Being a woman in an “equal” society isn’t always as “equal” as it is made out to be. The evolution of women's rights has not yet reached the act of parenting. Women are expected to change the way they parent in efforts to avoid making...
The Disdain of Gender Does being a man equate to power? Being a man in todays’ society is a privilege that can bring many benefits. It can bring higher wages, credibility, and undeserving success. Being a man in the 1800s means having absolute power over...
The articles by Shiao and Wolfe both presents adequate arguments and statistical studies but on further examination, I find the article by Shiao ‘ Why we don’t like women bosses (and why it matters)’ more compelling and persuasive for the organization and therefore urge you...
As our senior positions are male-dominated, we should review our hiring and selection process to ensure we are not gendered prejudiced as this could limit the company’s growth. Vivien Shiao’s article focuses on the “double-bind” dilemma faced by female leaders due to extreme perceptions. Depending...
After reading the two articles titled “Why we don’t like women bosses (and why it matters)” (Shiao, 2016) and “Do Men Make Better Bosses Than Women? (No, and Here’s Why.)” (Wolfe, 2017), I believe that the latter should be sent out to the heads of...
Society never imagined the impact Domestic (DI) and Free-Labor Ideologies (FLI) had in American men and women. The new gender ideologies benefitted both genders on the long run. Domestic Ideologies and Free-Labor Ideologies were the new principles that change in the 19th century for males...
India of the late 19th century and early 20th century was not the India of today, it was long before feminist thought became fashionable in the upper echelons of intellectual discourse, it was a time when fight for survival against alien suppression had to be...
Pauli Murray was a champion for human and civil rights who was brought up in Durham. Her bits of knowledge and vision keep on resounding actually in our times. As a lawyer, antiquarian, poet, teacher, instructor and Episcopal minister, she worked all of her life...
Anne Marie Slaughter, an American international lawyer, foreign policy analyst, political scientist, and public commentator, brings a bold statement to surface in her 2012 article, “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All”. Faced with countless questions of her balance between work and home life, accusations...
I find the most important thing about Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies is that feminism is measured as a movement to end oppression. And, it is a movement that should not even exist. We live in the 21st century after-all, and we as a society...
Look back at your lesson on Slavery but focus on black women specifically and ask yourself were black woman respected or treated with amazing kindness. Do you have an answer? I bet the answer is no. Well here is another question do you know how...
Once, as an assignment for one of my classes, I was watching documentary called “Miss Representation” by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. The main idea of the movie was to illustrate how media misrepresent women in a position of power in America. The phrase that caught my...
People all around the globe consume the showbiz industry media products, namely movies, on a regular basis. Such movies bear a massive role in our lives and help shape our ideas about social, social, economic and governmental issues. Films are peppered with information that reaches...
“Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel” (Bronte 123). The Victorian period stereotyped women to be calm, domestic, and submissive to their male counterparts. But Charlotte Bronte developed Jane Eyre’s personality from a powerless child to an...
The notion of gender role – the social role that covers a range of behavior considered appropriate for people based on their sex – gives rise to sexism in language – the use of language that discriminates against members of a certain gender. In Vietnam,...
As human beings we are naturally programmed to crave sex; however, sex comes at a cost. Our exposure to sexual stimuli influences our behavior, sexual permissiveness, relationship-initiation processing, self-sexualization and our conscious and unconscious processing of sexual cues. Social media and sex go head to...
Homer’s Odyssey was set 10 years after the Trojan war which would mean the stories taking place in the epic are dated sometime around 1170 BC. This is a time that is arguably unrecognisable by today’s standards in many parts of the world in terms...
In the age of urbanization renaissance that witnesses in the world in different fields of science, economics and labor market, education emerges as among the most important source of this global development. Therefore, around the world, governments are focusing on this sector with the required...
Pakistan inherits multiple problems on many fronts when Imran Khan assumes the Power. Of the many, he is cognizant and has devised emergency plans to counter them in earnest to drive-out Pakistan from the tornado of enigmas. Likewise, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Imran Khan has heralded...