Though there has been a substantial decline in overall infant and child mortality and a consequent increase in life-expectancy of the population, the decline has not been sufficient to achieve the Twelfth Plan goal of reduction to 30/1000 live births by 2012. ... Disparities in India take on various hues – there are disparities across geographical regions (States, districts, rural-urban), disparities along gender lines with women and sexual minorities facing discrimination and disparities faced by social groups such as Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Minorities, Different...

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In Macbeth, women in making decision of his life influence the main character. ... In this tragedy, Macbeth is a victim of the woman who made the decisions in his life. ... In Macbeth, women in making decision of his life influence the main character. ... In Macbeth, women in making decision of his life influence the main character. ... In Macbeth, women in making decision of his life influence the main character. ...

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The main character, Edna, takes a break from New Orleans life to vacation there with her husband and children. ... Women in this society are allowed to openly discuss the intimacies of life, such as pregnancy, undergarments, and love affairs. ... According to Ian Hacking, a person's gender is an essential element of a person's being; therefore gender is not inevitable only in the present state of affairs. ... A Creole simply denotes those persons living along the Gulf Coast of the New World, referring to those of African or European heritage, specifically French. ...

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The aim of this assignment is to discuss how Critical Psychology helps to develop a critical view on gender, also discussing sexual ideologies in our culture and how these are formed throughout our life-span. ... According to their gender they will know how to behave, how to dress, what to like and what aims they should work for in life. ... For example, if a person is born with female genitalia, a particular type of behaviour and dress code is usually expected from this person in a Western society. The said person may be content with her sex but does not want to conform to society's expe...

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To obtain the higher opportunity presented he would become an important person just like the men before him. ... They become a person of value to their community by showing their sense of purpose and progress. ... When Dougherty first started building a life for herself she was interviewed and asked who she was and what her purpose in life was for. ... I'm concerned with your identity as a human being, as a person, and as an individual, and as a woman" (Bellah 69). ... This is viewed both through Marra James's life and through Barnlund on how society benefits when communication...

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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? Both people had the same menu and the same choices; however, it is undeniable to me that there are characteristic eating habits for men and women that show up often in everyday life and govern food choice. ... This is to be certain that my idea is not a strange phenomenon only occurring in my personal life and that it is a worthy topic to spend time on. ... The first study, "Gender Does Matt...

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Transgender is an umbrella term that encompasses any person who "[lives] full or part-time in the gender role opposite to the one in which they were born, or [displays] characteristics that are not typical of their assigned sex" (Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, www.gmla.org). ... One type of transgender person is a transsexual. This is a person who chooses to live full time as member of the opposite sex. ... Persons whose gender identities are ambiguous, transitional, or androgynous challenge the traditional sexual orientation categories of attraction to "same sex" or ...

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In japan the less superior and thus less powerful person must bow lower than that of the superior person with the higher power. ... Good intercultural skills such as suspending judgement of another cultures way of life and trying to empathise are needed when the power distance differs between cultures. ... Suspending judgement of another person's culture is important when communicating. ... Feminine cultures value relationships, caring for the less fortunate and overall quality of life and have a greater ambiguity in what is expected of each gender. ...

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By expecting different attitudes and behaviors from us because we are male or female, we humans nudge boys and girls in separate directions in life. ... The more television a person watches, the more they will feed into the belief systems that fuel the show. ...

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Although this problem is mostly in women this could also happen in men as well leaving them to feel that they cannot be as good looking as the person in the advertisement, perhaps even believing that women are only sexually attractive to men with similar qualities as the person in the advertisement. ... The ideal person is beautiful and perfect in every way, however it is not real, and it is this idea that most girls, women, and sometimes boys and men try to become, but it is unreachable. ... Advertisements make it difficult for people to live a healthy life; instead they are trying to make t...

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The movie "Boys Don't Cry," narrates the true life story of Teena (AKA Brandon), which clearly shows that gender and sexual orientation are independent of biological sex. ... As the person develops, their gender identity can either become more defined or sometimes it can become more complicated and even less defined than in their childhood years. ...

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Men and women's responsibilities in their daily life are actually switching. ... But what they do not realize is that not even the people in televisions or in ads look the way they do in real life. ... The advertisement is basically saying that it's the women's job to keep the men full and never hungry by Indicating that if an NFL player's mom can do it so cans any other person (Inness, 2001). ...

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Alexandra is a person who needs people in her life to make life worthwhile; she may be uncertain the future of herself and her relationships, but she strives to compensate her isolation and loneliness through the land she lives in. ... Through Alexandra, Cather demonstrates the growing changes in a woman's life, as well as demonstrating the strength of women. ...

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They benefit society in many ways including keeping stability, order and generally making life easier. ... Gender structures every aspect of an individual's life through social relationships and all forms of interaction with society including work. ... Gender plays a role in how a person defines themselves and grows as a person depending on their safety and security in being male or female and what that means to them and what they are taught at a young age. ...

