Gender roles assign specific requirements and expectations of each sex, for example, a popular gender role for women is that they tend to get emotional more so than men. ... Although some of the characteristics that are included in these gender roles are neutral and not demeaning, most of them hold a negative connotation about that gender. ... To say that gender roles are true in every situation is extremely narrow-minded; these assumptions are untrue in so many senses that the fact that gender roles are still expected in society is unbelievable. ... This disproves the gender role of all men b...

• Word Count: 659
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Gender Roles Lakota Woman with regards to male and female relationships has two clearly distinctive parts. ... Main stream American values are predominately based upon Christian norms, especially when it comes to gender roles. ... So it was evident that there was more religious equality in consideration to male and female gender roles. ... Also in the Lakota culture there has been traditional gender roles attributed towards daily activities and the division of Labor. ... These traditional gender roles are somewhat evident in main stream America though the line is quickly dissolving. ...

• Word Count: 759
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In America today media is everywhere and the stereotypes of genders are portrayed constantly; anti-stereotypes are becoming more common in today's society too, especially in places like San Francisco, where it has become normal to come across people who are non-conformist to stereotypical gender roles. ... What is gender? ... Same-sex couples are a great example of how stereotyped gender roles do not work when associated with someone's physical sex. ... In a gay relationship it can be clearly seen that one person often takes a role of a specific gender. ... As a gay person trying to ...

• Word Count: 763
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This depiction of the American family no longer applies to most families in the US today because of the progress in culture especially towards gender equality. ... This family suggests the widely accept norm that the man, the masculine partner takes the role of a provider, while the woman, who is the feminine partner takes the role of caregiver. According to Staricek, the gender role assignment within the family originated from cultural beliefs in biological essentialism. ... The Hispanic wife plays the role of the conventional trophy wife, with much importance on her beauty and ethnicity. ....

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By the nineteenth century, industrialization was in full swing, as were the gender roles inaugurated by the historical turning point; but those gender ideals were short lived as female Irish immigrants flooded American streets in search of "men's" work. Due to the prolific employment opportunities afforded to female Irish immigrants by the swift uprising of industrialization in the United States, Irish women became financially self-reliant and independent resulting in many of them taking on more "male-like" roles in their households such as being the primary "brea...

• Word Count: 1071
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Social constructionism is fundamental to challenging beliefs that individuals in society hold to be true in terms of inequality due to economic, racial, and gender disparity. ... While the state incentives given to companies are accepted and approved by the "power elite" in terms of corporate welfare, welfare given to the individual poor is scrutinized and best explained in the scope of inequality due to race and gender. ... From a gender standpoint, it is mostly women and their children in poverty. ... It is in this way, the elite can focus attention to the poor and shift attention away f...

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Affirmative action is a major issue because it grants access to institutions and jobs based on innate characteristics such as skin color or gender, and not by just merit. ... On the other hand, opponents of affirmative action believe that enough time has passed since the civil rights movement to justify abolishing racial and gender preferences. ... GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM AND THE WORKPLACE Gender inequality in education is less noticed than racial inequality in education, because economic factors do not play a significant role because most of the time boys and girls of the s...

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Hartmann (1981, P.29) points out that historically, "The sexual division of labour places women in low paying jobs, and in tasks thought to be appropriate to women's role". ... That is, they are biologically deterministic in theory; biology determines your role, and in women's case, your fate (Stacey & Price, 1981, p 1-12). Socialist feminists take the alternative view that our gender roles are socially constructed, and can therefore be changed. ... Radical feminists see men as keeping women "down and powerless" through the roles forced upon them (Echols, 1979, p34-53). ... There is ...

• Word Count: 1571
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What is the manager's role in handling the diverse workforce? Many organizations are engaging in activities to manage their employees of different genders, ages, race, sexual orientations, etc. ... Competing to win in the global economy will require an ability to attract, retain, motivate and develop high- potential employees of both genders from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds. ... Leaders in the organizations should learn diversity (differences of gender, age, sex and religion in their work environment and also to communicate will between them) and how to manage it effe...

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Affirmative Action was put in place in the 1960's to benefit minority groups regarding factors such as race, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation, and national origin. ... Another factor affirmative action opponents argue is the real goal should be to make our society race and gender blind, but such programs make physical factors relevant to someone's ability for a position. ... For instance, minorities are now able to have strong role models that they can celebrate, while minimizing majority prejudice towards those groups. Advocates hope that ultimately affirmative actio...

• Word Count: 1464
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Gender-specific attitudes are one common conceptualization of these messages. Different sexual messages and roles are emphasized for males and females. ... Instead, a sexual double standard prevails in which sexual dictates, norms, attitudes, and behaviors vary greatly by gender."" ... Popular shows such as The OC, My So Called Life, and the short-lived Fox series Skin all reinforce the aforementioned roles. ... Aside from gender associations, demographics also play an important factor in how viewers become involved with programs. ...

