from the time we are born; to the time we die we are expected to conform to a gender role. A gender role is a set of behaviors, attitudes, and personality characteristics expected of a person based on their sex. This process of getting people to conform to their gender roles is called socialization, and it affects children very drastically. There are many different places that gender socialization comes from. It comes mainly from family, peers, and the media. Girls are made to believe
introduced with the OECD proposals and equal pay legislation to guarantee ‘equal pay for equal work’ and to decrease the gender wage gap. However, there is still a significant gap between the pay rates of men and women in Japan. It is important to identify the different factors that cause this wage differential in order to recognize why the gender wage gap has continued. The gender gap in Japan is striking since there is a relatively lack of access to different extent of autonomy and authority among
Case Study: Gender Gender by many scholars is deemed to be socially constructed although there is much debate to whether this is actually the case. Simone De Beauvoir (1973: 301) famously claimed that ‘One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman’. In this undisputed text de Beauvoir argues that women are not born a woman. Instead they have to develop feminine behaviours and traits in order to become a woman implying they were not always a woman. It is not the case that nature causes women to be
Some kind of seat to take. As her employment went on, Glenn struggled with Gender Identity Disorder (GID) and she wanted to prepare herself for her transition. This was very big news for Glenn, so she told her supervisor that she was going to began treatment from a male to a female and her supervisor later passed that on to Sewell
variables that contribute to the gaps in sentencing both genders which mostly points to the role of women in the society and mainly as primary caregivers to children. There are disagreements on whether women get preferential treatment or are accorded benefits as compared to men. Consequently there is evidence that draw conclusions that there is a bias which
inferior role in life, women are expected to become secretaries, but seldom lawyers, doctors or CEO’s, teachers, but seldom professors, airline stewardesses, but seldom expected to become pilots. The purpose of this research is to not only to argue gender discrimination, aviation industry, but that society must modify these presented patterns of unequal employment opportunities in aviation. It is general awareness that there are common discrimination practices against female in aviation companies throughout
It is common for society to view gender as having an influence on crime. Most people believe that males commit a large majority of criminal acts. In addition, research on crimes has been focused on males. Recently, criminal activities of women are becoming more alike those of men. Steffensmeier (2001) conducted a study to determine if women were committing more crimes compared to the past. The results showed that female violent crime has been increasing since 1960. This increase was either equaled
spent time and money in looking better. However, more women compared to men are concern about their physical appearance. In this study, we observed whether there was a significant difference between gender and the time spent on personal grooming. Seventeen undergraduate students from an experimental psychology course (6 males, 11 females) volunteered to participate in this study. A survey was given to the participants. The survey consisted of questions regarding the time participants allotted for grooming
I have a very vivid memory of discussing my classes to my mother before this first semester began, and whenever I listed off my Women and Gender Studies class I remember my mother asking me, “What do you think you are going to learn about in there?” I recall opening my mouth to say something, but nothing came out. I stopped, and looked at her and said, “You know, I’m not really sure. I guess we will find out!” I knew going in to this class I was excited, but for what I had no clue. However, looking
All of the concepts discussed in Chapter 1 provide an important foundation for the goals and purposes of a Women’s and Gender’s Studies course. Each section of Chapter 1 provided me with some new information I was not aware of before beginning to read this section of the book. Although the entirety of Chapter 1 provided interesting information, I found myself thinking most about the section discussing myths about feminism. This is one subject that I was able to personally relate to and that I was