This becomes more than just a biological fact, society creates gender roles. ... Women obtaining education is highly gender constructed due to the gender specific roles along with poverty. ... Even within the same gender women expect women to stay within the traditional roles. ... In which women must play the role of wives and are expected to obey the gender roles and is even forced by the same gender. ... In conclusion, a society creates and changes gender roles and is different depending on the culture. ...

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The gender roles of men and women can be studied through the media. ... By evaluating the characters, each show portrays we can begin to compare the male and female gender roles from earlier television against today. ... Samantha and Piper both share the matriarch type role in their families. ... So even if gender roles change, family roles do not. ... Whether these roles are represented fairly or compared in a different manner you can see the difference between male and female roles of yesterday and today. ...

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Gender Equality in China??? ... Chinese officials admit that women's liberation still has a long way to go, and that the CCP's role should be to promote and foster it. ... • Matchmakers still play a role in marriages in rural areas. ... They are expected to take on the stress of the duel role of mother and worker, yet society does not encourage them to stay at home and give up their job. The CCP, although promoting gender equality, still hasn't fulfilled the promises it made, with women still taking a lesser role in the workplace, with lower salaries and less prestigiou...

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2 Usual gender rolls in the 16th century The gender rolls in the 16th century were "well-established rolls defined by a traditional culture" (Wrightson, 1982, p.90), so that the roll-relationships of each new couple were an unproblematic matter in this period. ... It seemed to be a clear enough guide to the roles of man and wife within this period. ...

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This is evident in Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour": when we apply a feminist theory lens, we see marriage as a tool to control women and how being a wife is gendered role "The story of an hour" is about Mrs. ... There are many branches and approaches to feminist theory, but my favorite is radical feminism, which seeks to free both men and women from gendered roles forced upon them by institutions in our society. In "What does it mean that Gender is Performative?" the transcript of an interview between Max miller and Judith Butler, Judith Butler said &quo...

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In the novel "One True Thing- by Anna Quindlen we are presented with a paradigm of a "perfect family- who complies with gender-based assumptions. ... He remarks "You and I have different role to play-, likening the situation to a literary scenario where the characters have clearly defined roles that evidently supports his behavior. ... Kate is a conventional wife admirably keeping house as appropriate for her gender. ... Although she does not support the established gender roles within a family, she does not renounce "paternal approval- agreeing to return home to nurse her mother. ... Brian, t...

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This depiction of the American family no longer applies to most families in the US today because of the progress in culture especially towards gender equality. ... This family suggests the widely accept norm that the man, the masculine partner takes the role of a provider, while the woman, who is the feminine partner takes the role of caregiver. According to Staricek, the gender role assignment within the family originated from cultural beliefs in biological essentialism. ... The Hispanic wife plays the role of the conventional trophy wife, with much importance on her beauty and ethnicity. ....

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In the novel "One True Thing- by Anna Quindlen we are presented with a paradigm of a "perfect family- who complies with gender-based assumptions. ... He remarks "You and I have different role to play-, likening the situation to a literary scenario where the characters have clearly defined roles that evidently supports his behavior. ... Kate is a conventional wife admirably keeping house as appropriate for her gender. ... Although she does not support the established gender roles within a family, she does not renounce "paternal approval- agreeing to return home to nurse her mother. ... Brian, t...

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In the show "Reba" it displays different roles that gender plays in the media culture. ... Reba the main character defies the traditional role played in most sitcoms. ... The role of Reba is unique because it shows how a female can overcome various obstacles and situations. ... The role of genders is important in "Reba" because Reba crosses barriers. ...

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Young and Willmott (1973) believe that the symmetrical family has become the typical family form in Britain; they believe that gender segregation still exist but symmetrical families are developing much more joint conjugal roles and that there has been a large amount of equality between men and women. ... Young and Willmott think these changes have occurred due to the vast rise in feminism, and that this has had a major impact on gender roles generally; females have started to reject the traditional housewife role due to the influence that feminism has had on their attitudes, they have fought ...

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Again from Xenophon, a male character explains gender roles: the wife is to stay indoors and nurse infants and make cloth, prepare food, supervise the indoor workers, budget household income and expenditures, see that ill slaves are tended, servants are trained (Scaife). ... Not only were male characters in Greek theatre explaining the gender roles but, the feelings of the females and their duties are heard. ...

