The miscommunication theory is quite troubling, as it seems to almost justify the act of date rape or coercive sex, by explaining that many of these men are not violent – they are simply "wishful thinkers", and that women will sometimes use a "token no" when they really do want sex. ... While many of these men fitting somewhere on this spectrum would not consider what they did to be rape or coercion, they make no reference to the woman changing her mind about intercourse in their stories. ... In the cases where women were ambivalent about having sex at first, there w...

• Word Count: 1931
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The way children are socialized and how they interact with different things, will affect how they do things later on in life. ... Girls tend to form more closely knit relationships by talking about intimate things that they would not be able to share with any one else. ... I do not know how society began this stereotype, but I know for a fact (because I do it myself), that colors are a major stereotype regarding genders. ... They also tend to act like the characters that they see on television. ... In my opinion, gender stereotyping is not something of the past even though we do not see i...

• Word Count: 1665
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

If someone does not conform to these ideals they ostracized from society the way Caliban in The Tempest or Mr. ... Bertha also does not fulfill the ideal appearances to fit into society. ... Caliban does not fit society's image of man. ... Helen is able to calm Jane down and change her perspective on things. ... The role of a servant is to do as their master tells them to do and to not talk back. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Aunt and Wives are how they are referred to, whereas the male Commanders, Angels, Eyes, and Guardians do not reduce individual men to their sex. ... Throughout the past two decades women have fought to obtain equal status to mean and to prove that they are not the weaker gender, "Women's sexual attitudes and behaviors have changed drastically within the past 20 years. ... M.D "Women and their changing role in society" Women's Life. ... "The Things Women Will Do" Seventeen Magazine. ... Not the issues themselves but more the manner they are treated and the outcome of the parties inv...

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• Grade Level: High School

The reader of the adverts will identify with the people portrayed, because they recognise certain, if not all the characteristics pictured. ... People are observed to be more in control with their self-images and do not adhere to stereotypical notions of the past. ... These social roles were meant to be complimentary, and since they were seen to be natural, dissenting behaviour was not expected. ... Marketing activities carried the same message stereotyping men as the producers and women as the consumers. ... In the 1960s women made it clear that they were not going to be kept indoors. ...

• Word Count: 1975
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate