In the 1950's, sociologist Talcott Parsons concluded that in the middle-class suburban family the masculine personality tends to be goal-oriented interests, needs and functions, presumably in whatever social system both sexes are involved, while the feminine personality tends more to the primacy of expressive interests, needs and functions. ... These theories recognize two points: (1) the andocentric bias of Freud's theories in which the penis forms the core of gender identity and personality and females are devalued such that their unique biological capacities are trivialized; and (...

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The way that the Black masculine man was portrayed throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s was this big and bad tough guy. ... Although some of these illustrate the true identity of black makes, I cannot agree with all of it. ...

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The Great War was an event in which male identity and morality, along with physical well being, became issues of public and official concern. ... While the rest of the class may disagree with me, I believe that she did a wonderful job of outlining the way ideas of appropriate masculine and feminine behavior laid at the heart of the Progressive campaign for moral reform. ...

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