Something I found myself doing a lot when I had short hair was dressing more feminine than I normally would to overly compensate for the masculine haircut I had. ... When I remember this, I understand why my family was against my short hair, but I think that if we educate people more on the constructs of gender normality then maybe we would see that people can express themselves differently from what is expected and still identify as male / male / feminine / masculine. ... In both cases, public opinion should be changed on what is seen as feminine and masculine because hair length says nothing...

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Over time , Navajo people have become somewhat acculturated with Western ideas of gender but there are still many differences when comparing the views of gender identity between Native culture and Western culture. ... They are usually people whose bodies manifests as both masculine and feminine spirit simultaneously. ... The Navajo culture traditionally values the balance of masculine and feminine to maintain sacred order, so someone who is gifted with an understanding of both is seen as valuable, and is treated with respect. ... Similar to Western behaviour, One's connection or pro...

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Albeit, men are also placed into categories that are seen to employ their natural masculine capabilities, such as occupations in technology, mechanics, building and other "manly" career choices. ... Social, cultural and psychological aspects of being either male or female is the essence of gender itself, and it is human nurturing rather than biological nature that is the key determinant of gender identities. ... It is gender-role socialisation that is more important in creating "masculine" men and "feminine" women than any genetic traits men and women might possess. ...

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Culture shapes much of what people consider masculine or feminine (Williams, 1983). ... The "masculine," however, is characterized by strength, aggressiveness, independence, intelligence, and hard work. ... With his famous "Bashing Bobo" experiment, Bandura demonstrated that children acquire gender identity and sex-role behavior by direct tuition and observational learning. ... Researchers find that gender identity is evident in children from as young as 10 months old. ... XX cross-dressed children whose gender identities have not been fixed and observed that their judgement on gender-related ...

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The men become objectified as masculine, and women become objectified as feminine. ... In this film, the issue was raised about the idea of "social construction of masculine identities." ... They use men who are handsome and masculine and women who are slim, sexy, and beautiful. ...

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Teena Brandon was a young woman who used to bind her breast, cut her hair short, stuff a sock into her pants, passed as a man, renamed herself as Brandon Teena, and was later raped and murdered by her friends when her identity was discovered. ... Gender identity starts with the recognition and awareness that one belongs to one of the sexes. ... As the person develops, their gender identity can either become more defined or sometimes it can become more complicated and even less defined than in their childhood years. One may sense his own identity as not only a female, but as a feminine female, ...

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Gender identity is the physical and behavioral traits that are designated by a culture as masculine or feminine. ... Barry explains the stupid behavioral patterns and the masculine characteristics that are linked to being a manly man and how not all males can be expected to uphold these characteristics (915). ...

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Through this short story, we can see the similarity of Louie's other short story Birthday, which both show how Asian American man's masculinity and identity are shaped by the white society. ... Pang's masculine characters is defined by the dominant white figure in the American society. ... White working men sought to maintain their "superiority" by limiting Asian men to less "masculine" forms of work. ... This already shows that his masculine is not clearly shown. ... It's through this relationship that his masculine is defamed because he loses to a Japanese man. ...

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Gender means sexual identity, especially in relation to society and culture. ... In French, for example, there are two gender, feminine, and masculine, marked by form of the articles la and le [both: the.] Most French nouns referring to males are masculine (Le garcon [the boys]), and most referring to females are feminine (La fille[the girl]), thus conforming to natural gender. ...

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Because Chekhov writes through Gurov the feminine outlook of Anna in this masculine story is lacking. ... Anna is confused, doubtful, and struggles to find an identity. ...

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In the information about intersexuality it describes sexual identity as how you see yourself physically, and it describes gender identity as how you see yourself socially. ... Sex makes us male or female, and gender makes us masculine or feminine. Sexual identity is what you"re born with, and gender identity is learned. ...