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In order for a woman to have a fulfilling life she must possess both a personal history and identity she is satisfied with not one or the other. ... The result from dissatisfaction with both or one of these elements causes mental distress and a sense of being lost in life. ... In life, women work hard to build a personal history and a clean identity. ... Alicia wanted to personal history that was different than the Latina women that played important roles in her life. ... In order for ultimate happiness and success to be achieved in a woman's life she must feel as though she spent her li...

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Venturing into new territory, Jess begins to take male hormones and breast reduction surgery, Jess finds that getting job becomes easier, but instead of making it possible for Jess to live an open life without deceit and lies, the sex-change further distances her from the life she truly wants. A yearning for a class status that might afford her more breathing room as a Tran gendered person. In presenting Goldberg's life as the personal side of political history, Feinberg demonstrates that sexual identity and gender are constituted as social constructs, evident in the series of brutal and ...

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Furthermore the diet promoted and offered to the masses is full of sugar, fat and salt, which takes the person to the opposite end of the spectrum of perfection and success. ... When exercised in media or everyday life these forms of sexism perpetuate the divide between the sexes and promote the idea that women are inferior to men thereby creating an imbalance in equality and a culture of abuse and injustice. ...

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Thus, because Minnie not only looks past Liu's ethnicity and accepts him as a person, but holds Liu in a similar esteem to her father, Minnie's statement further elevates Liu's masculinity. ... One can argue that "worth- symbolically refers to Minnie's worth as a person because her embroidery represents her own creation, a symbol of her identity. Therefore, Liu's statement reveals that he has a great deal of respect for Minnie as a person. ... Liu embodies masculinity while James does not because Liu is relatively new to American society, and thus lives life accordi...

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The passage marks the third phase of Jane's life, as she had just moved into Thornfield. ... Jane is hurting at this point in her life because she realizes she is limited in her role as a woman. ... The fact that Bronte did bring Rochester and Jane together at the end just shows how much better of a person Jane was compared to Rochester, and how her actions as a woman outdid the actions of the inconsiderate men she encountered. When Jane makes the statement, "Nobody knows how many rebellions besides political rebellions ferment in the masses of life which people earth," she is bringi...

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Tone The tone the author uses mostly is optimistic, though the differences between coeducational and single-sex schools are not big the author attempts to elevate the results by expanding their reach "Though generally small, distinctions extend across multiple categories, including self-confidence, political and social activism, life goals, and career orientation" (Sax 2009.) ... The author provides hard evidence to demonstrate the effects of single-sex education not only academically but in many other aspects of the female student's life "Nearly 60 percent of women gradua...

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It comprises of the person's motivation, the ability to process the ad message correctly, previous exposure, level of attention and perception that eventually leads to brand attitude. ... Hoyer and MacInnis define attitude as the total evaluation that is made on an object, issue, person, issue or event. ... GENDER IMAGES AND SELF CONCEPT FROM TWO PERSPECTIVES The realities of contemporary life in the western societies are studied with avid interest by consumer behaviour researchers among other sociologists. ...

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At the same time, women, whose body parts are being separated from her as a person, are considered to be the physical object of male's uncontrolled driven sexuality. ... Objectification of women has become very common in our society and is the biggest trigger that produces such sick mentality and negatively influences women's life leaving a huge effect on their health and psychological well-being. ... Along with being portrayed as decorative objects, women portrayed in the media, are always represented as the main target of male's driven sexuality and most often ending up being ...

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How can we possibly live a normal life when we think there is always a need for improvement, whether it be to be skinnier, prettier, or just a completely different person? ... For example, young child TV star Lindsey Lohan started off starring in many films and seemed to be living quite the life. ... In a study published by the American Psychological Association, results showed that after exposure to X-rated and even R-rated films, men become desensitized to sexual assault victims in real life. ...

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Because of this people are limited in life and feel they need to be a certain way to be accepted. ... Such roles include: Men are expected to be physically and mentally strong, providing money or 'bringing home the bacon', and are often rejected for opposing roles such as looking after their children7. 83% of single parent families have the mother looking after the child opposed to 17% being fathers; in the court system the gender is looked at rather than the person, opposing males and favouring females for parents8. ... If society continues to look at the gender of a person how can...

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" (Genesis 1:27) This alludes to the difference between men and women from the rest of the created life forms as unique and distinctive, and assigns both males and females a certain kind of dignity and value that is not given to God's other creations. [10] In value, men and women are equal on the premise that they are image bearers of God. [7] The Bible elucidates in its early chapters that man and woman were made to complement one another and affirms that "there is neither male nor female if [they] are one with Christ Jesus.... However, where there is an absolute difference in ...

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