In fact, males are so much more muscular than females, that muscle makes up over 38% of their body composition, in comparison to just under 27% in females (Dixson, 2009). ... While females tend to be less muscular than males, they also tend to have a much higher production and storage of adipose/fat, with women having a body composition of 43.6% fat, in comparison to men who have just over 28% (Dixson, 2009). ... This deposition of fat, as well as the expansion of the pelvic bone, creates an hourglass figure for most women, which is very distinctive from a male's more muscular body shape ...

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Definition Klinefelter's Syndrome is a genetic condition that occurs when a male child is born with an extra X chromosome. ... For adolescents and older males, the syndrome has noticeable effects on growth and appearance. ... Teens may have less facial or body hair, be less muscular than other boys, or experience enlarged breast tissue (gynecomastia), and a small penis. ... In females, both sex chromosomes are X (written XX), while males have one of each X and Y chromosomes (written XY). ... Testosterone therapy is often used to increase strength, encourage muscular development, grow faci...

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"Proportionality is a gender quota that mandates that the gender breakdown of a school's athletic program match the gender split of the student body. ... If not, then some male athletes have to be eliminated" (Gavora). This presents the problem of interest: if the afore mentioned proportion of 55 percent female student body does not does not show a proportional amount of interest, while the 45 percent male students show a greater interest than the females, the male students will not be afforded the opportunity to participate because the numbers will show t...

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This multibillion dollar industry is thriving off of males seeking entertainment, backlashing the women's movement, and trying to have power over female sexuality. ... Atwood uses an effective technique in comparing porn to alcohol and drugs, appealing to logos by describing the many similarities they have on the human body. She clearly describes the comparable chemical changes that occur in the body which the user finds exciting and pleasurable. ... Atwood's bias surfaces when she associates these pornographic addictions with males. ... These females are affected by their addiction ...

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In comparing male salaries with female salaries in the U.S. lodging industry, the differences were drastic, the study illustrated. ... These newly positioned females were revolutionary from the normal female employees of 1974- they underwent the exact rigorous physical training regimen and instruction that the male officers did, and passed the same physical tests that the male officers did. ... As Chief of police, both progress in a male dominated career field and a high career position was reached by Elizabeth Watson. ... There are valid biological arguments that the physiological composit...

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In comparing male salaries with female salaries in the U.S. lodging industry, the differences were drastic, the study illustrated. ... These newly positioned females were revolutionary from the normal female employees of 1974- they underwent the exact rigorous physical training regimen and instruction that the male officers did, and passed the same physical tests that the male officers did. ... As Chief of police, both progress in a male dominated career field and a high career position was reached by Elizabeth Watson. ... There are valid biological arguments that the physiological composit...

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The Lynx Apollo advertisement (2013) begins with a 'handsome' and muscular male lifeguard noticing a woman drowning, and an impending shark attract. Once the males defeats the shark with several punches, he then proceeds to do his 'job' and rescue the female, carrying her frail scantily dressed body out of the water delicately, laying her small frame on the beach. This scene reiterates the hegemonic ideal and portrayal of female vulnerability, repeating the ideas of women being delicate and dependent on the male. ... It reminds the audience that women have a need to be re...

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Nowadays there are several schools with a student body consisting of both genders; however many schools carry on the principle of a single gender system. ... This can be harmful to the student body's health in society because of their inappropriate adolescence feelings. ... Besides those disadvantages, single sex schools can also increase sexual abuse for both males and females. ... Females can also lead to inappropriate behaviors in also increasing their urges to males which can really harm a female's personality and look. Opinions from the student body in mixed gender schools ...

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The text suggests that the depiction of such a character may be the answer to the game's popularity among the male audience. ... The aesthetic value of Lara Croft's tank top, form-fitting shorts, gun-holsters strapped on her hips and thighs, and "enhanced" assets to male gamers should not be dismissed simplistically as among the primary reasons for popularity. It seems that we can associate certain articles of female attire or certain portions of the female body as objects of sexual desire, according to Fetish: Fashion, Sex, and Power. Perhaps we can attribute the fascination o...

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Mating refers to the process in which eggs and sperm are brought together inside or outside the body of the female, a process used to reproduce. ... The male, red-bellied fish courts the female, plain-colored bellied fish with a "zig-zag" swimming that leads the female to the nest the male has made to hold her eggs. ... This fish is male, but it has a plain-colored belly resembling the female belly. This male fish patiently waits by another male's nest for a female to lay her eggs and then he unsuspectingly darts in and fertilizes the eggs before the rightful male can do so. ... Th...

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Title IX requires that both males and females must be provided with equitable opportunities to participate in athletics. A common misconception of Title IX is that it requires universities to offer identical programs for both males and females. ... The regulation states that the number of male and female teams provided must be determined by the population at the school. ... Title IX requires that male and female athletes receive scholarships that are equal to their participation in that sport. ... If a girl likes sports she is automatically associated with a boy because that is a typical male ...

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In other words, both parties seemed clear as to whether or not the female wanted to have sex with the male or not. ... It is important to note that this situation would not fit into the miscommunication theory that the male had simply "misperceived" the woman's signals, but rather, the sex happened because the male was persistent. ... In traditional gender roles males are typically the aggressors: the ones who initiate things, such as asking women on dates. ... Society has taught us that males are supposed to be strong and dominant, and women are supposed to be agreeable a...

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Referring back to the main narrative of The Blot Weber wanted to express anger towards societies refusal to pay teachers and clergymen "who clothe our souls" equal to that of our trade's people "who clothe our bodies". Through this narrative she brings into the story the poor professor and clergymen who are both male, the wealthy shoemaker, tailor and butcher who are also all male and the University students who appear in the first scene, whom of which are all male. All these examples depict a public space, which is dominated by male professionalism. ... By changing around the function...

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Such images of the female body can now be found within the pages of Playboy, Penthouse, and Swedish Erotica. ... 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) . ... "This is a Naked Lady" is written to appeal to the senses of those "adult", predominat...

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"Rock and roll can save the world," some music junkie might say, most likely of the male species. Dating back to the wonder eras of the 1950's through the 1970's, rock and roll was predominantly written and performed by male musicians, ultimately creating a void of female artistry. ... In just a couple of generations, it does appear as if the gender balance between male and female musicians has shifted dramatically, and because society is essentially living in the future, some will disagree with the idea of a male-dominated music industry. ... The small event, which had its...

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This basically applies to women as it is the gender representation of female to be looking clean and fresh all day as opposed to male who is stereotyped as dirty and quite uncaring in their appearance. ... This technique can utilize objects, settings, body language, clothing and colour to assist in portraying stereotypical female in ads. ... Such colour is also a representation of a stereotyped female as opposed to male where they are associated more with dark colours. ...

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Aretaeus's words of how if a man desired to get the most strength out of his body, he must keep semen inside of him. ... The few studies that have been performed, have covered different angles such as gender, sports, measured chemicals in the body or varied measured muscular tests, in order to determine whether or not having sexual intercourse before an athletic event truly does hurt an athletes performance. ... " The participants in this study were 15 high-level male athletes who were all between 20 and 40 years old. ... Where one athlete could physically not move, another could ju...

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In the various relationships that make up The Rainbow, women tend to dominate men in whom there is an imbalance between the male and female principles and as a result none of the relationships in the novel is fully satisfying, the male characters failing to measure up to the challenge presented by the women. ... But this consummation is not complete because the male principle in each of them remains subordinate. ... Being a modern woman, her male principle is much more dominant and demanding than it was in her mother and grandmother. ... But like the earlier men, he's really alive on...

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