You are socialized into a masculine gender identity if you are male and a feminine gender identity if you are female. One of the problems with gender socialization is that in a patriarchal society, the masculine gender role is generally valued more than the feminine gender role, which is denigrated in many ways. ... Gender identity and value as a woman validated through childbearing, fulfillment of role as wife and mother. ... Advertising and marriage in the 1950's-60's and beyond: - Advertisers of the time played into the heightened emotional role held by marriage - i.e. for women:...

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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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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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Unlike many of the women of her time period, Lady Macbeth acts more dominant and masculine. ... Macbeth implies she has a masculine sole in her female body. Her ambition and tendency for violence implies she has a masculine personality. ... Her ability to read already states she has an abnormal female identity (Wilson's). ...

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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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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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., 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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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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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 main character Viola, has been stranded in a foreign land and adopts the identity of her brother so that she might live independently without a husband or guardian. ... Only at the end, does she renounce her male identity and declares her love for him. ... Having found the man she would be willing to wed, the pretense of her male identity is no longer necessary, as she desires to be his wife. ... The entire concept of choice and free-will, of which Shakespeare was so fond of, applies as equally to his feminine characters as to his masculine. ...

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But later on in their life they may change their sexual orientation from masculine to feminine or vice versa. ... And just like Sandra did, I too decided to follow my own identity and not the standards of my culture or the ones that society has set in place. ...

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They"re often crafters or part time librarians that keep themselves busy while their husbands entertain their masculine hobbies. ... His identity, partially concealed by a Led Zeppelin t-shirt with the sleeves cut off, is given away by bi-focal lenses hung on well trimmed ears and a shiny Movado watch dangling from the wrist. ...

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The Naked Citadel reveals a life, hidden behind the walls of a Men's world. This essay is a revelation of the relations between men as men, as humans and as fighters. These are the three major aspects of the life behind the walls of the Citadel, the manly world. Susan Faludi paints a beautiful pictu...

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They become fathers and husbands who fear losing their own identities. ... All of these qualities are hoped to appeal to that dominant, masculine nature that men tend to want to portray to their peers. ...

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Being gay is much more profound than simply a sexual relationship; being gay is part of that person's identity. ... Some of the major concerns are that people are afraid to face the reality of a constantly changing society, making love to another man betrays everything that is masculine, and it offends everything that religion stands for. ...

• Word Count: 952
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