For example, most Swiffer commercials have young middle-aged women pushing around a Swiffer mop dancing to a cheesy theme song. ... Most advertisements about young kids eating healthy and physical fitness is in high demand because Michelle Obama has made many health regulations in the school systems. ... Advertising involves all sorts of interconnected relationships, the relationships between objects and people, how we use certain symbols to show that relationship, the symbolism and the power it has, and most important communications and satisfactions (Monk-Turner, 2007). ... Food advertisemen...

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Advertising does more than just promote mere products in popular culture today. ... Most of the roles portrayed by women in advertisements tend to be a negative, and subservient image. This presents an itony since it is these negative images which have been most successful in selling products. ...

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Both figurines are popular due to their representation of women in their era, revealing their own connotation of gorgeousness and cultural perceptions. ... This also shows that there was interaction between the communities and they most likely shared same cultural influences such as art and trade. Several studies give different dates of the Venus de Willendorf era where most recent dating is cited for period between 24,000-22,000 BCE. ... Barbie's role as a teenage fashion model has had close association and use in popular youth pop culture (The Barbie Effect, n.d.).They are used exten...

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When Islam entered Africa, newly converted women, wanting to continue and spread the practice, linked it to the Islamic religion causing it to spread to and be popular in other Islamic countries (Peters, 1995). ... Child marriage, the legality and promotion of children 18 and under to become married, is very popular in many eastern countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chad, Afghanistan and Niger. ... By choosing to wear religious articles, Islamic women show respect not only for themselves, but for their significant others and most importantly, God (Educational Foundation). ... Due to the d...

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When Islam entered Africa, newly converted women, wanting to continue and spread the practice, linked it to the Islamic religion causing it to spread to and be popular in other Islamic countries (Peters, 1995). ... Child marriage, the legality and promotion of children 18 and under to become married, is very popular in many eastern countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chad, Afghanistan and Niger. ... By choosing to wear religious articles, Islamic women show respect not only for themselves, but for their significant others and most importantly, God (Educational Foundation). ... Due to the d...

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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. ... Their role is society is only to reproduce and please their husbands, which is by far the most insensitive, cruel, and self-centered role to ever place upon a human. ...

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(Horrock1995: 154) This shows us that male violence with in the field of sport is considered ok allowing popular male athletes the freedom to commit violent acts with less punishment. ... Sports associated with the dominant form of 'manliness' are the most culturally valued in our society. ... This theme appears most often in advertising geared towards young men. ... The "Cave Man Mentality" is the use of violent male icons or heroes from popular history to demonstrate masculinity in advertisements. ... (Peterson 1998: 47) As most people know high school is where most teen mal...

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Stepping into McComas past the glass sliding doors into the cool air-conditioned building, most gym goers make their way down the long hallway slightly to the left walking and chatting with their friends. ... This not only allows for students to have a more productive workout but it allows them to finish quickly so that they can be more productive and have more time doing other things such as participating in clubs, taking part in social activities, and most importantly spent their time studying and doing homework. ... " Studies have shown that most girls feel uncomfortable in the weight...

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Most such films have been adaptations of science-fiction literature and comic strips. ... One of the most important films of modern science fiction genre is 2001: A Space Odyssey, made in 1969, which combines optimism and spiritual developments with exploration of new worlds. ... An example of this can be seen in another popular film genre, Westerns. ... The impact of feminism on female representation in science fiction cinema can be detected from the late 1970's and early 1980's, most notably in the Aliens starring Sigourney Weaver as Ripley. ... In the final part of the trilogy, sh...

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A woman, deemed as a fallen one, showed signs of disregard of the set norms, expressed sexual aggressiveness, and ignored the need to be submissive to the men in her life (Gilmour 18).The theme of a fallen woman became a popular topic in literary circles during this age. ... Similar to her, most women of the Victorian age had to partake in only their domestic duties and not engage in life beyond the walls of their homes. ...

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I feel as though the creators of this film took a stereotypical approach when representing Regina George's femininity, which results in the degradation of women, by proposing that in order to be feminine you must date and sleep with several guys, wear tight clothing, obsess over being the most attractive female in the school, and use the distinctive colour of pink. In the movie, Mean Girls, the main character, Regina George, is the stereotypical and superficial popular girl based on her attractiveness in high school. ...

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The most immediate form of advertisement is visual, consisting of colourful images with catch slogans that are design to stay in the reader's mind for as long as possible. ... What advert of cosmetic products use most are the bodies of consumers to display the relation between user and product. ... Cosmetic brands are the most heavily advertised to stay in tandem with constant socio-economic evolution. ... Mainstream politicians and popular media preach tolerance and freedom of self-expression in contrast with the early days of marketing. ... As feminism became popular among women, so...

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Low self-esteem issue is most common in teenage girls and in women however younger and older men could also feel this way as well. ... This is most common when color television started to become very popular and advertisers began to target specific audiences in their commercials. ... One of the most dangerous effects of advertisements may be eating disorders in women both in the advertisements and in the audience. ... Although white women and girls are most likely to have eating disorders other women around the world are facing similar situations mostly in developed countries. One journal ment...

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To those who "take gender seriously", sex refers to biological distinctions between men & women, most obviously differences in reproductive organs. ... The feminist engagement with theories of patriarchy criticised pre-existing theoretical positions and their ideological use, tracing theoretical progenitors of popular views about gender, gender roles etc (Cooper, 1995; Raymond, 1980). ... The gender differences, which lead to gender inequality in the division of labour, and presented as natural by patriarchy and unequal gender order has been normalised and legitimated by science, medicine and ...

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Well, if so you'll be able to clearly distinguish two major categories in your toy store; "boy toys " and "girl toys. " For as long as we can remember growing up as a little boy or little girl, we would always want the toys that best fit our gender most, but what made us understand what toys is for what gender? ... When children view advertisements on the television a change is taken place in their minds and they adapt to what they are exposed to most, which is advertisers showing boys playing in the blue section slightly more aggressive, but having fun, and girls playing in the pink sect...

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Along with the unfortunate conditions in the workplace, the most readily available living arrangements were in small shanti communities near the factories in which they worked. ... Huddled on the cold ground with your family, or what is left of it, as most of the men (fathers and husbands) had either perished on the voyage to America or had been a victim of some other accident. But the most common reason for a fatherless/husbandless home was abandonment; women in the workplace became a new "threat" that often caused men to abandon their wives and children, feeling emasculated by the...

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 Each day, millions of people listen to the radio and are exposed to the social critiques that are apparent in many popular songs. ... Christopher Carey notes that some of the most persuasive "angry rhetoric," evokes anger in a way that makes the audience feel personally offended, even though it may not have actually been a personal attack (408). ... The authors explain that evoking anger through rhetoric is most justified when it is "directed...toward particular agent, policy, or idea," but unjustified if it incites violent actions in listeners (Zagacki and Boleyn-Fitz...

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What cause child labor such popular? ... During the late 1700s and the early 1800s, child labor became popular and very common to the public. ... In addition, government also provide subside to help them and their families get out of poverty Last but not least, the rise of mass consumption can be count as most important distinctions between traditional and modern society. ...

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In India, the most visible advocate of ecofeminism is Vandana Shiva. ... However, the "feminine principle "is largely expressed in Hindu terms which are close to Sankhya philosophy, which is mainly popular in the North. ...

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Without any further explanation, I, and I assume most other people, would feel confident in knowing with some degree of certainty which person ordered which meal, but why is this distinction so obvious? ... This kind of popular literature shows that it is common knowledge that a difference exists between men and women when it comes to eating habits and desires. ...

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Media constantly educates the public with images and ideas of popular qualities and characteristics of being a real man, which include strong, powerful, active, tough, muscular, undestroyable, violent, aggressive etc. ... Furthermore, the government spends most of the resources in researching and controlling aggressive behavior in men, but completely ignoring the same in women. ...

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The first ad I selected came out of the popular women's magazine Cosmopolitan, and it is a full-page ad for Air Optix Colors: Contact Lenses. ... The most apparent symbol on display in this ad is the all-too familiar "before and after" technique designed to accentuate the true need for this product while demonstrating the consequences of not having this product. ... The final female-centric ad I observed helps to perpetuate, in my opinion, the most damaging message of all: Get Noticed with Visibly Softer Lips, writes the ad in big, bold letters. ... Without these products, they...

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"Both males and females encounter gender expectations and pressures in schools from kindergarten through graduate and professional school." (Wood, 2013) We know how gender stereotyping can begin the moment parents find out the sex of their child. It is basically a cultural habit to give a boy a to...

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There are many music videos that serve to objectify women and in most cases women submit to the whim and fancy of the men in the video. ... A popular myth that is perpetuated through out the media is that a woman cannot be successful if she is not married and women who are not married are often chastised in the media. ...

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Date rape is one of the most brutal mentally and physically damaging experiences for a person to endure. ... To Catch a Predator was a popular TV series, which she goes in depth about. ... Since many men expect sex on a date, it is obvious why most men in general are less inclined to blame another male perpetrator accused of raping a girl who is dressed in provocative clothing. ...

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