It just so happens that it was football season and I had played all my four years in high school. ... It was a natural thing to do with my friends at football practice because they are both things that guys love. ... I would always dream, as did many of my friends, that I would grow up to be a professional baseball or football player. ... I eat all of it and go down the stairs to watch a football pregame show. ... I did little to no homework and can't resist a good football game. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Big time football usually carries the most in a schools athletic program, the most expenses, the most players, but also the most revenue. Often times the football program is force to carry many of the woman's programs because they fail to bring in enough money to support themselves. ...

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On the popular show MADE that is on MTV, there was a particular episode where a high school girl wanted to participate on the men's football team. ... I think sometimes that the only coverage that women get sometimes is on Monday Night Football when they are sport's analysts, and I think they do that just because they will have a part in the production....

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Gender Roles in Modern Times Many observers of American society charge that society has created a distorted definition of manhood and produced a culture who, in their need to assert control over their lives, release their frustrations at the expense of women. In both their essays, Lois Goul...

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Domestic violence is a problem in our society today, and we hear about it all the time whether from a newspaper, television or any other type of media. They proclaim too make the public aware of women getting abused and that it needs to be stopped. Violence against women is clearly a problem and ...

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Title IX pushed for equal opportunity between the sexes within the classroom in the 1970s. When Nixon finally signed the amendment into law June 23, 1972, initially it was instituted to "prohibit discrimination on basis of sex for educational programs or activities that receive funding from government." (Kwak 1) Title IX impacted universities greatly and fundamentally seemed to be great, however it took great determination of many, it faced hardships within the law and athletics became a leading problem. Title IX did not just happen over-night, it took a lot of hard work from many m...

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Gender Socialization A baby is born and the doctor looks at the proud parents or parent and says three simple words: Its a boy, or Its a girl! Before a newborn child even takes his or her first breath of life outside the mothers womb, he or she is distinguishable and characterized by gender. The ...

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For example, "issues of safety may dictate that a girl does not play on a particular boys team, or that she play in a particular position on the team (such as punter in football)" (Findlay, 2010, p.10). ...

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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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A baby is born and the doctor looks at the proud parents or parent and says three simple words: Its a boy, or Its a girl! Before a newborn child even takes his or her first breath of life outside the mothers womb, he or she is distinguishable and characterized by gender. The baby is brought home an...

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• Grade Level: High School

Coming of Age in Samoa; A Sexual Discussion Anthropology 101 Spring 2003 At the young age of 23, Margaret Mead left the comforts of her home on a journey to Samoa. During her time spent there she became one with the people, and focused on three families of three different tribes. She was pa...

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Each of the children were drawing a picture, one of the girls described her drawing to the teacher as a portrait of a boy at her table and one of the boys described his drawing of being himself playing football with his brother. ...

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• Grade Level: High School