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Gender Roles Gender Roles are one of the various topics we have learned about in Gender roles are a collection of attitudes and behaviors that are considered normal and appropriate in a specific culture for people of a particular sex. Many things affect the gender roles men and women take on. I fee...

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The film delves into gender issues, questions of identity, and the ethics of interpersonal relationships. ... All of this unfolds in a context that analyzes how we identify gender and how we differentiate between the masculine and the feminine. ... Society fosters certain images of the masculine and the feminine, and Teena and Brandon do not fit clearly into either of these images even though she-he draws on aspects of both. ...

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Gender identity is very significant in understanding consumer behaviors. ... This commercial is indicating that eating snacks such as wings, potato chips, and sandwiches while watching games on TV with friends are masculine roles. ... Traditional male sex roles are that of tough men, enjoying masculine sports. ...

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Many people have heard terms like "masculine-, "feminine-, and "queen-. ... For someone going through conforming one's sexual identity in a relationship like this it can be quite confusing. ... Just by forming the common stereotypes and classifying someone, such as a woman as possessing feminine traits or men of only masculine traits, it is a direct contradiction in most people's personal believes "at least consciously. ...

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., and Ruth Foster Dead, represent the symbolic wall, blocking Milkman from his true identity. ... She is a mysterious woman, large, masculine, and frightening. ... Milkman's flight to identity takes him many places. He is fortunate to have a friend, Guitar, who is also lost, and hunting for his authentic identity. ... He is drawn to these stories as they feed him with information about his missing identity. ...

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., and Ruth Foster Dead, represent the wall-blocking Milkman from his true authentic identity. ... She is a mysterious woman, large, masculine, and frightening. ... Milkman's flight to identity takes him many places. He is fortunate to have a friend, Guitar, who is also lost, and hunting for his authentic identity. ... He is drawn to these stories as they feed him with information about his missing identity. ...

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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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In Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, the motif of castration is used to exemplify the fact that women in a position of power have the capacity to emasculate even the most masculine of men, thus contradicting modern societal issues relating to sexism. ... To further emphasize castration as emasculation, Kesey uses the symbolism of lobotomy to represent the ward and the Nurses mental castration of removing the males identity. ... The concept that women of authority in the ward have the ability to emasculate even the most masculine of men through mental castration is present ...

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Race is about identity; gender as well. Whether or not one wants to embrace that identity is up to him/her, but society enforces that races' or genders' social construct status with stereotypes, expectations, and close mindedness regardless of how that person acts. ... Men are seen to be masculine and unfeeling because if they're anything else, that jeopardizes their stance on the social spectrum as a dominant male. ...

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Ethnicity is defined as "people who share a common historical and cultural heritage and sense of group identity." ... Black and Blue are seen as perceived as colors that are masculine and therefore are placed on items to be purchased for girls. ...

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Unfortunately, with regards to sexuality progression of identity and expression has been gradual. ... Due to masculine-centric approaches, according to Dr. ... Referring back to Alfred Kinsey, I believe there are more gay men and lesbians, but due to the negative connotations associated with male homosexuality, many choose to keep their true sexual identity a secret. Due to the socially constructed notion of women being nurturers, women may feel more at ease to reveal their true lesbian identity, because there are less retaliatory consequences of their lifestyle by their college-mates. To ...

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There is no masculine power anymore trying to control the wife Mrs. ... Both The Awakening and "The Story of an Hour- are considered to be examples of feminist theory because of the "ideology that privileges masculine ways of thinking and marginalizes women politically, economically, and psychologically- (Ady). ... The wife knows that she is now free and has found her identity and does not like to look out the window because there are so many other women who do not have freedom from there husband. ...

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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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Do the effects of watching television "slide harmlessly away- or are they "slowly absorbed into the child's identity and developing sense of self- (Kilbourne 160)? ... In the face of many unsettling changes men found that size, strength and the ability to use violence with success remained the only masculine power that was attainable. ...

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