One of the conflicting issues that helps keep the world revolving is the difference between the male and female sex. For centuries, the conflict that arises from each sex's differences has caused disputes and quarrels that stem from the inability to understand the characteristics of men and women. In Houston's story, the differences in genders are depicted in a scenario that gives rise to clashes between the male and female sex. ... Houston's story, "How to Talk to a Hunter", gives many examples of the differences between men and women, and shows how those differences lead to ...

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The Portrayal of Females in Society: Sex Sells You have to wonder who exactly Pepsi is trying to sell to when they put Britney Spears in a half shirt with suspenders and low-slung, ripped jeans in a commercial with Bob Dole at the end staring lewdly at the television screen. ... But Pepsi is just one of many advertisers who think that sex, or women dancing around in slinky clothing, sells their product. ... So why do these advertisers use women and sex to sell their product? ... The ads might appeal to a specific social class or to a specific sex. ... In this particular insert the...

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Susan Minot's Lust The short story Lust by Susan Minot deals with the ongoing sexual encounters that a girl has with numerous men, with her describing the tendencies of each guy and how he approaches her. ... It touches on a subject that we all want to know more about, but at the same time want to hear less of; sex can be dangerous. ... In addition, the views of males who have frequent casual sex and that of females are very different. In the story, the narrator explains "The more girls a boy has, the better. ... He stalks around, sure-shouldered, and you have the feeling he'...

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She is at work with her co-workers and is listening to each one of them tell their rape fantasy stories and then goes on to tell hers too. ... When you are just a nude picture, in a sense, you are a sex object. ... I believe that if you do decide to engage in that type of business, where you are posing nude for pictures, stripping, or selling your body for sex, then yes, you are a sex object. ... Margaret Atwood believes that woman are very powerful human beings and that these stories that we create are for ourselves and to show others how woman interpret the true meaning of sex. ... This ...

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The trend of the time, based on Sax's story, seems to be a focus on gender-neutrality. ... Research on differences in sex is not new. ... In an example of how this difference in sight can play out in the classroom, Sax tells us a story of how Ms. ... This example of a universal sex difference is just one of many that Dr. ... The aspect of sex has not been taken advantage of in the classroom. ...

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How do nature and nurture influence the definitions of sex and gender? ... Sex is biological while gender is socially constructed. Genes produce sex. ... Gender is the meanings that society assigns to sex. ... Take for example the story which Susan Baxter tells in her article "The Last Word on Gender Differences?...

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Each author tells a different story, but the authors agree on a common theme: "that too much emphasis is placed on the roles of the sexes in today's society." ... The story concludes in the office of a team of therapists analyzing X. ... Kanner employs an informative essay structure, a bias tone, and a third person perspective in depicting the roles of women in today's culture as molded by both sexes. ... Everyone is caught up with the fine line distinction between what separates each sex. ... In Gould's article she claims that gender bending is over dramatized and that peop...

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This is a narrative poem which means that it tells a story. ... Compared to traditional fairy stories, there is a difference in the presentation between men and women. ... He is treated as a 'sex object' in the poem. ... The man seems to be only interested in sex - without any commitment. ... He is also treated as a sexual object in this poem - "he did look sort of gorgeous/axe and all" but he only seems to be interested in sex - "bringing her the sex manuals" without commitment. ...

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Using this metaphor to illustrate the commonly occurring conflicts between men and women, Gray explains how these differences can come between the sexes and prohibit mutually fulfilling loving relationships. Relationships with the opposite sex have been one of the hardest things to handle nowadays. For teenagers, it is normal be a story of trial and error but for adults, it is a big deal. ... According to relationship counselor John Gray, difficulties in relationships between a man and a woman lie in the lack of understanding and acceptance of the differences between the ...

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More so Van Der Leun rationalizes that pornography is merely a medium which appeals to the force which controls the majority of the male species, sex drive. Repeatedly Van Der Leun associates societies use of porn with the male sex drive, stating that " of all these [basic human needs]: food, shelter, sex and money; sex is the one drive that can elicit immediate consumer response." (477) . The idea that sex is the one vehicle that is always on the move, in search of a new victim is a theory conveyed by William Borroughs who compares sex to a virus, " a virus which is always on the hunt for...

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"A Rose for Emily": Battle of the Sexes In his short story "A Rose for Emily," William Faulkner relates to the reader the life of Emily Grierson, a remnant of the past. ... It is quickly evident that the author makes distinctions between the sexes in this story. ... The women in this story seem to be quite unkind. ... The female characters in the story continue to be portrayed as nosey and unkind as the story unfolds. ... The distinctions that Faulkner makes between the sexes in "A Rose for Emily" are clearly visible to the reader. ...

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The third poem, Rapunzstiltskin' is written in a well-known fairytale format and is a narration about a love story which has gone dramatically wrong. ... It is also showing that people must think about the responsibility that comes after sex. ... He does actually get quite desperate and resorts to scaring the woman into sex etc such as lines 27-29. ... My favourite poem out of these three is Rapunzstiltskin' because it is comical and keeps the readers attention, I also feel that it portrays attitudes towards love and sex clearer than the other two where the reference to sex is hidd...

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The movie "Boys Don't Cry," narrates the true life story of Teena (AKA Brandon), which clearly shows that gender and sexual orientation are independent of biological sex. ... Wood wrote that "sex is a designation based on biology, while gender is socially and psychologically constructed" (19). ... Gender identity starts with the recognition and awareness that one belongs to one of the sexes. ...

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They are merely the framework that Le Guin uses to arrange the true story upon. ... The true story is how the experience of immersion in a wholly different culture transforms the Mobile. ... At that time nearly all the editors and publishers were operating under a code similar to the old Hollywood code of no sex and little violence. While there is no actual sex in this book (to the best of my recollection), the topic of sexuality is explored in such depth that it cannot be denied: this book is about sex. ... The story draws you along, and once past any initial hesitations, it moves ...

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How do nature and nurture influence the definitions of sex and gender? ... Sex is biological while gender is socially constructed. Genes produce sex. ... Gender is the meanings that society assigns to sex. ... Take for example the story which Susan Baxter tells in her article "The Last Word on Gender Differences?...

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During this time, Cary regurgitates stories, which have influenced her core. ... The story was told to her by her Grandfather, being that the moral of the story was to trust no man, it's interesting to see that a man would be tell this story. By a male telling the story one might connect that a man would know best about not trusting their sex, this too could have influenced the author's view on men. ... (Cary, 132) When this story is told, Lorene Cary is talking about herself. ... But that's not the only evidence that shows Cary's uneasiness with the male sex. ...

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Throughout the story she is determined to battle the typical stereotyping and is in all aspects of the word a "tomboy". ... The name also symbolizes the difference between the sexes when this story took place. ... At the time of the story, society did not consider men and women equal. ... As the story goes on she continued to dream of stories which started the same way with some sort of danger lurking, however, things would start to change. ... Laird is the lord, as a male he is deemed as the more important of the two, simply because of his sex, while the narrator cast into her womanl...

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Although the short stories, Never Marry a Mexican, Woman Hollering Creek, and La Fabulosa: A Texas Operetta by Sandra Cisneros portray stories of "male superiority," if one were to search deeper, traces of womanly power can certainly be discovered. As each story unfolds, this "power" matures into something much more meaningful. ... Through the actions of the male sex, she achieves this notion of power. ... While Clemencia's story largely has to do with gaining knowledge the hard way, Woman Hollering Creek's story describes a different sense of power. ... The character in this story i...

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Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers" is a short story showing the differences between male and female. ... The story images to readers where men are considered superior to women in all actions. ... In the story, the use of only surnames when referring to the women symbolizes the women inferiority to the men. ... Peters becomes known as the Sheriff's wife, since her first name never being mentioned throughout the story. ... It used in the story symbolizes how men looked at the differences in the sexes. ...

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The story says,"When I was a boy, the men I knew labored with their bodies... The story "Why I want a wife" written by Judy Brady to show how women have a stereotypical life. ... The women in the story would like her needs to be met. ... The story says,"And I want a wife who knows that sometimes I need a night out by myself"(350). ... "In sex Lies and Advertising" by Gloria Steinman she writes about how advertising is set up. ...

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John Steinbeck utilizes two main characters to contrast different forms of strength in the short story " The Chrysanthemums". Steinbeck uses his female protagonist, Elisa, is a middle-aged woman who is beginning to question how strong she is as a female in a society where males are viewed as the stronger sex. ... In the middle of the story Elisa meets the "fix-it man". ... On the contrary the re-pair man in Steinbeck's story keeps his strength reserved. ...

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Tools such as word processing software are less sex stereotyped than say computer games, and are commonly used by women. ... As research and communication tools through e-mail, newsgroups, and the World Wide Web have increased in popularity and efficiency, women have overcome sex stereotypes and social stigmas about computer use and begun to become active on the Internet. ... Stories of continual pick up-lines, put-downs, and sexual threats are common and have gained the attention of much of the mainstream press. Newsweek compiled many common stories of harassment on the net for a controversia...

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However, both sexes use language for different purposes making it difficult to comprehend one another. ... We would talk all night about our feelings on sex, boys, family, friends, and high school gossip. ... It is one thing when making generalizations about women and men in mutual relationships however it is a completely different story in relationships. ...

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"This sex-biased division of labor leads necessarily to gender stereotypes and sex differences in behavior" (Lippa 112). ... Dan Savage writes about a story which relates to both nurture and nature that has an impact on identity. "It Gets Better" talks about different stories about the lives of homosexual and straight men that commit suicide because of their environmental pressure of them getting bullied that caused a tragedy. ...

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These elite woman saw what they had and chose to acknowledge their lust, "They were nobody's dolls, but their own women, playing with their own appearance, their own sexuality, their own stories (Fury Pg,74). ... They had it all--emancipation, sex appeal, cash (Fury, Pg.74)" Even with all this they still longed for excitement. ...

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