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The media and mainstream social science research play major roles in characterizing the Black family. ... The media has recognized the dichotomy between the white and Africa-American families in America, and therefore has taken the television programs where Africa-Americans play lead roles and made the shows resemble the norms of the white family. ... Family privileges and disadvantages are attained through race, gender, and class. ... Within our families and community, there are more flexible roles, meaning that our parents do not necessarily have to be there all day everyday for us. Our ...

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Considering the subject of affirmative action the following questions frequently are raised: Is there a clear understanding of affirmative action roles/goals? ... Does seniority play a role in affirmative action? ... BACKGROUND To understand the role and/or goals of affirmative actions programs we should define what the broad definition of what affirmative action is and what caused its development. ... In other words, when co-workers have information that clearly describes an individual's job qualifications, they should be less likely to assume that he or she was hired solely on race or g...

• Word Count: 2762
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Considering the subject of affirmative action the following questions frequently are raised: Is there a clear understanding of affirmative action roles/goals? ... Does seniority play a role in affirmative action? ... BACKGROUND To understand the role and/or goals of affirmative actions programs we should define what the broad definition of what affirmative action is and what caused its development. ... In other words, when co-workers have information that clearly describes an individual's job qualifications, they should be less likely to assume that he or she was hired solely on race or g...

• Word Count: 2762
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As Aneela Sltana stated in 'Gender Excavations: Understanding Woman's Beauty in Space and time' article that "Visual representation of women is a subjective matter which depends on individual perception. ... Therefore because culture varies from country to county and even within the cities, the big role in identifying beauty is played by how society views and teaches their members on how and why people should consider one person as more attractive than the other. ... Though out times people were always comparing themselves to others and history of the country, civilization play...

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Here we will consider hip-hops role in racial authenticity and its history of social empowerment for African-Americans, its role as a fundamental source of positive racial socialization for black youths and in what ways its elements can be utilized in classroom and therapeutic settings involving urban youth. ... African American youth stand at ground zero for issues of race, nation, gender, age and sexuality (Collins, 2006). ... Hip Hop culture has played a vital role in de-sanitizing American history, and presenting social contexts of groups normally unheard and ignored as they lack the mea...

• Word Count: 1971
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Since so much time is spent in these places, media can play a huge role in shaping the views and beliefs of a teenager, especially if a teenager's favorite celebrity is passionate about it. ... Homosexual youth and adults and youth with same gender attractions are at risk for deteriorated physical and mental health. ...

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The benefits of racial and gender diversity may be most obvious in the educational and human service areas. ... Affirmative action programs have played major roles in increasing the number of minorities and women at public and private sector institutions. ...

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The question as to whether groups with different ethnicities or countries actually do "melt"" together, or simply learn to live side by side, is a topic beyond the scope of this paper; but the fact remains that, however a misconception of the majority, race, cultural identity, and gender represent the totality of a person. ... In that way, they weren't all that different than writers and other artists who continue to fill that role today. ...

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Custom, role requirements, or even the law causes them to treat people in ways they would prefer not to. ... Much of the earnings gap is the result of occupational differences, gender segregation, and women's tendency to interrupt their employment for family reasons and to take jobs that do not interfere extensively with their family lives. ...

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Athletes of different sports, gender and age use these drugs all over the world. ... Such examples include athletes as role models, health risks, the legalization of PED with medical supervision, sportsmanship, sports fans and an unfair advantage (Agency, 2003; Allison, 2004; Fost, 2005; National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 2000; Pound, 2008; Fost, 2005). ... However, in Greg Schwab's (2002) online document he adumbrates that sports stars are huge role models and idols to the public and a large percentage of steroid using teenagers use them because they aspire to be "as...

• Word Count: 4945
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Affirmative Action has been law since 1961 when President John F. Kennedy signed a bill forcing government contractors to extinguish discrimination due to race, religion or national origin. Since that law came into existence, many changes have taken place to provide a broader scope of protection...

• Word Count: 1980
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I did not understand why An-Mei's mother wanted her daughter's fate to be situated in gender inequality just like her own footsteps. ... She could not avoid the discrimination from the Western society, since her language, culture, accent and facial features were different, perhaps unfavourable qualities from the dominant characters and once again these Chinese mothers are put in the role of passive, silent and oppressed positions. ...

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I have always enjoyed the history of New York City; in particular that history which surrounds the Five Points in lower Manhattan. In this paper I will examine the class structure of the Five Points beginning with geographic and architectural significances that assisted in the class structuring; then I will examine the archeological evidence which further sheds light on the lives of those who resided in what became known as America's first slum. The Five Points, called so because of the five corners of streets that merged together within the ward; Mulberry Street, Anthony (now Worth Stre...

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