Before the affect of gender on health can be discussed, the difference between gender and sex must first defined. Sex refers to actual physiological and hormonal differences between men and women; gender refers to the differences that are imposed by society. ... Examples of completely biological diseases would include ovarian cancer, osteoporosis, breast cancer, and cervical cancer for women and prostrate cancer and testicular cancer for men. These diseases can only be had by members of a certain sex due to specific biological factors such as only women having ovaries therefore are able to hav...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Love knows no gender. you can tell me that you are as straight as a ruler, but then the next day meet someone of the same gender that you find can contaminate you with their every being, to turn their dreams in to your and make every waking and breasting moment you spend apart torture for you. what if you grew up knowing nothing about 'girls and boys' and who is supposed to like who, would you be attracted to people of the same sex. honestly, when thinking about it, the only difference of a hetero couple and a gay couple is that the hetero couple is capable of reproduction while the ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Women are conditioned into dressing in a provocative manner revealing displays of various body parts of the women anatomy such as; the breast, thighs, legs, and behind. ... Sex sells in this society. ... The commercial is implementing the role of women as housewives as well as being sex objects because they are shown cleaning the balls in which it is making reference to the male's genitals. ... The commercial is implementing the role of women as housewives as well as being sex objects because they are shown cleaning the sports balls. ...

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The nurse attempts to hide her sexuality, and the schizophrenic Chief Bromden, the narrator of the novel, first brings the reader's attention to this denial in saying, "A mistake was made somehow in manufacturing, putting those big, womanly breasts on what otherwise would have been a perfect work, and you can see how bitter she is about it." ... Bibbit's absolute power over Billy is shown when Nurse Ratched, having caught Billy having sex with a prostitute, threatens to tell his mother. ...

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Since advertisers know that sex would grab the attention of most people they would advertise products such as food and clothing to different genders, race, and sexualities; however doing so can lead to people having self-esteem problems as well as depression and eating disorders. ... According to a research done by California State University, "The advertisements sell images of thin, beautiful light skinned women, along with the image is a message from the advertising company telling girls to lose weight, or increase their breast size" (Reed). ... No one no matter what age, sex, cul...

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In the 1950's, sociologist Talcott Parsons concluded that in the middle-class suburban family the masculine personality tends to be goal-oriented interests, needs and functions, presumably in whatever social system both sexes are involved, while the feminine personality tends more to the primacy of expressive interests, needs and functions. ... According to psychodynamic theories, females and males develop different personality structures as a result of early-childhood experiences with their caretakers and identification with the same-sex parent. ... Horney suggests that penis envy is n...

• Word Count: 1230
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate