Furthermore, Dittmar (2000, 2001, as cited in Dittmar, 2008) found that women tend towards buying to bolster mood and fulfil identity-related needs more strongly than men; especially in purchasing consumer goods to express ones individuality. ... Furthermore, Jackson, Ervin, Gardner, and Schmitt (2001) found that women reported greater computer anxiety, lower computer self-efficacy, and less favourable attitudes toward the internet than men. ... Taken together, these findings imply that the shopping environment may be more of a concern for women as their emphasis on emotional and social-experi...

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In my literature search I even found a cookbook entitled "Meals men like." ... I also found two more scientific studies based loosely on the concept of gender eating habit differences. The first study, "Gender Does Matter: Important Differences in the Eating Habits of Boys and Girls," by The Sodexho Research Institute of the Quality of Daily Life, found there to be two fundamentally different eating models for boys and girls between the ages of five and seventeen. ... With all these things in mind, I will easily be able to employ both field research and a survey method to gather information...

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This mentality is not easily resolved, because it is introduced and embedded in an individuals mind at a young age. It seems Blatant that society is bent on putting women in their places, this is evident when author Fetzer states I found a scolarship for veterans and asked my father to sign proof that he was a veteran. ...

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Some women, such as Jayanthi, found pleasure in breaking away from the ideal history she would have had she followed her parents every rule. ... Her primary relationships were with African American men of whom her family didn't approve"(38) this is a so called positive rebellion because Alicia found "educated African American men easily"(38) in other words, she rebelled by engaging in relationships with men of a race her parents objected, but, the positive aspect comes from the fact that she set standards and made sure the men were at least educated. ...

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So, it can be easily said that gender differences are everywhere. ... Psychoanalyst Erik Erikson has found that genital differentiation impresses male and female behaviours. ... Just like this, from University of California, Roger Gorski found that if he gave female canaries testosterone before they hatched and again during adulthood, they could learn to sing (Weintraub 18). ... In addition to nurture side of the debate, a recent study looked at 86 countries and found that math scores are determined by culture, not biology. ...

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An article that analyzed masculinity ideologies by using the Male Norms Inventory found that, " men endorse traditional masculinity ideology to greater extent than do women, and, in most studies, sex has a larger effect size than race/ethnicity" (A Review of Research on Masculinity Ideologies). ... They found control is usually implemented through physical as well as emotional abuse (Mason, Blankenship, 1987). ... Recent studies have found a connection between violent video games and increased aggressiveness among individuals. ... The study found that real- life violent video game ...

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The reasoning is that either the man thinks that the woman is playing 'hard to get' or that the woman does not want to seem promiscuous by giving in too easily. ... "Sex Differences in the Perceived Casual Structure of Date Rape," by Gillen and Muncer explores this phenomenon What they found is that "Women carrying out less respectable lifestyles are considered more blameworthy for the rape, especially by males" (Gillen, 102). ... For example, in 1982 Richardson and Campbell found that people tended to place more blame on drunken victims, and inversely, less ...

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Looking at the toys further more, I found that not only the color difference but sizing and packages were clearly noticeably different. ... This could be because girls are more nurturing and typically tend to hold things very closely and empathize with others easily. ...

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Compare and Contrast the representation of female characters in Snow White and Mulan. To what extent can Disney be said to have moved with the times? Disney is an international film company that dominates full-length feature animations. Two feature long cartoons, Snow White (1937) and Mulan (199...

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Research has found that teachers order boys to stop doing something without directing them toward another behavior which opened the boys up to a plethora of options (Martin, 1998, p. 505). ... Summary Through this research, it has been determined that gendered bodies are not innate, nor are they easily obtained. ...

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Matilda quickly realizes that her sexuality is able to completely dominate a man and is easily able to control Ambrosio and cause him to be, "filled with a secret uncontrollable awe" (179). ... Beatrice uses her new distorted powers to exact revenge on those who have wronged her and was able to haunt her murderer until, "his heart burst, and one morning he was found dead in his bed totally deprived of warmth and animation" (136). ...

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I found a study of the section separately after the reading of the text more like an overview, but an overview that was far less positive than the overall approach of the book as an entirety. ... Mackay's assumptions that all the problems can be simply fixed contrast starkly with the reader's knowledge that this cannot happen easily. ...

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Evidence for the sexual objectification of women can be found practically everywhere, from the media, to women's interpersonal experiences, and in specific environments where the sexualization of women is encouraged and culturally disregarded. ... All our family members from my mother's side, including my uncle, and his two youngest children are fairly skinny and have always been known for having a good metabolism and not gaining weight too easily. ...

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Gender is one of the many aspects that concern diversity, however, it is found to coexist with profession, especially in health care. ... Catherine Walker (1999) makes a clear distinction of attributes for both males and females as she states, "Stereotypical qualities of women, for example, include likability, affection, remaining soft-spoken, selflessness, giving, yielding easily, compassion, listening, fairness, and process orientation. ...

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It would lower the level of safety and security in a dangerous work environment and be easily taken advantage of due to lack of "roughness". ... Albert Bandura's Model of Reciprocal Determinism This model helps show a clear change in the environment but certain biases are not always so easily dismissed. ...

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Bringing a live human being into the world can be very intimidating, especially if it is for the first time. Every parent questions their parenting style whether or not it is because they don't know if their style is effective or if they are being "good" parents in general. Thankfully there are tho...

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In an age of female protagonists-like in Disney's newest animated musical feature Frozen-and even male objectification-like the trailer for the new feature Magic Mike XXL-there may be hope that contemporary narrative cinema has found a way to free itself from phallocentricism and objectification of its female characters. ...

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