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Abby Owens
Prof. Light
ENG 200
March 15th, 2018
SUPERiority in Male Superheroes
The Avengers movie was intended to capture a mix of action, battle between good and evil, and even a little suspense. The main focus of many superhero movies is the battle between the superhero and the villain. The fight usually occurs because of a scheme created by the villain to take over the world or dominate the people in some sense. Viewers appreciated The Avengers movie for its simplicity of plot development. This is something that all ages of viewers can relate to because no matter the age, people are watching for pure entertainment and that is what The Avengers movie brings. However, what many
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Y 90% N 10% Y 100% N 0%Social Life 5 Y 10% N 90% Y 100% N 0%6 Y 30% N 70% Y 100% N 0%Work LifeIn Work Life, for question one, 90% of women chose YES and only 10% chose NO. 50% of men chose YES and another half chose NO. For question two, no men or women chose a, 80% of women got c. And all men chose b. That means females think they should gain higher positions in work life even they can't do better than males in some male dominated fields. And males think in those special fields they all do better than females and half of them think females should gain higher positions.Home LifeIn Home Life, lots of women chose a, a little part chose b, and the least ones chose c in question 3. Half of men
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Coldness and Selfishness of Male Characters in Thomas Hardy's "The Withered Arm" and Anton Chekhov's "A Misfortune"Both of the stories have themes of selfishness and coldness. They appear in the roles of some characters of each story. Lubyantsev, the male character of The Misfortune, is similar to Mr. Lodge, the male character of The Withered Arm. Each of them appears as a selfish and cold man at the beginning.The author does not introduce Mr. Lodge at the first act of the story directly. We know some things about him through the talk of "milkers, regular and supernumerary" which takes place in the dairy. The talk is about Mr. Lodges marriage from the young lady Gertrude. One of the
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AXE Case
MARK 453 A - Fall 2017
Presented to Caroline Roux
October 10th, 2017
Rachel Abessira 27375158
Nader Aboukheir 40015109
David Bono-Raftopoulos 27751605
Maria Holyanova 27085435
Graeme Lindsay 40009381
1. Problem Statement:
Jacobs and the team:
· Must increase AXE’s growth in the male grooming category “across its full product range”
· Must maintain the Brand’s core value proposition which is focused on attraction, however “the definition of attraction has changed”.
· Must reduce the discrepancy between consumer’s beliefs and how the company wants to be perceived in order to increase customer loyalty tied to more frequent purchases (problems with brand equity).
· Must prepare a
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Thomas Lugo
Kale
English
10/18/18
Word count: 807
Contradiction
“Man up”, “You are such a sissy”, “Grow some balls”: These are all things men hear when they do not abide by the masculinity society has expected of them. I, a member of the L.G.B.T community, am a victim of these degrading words, as are many men of our society today for whatever their reason may be. Well, I say enough, enough of these restraints that society has out of us as a gender. The only thing this does is inhibit us from progressing forward as a whole.
The majority of our society is at fault of this, this ridiculous expectation of men. How can we say we, as individuals, are open to those who are different, yet
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Female
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20
10
10
100%
100%
100%
Male
10 –
50%
10
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50%
0
10
Total
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Female
Base
20
10
10
100%
100%
100%
First Year
8 –
40%
5
3
Second Year
9 –
45%
4
5
Third Year
3 –
15%
1
2
Total
Male
Female
Base
20
10
10
100%
100%
100%
A. Make home cooked meal
10 –
50%
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4
B. Get a takeaway
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50%
4
6
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Female
Base
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10
10
100%
100%
100%
Yes, with no help at all
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20%
1
3
Yes, with a little help
10 –
50%
5
5
Yes, with a lot of help
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25%
3
2
No, not at all
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5%
1
0
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Female
Base
20
10
10
100%
100%
100%
Chicken based meal
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35%
4
3
Vegetarian based meal
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40%
3
5
Meat based meal
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15%
1
2
A ready-made meal
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10%
2
0
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a week (5-8 days), they were removed. This was so they will not be mixed in with the F1 generation. There were two predictions in the crosses of wild-type female x white-eye male. One prediction, if the trait is autosomal dominant, then the F1 progeny will all have the wild-type phenotype which is red-eyes another prediction is if the trait is x-linked dominant, then all the progeny will also have red-eyes.
In the other cross of wild-type male x white-eye female there was also two predictions. One prediction is if the trait is autosomal dominant, then all of the F1 progeny will have the wild-type phenotype which would express red-eyes. The other prediction is if the trait is x-linked
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This essay will examin why Henry VII wished to divorce Catherine of Argon in 1527.The main reason why Henry wished to divorce Catherine was because she wasn't providing Henry with a healthy male heir. This is a problem for Henry because if he doesn't have a male heir then who will be King after he dies. Then there would be war on who would be king. Although Catherine di have achild who lived it was a girl named Mary. Most of her other pregnancies the child was still-born or sick and died.Another reason why Henry wanted to divorce Catherine because, before Catherine married Henry she had been married to Henry's older brother. Arthur died when he was 14. Henry soon discovered there was a
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a larva, the fruit fly turns into a pupa. It develops over the next four days to form into an adult fruit fly, and is fertile within the next twelve hours.
There are many differentiating features between male and female fruit flies. Male fruit flies have a round, dark bottom and females have a pointed and striped bottom. Male fruit flies are smaller than females and have sex combs, which females do not. Sex combs are a short row of bristles appearing as a dark mass on the front legs, and are used for reproduction.
There are many differences between wild and vestigial fruit flies. First, wild flies have fully functional wings and are able to fly. However, vestigial flies have crumpled
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Playboy is the leading men's magazine in the world, with an 18-35 male demographic and more than 3 million copies in circulation in the United States alone, and 4.5 million worldwide. Not only do the nude photographs of women, and suggestive and provocative cartoons provide a vivid illustration of issues in the understanding of intersectionality, the magazine's influential advertisements do as well. One particular ad for LifeStyles brand condoms, for instance, vividly demonstrates two vectors of analysis in feminist theory: gender and race.Intersectionality not only focuses on the gender aspects of racial discrimination, it also seeks to provide a tool for analyzing the ways in which gender
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Wood 1
Leyna Wood
Ramshaw
English 101
19 September 2018
Heads Will Turn
Have you ever walked into a place and made everyone’s head turn? Moral Code’s
advertisement features their “premium footwear for the modern gentleman” and implies that
heads will turn. Although it seems like the shoes are available to everyone, the use of the word
“gentleman” says otherwise. The bar is used as a setting to give the audience a sense of how old
the male model is. Younger to middle aged men in the higher social class that can afford to
purchase these pricey dress shoes are targeted. The advertisements effectiveness relies on
capturing people's attention every time you enter a room, making an entrance even
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. In 1970, 7.6% of physicians were female; in 1980, 11.6%; in 1990, 6.9%; and in 2000, 24%. According to the article “Women in medicine”, more in Australia were able to become doctors only because of the growing trend of women residents were letting their health worsen. Researchers’ state that these women were too embarrassed to be examined by male doctors therefore they did not see a doctor which led to illnesses. Therefore, in 1887 the University of Melbourne Medical School began accepting women applicants. However, it was not until the 1990s the number of women doctors in Australia had increased (“Women in Medicine”). As you can see, the amount of women in medicine has tremendously
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Gender Differences and Persuasion: The Times, They Aren't a Changin'Although women's roles have changed drastically, particularly within the past 40 years, women "are perceived negatively when they try to be direct, assertive, and forceful." Unfortunately, this forces women to have to work harder then men in order to be taken seriously. As a male, gender differences in persuasion are an important consideration that I should take into account in the future when dealing with women, both on a personal and a professional level.In dealing with my own personal relationships with women, I have always considered myself to be open to a woman's beliefs and ideas based on who she is as a person. I
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A female undergoes many identity changes through life
Running head: IDENTITY CRISIS?
Identity Crisis?
April Langley
South College
A female undergoes many identity changes through life. These changes can create a crisis for some women while seemingly not effect others.
Identity Crisis?
At birth, both male and female children are labeled as "John's son", "Mary's daughter" and the like. Although we are given a personal name, for the most part, we are identified as belonging to our parents. For the female child, this belonging
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How is patriarchy shown in Wide Sargasso Sea?
First we must recognize the meaning of the word patriarchy and how it works. As an anthropological definition of patriarchy, we understand that it is the idea that men tend to dominate in society through their positions of power; we know the majority of higher economic, political,industrial,financial,religious and social positions are governed by men.
The subjection of women to male authority is an important theme in both Charlotte Bronte’s nineteenth century novel and Jean Rhy’s twentieth century piece of work. They have both illustrated the painfully limited role of women in the Victorian society. In Wide Sargasso Sea, the first sign
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they could get married. So here you can see the power differentials and because of this social structure of social class it cause implication in another social system of marriage. The upper class are of course seen to be superior and hence they have more power where as the lower class are the opposite and that’s why its harder for a female to find a husband. Also since the power here is in the hands of the male which is Mr.Bingley, because he ultimately chooses if he wants to get married it imposes more pressure on Mrs.Bennet’s daughters to impress him.
“ It is amazing to me, to see how young ladies can have patience to be so very accomplished as they all are” (38)
At this stage in the book a
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Mate guarding, which is defined as " individual males following mates around during critical periods," is something that is very commonly seen in male swallows during the critical pre-egg laying, and egg lying periods. During the 1986 breeding season, Anders Pape Moller wanted to know the importance of mate guarding in these swallows. Two major questions seemed to have been posed at the beginning of the reading. First, what are the costs/benefits to the males and females when the behavior of guarding is given up. In other words, do the males and females benefit from this behavior? Or does this behavior lead to negative outcomes in either the male/female swallows. Another important question
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portrays admiration towards masculine power is through the character of Stanley Kowalski. He is portrayed as a symbol of masculine power and male dominance in the play: “Nothing belongs on the table but cards, chips and whiskey.” The firmness in is voice suggest the alpha-male of the poker party, as the strictness of his tone is indicated through the orderly structure of the statement. This is portrayed through the emphasis on Stanley’s physical body, being the epitome of masculinity: “He is of medium height, about five feet eight or nine, and strongly, compactly built.”. The image of his strength and muscly physique is proposed by the direct description. He is frequently mentioned by Williams
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marital pads on their fingers and forearms. One way of telling which frogs are male and which are female is to observe the behavior of the frogs. Whenever a frog tries to jump on the back of another frog and use the arms to grasp it, it's definitely a male. If the male isn't rejected immediately, there is a good chance that the second frog is a female and that she is even prepared to breed. If the frogs haven't yet reached sexual maturity, there's no easy way to make sure that you have got both males and females.HousingA group of 5-6 Bombina orientalis can be kept in a 20 gal. aquarium with about 10 cm of water. Using fine gravel or sand will make it a lot easier to remove the eggs when the
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Title: Masculinity, Male Sexual Identity, Pornography and Popular Culture – Does it matter
where you are from?
Introduction
Let's talk about sex, baby
Let's talk about you and me
Let's talk about all the good things
And the bad things that may be
- Salt-N-Pepa, ‘Let’s talk about sex’, 1990
Salt-N-Pepa may have made sex the central issue of one of their hit songs, ‘Let’s talk
about sex’, but that does not mean that meaningful discussion about sex has become more
liberal and open in the public domain. As modern and forward the society might be, sex and
sexuality is still an issue that is not easy to broach. More often than not, when there are
discussions about sex and/or sexuality in popular
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To what extent was homosexuality seen as a deviation from the norm for a classical Athenian male citizen?
