Over the decades, women have made great strides in all areas of society and have defeated and conquered the notion of superiority of the male gender as compared to the female gender, especially in western civilizations. ... In an effort to explain the male-female wage and earnings differentials, this paper will analyze the effects of some of the most important sources of wage differentiation including societal attitudes and expectations, continuity of work experience of the sexes, differences in productivity, differences in utility functions, differences in education, the impact of self-direc...

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Even before a child has been conceived, the parents and family members are already placing gender expectations on that unborn child. ... From the answer, given gender expectations start to roll out of people's mouths. ... But if it's a girl she will make a great nurse or teacher. ... The effects of gender expectations and discrimination are also seen in different cultures. ... In her essay, Sandra wrote about how her father had wanted her to find a great husband and have children. ...

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William Shakespeare's The Tempest provides a historical reference of the social expectations and stereotypes enforced upon women in Elizabethan times. ... From such a perspective, The Tempest can be furthermore used to compare and contrast the social expectations, and the treatment of women within the 16th and 17th Centuries to those of today. ... Sycorax is furthermore used in contrast with the other female roles within the plays, as she is also a witch and thus possesses great power. ... Despite the expectations placed upon women to be accepted by attaining certain characteristic and...

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The roles of women in ancient times have changed a great deal in some aspects and remained the same in others in present day society. ... Antigone goes beyond the expectations of women when she takes on the responsibility to burry her brother Polyneices. ... Ismene portrays the stereotypical expectations of women early in the play but later transforms her beliefs. ... Evidence of such expectations date back as far biblical times. ...

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Role expectations have been a part of our society for hundreds of years. ... The role expectations of the children in the story are greatly influenced by tradition and by the setting of the story. ... Both the boys and girls consider these practices to be normal, as custom has embedded the role expectations in them. ... At the end of the week's baseball game, Ernie gloats about the game from the pitcher's mound, saying, "And [it was] real great, eh? ... The water conflict is such a small matter in itself, yet the children take it so seriously that it leads to great change within the...

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Many women were jailed, fined, banished and if the offense great enough executed. Though Protestants and Catholics differed in their theology, they both seemed to perceive women in the same roles and have the same expectations. ... The expectations of women were very clear during this time period. ... The Age of Reformation saw many changes, but the expectations of the morality of women did not. ...

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These diverse types of women all fell into the category fitted because of how society prefers women to behave and how the woman feels about society's/family's expectations for them. ... Jayanthi, an American Indian woman from Bells interviews recalls "[getting] confused [and] freak[ing] out and feel[ing] [the need] to settle down" (33) when her actions opposed her parents and community's expectations of her. ... Personal history is a huge factor in Janyanthi's success as a person and while creating her own she discovers "there is also appeal in the drama and ...

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As far as gender differences and the roles of males and females go, at an early age I learned that society had certain expectations even for boys and girls. ... Although, I always knew that society had different expectations for males and females, it was not until I grew into adulthood that these differences and inequalities truly became apparent to me. ... Although discrimination toward women in the workplace is still prevalent today, I realize that there have been great strides for women over the years, and there are many more opportunities for women today then there were even ten or twenty ...

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In my talk I will be discussing psychological phenomena and disorders that are particularly prevalent among females as well as overview how sociocultural views and expectations have influenced and continue to influence today the mental health of women; affecting their overall physical and psychological well-being. ... Being a teenager is difficult because society tends to put a lot of pressure and expectations that are impossible for one to keep up with. ... In their model we can understand that girls who have expectations of helplessness (i.e. having not control over life choices), who hare ...

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Its no wonder that Cather describes the scenery so extensively, with quotes such as "The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of wine-stains, or of certain seaweeds when they are first washed up." ... Then there is Antonia, growing up away from all these social expectations, away from the cities and stuffy aristocrats. ...

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The sexes are different because their brains are different. (Moir, 1991) In the past ten years, there have been many researches concerning what makes the sexes different. Remarkably, these doctors, scientists, psychologists, and sociologists are not working together but still have arrived at a ve...

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After reading three very powerful interpretations about women and by women - The Importance of Work, Life on the Global Assembly Line, and Professions for Women - it is important to point out the social expectations of women, how men view women, and more particularly, what women expect or aspire from themselves in a developing society. ... "Women are impeded by the extreme conventionality of the other sex men sensibly allow themselves great freedom in these respects, I doubt that they realize or can control the extreme severity with which they condemn such freedom in women" (868). ...

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The Woman Warrior proves her great determination and daring power as she struggles for her own survival. ... In response to this stereotypical judgment, The Woman Warrior faces the dragon and defies expectations. ...

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It uses gender roles as a mean of promoting products that impacts society expectations especially females. ... Moreover, Keeping Up with the Kardashians and housewives features the life of a family that spends a great deal of time and money on appearance, with a consequent rise in fame and popularity of its girls and women. ...

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She is young, unsophisticated, chatty, and brags about all the society, especially "a great deal of gentlemen's society- that she had in New York (285). ... However, this shows her new knowledge, the knowledge of a woman who acts as she believes and feels, not on expectations. ...

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In modern media, we are seeing a change in how women are represented and I guess it could be said that the way in which women are portrayed in modern media is a great stride in comparison to the roles that they once had. ... Some might argue that Wonder Woman is a great feminist icon as she is strong, independent and her life does not revolve around the dictates of a man. ... Men will continue to have unrealistic expectations of their female counterparts as they will expect them to act exactly like the characters seen on TV. ...

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She yearns to earn her own keep, to work like a man', taking up copying work that she hides from her husband, deriving a guilty pleasure from defying some of the social expectations of females, which dictate that the husband is the master of the household, as well as the sole breadwinner. ... Nora's pampered lifestyle is at great odds with Mrs. ...

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Indeed, Bertens describes how "thinking in terms of gender stereotypes" has brought about men with female - and therefore "weak" - attributes, "whom everybody automatically assumed to be 'masculine', to positions of great power"[4]. ... Mrs Fairfax's actual position shows that she is far from it – "this affable and kind little widow was no great dame, but a dependant like myself". ...

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Lessing starts off the story with a description of three men at work on the roof during the week of the hot sun. I believe Lessing wanted to emphasize the characteristics of men of the construction class. These guys were tough, they were constantly exposed to heat, hard headed, domineering and egois...

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