She establishes that narrative cinema is viewed from the male gaze and women are coded for their "to-be-looked-at-ness". ... She laments the way in which women in cinema are subject to male desires, being accepted or denied and objectified only by the male will, and encourages an advancement in feminist cinema. ... Thus we are thrust into a male gaze of the world and see things through his patriarchal vantage point. ... One can constantly spot his eyes wandering to a woman's breasts or rear, he spends a whole scene staring at scantily clad women by a pool and talking about their...

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In this case these are the results of observation of the current situation of our type of female-male relations, which continues to be such even on a fundamental field of democratization - public authority. ... The spouses of civil servants - their husbands were needed to know what could be the level of difference between the answers of males and females and what do husband consider his wife to be and what are the ideological constraints do they both have in participation of women with men. ...

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In pre-industrial Europe,for example, the practice of medicine (other than midwifery) was generally seen as a male prerogative. ... The category sex refers to our biological makeup, and uses certain biological markers (such as our genitals) to create the distinction between females and males. ... Likewise, the gender category man (that is, the so-called "masculine" gender automatically assigned to members of the male sex) carries with it a very different set of expectations about how to act, what to do and who to love: Men are assumed to be more active and dominant than women, and are seen to ...

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India's nation-state is widely inhomogeneous throughout history between both male and female social status in society. ... Within this essay the extent of change will be realized, yet limited to continued male empowering traditions. ... After being found by her husband's family, she was dragged to the funeral pyre, where her husband's body was being cremated, she was thrown onto the fire to die'.8 This is the pinnacle of male expectations for women at the time. ... The women movement in India did not solely focus on male supremacy to the exclusion of foreign domination as c...

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Yet, people still associate gaming with the male audience. ... Which, in grand trope fashion, is always a white heterosexual male. ... For a white male living in a studio New York apartment to say women shouldnt be like this is already barking up the wrong side of the tree. ...

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Abstract Gender Stereotyping affects everyone in society, both male, and female, young and old and is one of the most researched topics amongst social psychologists. ... There were 21 males and 111 females in the study. ... For this study into gender stereotypes, the groups examined will be those of males and females. ... Since the majority of Psychology students were female, the students were pre-assigned to their groups to evenly distribute the male participants (at least one per group) thereby reducing the effects of gender bias in the results. ...

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There was a focus on the style women had and were believed to exhibit more transformational leadership style that were more effective than male leaders. ... Body The word leadership was used in the 1800's in writings about political issues and control. ... Women leadership has been one of those oxy-morons; a phenomenon forced underground, working beneath the level of accessible language such as: kings, chairman and presidents, usually male gender. ... It is important that we examine our inheritance with an eye to capturing those aspects that women leaders lodged in the language of this ge...

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The essay explores the themes of colonial subordination, gender oppression and the representation of gender relations of the male dominated early 20th century in the novel, The Color Purple and how these can be related to postcolonial feminist criticism. ... Introduction "A male dominated society of the early twentieth century in America defined gender roles which each individual would subscribe to. ... The black women faced a double jeopardy: they were not only victims to the ongoing racism and colonial subordination, but were also subjected to misogyny by the male members who looked do...

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Humanity has evolved in a male-centered, patriarchal society. ... Also, immigrant women who suffer from abuse may find it more difficult to access supports and ultimately escape the abuse if they are financially dependent on their male partner who may or may not have sponsored them to be in Canada. ...

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In normal fear reactions, key neurons throughout the brain fire more rapidly, triggering the firing of even more neurons, creating a general state of excitability throughout the brain and the body. ... Neurons continue to fire, eventually triggering a feedback system in which the brain and body activities that reduce the level of excitability. ...

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"Black as my soul." (158) was Lang's response to the interviewer's question when the interviewer Power asked him in 1973, "How do you take your coffee?" (158). This response is characteristic of the dark underlying tone that is prevalent in many Lang's films. According to Professor Polan, many Lang'...

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