Athenian homosexuality is a huge topic, which has stimulated vast scholarly debate. The Athenians themselves were very confused regarding homosexuality, which makes our understanding of it even harder. It is important to recognize that their norm and our norm are vastly different ideas, they had no words to define straight, gay, homosexual or heterosexual, which in itself shows a different out look on sexual relations entirely. The importance in the word norm is to think about the legality of male homosexuality, the acceptance of it and also
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species. These compounds are secreted by the body in very small amounts but are never-the-less effective in producing instinctive behavior when detected by the nose. In insects and animals, most sexual and social behavior is controlled by pheromones.Humans have used perfumes for thousands of years, but there is a basic difference between perfume and pheromones. Pheromones are produced by the body and usually do not smell at all pleasant, whereas perfumes are either synthesized or extracted from natural products and are employed because of their pleasant smell.Scientific research suggests that there are human pheromones for both the male and the female. Females have a better developed sense of
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Feminist Critical Theory asks readers to analyze written works through the lens of presented gender roles and stereotypes; women are seen in traditional roles. Power situations are also a focus, where female characters can be perceived as having less power (physical, intellectual, moral) than their male counterparts.
The feminist concepts which are conveyed through the classic tale of
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Biology 30: Module 3: Lesson 6
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Assignment
Module 3: Lesson 6 ASsignment
This Module 3: Lesson 6 Assignment is worth 20 marks. The value of each assignment and each question is stated in the left margin.
(20 Marks)
Lesson 6 Assignment: Male Hormones
(10 marks)
1.
Examine the data in the table below. Graph this data using a line graph that you think is most appropriate. If possible, copy your graph into the answer space provided. If that is not possible, discuss submission options with your teacher.
Normal Blood Testosterone Levels in Males
Age (years)
Blood Testosterone Level (ng/dL)
1 to 7.9
40
8 to 10.9
42
11 to 11.9
260
12 to 13.9
420
14 to 17.9
1000
18 to 29
1100
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Burger,
LIT 319
20 April 2017
Gender, Sexuality, and Shakespeare
In the Elizabethan era, the time period in which Shakespeare wrote his plays, the cultural outlook on gender was very black and white. Actions and attitudes were either seen as masculine or feminine. Women were to be patient, silent, and obedient. Men, on the other hand, were strong, courageous, and bold. Defining these gendered roles also made it easier for an audience to separate male and female characters in an all-male cast (Gerlach). Like gender, sexual orientation was also not socially questioned outside of the norm of heterosexuality. The terms homosexual and heterosexual didn't even exist yet. Shakespeare questioned
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Thanatos, which is viewed as the opposing desire of destruction, self-destruction, anger, repetition, and impulse[footnoteRef:3]. The desire of Eros shows that this allows for a belief that sexuality can be behaviour that people are born with rather than a behaviour that has been learnt. Although sexuality and sexual desire is often believed to be developed during adolescence it is Freud’s belief that sexuality is an innate part of human existence and occurs during infancy. This theory of innate sexuality would thus allow for the Oedipus theory to be able to gain traction and be thought of as accurate. [3: Freud, Civilization and its Discontents, Page:35]
There is a strong theme of male
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Wil Madura
History 171
02/13/2019
#1
The Memoir Lieutenant Nun written by doña Catalina de Erauso tells a very interesting story about a young Spanish female and her adventures throughout Spain and in the new world. In the beginning her family wants her to become a Nun but she has different plans, which consist of her running away from the convent and attempting to find somewhere to make her fortune by passing as a male. Catalina’s story is very interesting because it gives readers another perspective of exploration with a focus on self-discovery in the seventeenth century emphasizing on how passing as a male is the only thing that allowed her the ability to explore. Throughout the memoir
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Jason Gouin
2/13/18
Ethics in sport
Professor Condon
Since the creation of Title IX, most issues have been fixed but there are many more issues in the sports industry that need to be looked at.
Looking back and reading about the past you really have learned a lot about the culture and atmosphere of female athletes and coaches in the past. With many female athletes being looked down to many of the male athletes, women always had to compete at a lower or more safer level as male athletes. Throughout our lives women have always been viewed as weaker and less athletic as male athletes. Why is this? In the past nobody really viewed athletes with gender equality, they saw people just as athletes
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negative view of women in traditionally male professions have resulted in women being underrepresented (Germain et al., 2012 ).
A woman’s decision to become a pilot may be influenced by a number of things such as lack of women role models, and. personality traits (Holland, 1996). When women enter male careers, they put themselves up for gender stereotypes that judge their ability to handle the roles (Simeone, 1987). Siltler (2004) proposed the idea that any identified problems in the male dominated airline industry can prevent some women from thinking that they can become flight crew. In agreeing with Siltler, Gibbon (2016) said that flying is often viewed of as a ‘boys club.’ In her study
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produced due to the fact that society continually changes; Representation and different purposes of the artwork include feminism, the male gaze, gender identity, commercialism and symbolism of beauty through the painting of nude female goddess’. In chronological order, ‘Venus of Urbino’ by Titian portrays the Greek goddess Venus, showing beauty and femininity; ‘Olympia’ by Manet angering the audience as the nude figure was exposing a real person; ‘Portrait (Futago)’ by Morimura appropriating Manet’s ‘Olympia’ and Guerilla Girls shining light on gender inequality in the art world.
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Titian, an Italian Renaissance painter, born approximately in 1490 lived in a male-dominated, religious world
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urban concepts and current techniques to ancient culture.
As soon as the accompaniment began, the dim lighting evoked the traditional mood as the male dancer wiped ochre on his whole body. His subtle yet dynamic movements gave me a clear understanding to what the work would be about. I was intrigued for my first impression as I have not seen any work so symbolising and meaningful as the light, background and props reflected the Indigenous Aboriginal Torres Strait islanders. This four-part contemporary dance work of yellow, black, red and white, is a portrayal for each colour of this earthy substance, its purpose and the spiritual significance to Aboriginal people. I found that each section
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already been made that they are more likely to do this crime rather than a white person. The reason for this is because of police misconduct they force many individuals to state that they have done a crime that they were nowhere near in order to have a solved case. The overall problem of false convictions due to police misconduct is a conflict theory. A conflict theory is how power structures and power disparities impact people’s lives. When the false convictions are made and a black male is sent to jail due to an higher authority forcing them it shows that power is being unequally divided and the group that is being dominate is the person who is in charge of forcing the law. However, when it
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Hannah Zimmer
History of Theater
Steve Stubblefield
“Reality vs. Storytelling: How Ancient Greek Playwrights
Rewrote the Female Role”
Throughout Ancient Greek plays empowering female roles are very common and important. Strong female characters like Clytemnestra in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, Euripides’ Medea, Sophocles’ Antigone, and Aristophanes’ Lysistrata capture the emotion and mentality of strong females in the world making the character relatable to many. While these female characters are integral to Greek society most of them directly disobey the gender roles that Ancient Greeks hold true. These examples of women in dramatic plays view females and their male counterparts as equals
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Washington spiders. You will need to be more discriminating when dealing with hobo spiders because identification is not easy. This guide is geared toward the interested reader who has a magnifying lens or hand lens, similar to what Master Gardeners or entomologists would use. Yet even with a lens, quite often you may be able to determine that your spider is NOT a hobo spider and nothing more.
For the few who have access to microscopes we present information on how to definitively identify hobo spiders to species. For the advanced beginner, this can only be reliably achieved by comparing the male and female reproductive structures to the pictures presented here. If you are able to do this, you
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Christopher Garcia
Mrs. Dehaan
English 10 Honors
6 December 2017
Women Rights
The issue regarding women’s rights is not a new one. In the past there were distinctive differences between men and women between their roles in society and their models of behavior. As of today women have the most rights they have ever had but there is still a major difference between a women’s rights and a man’s rights. Women have come a long way to get where they are, but there is still a lot more work needed in order to have equal rights as the men.