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Sexuality and gender are major themes in The House on Mango Street. ... Cisneros also comment's on "sexual roles" played by the men and women on Mango Street and how they effect Esparanza's perception of sexuality, gender and how they shape her life. ... Esparanza is noticing this trend and the different roles men and women have. ... In her culture, it seems that gender can determine one's destiny. Gender and sexuality have been a major influence on Esparanza growing up. ...

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There is one thing you must know, that women were never happy with these roles and throughout the 19th century women fought and struggled to be seen as equals. ... Lord Tennyson wrote a poem, "The Princess", it characterized men and women and their roles. ... Without a doubt there were roles and they were defiend first and foremost by your gender. The Industrial Revol;ution had a large impact in the definition of roles in households. ... Some believe that it was the ideal of birthcontrol that played a key decision making role. ...

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Throughout the ages, society and the traditional representation of gender roles, have truly masked us from what is morally correct. Things have indeed progressed for the better in the sense of what a woman can stand for and produce to the world, but for the past 1000 years there has been a sense of entitlement and a role of higher importance for men and an undesirable neglect for what a women can contribute to. ... With the factors of a misunderstanding husband, lack of sexual fulfillment, and a sense of inequality due to her gender, Elisa finds herself confined within the walls of a depre...

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A raisin in the sun really did a good job in addressing race inequality and gender equality in the 1950s. ... Racism also plays a strong role in the story. most obvious would be how the family only associates with black people because interracial relationships were unheard of. ...

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This notion has been used to fortify the difference between the two genders. ... This story challenges the gender dichotomy that has depicted women as demure, and men as being critical in the lives of women. ... If he were fulfilling the role that society set for him, he would be controlling the interactions between his daughters, and the behavior of his wife. ... The stepmother rejects the role of a caring mother, for her own villainous narrative. ... This shows how important their roles are. ...

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Keep the Magic If you stop to think about it, it is not surprising that newlyweds begin to drift apart. Throughout life, individuals move through phases. Theses phases call for continual reassessment and renegotiating of the marriage "contract" that was agreed upon initially. One issue that slowly ...

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What if we grew up knowing nothing about gender roles? ... 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 t...

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This film is possibly a representation of both love and violence in relation to gender. ... The issue of dominance also plays a heavy role in the movie. ... This movie plays heavily with the ideas of the stereotypical gender-roled male, and possibly female. ...

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Emily Dickinson's, poem, "The Wife" reveals the poet's concerns for domestic femininity in middle-class families through expressing the gender roles of females and using the term "wife" frequently. ... The gender role of a woman in the marriage could be happy and heavenly, yet it is ironic in Dickinson's eye. ...

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Although the marriage seemed doomed from the beginning, Zulai did not fulfill her role as a wife nor put in effort to fix the failing marriage with the man she chose. ... Similar to the culture in the "The Manhood Test," the tests all women and men deal with are heavily based on customs, gender, and societal "norms.... Similar to women, men who chooses to stray from societal norm and the masculine role of being the sole breadwinner, not the full-time caretaker, are viewed as being less of a man. Since the dawn of time, the characteristics and roles associated with men are stabi...

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Gender Roles in the Early Republic Elizabeth and William Wirt entered into marriage with the idea that an equal partnership could be achieved, but outside pressures from William's work, and Elizabeth's eventual acceptance of her role as the domestic head of the household led to a split that became clearly defined. ... Their roles as husband and wife became clearly defined, just the opposite of what they planned in the beginning of their marriage. ...

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In addition, even police officers could beat a woman until she spoke the truth and it was completely legal .Therefore, the use of the setting by the author is highly relevant for this story because there were a lot of gender inequality in Egypt. ... Also, the author suggests that men and women have specific roles in the story. For example, "she the one whose role it was to be beautiful, happy, carefree" whereas "he the one who carried the responsibilities, made the decisions (57).... Alifa Rifaat does not only demonstrate that man always have to keep their pride but emphasizes o...

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The testimony of Euphiletus is a significant document, depicting, life during the Greek "Classical" era. The source reveals inner workings of a Greek home as it pertains to husband and wife. From this primary text, written by the speechwriter Lysias (c.440-380B.C.E.), one can reach a decent understa...

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The various values of the 1960's carried specific gender roles. ... They are perfectly content in their traditional roles as wives and mothers and strive to epitomize the image of the perfect women. ... The care-taking of the children was an important role of the African American maids during the 1960's. Additional roles of the maids were to be the housekeepers and the cooks for their white employers. ... The roles of both Minny and Aibileen are classic representations of the values of maids in Jackson, Mississippi. ...

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