Children are given specific roles in society and are influenced by their family, peers and the environment on how to act in a particular community. ... If sex and gender can be separated, then it may imply that gender is socially constructed. ... This notion of gender might seem quite unfounded, because if gender traits were innate, then there would be no need to learn how to behave, dress and think according to our gender. ... Thus, performativity of gender are formalized repetitions of acts, imitations of dominant conventions of gender. ... Official and unofficial discourses play a very impo...

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The data was analysed using the Miles and Huberman Framework (1994) which yielded four main themes: formation/role, maintenance, effects and challenging gender stereotypes. ... Studies such as Auster and Ohm's journal on gender roles in society have provided us with invaluable insights into sex roles and the effect of stereotyping on their formation (Auster & Ohm, 2000). ... For this project, the moderator's role was filled by a PHD student, who was independent of the study, thereby reducing moderator bias. ... Formation/Role The first recurring trend or theme to be identified in th...

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Through this research effort, a greater theoretical understanding of gender inequality in the educational system, as well as recommendations and attempts to eliminate this gender bias are desired to be obtained. ... This serves as an introduction to the structure and the organization of the educational system, and how gender inequality emerged. ... Content of The Formal Curriculum In addition to gender inequality which arises from the organization of the formal curriculum, the third hypotheses is that the content of the formal curriculum generates gender inequality through the unequal acade...

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One cannot understand the problematics of gender violence solely by referring to the relationship of power or authority between man and women. ... In this context, the role played by the state, both its coercive and ideological apparatus, is thus to be considered as well. ... So instead of conceptually isolating the phenomena, we shall consider oppression to be the wider term, and take violence to indicate, the actual exercising of or the perpetuation of those oppressive roles which are dictated by the male-dominant values of society. ... It is in this context that I wish to examine the natur...

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The most intensive period of socialisation happens within the family, it is in the family that by imitation babies learn to walk and talk, and to act like the mother or the father, by taking on the gender roles. ... The individual lacks an open choice of social roles. ... Part of socialisation involves learning different gender roles in which women are more expressive and men are more instrumental. ... The couple here learns their role of a parent at the birth of the child and the child learns its role. ... They can become overburdened by the weight of role prescriptions. ...

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Frankenstein's 19th Century Genevan society is founded on the patriarchal division of gender roles. ... Shelley presents these afflictions as repercussions of Frankenstein's stereotypical segregation of masculine roles and feminine affections. In doing this, Shelley is able to portray the consequences of a social construction which values the male gender over female, thus challenging the devaluation of the female gender apparent in her society. ... It is revealed that the world of scientific discovery in 19th Century Europe was not one which included the female gender. ... By stea...

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Name: Andrew Verrijdt One of the most important political and social movements of the twentieth century has been the drive towards achieving complete equality for all people regardless of race, colour, class, gender identity, mental state or physical impairment. ... For example in the statement "if a child wants to buy some chocolate then he will need some money" the ungendered term "child" is replaced with the gendered pronoun "he" in the latter half of the sentence. ... Silveira (1980 in Thorne et al 1983) found in a series of studies that while women tended to interpret gender-biased "g...

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Conflict Theory: emphasizes the role of coercion and power, a person's or groups ability to exercise influence and control over others, in producing social order (Karl Marx) where fragmented groups compete for social and economic resources/domination/inequality (strife and friction) 3. ... Homelessness/Conflict Theory: a theoretical perspective that emphasizes the role of power and coercion in producing social order (homeless are discarded by competing groups) social order maintained by domination having a disproportionate share of resources placing attention to class, race, and gender ...

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It would prove easier to make attempts of theorizing age in a similar way as many have theorized gender. ... Evidently, most of the disciplines have highlighted that childhood is affected by race, gender, class, culture and other demographic factors as they affect adults. ... Quortrup highlighted that the society had excluded children from studies that sought to establish how factors such as gender, race, and class affected the society. ... This focus has helped many sociologists in describing the effect of class, gender, and other economic factors affect this social construct. ... Sociology h...

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From the late 1980s, research on gender, crime and social issues, has hugely focused on the study of masculinity, and how there has become a correlation between masculinity and violence. Feminists have researched extensively on all types associated with gender, including gay and lesbian, thus acting towards the literature on masculinity slowly increasing within the past 20 years due to the pressure from feminist works. ... The inequality in gender patterns between males and females is not a new concept; men have always been associated extensively with violence compared to women. ... Crime surv...

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The media plays an important role in the construction of crime and lawless behaviour. ... The role of the media in presenting crime from early eras to the twenty first century has had its own significance. To determine this role, it is important to find out the definition from historians and practitioners. ... In a similar vein, gendered headlines in relation to sex crimes, paedophile and murderous women have always been newsworthy. ... There are important and significantly gendered exceptions to this toxic mix of newsworthiness for example, domestic violence and child abuse in the home. ...

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An equal approach understands that society is, based on social categories such as gender, race, disability, age, social class, sexuality and religion that will impact on our life experiences. ... United Kingdom is a society which is seen to be diverse; therefore one of the government's initiatives is that everyone has a right to be treated equally regardless, of background gender and age. ... We are aware that there are a variety of different types of social groups such as gender, sexuality and race; however social class is the main area in division in people, it informs gender, sexuality...

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One of the most significant concepts that Austen illuminates in her work is the relationship between women's roles and social order, two issues which are irrevocably intertwined. In her treatment of marriage, happiness and gender inequalities, Austen unpacks and critiques these matters as parts of society. Through an examination of her 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice, and with reference to her later 1815 novel Emma, it is evident that Austen's attention to women's roles and social order broke conventional ideas of class hierarchy, the ideal woman and the heroine. ... Through the ...

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An individual report into alternative visions of education, including views about the role of education and the relationship between education and other social institutions Education for Work ! ... Children need skills that will enable them to play a future role that is constructive for them and constructive for society. ... (Giddens, 1993) Inequality within schools is not disputable among most sociologists, the consequence of social origins; ethnicity, culture and gender all have significant values on the attainment in schools. ... (Giddens, 1993: 438) The role of education thus is cr...

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It is therefore evident that the definition and relative size of the working class has changed significantly over the second half of the twentieth century, and the evidence of occupational class schemes might continue to demonstrate that occupational class and voting behaviour were still closely related, yet it is difficult make a strong cases to the effect that the working class, or indeed any other class, in the West has been engaged in any sustained 'revolutionary action' since the second world war Furthermore it has been argued that 'new social movements' have taken ov...

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This essay will address the aforementioned issues relating to the relationship between social movements and political party representation by defining the terms and presenting different perspectives regarding their roles in the political system. ... To understand the relationship between political parties and social movements, one must first define their functions and explain their roles in relation to the political system in Canada. ... Since one of the main goals of democratic political parties is to foster national unity, supporting movements that promote gender, racial and other forms of ...

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Evaluate Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour. Throughout the history of civilisation the enduring problem of crime has bought with it huge social and economic problems. In order for a psychologist to understand the root causes of criminal behaviour it is necessary to investigate the definition of a crime. Although no one definition of a crime is universally accepted, because of political and cultural differences, it is possible to give a broad definition of unlawful behaviour. Roe (2003) classifies a crime as "a wrong against a state, either by commission or omission, regard...

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Introduction Many problems exist in the United States. They tend to prevent the economy from growing. These problems include gender inequality, poverty, and racial disparities. However, the most outstanding problem facing the United States encompasses on racial inequalities. Racism is a global issue...

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This is because the role of the state was socially constructed as paternalistic and its bureaucrats and professionals were seen as the powerful experts whose expertise in decision-making could not be challenged. ... The New Right believed in the free market and emphasised that the state should have a limited role in the workings of the economy. ... The role of the state was changed from provider to purchaser of services and the amount of private and voluntary welfare provision was increased. ... Williams, F. (1989) Social Policy: A Critical Introduction - Issues of Race, Gender, and...

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How Overpopulation Causes Social Problems How Overpopulation Causes Social Problems Introduction The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how overpopulation causes social problems. To do so you must take many things into consideration, such as different views of racial problems and conflicting...

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