Women make 16% less money than their male counterparts. Women in the U.S. working full and part-time make 84% of what their male counterparts earn. In other
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research has avoided to explicitly specify the relationship between masculinity and violent behavior by white men has been avoided in research.Katz believes to be able to illustrate some ways to display the hegemonic construction of masculinity that is present in mainstream magazine ads and how these ads help to normalize violent male behavior. Katz suggests that one way violence is normalized is through the movie industry which shows white males engaging in violent actions without being depicted as villains. Moreover, they are regarded as heroes. The boom of the movie industry collided with the instability that was created economically for the White middle-class population. The heroes of the
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want to be "marked" or viewed upon.She reported the first woman as being a fairly conservative, professional type with little glamour. The second as more the mother type. And the third as the type all the guys rave over. The appearances of these women, due to the aforementioned character identities, have presumably made them "marked" as being serious, married, or available, depending on their particular style. I agree with Tannen when she says, "each decision carried meaning." My girlfriend is in the fire profession and many find that to be a masculine career. In her case, being a firefighter makes her a "marked" woman, due to the male dominance in the field.Further on in Dr. Tannen's essay
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Last Friday, the 8th of March was international women?s day. Now could everyone here who is a feminist please put up there hands?right up high?.right. Just as I though. Now I know I?m certainly not a feminist?but the speakers at the women?s day breakfast I attended really got me thinking about why I wasn?t.I know two feminists? they are both male. There is I think you would agree a certain stigma associated the word feminist. I know I believed that feminism was the only thing that was preventing woman from being seen as equals. That those whining, man-hating feminists were separating humans into two classes; male and female. I thought that feminism had become redundant, and that it was no
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Norway, with a dominant male and a subservient wife. Both Torvald, Nora and their relationship are represented as reflections of the society expectations constructed through dialogue and characterisation. With this Ibsen critiques and highlights the injustices plaguing his society, advocating for the equal rights and treatment of men and women, not just in the eyes of the law but throughout society.
In the case of Ibsen’s, A Doll’s House, both the world of the play and the world the author lived in are the same. He wrote A Doll’s House in Norway in 1879, and the play presumably took place sometime in the very same decade. The play, set in an upper-middle class home, demonstrates the
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, however men and women should start acknowledging each other as equals in the athletic department. America may never have a women's professional football league but that does not mean that woman could not compete just a strongly as the male athletes in the sport. Even in local high schools girls are usually chosen last for a primarily male sport, based on the inference that they may not play as well as some of the boys. Women are also frowned upon as mechanics, some people including other women, feel that a man should be working under the hood. Men also hold executive level positions because some feel that a woman would bring to much emotion to such a responsible position. It isn't unheard of
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, anyone can join and listen to a meeting. PFLAG stands for Parents, Families/ friends, Lesbians, and Gays. All three of our guest speakers are part of this organization.Richard is a 49-year-old male that was raised in Philadelphia and is a professor at Cal State Fullerton. Richard is Gay now, but he has had in the past previous relationships with females, which he did not find attractive obviously. He mentioned that he was always interested in males when he would look at magazines when he was a child instead of being amazed of how attractive the females looked in a magazine. Larry, on the other hand, is 52-year-old male that has been married for 27 years and is not gay or bisexual. Larry is
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Theme: Masculinity
Learning Objective:
to explore the theme of masculinity to complete coursework element of IGCSE Literature
Key Vocabulary
Alpha male- the most powerful male in a group
Dominant- in control/ has the most power
Masculinity- the idea of ‘being a man’/ macho
Patriarchy- A society where men are in charge
Trait- a type of behaviour
Reminders to self from previous marking feedback
1More specific detail.
2. Watch out for random capitals.
3.Explain why the word is in inverted commas.
4. Write in a more formal free flowing tone.
5. Use more complex academic language.
6. Explain the role of Eddie and how he has to do with the theme.
7.Show a decent understanding of the text.
