Essays on Sociology of Gender

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Gender Roles in Different Cultures: North America and Middle East

4 pages / 1954 words

Gender among other aspects of social life are identified differently between societies. Each society has a different view on gender identity and gender roles. Different societies have different views on the right and wrongs in their daily lives. These differences are more distinct when the...

Gender Identity Gender Roles

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Gender Roles in Asian Culture: Their Reflection in Literature

2 pages / 765 words

When we read literature, we see many different aspects and features of human life. Some of these are more present than others. As long as people have existed on the planet, they have always had defined roles. From the neanderthals to the homo sapiens, humans...

Gender Roles Gender Stereotypes

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The Benefits of Beauty Pageants for Young Girls

1 page / 552 words

Introduction “Extravagant outfits and make up, high heels and lots of hair spray” is what usually comes to people’s mind when “Beauty Pageant Contest” is heard. Why is the beauty pageants’ oppositions number bigger than the supporters’? Beauty pageants are entertaining contests, in which all...

Child Beauty Pageants Girl

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The Effects of Microaggression on Bisexual Women

4 pages / 1680 words

Introduction Everyday, minorities are faced with discrimination and prejudice that deteriorates their mental health. Certain groups such as bisexual women are especially vulnerable to these confrontations known as microaggressions, which are characterized as verbal attacks and harassment. Whether it be implicit or explicit, these comments...

Aggression Bisexuality

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Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault in The Workplace

5 pages / 2499 words

Introduction Sexual harassment and sexual assault is a widespread problem in society. This problem has a tremendous negative impact on the community. It is such an activity in which a person sexually touches another person with the intention to touch in a wrongful manner without...

Human Sexual Behavior Sexual Abuse

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A Reflection of The Concept of Gender Performativity

2 pages / 1004 words

Topic Analysis Gender performance is the act that people perform certain behaviours to show ‘his/her’ gender. For example, a person wears a dress and high heels to show that she is a female. While gender performativity is the theory that, a person’s performance is naturally...

Gender Performativity

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Analysis of Judith Butler’s Idea of Gender Performativity

3 pages / 1471 words

Judith Butler, one of the most influential gender theorists of the modern era, fundamentally altered the landscape of feminist philosophy with her theory on the performativity of gender. Her work, subversive in its own right, effectively disproved the idea of gender and sex as naturally...

Gender Performativity

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Discussion of Whether Butler's Idea of Gender Performativity is Anti-essentialist

2 pages / 1032 words

Introduction Judith Butler, born in 1956, is a prominent American philosopher and a key figure in third-wave feminism. Butler’s work on gender explores how gender is formed or exists. Is gender a preexisting entity we have a natural instinctual understanding of from birth? Is it...

Gender Performativity

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God’s Plan: a View of Being a Man Through The Biblical Worldview

3 pages / 1193 words

Historically, men have been known to bottle their feelings up and hide their problems in fears of their own flaws destroying their masculinity. Those lacking in areas of virility or showing obvious weaknesses are at risk of damaging the ideal image of what they have...

Being a Man Being Yourself Gender Roles

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Hegemonic Masculinity and Sexual Assault

6 pages / 2580 words

Sexual assault is a highly prevalent health issue in Australian society that is mostly committed against women by men. It is a grievous crime that impedes not only on the victim’s integrity, but also their human rights (Queensland Government, 2015). To understand why men commit...

Assault Masculinity

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The Issue of Women Mistreatment in Woman at Point Zero and a Doll’s House

5 pages / 2339 words

In both A Doll’s House and Woman at Point Zero, the female protagonists are forced to suppress their identities. Henrik Ibsen and Nawal El-Saadawi hide the individualities of Nora and Firdaus in their play and novel respectively from the other characters, however, the audience are...

Gender Discrimination Gender Roles Woman At Point Zero

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A Theme of Oppression in Women at Point Zero

4 pages / 1736 words

Women at Point Zero is a novel that tells the story of a prostitute, Firdaus. She is waiting in jail for her death sentence. She experiences sexual harassment which causes her traumas throughout her life in Egypt. The title of the story, Women at Point...

Gender Stereotypes Oppression Woman At Point Zero

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Gender Roles and Discrimination in Woman at Point Zero

3 pages / 1435 words

In Woman at Point Zero, Nawal El Saadawi explores the struggles that women face in societies. The protagonist, Firdaus, faces years of discrimination from men throughout the text. The assumed dominance that men take on is shown through their oppressive behavior and the perceived subservience...

Gender Discrimination Gender Roles Woman At Point Zero

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Gender Stereotypes in The Wolf of Wall Street

3 pages / 1154 words

Martin Scorsese, an American-Italian filmmaker produced and directed “The Wolf of Wall Street” that was released to the public in 2013. This film tells the story of Jordan Belfort, who was a stockbroker living a luxurious life on Wall Street in the late 90s. Belfort...

Film Analysis Gender Stereotypes Wall Street

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The Issue of Degrading and Judging Women in The Devil Wears Prada

3 pages / 1453 words

Hidden beneath makeup, fashion and jewellery, lies a unique, beautiful woman. Who would have thought that we could all be so different? Yet, society has moulded women to conform to today’s standards. Following celebrity fashion trends, latest beauty hacks, like how to get bigger, lips...

Film Analysis Gender Criticism The Devil Wears Prada

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Female Power in The Decameron and 1001 Nights

3 pages / 1342 words

Historically women were held in lower social standings than men. Women were not allowed to have any significant roles in society, other than being the wife or the mother. Decameron and 1001 nights demonstrate this. While they may not have any meaningful social standing, women...

Gender Roles The Decameron

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Women Portrayal in The Works of Peter Abelard, Boccaccio, and Margery Kempe

3 pages / 1321 words

According the stories of Boccaccio, Margery Kempe, and Abelard and Heloise, it can easily be assumed that religion, culture, and social life in medieval Europe did bring restrictions to the activities of women. Although some women who lived in medieval Europe do show cases of...

Gender Roles Middle Ages Peter Abelard

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Representation of Negative Gender Stereotypes in The Movie Mulan

6 pages / 2571 words

Introduction A gender stereotype is a vague perception or presumption of qualities or traits, or of the roles that women and men have or should have. Gender stereotypes are negative because they restrict the ability of males and females to improve their skills and abilities,...

Film Analysis Gender Stereotypes Mulan

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Gender Roles and Stereotypes in Mulan

2 pages / 971 words

Mulan (Ming-Na Wen), was a young girl of Chinese descent, who was uninterested in anything to do with traditional womanly duties or tasks. She was further concerned about the military draft, that demanded each family send a son to serve in the battle against the...

Film Analysis Gender Roles Mulan