They examine the sex differences in mate preferences and the relations between ideal and real mate characteristics. Usually males are thought to value physical attractiveness higher than other characteristics and women to look for stability. Some characteristics are wanted by both males and females. ... The conclusions of their study came out with no significant sex differences between the value of general physical attractiveness, popularity, shared activities, shared values, family dynamics, and masculine and feminine qualities between men and women. There was however, sex differences in spec...

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As expected, males did tend to lean towards physical attributes more, such as smile. ... Traditionally, men are expected to place high emphasis on external attributes, such as physical appearance. ... Yet, men still desired higher levels of sexual passion and physical appearance than women. ... The questions addressed characteristics such as physical appearance, social status, and personality. ... In the list of most important characteristics, men and women had four out of the five the same. ...

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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). ... This indicates that each individual male has the choice of what characteristics from either one to choose and create his own individual definition of what he should be as a man. ... When it comes to the more emotional rather than physical aspects of how an individual acts, it is still...

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Some of the characteristics of Australopithecus afarensis is a low forehead, a bony ridge over the eyes, a flat nose, no chin, more human like teeth, pelvis and leg bones resembled those of modern man. ... He developed the distinguished Laboratory of Physical Anthropology in Cleveland Museum of National History. ...

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However, a female is quite capable of enduring the same physical pressure as a man. ... We watch her muscles continually grow as the movie progresses and also watch as symbolic physical changes occurs. ... The tasks they accomplish to gain this credence are of a virile nature and therefore characteristic of a hero. ...

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Some people develop with a combination of male and female physical characteristics, despite being genetically male or female. ... Hormones such as estrogens (female sex hormones) and also testosterone (male sex hormones) guide the physical development of sex characteristics and behaviors. ...

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In the first part of the novel, Louise is idealized by the narrator in terms of physical appearance and mind. ... The scene conveys that physical virginity is falsifiable; also the fact that sex defines an identity and a specific behaviour can be falsifiable too. ... They are different things because the body is important for physical desire, and the identity is the essence of each person. ... It demonstrates that distinctive physical characteristics are only a part of the body, but it does not demonstrate the identity. ...

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In addition, both religious and secular aspects of society place expectations on how women should act, modeling the characteristics of the Virgin Mary, as introduced earlier in the paper. ... This brings up another issue that exemplifies inequalities between the sexes: physical appearance. One major difference between the expectations of women in the past and present is the physical appearance. Emphasis has always been placed on physical appearance. ... In continuation, the stereotype for physical appearance of women is not healthy for female athletes. ...

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In the beginning, according to Aristophanies, there were three types of people instead of the two we know today. The male were the offspring of the sun, while females were born from the earth and androgynous were the progeny of the moon. These three gender did not embody the physical characteristi...

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A place where young men go to grow and develop into a man while not being in fear of exposing any "unmanly" like characteristics to the rest of society. ... The essay also reveals the violence exercised between Cadets.The freshmen are forced to endure many different types of sexual and physical harassment in order for these young men to reinforce the ideas formed by the public norms. ...

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Others see not only the physical but also the social, emotional and intellectual differences between males and females. ... Commercials on TV show these same characteristics everyday. ... Traditional gender roles for women are nurturing, dependence, and emotional expressiveness, not physical strength or toughness. ...

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In many cases the recessive (dominant) alleleis the one which holds physical ground appearing in an individuals phenotype. ... Cars, clothes, sports, not these physical things but the use of them will enhance anothers sexual attractiveness. ... Male being Y chromosome(small and only carries sexual characteristics) and female being X (large and carries traits for nonsexual traits as well). ... Each species has a certain male and female bond, but the physical, social, and emotional aspects are not like that of humans. ...

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Relating to the Present According to Webster, the word modern refers to relating to or characteristic of the present (746). ... Everyone is born different, some being more physical, mental, or social than others. ...

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Periodically they enter a phase called kemmer, and in this phase they can assume either male or female characteristics. ... Estraven was a powerful man and has much knowledge, but in the end the two men must rely on each other through severe physical hardship. ...

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The men misuse their strength in the family, as well as physical strength to control the lives of the females. ... In other words, the actions of the men are more important than their individual names which generalizes the characteristics of men in the book. ...

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With historical background and throughout the last decade the issue of weather or not feminism had made a positive impact on society had raged. Although the issues are complex , and the opposition argues that feminism does not provide a positive direction for society for the following reasons. First...

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Women in The Winter's Tale The winter's tale was one of Shakespeare's last plays. As a typical tragicomic, the whole play is shaped into a two-part structure. The first part is the story about Leonte's jealousy which brings the destruction to his royal family. It is completely tragic ...

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