8. Show
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surrounded by it, this could signify that she's within a male dominated world.The woman's stance is very open- carrying books in one arm and holding a dog lead in the other. She takes a sexually attractive, active role. The way she is dressed reinforces this; she wears a low cut, figure-hugging dress. Again the colour is traditionally feminine, along with her feathered pen, high heels and her dog's matching accessories.In terms of audience, she plays two specific roles. To men, she is a sexual entity but to women, an ideologically perfect figure. The character carries clichéd ideals of beauty implemented by male opinion- flowing blonde hair and blue eyes. Being that she's also very slim
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Ever since I started college in the fall, I haven't really been able towatch as much television that I would like to. I have been able too catchsnippets here and there, but nothing really "in depth". One show that I usedto watch was Roseanne. Some of the things that seem natural to thecharacters on the show reflect what we have been studying all semester inthis class.Roseanne, a wife and a mother of three, is a stubborn, loud, andobnoxious character. She works on and off in a diner and most likelyreceives minimum wage. Whenever she is at work, she is constantly arguingwith her male boss or complaining about something or other. He's a nice guy,but outright says that he doesn't want to know
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appeal to their male counterparts. Their positions in the story were to show what it was to be the ideal Elizabethan woman. Time and time again, Portia and Jessica were shown to be mere objects that were owned by the male characters in the story. They could not shine or become powerful characters, when they had every capability to.According to Maggi Ros' "Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge," a woman was nothing more than property in Elizabethan society. It states that, "Children are the property of their parents, and give them the respect a servant gives his master...Wives are the property of their husbands...Some women are more independent than others. However
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Angelina Grimke Weld in her article states, "Whatever is morally right for a man to do, it is morally right for a woman to do. I recognize no rights but human rights- I know nothing of men's rights and women's rights; for in Christ Jesus, there is neither male nor female." This idea brings about the role of Christianity to the beginnings of feminism/feminist movement. The role of Christianity was a big part of women and men's lives. They would look upon Christ to see what was morally right for them to do or morally wrong for them to do. Christ was their guide to their cultures and behaviors in the world. They felt that whatever they were taught about Christ was the right way
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liberty; siding towards white males.By 1825 almost all white males could vote, regardless of their ownership of property. This contributes to the idea of equality. Now that everyone could vote, it re-distributed the power from the rich and balanced it out with the poor. Also, voting caucuses were being replaced by nomination conventions. Thus further destroying the unequal distribution of political power.Despite all of these movements toward universal male suffrage, was still only toward white males. Indians as well as blacks still found themselves in the same situation as they had been before. In fact, the Indians were slowly being pushed out of their land by key pieces of legislation and
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class requires a lot of reading and writing, but the topic interests me. In high school, I was forced to be in reading and history courses that I hated. So much reading was required about (male) presidents, politics, and other things that didn't catch my attention. Although this class is technically about masculinity, it mainly reveals the flaws of society's perception of the male sex.
Works Consulted
Class Homepage, https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/360985/pages/what-is-a-man-home-page. Last accessed 13 January 2019.
Example Works Consulted and Formatting, https://ufl.instructure.com/courses/360985/files/folder/Exemplaria?preview=41746407. Last accessed 13 January 2019.
Machismo, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machismo. Last accessed 13 January 2019.
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There is a huge difference in the treatment and problems for blacks and other minorities now than during the first 130 years of our nations history. Affirmative action seems to have gone too far because it seems to be favoring the minorities now so it is kinda like reverse racism. Before blacks and other minorities were the last people to be considered for jobs and for college, now if a minority and a white male with the same intelligence are trying to attend a college the minority will probably get the spot.During our nations early years blacks were kidnapped for slavery and they didn't have any rights, families were broken up, and discipline was very severe. For example, punishments
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Table 1: Prolonged hormone hypersecretion and the subsequent effects on hormone negative feedback loops.
TRH
TSH
ACTH
Cortisol
Testosterone
LH
GHRH
GH
Organs in Feedback Loop
Hypothalamus
Anterior Pituitary
Thyroid Gland
Testes
Adrenal Glands
Target Tissues and Outcomes
Thymus
Adipose Tissue
abd:
ext:
Skeletal Muscle
Bone
( - )
( - )
Body Weight
*abd = abdomen
*ext = extremities
Patient 1: 42-year-old male
Patient History- This patient came in with a large abscess on his leg. He stated that over the past few months he had experienced several infections and 4 colds. His physical exam showed that he has high blood pressure, acne, weight gain in the midsection and upper back, and a “moon face
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