In the world today, there has been no society found where women dominate over males (Stearns 14). Civilization's entire history has been based upon masculine traits and how they affect society. Some say this may be because the fertility of women was always put in such high esteem by early religion...
Creon in Antigone feels his masculinity threatened by Antigone's behavior. Why? How does the behavior of Antigone challenge the Greek stereotype of "feminine" behavior? How does Ismene's behavior illustrate "femininity"? Does Antigone accept or reject the social roles attributed to women? ...
Individuality Vs. Society Individuality is not that easy to be accomplished since the guidelines for our behavior and the way we as human beings are supposed to act are already stated by society. The differences between men and women (in terms of social characteristics) are the product of soci...
Societies create these gender patterns and transmit them through the process of socialisation e.g. a normal male is thought of as aggressive, ambitious, competitive, dominant and has leadership qualities; whereas the opposite is thought for a woman who "normally" should be affectionate, gentle, compassionate, sensitive and loyal. ...