Aside from keeping the masses informed about what is going on their world, the sitcoms and dramas from particular time paint an accurate picture of the cultural values of the time. ... If we go back to sitcoms from the 1950s such as "Leave it to Beaver," the traditional masculine role of breadwinner, and the traditional feminine role of homemaker are impossible to miss. ... For example, we view clothing that forms a circumference around the wearer's legs but does not venture between them as being feminine, but thousands of years ago, clothes that went between the legs were unhea...

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The females do the movement of crossing their leg on the other one and crossing their arms over their body which is a protection device, also a close of sexuality and then opening. ... Again the women are often crossing their arms and legs as if to say stay away from me. ... The movement is a lot more happy-go-lucky and carefree, like a party. ... The fourth part of Rooster is danced to As tears go by and shows an immaturity yet also innocence between young children and their relationships. ...

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By carefully going through the text of As You Like It (Greenblatt, ed., PP1591-1657) one can try to "dig in" to the characters portrayed and discover any challenge to our views of gender identity. ... She would appear to be attracted to Ganymede's femininity and goes on to describe his physical attributes (Greenblatt, ed., p1638, lines 120-125): "His leg is so-so; and yet "tis well. ... She goes on to point out that transvestism was widespread in this period as it was in the Renaissance. ...

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There are also puzzling religious references in the whitish shawl-cum-halo of the left-hand figure, which might suggest the Virgin, especially if the figure is pregnant, and the ribs, not the rib-bone, which go, not from Adam to Eve, but from the more female figure to the more male one. ... Here the male presence is conveyed by the treatment of the flesh, which suggests that the flesh is looked at in a male perspective, and by the hair in the mirror that comes to a point where the legs part. ...

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, when she writes of a Catholic girl who must go home and tell her mother she is a prostitute. The girl finally breaks down and tells her mother, who in turn goes ash gray. ... She writes, "He has dedicated his entire life to flipping off light switches giving rise to his theory that "It is better to break your leg in the darkness than to curse the light bills."" ... Bombeck goes on to say that the mother has three sets of eyes, six pairs of hands and "run on black coffee and leftovers." ... This humorous interpretation of motherhood shows all that mothers must do to keep a family going, b...

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I had very limited access to education as women were regarded as inferior human beings, a famous saying goes ˜a girl is virtuous if She has no talent'. ... I remember my legs were broken which was quite painful for keeping myself in the name of beauty in men's eyes. ... No member of the family can dare go against the will of the ancestors due to the long time tradition of respecting the elder and the fear of the unpleasant consequences. ... The large number of children in my family is also a barrier for me to staying domestically instead of going outside. A lot of time is requ...

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The internal organs of the females are similar to what is found in most other female mammals, except that there is a hairpin turn in the urogenital canal that goes through the enlarged clitoris.[1] This leads to difficulty in giving birth, such that there is a significant chance of mortality in first time mothers. ... Within East et al. 1993, it was observed that different manners of lifting the leg or tail were equally, if not more informative in the interactions between individuals [5]. ... And though the sexual mimicry hypothesis admittedly does not have much evidence to go on, it also rest...

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Men come and go as they please, men do as they please, men fuck who they please, men are taller, men are stronger, men are wiser, men are bigger, men just seem to be the luckier of the species and the list can go on and on. ... I was then treated like a boy, dressed like a boy, and made to feel this way on a daily basis, interestingly enough, I'm pretty certain that I would think that I am a boy, regardless of what genitalia is in between my legs. ... The same I feel goes for not only gender roles but for race roles, religion roles, and feelings of hatred, so much so, that the age old phi...

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Up until the last few decades a person's gender was defined by "the state of being male or female" (Webster). Even in the cases such as hermaphrodites there was no distinction a sex was chosen and so therefore that child became one sex or the other (Britannica). Butler defines gender "an identity in...

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Up until the last few decades, a person's gender was defined by "the state of being male or female" (Webster). Even in the cases such as hermaphrodites there was no distinction a sex was chosen and so therefore that child became one sex or the other (Britannica). Butler defines gender "an identity i...

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Browsing through the advertisements published in the magazine, one is immediately aware that almost every single ad features an attractive looking woman with generously endowed breasts, a slim waistline, a healthy tan, long flowing hair, luscious lips, pearly white teeth and gorgeous smooth legs. ... It also neglects to take into account any dressing that may go into the salad containing almonds. ...

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However, the whole you go, girl!' ... Once upon a time, men held doors open for women, helped them with their seats, let them go first in line, and many other gentlemanly things. ... Therefore, most fit young women who have their complete set of two arms and two legs, should not have doors opened for them. ... It was because the men made the women and children go to the lifeboats first. ... Women deserve all the rights of men, but going too far is, simply put, going too far. ...

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And if they fail to attain such an expectation, they are taught to feel ashamed and guilt-ridden until they go out to the store and purchase the necessary products capable of altering their misguided self-image. ... " The ad also goes a long way towards perpetuating the "superwoman myth" seen across so many of today's advertisements. ... This ad asks all women to go out and purchase this company's product so they will come to appear as beautiful and desirable as the woman pictured in this ad, and in turn become as noticeable to men as they've always wanted. ... ...

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Accidentally she climbs into the wrong space, Gils bed, his reaction is to hush the panicked Stella by explaining "Go quietly so as to not wreck your reputation, or myn" automatically Stella is turned into a sexual object, one that could ruin everything, by creating chaos in a public space. ... If Mrs Griggs was to break out of the home and go to work her and her family might not have to suffer so, however the patriarchal insistence to have women in the home and not in a professional space does not permit it. ... Mayne captures the moment perfectly when she states " presented in a hilariou...

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The day the narrator's father is going to shoot Mack, who is the horse to be used as feed for the foxes; she wants to see how it happens. ... Once the execution of Mack happens the narrator says her legs were shaky then immediately wants to look for new born kittens in the barn, as if to cleanse her visual palate of what she had just watched. ... Henry and the father get into the truck to chase Flora down, on the way out of the gate Laird, once again, is yelling excitedly "let me go too, let me go too!...

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When I took a look at the wound after rolling up my pant leg, my first inclination was to break out crying. ... Understandably, the manner in which schools emphasise athletics over academics is going to have some influence over the way young men think and visualise the importance of physical prowess, but the true legitimator is how athletes are seen by the student-body of the school. ...

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Advertisements are all around us in society and can portray simple objects as fascinating merchandise that we feel the need to buy. In Susan Bordo's essay "Beauty (Re)discovers the Male Body," she discusses how men are characterized in advertisements as well as in society. Bordo expresses the need f...

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