The Department prides themselves in providing many supervisory positions to females and also broke gender barriers in two ways recently in 1990 to 1992. ... If an American citizen has the desire to serve their country, they should be able to, regardless of gender. ... The reason for that is because if only one gender is allowed in some military situations due to privacy concerns, and if females can qualify and accomplish the same physical training as males- there is no justification to say that males are that chosen gender that should have that right to serve. ... Furthermore, if this femal...

• Word Count: 1908
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In both their essays, Lois Gould and Bernice Kanner address these gender oriented issues from the point of view of a male and female, for whom gender heightens the distortion and its consequences. ... In Bernice Kanner's piece a totally different approach was taken in order to spread awareness on the issue of gender. ... When all the tests are complete the doctors conclude that X is not insane or abnormal, but rather the contrary, ""Young X," said the other Xpert, frowning, "is just about the least mixed up child we've ever examined!"" ... The gender of X does not matter to th...

• Word Count: 1388
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

So, it can be easily said that gender differences are everywhere. ... As they take up cudgels for, gender differences are learnt. ... In the "Rod and Frame Test", boys can separate the rod usually from the frame and make it stand straight. ... This is causing gender differences. ... Finally, there may be some inherent gender differences due to nature and there may be some gender dif...

• Word Count: 1571
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Department prides themselves in providing many supervisory positions to females and also broke gender barriers in two ways recently in 1990 to 1992. ... If an American citizen has the desire to serve their country, they should be able to, regardless of gender. ... The reason for that is because if only one gender is allowed in some military situations due to privacy concerns, and if females can qualify and accomplish the same physical training as males- there is no justification to say that males are that chosen gender that should have that right to serve. ... Furthermore, if this femal...

• Word Count: 1903
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

What is gender equity? ... In order to enforce this law, certain civil action groups have persuaded law makers to adopt a test for discrimination based on proportionality rather than opportunity and interest. This presents a problem: that proportionality is a gender quota system that discriminates against men rather than promoting opportunity for woman; and should not be used to enforce Title IX. ... "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. ... According to the NCAA's Gende...

• Word Count: 1259
• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Blueprints and Recipes: Gendered Metaphors for Genetic Medicine," written by Celeste M. ... Condit (2001), and "The Egg and The Sperm: How Science has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles," by Emily Martin (2003), discuss the strength of implications held in metaphors, as well as the gendered stereotypes held within metaphors respectively. ... On the other hand, through a detailed expression of the differences in gender metaphors and stereotypes pertaining to the egg and the sperm such as: the egg being the "damsel in distress" and the s...

• Word Count: 1414
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ... Over a two-day span, each athlete would be monitored while undergoing two maximal strength tests, one two hours after sexual intercourse and the other ten hours after sexual intercourse, and a one-hour arithmetic stress test paired with an arithmetic mental concentration test. ... When the athlete had r...

• Word Count: 2658
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For example, Maccoby & Jacklin (1974) argued that men score higher on spatial ability tests than women, but on the other hand women do better on tasks involving verbal abilities and language vocabulary. ... There are debates in recent literature on what the extent in sex differences in intelligence are, particularly spatial intelligence, how they are influenced by environment and what role does gender stereotypes play in these sex differences (Halpern & LaMay, 2000). ... Parents may also influence gender stereotypical upbringing by encouraging their children to engage in activities commonly k...

• Word Count: 1790
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate