Anthropologists study the effects of bioligy (nature) as well as the environment (nurture) on human behavior. Biological determinists claim that human behavior and social organization are biologically ( genetically) determined. Cultural determinists on the other hand, assume that human behavior and our evolutionary success rest on adaptation to our environment, which relies on cultural learning. ... As we continue to redefine and even reconstruct nature by means of genetic engineering, we may find that gender ceases to be an issue. ... Nevertheless, it seems to me that it would be much easier ...

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After the realising of human rights, idea of being equal comes up and many articles written about the gender differences and how it is come into existence. ... So, these two idea constitute nature side and nurture side of the debate. ... Nature's first intention is to create a female (Adams 4). ... As it seen, nature is creating a difference between the sexes. ... To conclude all, hormones create the first differentiation and more significantly it affects the head of nervous system, most important organ for humans, brain. ...

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In contrast, Shakespeare presents Sebastian and Sir Andrew with typically feminine traits, showing the inter-changeable nature of gender. ... He reflects the complexities of human nature and identity by showing contradictions in the genders of many characters, especially that of Feste. ... Shakespeare is presenting the fickle nature of humans, and how their complexity leads them to have a combination of masculine and feminine attributes. ... The audience however, has previously laughed at Sir Andrew, which shows the capriciousness of human nature in general. ... However, I think that O...

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The Imagery here supports masculine power by arranging it into a new configuration of the human relationships. ... It is therefore clear that the lion cub portrays the masculine aggressive nature and the transgression of xenia evidently displayed to both Helen and Clytemnestra. ... Portraying Clytemnestra as neither a wife nor a mother serves to distance her from her family and human nature. ... Therefore, this nature makes the Erinyes forbidden from the society or rituals of other gods since they are polluted (Parker 106). The bloody nature of these Erinyes forms the basis on which the assert...

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This is part of the person's nature, he is going to do what his nature compels him to. ... This is the nature of his mind. Nature and identity also characterize how the person acts. ... This nature can be seen in children too. ... For instance, belonging to a cult that believes in sacrificing animals or even humans would not give a person a very nice identity. ...

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This is part of the person's nature, he is going to do what his nature compels him to. ... This is the nature of his mind. Nature and identity also characterize how the person acts. ... This nature can be seen in children too. ... For instance, belonging to a cult that believes in sacrificing animals or even humans would not give a person a very nice identity. ...

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"The Epic of Gilgamesh" an collection of old Sumerian poems, is filled with the dramatic interactions of gods and men, rulers and peasants, humans and beasts, and men and women. ... Thus, simply through the power of the harlot, a woman, Enkidu is transformed from a wild human to a near-God. ... Humbaba is a creature representative of nature, created completely of Earthly parts. As Ninsun is arguably the prime force in Humbaba's defeat, this woman is found destroying an evil of nature, once again making her world more apt for the civilization in which she represents and strengthening the ...

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Fertilization and gestation, key components of human parental investment, occur internally within women. ... Human sexuality, family, friendship, society and ethics are all examined with and t compares humans to the other higher primates (chimpanzees and bonobos, our closest cousins) and attempts to explain human behavior with a Darwinian perspective. ... Action within and between human beings is not random. Humans govern their actions by implicit and explicit rules (Nicotera 4)." ... There are certain safety factors for girls installed by Mother Nature, "pubescent sexual dimorphism (shlai...

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This is the argument that challenges the lingering "nature vs. nurture" notion and how an individual's identity can be influenced that I am putting forth throughout this paper. ... How do we go about this and who holds the rights to determining another human's sex and gender? ... This can be thought of as possible as now we have "nature" or biology being socially constructed as "we are told that our technologies are neutral or, even better, that they necessarily improve the situation of women and men. They hold power in and of themselves to shape human life and destiny" (Leonard, ...

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Homosexuality Homosexuality- The Major Cause of Homosexuality The origins of human sexuality and homosexuality in particular have puzzled philosophers, theologians and ordinary people for thousands of years. ... Chances are no one factor or study can alone explicate and clarify the human sexual orientation. ... The nature of homosexuality primarily comes from one's biological sexual orientation and the environment is just a source to bring forth or repress the behavior Many researchers and scientists have long search for the distinguishable brain structures, the biochemistry...

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Homosexuality- The Major Cause of Homosexuality The origins of human sexuality and homosexuality in particular have puzzled philosophers, theologians and ordinary people for thousands of years. ... Chances are no one factor or study can alone explicate and clarify the human sexual orientation. ... The nature of homosexuality primarily comes from one's biological sexual orientation and the environment is just a source to bring forth or repress the behavior Many researchers and scientists have long search for the distinguishable brain structures, the biochemistry in the human brains to diff...

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Yet, studying gender as a social-economic driver rather than just a natural phenomenon, allows us to understand that there is more to gender than simply human nature. In reality, gender is continually been re-created through" human interactions, and is the texture and order of social life." ... Personally, I define gender as a human production that depends on everyone constantly "doing" gender. ... Gender is the term now widely used to refer to the ways in which a culture reformulates what begins as a fact of nature. ...

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These two differing theories are known as the nature/nurture debate, nature representing the biological theory for our sexuality and nurture representing environmental influences for our behaviour. ... From the point of conception, human beings are made up of 46 chromosomes, 23 male and 23 female. ... Genes are responsible for almost every aspect of the human body, from hair colour to the development of our organs, organs like the brain and it is within the brain were the biggest changes take place when our bodies under go their sexual metamorphous, during sexual maturation. ... These case stu...

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It's become second nature. ... Both authors discuss their ideas about societal norms revolving around self-identity and more precisely, the human body. ... Opening up by asking the reader essentially what makes a human a human and whom actually counts as a "human." ... Regarding ideas and ideas only, rather than discussing the effect the physical appearance of the human body has on advertising (such as nude models being eye candy), Butler discusses the implications of different states of being in relation to the human body. ...

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After viewing Ridley Scott's, Alien, one may infer that, like many science fiction films that influence the film, tells the story of man versus nature. Where the nature of the alien is hunting them. ... I think he is doing this because of his lack of a human penis or phallic. ... At the end of this scene when Ash is taken down, his body spews out what appears to be human semen. ...

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Given the lack of freedom, women have been demanding basic human rights. ... A woman has a moral responsibility, in accordance to nature's law, to express beauty to induce procreation. ... Unfortunately, in the Middle East, various human rights such as property acquisition and voting status are deprived from women making them socially unequal. ... "The female, to a greater extent than the male, is the prey of the species; and the human race has always sought to escape its specific destiny" (Simone De Beauvoir). ...

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This is similar to Feuerbach's and Marx's theory about humans creating a God, and then allowing their man made God to have an effect on their lives. ... Foucault does not understand why sex and sexuality has its own category for discussion, even though it just a natural human action, such as sleeping or breathing. ... However, I believe the roles of women and nurturing their children is a product of nature; the fetus receives nutrients while inside the mother's womb, and an infant receives milk from the mother as he/she develops into a child (lactation is a biological trait that...

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It can be explained by two main consequences of being mother: First, temporary absence from paid-work due to child-related interruptions may deteriorate women's human capital and can be seen as a lack of "career motivation" to future employers. ... Phipps et al. stated that it is "possible that during a long absence from paid employment women not only fail to acquire human capital, but their existing human capital may actually deteriorate" (2001:420). ... However, interruption for maternity or child care critically damages women's human capital because not only its duration is longer...

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By the nature of the society, humans are intrinsically discriminatory towards others. ... Whereas, her male contemporaries were meanwhile indulging in their scholarly endeavors, cushioned by the lavish nature of their lifestyles as intellectuals. ...

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If we look at good Rubens we see a quality of flesh that is not visible in nature but is the result of Ruben's use of light. ... It is not generally recognized how close we come in this work to the style of "Guernica" both in its depiction of the human form and its color. The human form has been progressively dismantled since the "Self-Portrait" of 1907 and here a balance has been found between the realistic and the schematic. ...

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Technology has created a longer life for most humans as well as a higher infant survival rate. ... This is a very different practice than those of Islam, which opens the door for more awareness of human sexuality. ... Humans have a brain that creates awareness of others and what effect one's actions will have on others. Therefore, humans are better than animals, and so, should deny their own animalistic desires. ... The bible is filled with stories that demean women and make women seem to be the evil half of the human race. ...

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Evolutionary psychologists also have an answer for why humans commit to one another , this they believe stems from the development of the human infants brain which was constrained during the time spent in the mother's womb due to shape of the pelvic girdle of the now upright human, this meant that the brain carried on developing long after its birth and so depended on the parents longer, because of this a greater commitment was needed from the father and so would be another trait looked for in a potential male. Trivers.1972 Also because humans could mate at anytime a male would be more ...

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New age feminist are advocates of equal rights for all human beings alike. ... Gender equality aims to achieve a genuine balance between men and women by respecting human rights. ... It considers the nature of sex-bias in a male-dominated culture. ... Unlike the past capitalist feminism which promoted that a certain individual group of humans, women, promote their own s...

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Critical Summary of Articles – Prominence of Metaphors Through an in-depth comparison, of the blueprint and recipe metaphor that are used to define human genetics, Condit and Condit suggest that metaphors are unable to escape deterministic and implicit qualities. ... However, they do not deny the fact that metaphors are useful in providing a widely comprehensible definition for both cognitively and emotionally complex topics, such as human genetics or for the purpose of this paper, relationships. ... Summary and Analysis of Data – Romantic Relationships Desire, romance, interperson...

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, and it is not because of his loving nature. ... With all the other characters in the book appearing so human, it seems obvious he turned the warden into a beast because he felt he had to. ... He is attempting to satirize our stereotypes of the nuclear family through the over-the-top nature of this family. ...

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