"Sexiest University in Britain" and other articles such as "FHM kills a super car" appear to represent a readership of working class and middle class. ... Reviews of new power tools and fast sports cars appear to influence the reader's sense of masculinity. ... The analysis of a car review featured in FHM acquires these three modes of register (refer to appendix 1). ... Masculinity is further related with the phrase "so make sure your car doesn't let the side down"; this statement refers the car in a human context, associating a "laddish culture" with reference to a teams, thus sport...

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In The Blot cars are used as a symbol to reinforce the main narratives of the film of poverty, wealth and class status. ... At the beginning of the film there is a scene which depicts Mr Olsen (the shoemaker) coming home with a new car for his family. ... Here Weber is explaining that people who have more money have greater access to items such as cars and therefore a greater access to public space. ... The only female in the film that is depicted driving a car is Juanita, a wealthy friend of Phil West who is said to have "first mortgage on his affections". The reason that Juanita is repre...

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The children can play with seven different types of activities; play dough, the dolls house, drawing, Luna Park, cars on play matt, shop and the wooden bricks. ... There were seven different stations where the children could choose to play, the dolls house, the play dough table, the drawing table, luna park, cars on play mat, the shop and the wooden bricks. ...

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Both men and women considered religion and the car they drive to be of least importance. ... The least important characteristics among women are the car they drive (69%) and their religion (44%). ... The least important characteristics were their religion (88%), race/ ethnicity (84%), and the car they drive (54%). ...

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Wilson says that "you don't shoot from the cars" and throughout the story staying in the car is portrayed as being less honorable (and as a result, more feminine.) ... Just as she is not able to be truly aggressive and must resort to passive-aggression, she is forced to stay in the car instead of being able to hunt outside of it. ...

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The scene takes place in a dimly lit car park, with the tacky neon lights of the club reflecting off the bonnets of the cars and flashing at the top of the screen. ... There is a huge feeling of claustrophobia in the scene especially when the rapist pins Thelma to the bonnet of the car by holding her arms behind her. ... She calmly tells Thelma to get the car and walks away from the scene slowly, evidently shocked by what she has done. ...

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The women would do the cooking and the cleaning and wait on the man hand and foot, and the man would take care and maintain of the outside part of the home; mowing the lawn, washing the car, taking out the trash, and fixing anything that was broken. ... Items such as cars, stocks and bonds, and big machinery were left entirely up to the men. ... Especially when representing leisure activities such as the outdoors, sports, cars and driving, relaxing, or entertaining at home. ...

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.; a moving violation with a heavy fine attached or a potentially fatal car crash, to continue to break the rules despite their knowledge? ... The subjects consisted of 220 accidental samples of vehicles that emerged on the stop sign, meaning that each car was chosen without any reason other than the fact that they were simply driving through this intersection. ... However, when pedestrians and other cars were present women had significantly more slow stops and complete stops than men. ...

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Communication Differences Between Men and Women In The Workplace Have you ever noticed the variations in the way men and women communicate? "It's one of the mysteries of life why men and women, speaking the same language, have difficulty communicating with each other " (Balanced Living, 1992). ...

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As we know, we all are living in the modern society in today's world. People are choosing different types of education degrees, getting different kinds of jobs, taking a variety of transportation, tasting food from other countries, learning the news from the world through the internet media every day. We already get used to the way we live now but maybe some people will have such doubts: what kind of society that is before the modern society and how did the ancient people live? The following essay will compare the difference between traditional and modern society, specifically focusing on...

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With a small blue car that is struck by the sun in the driveway. ... When I went to Walmart, to search for my product the aisle contained toys such as Lincoln Logs, Lego's, model cars, and other "build it yourself" toys. ...

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Masculinity in the Media The discussion of masculinity encounters a paradox: some behaviors are clearly aimed at dominance showing off, physical aggression, etc but no man is only dominant, some men are not dominant at all, yet somehow on the whole a systematic dominance of men over any person deemed as feminine seems to get reaffirmed. It helps to remember that dominance, just like any identity is a practice. Therefore only some of an individual man's identity practices can be relations of dominance; not all men in a society view themselves in this way, but through the repeated recons...

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The Portrayal of Females in Society: Sex Sells You have to wonder who exactly Pepsi is trying to sell to when they put Britney Spears in a half shirt with suspenders and low-slung, ripped jeans in a commercial with Bob Dole at the end staring lewdly at the television screen. Could Pepsi be...

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Since the early 1900's women have been fighting against the suppression of gender inequality, whether at home or in the workplace. Women have come a long way, of course, and are definitely fighting to win the battle of equality, but gender roles are very important in our society. They have been acqu...

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The matter of subject is "Talk to Her"," (2002). The plot of the movie presents many societal issues, such as gender roles, sexual orientation, and the effects of childhood. The main characters of this movie are Beningo Martin, Lydia Gonzalez, and Marco Zuluaga. The movie begins at a dance perf...

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For many years society has embraced the idea that the difference between men and women were biologically determined. Thou through traditions, media, and peers we act accordingly to how others view us. Each individual has pressure placed upon them based on their gender. Our sex is determined by g...

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Most little girls want to be teachers whilst the boys eager to be astronauts. When they want to be something a little bit unusual for their gender, parents usually doubt and ask them why. Take an example of my 5-year-old niece. When she was asked what she would like to be in the future and answered ...

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Devil on the cross Thinking about traditional Africa helps us to discern the origins and development of our own society and culture. The progression of newly liberated African countries is but a reflection of the world economy, whether we choose to believe in fair trade or systems of "thieves and...

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Bill Cosby once said, "Men and women belong to different species, and communication between them is a science still in its infancy. " Through observation and personal experience, I have realized the validity of this statement. The way men and women communicate are on complete opposite sides of the s...

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Most individuals, who have viewed the well-known film Pretty Woman, have found the film to be romantic and a modernized version of the happily ever after tale of Cinderella. The two protagonists in Pretty Woman, Vivian and Edward, are from two very different worlds. Edward is a high class business m...

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In this report, I will be using Walklate's book to discuss the role of women in regards to crime and the criminal justice system. I have used an extensive range of sources, whether they are journals, books or articles. The topic of gender and crime is vast, and can be taken from many different angle...

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At Home Essay III (Documented) Essay Final Draft In our society, gender, either as a man or a woman, usually determines how we will lead our lives. Often, because of our classification and socialization when we are children, we get into many communication problems with the opposite gender. Th...

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For centuries, worldly cultures have considered women to be the lesser, subservient sex. In the United States, when women first gained the right to vote with the 19th Amendment, they paraded signs that said "Emancipation." Along with the right to vote, the 19th Amendment was also a giant step in w...

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Gender Roles In American Society Are men and women really equal? In our country, there are laws that have been made to ensure equality for men and women but women are far from equal. Our society has socially constructed us to think of men one-way and women differently. Why is that little boys we...

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Melissa Borges Ms. Schmidt Honors English II 17 September 2002 The Color Purple, by Alice Walker is a historical novel showing how an uneducated, fourteen-year-old black girl living in rural Georgia between 1910 through 1940 can overcome years of abuse and betrayal, and become an independent,...

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