Films are often constructions of reality, offering representations of the current issues within a society's culture. ... This representation of society exposes the detrimental effects of a male hegemony, and the subsequent rape culture that flourishes, effectively working to expand the viewer's social awareness of the issues surrounding gender, allowing them to identify and reject misogyny around them. ... Dialogue is also used to represent how social judgment from an oppressively male dominant culture is used to blame the victim, to shame them into silence. ... Communicating to the ...

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The four main perspectives are: The Biological perspective, the evolutionary perspective, the social constructionist perspective and the psychoanalytic perspective. ... Social constructivists believe when we construct our world, the issue of gender is the most prominent factor when constructing our own and others" identities. ... But unlike biological and evolutionary psychologists , social constructivists believe that "gender" is not necessarily determined by our sex, rather it is a socially constructed set of ideas about what it is to be male or female and then taken on and acted upon...

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Theseus, clearly invested in maintaining the prevailing social order because it advances his own interests.In other words, gender roles and expectations are being stated to this strong female character in no uncertain terms. ... Interestingly though, she is using the delicate but weighty issue of power within her own defense, thus is offering a nod to the fact that there are such power differences between genders but not allowing this to completely dominate her and not allow her to make her own decision. ... First, it is important to point out that both Olivia and Viola are women who enjoy ce...

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(Barberet, 2010) In essence, feminist victimology concentrates on the social construction of gender, and heavily focuses upon "uncovering, assessing and responding to the victimisation of women and, in particular, men's violence against women" (Newburn, 2013, pp. 322). ... According to Smart, (1989) in a research analysis of the criminal justice system, both radical and social feminists observed that the law was biased against women and in favour of men. ... Still, radical victimology has drawn attention to the theoretical victimisation of the powerless by exposing the structura...

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Literature often holds a mirror to the social, political and economic milieu in which it was created; this could not be truer in Elizabethan times. ... The issues of gender politics in context of The Old Arcadia produce numerous questions, and other avenues of exploration. ... Issues concerning the cult of Elizabeth, and her immortalisation in literature are also relevant. ...

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Sexual Misconduct Policies: Secretly Biased? Sexual misconduct occurs daily and to both sexes; society, however, has preconceptions that such acts only occur to females. Universities share this opinion to a certain extent, as evidenced by sections of their policies. However, most of university regu...

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