Over time , Navajo people have become somewhat acculturated with Western ideas of gender but there are still many differences when comparing the views of gender identity between Native culture and Western culture. ... They are usually people whose bodies manifests as both masculine and feminine spirit simultaneously. ... The Navajo culture traditionally values the balance of masculine and feminine to maintain sacred order, so someone who is gifted with an understanding of both is seen as valuable, and is treated with respect. ... Similar to Western behaviour, One's connection or pro...

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Albeit, men are also placed into categories that are seen to employ their natural masculine capabilities, such as occupations in technology, mechanics, building and other "manly" career choices. ... Social, cultural and psychological aspects of being either male or female is the essence of gender itself, and it is human nurturing rather than biological nature that is the key determinant of gender identities. ... It is gender-role socialisation that is more important in creating "masculine" men and "feminine" women than any genetic traits men and women might possess. ...

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Culture shapes much of what people consider masculine or feminine (Williams, 1983). ... The "masculine," however, is characterized by strength, aggressiveness, independence, intelligence, and hard work. ... With his famous "Bashing Bobo" experiment, Bandura demonstrated that children acquire gender identity and sex-role behavior by direct tuition and observational learning. ... Researchers find that gender identity is evident in children from as young as 10 months old. ... XX cross-dressed children whose gender identities have not been fixed and observed that their judgement on gender-related ...

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You are socialized into a masculine gender identity if you are male and a feminine gender identity if you are female. One of the problems with gender socialization is that in a patriarchal society, the masculine gender role is generally valued more than the feminine gender role, which is denigrated in many ways. ... Gender identity and value as a woman validated through childbearing, fulfillment of role as wife and mother. ... Advertising and marriage in the 1950's-60's and beyond: - Advertisers of the time played into the heightened emotional role held by marriage - i.e. for women:...

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The men become objectified as masculine, and women become objectified as feminine. ... In this film, the issue was raised about the idea of "social construction of masculine identities." ... They use men who are handsome and masculine and women who are slim, sexy, and beautiful. ...

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Gender identity is the physical and behavioral traits that are designated by a culture as masculine or feminine. ... Barry explains the stupid behavioral patterns and the masculine characteristics that are linked to being a manly man and how not all males can be expected to uphold these characteristics (915). ...

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Unlike many of the women of her time period, Lady Macbeth acts more dominant and masculine. ... Macbeth implies she has a masculine sole in her female body. Her ambition and tendency for violence implies she has a masculine personality. ... Her ability to read already states she has an abnormal female identity (Wilson's). ...

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Not only is the epic the blueprint for a perfect leader, but also a guidebook for the construction of masculine and feminine gender roles in ancient India. ... Rather than letting society suppress their identity, they are able to manipulate the values of their patriarchal society to serve their own motives, which are often ones of establishing honor for themselves. ... Even the gods become worried that Rama has lost sight of his identity (Narayan 150). This is the way Sita establishes an identity for herself: because burning is a way to ensure that only what is pure remains (DeVore), subm...

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Gender Roles Gender Roles are one of the various topics we have learned about in Gender roles are a collection of attitudes and behaviors that are considered normal and appropriate in a specific culture for people of a particular sex. Many things affect the gender roles men and women take on. I fee...

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Gender identity is very significant in understanding consumer behaviors. ... This commercial is indicating that eating snacks such as wings, potato chips, and sandwiches while watching games on TV with friends are masculine roles. ... Traditional male sex roles are that of tough men, enjoying masculine sports. ...

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Many people have heard terms like "masculine-, "feminine-, and "queen-. ... For someone going through conforming one's sexual identity in a relationship like this it can be quite confusing. ... Just by forming the common stereotypes and classifying someone, such as a woman as possessing feminine traits or men of only masculine traits, it is a direct contradiction in most people's personal believes "at least consciously. ...

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However, a deeper deconstruction of the ad reveals a play on dominant gender stereotypes, gender identities, and cultural misconceptions that advertisers take advantage of to see their products sell. ... This domineering cultural implication of masculinity and femininity has enveloped and morphed peoples' ideas about gender identity and the manifestation of their masculine and feminine miens. ... In doing so, advertisements such as this accommodate the cultural illusions pertaining to beauty, gender expression, and identity that average men and women clearly distinguish. ...

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In the 1950's, sociologist Talcott Parsons concluded that in the middle-class suburban family the masculine personality tends to be goal-oriented interests, needs and functions, presumably in whatever social system both sexes are involved, while the feminine personality tends more to the primacy of expressive interests, needs and functions. ... These theories recognize two points: (1) the andocentric bias of Freud's theories in which the penis forms the core of gender identity and personality and females are devalued such that their unique biological capacities are trivialized; and (...

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Ethnicity is defined as "people who share a common historical and cultural heritage and sense of group identity." ... Black and Blue are seen as perceived as colors that are masculine and therefore are placed on items to be purchased for girls. ...

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The main character Viola, has been stranded in a foreign land and adopts the identity of her brother so that she might live independently without a husband or guardian. ... Only at the end, does she renounce her male identity and declares her love for him. ... Having found the man she would be willing to wed, the pretense of her male identity is no longer necessary, as she desires to be his wife. ... The entire concept of choice and free-will, of which Shakespeare was so fond of, applies as equally to his feminine characters as to his masculine. ...

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But later on in their life they may change their sexual orientation from masculine to feminine or vice versa. ... And just like Sandra did, I too decided to follow my own identity and not the standards of my culture or the ones that society has set in place. ...

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Theorists on personality would use the status quo as a means of describing the "true" nature of men and women, but in recent years, masculine and feminine roles have come to be viewed as socially constructed rather than naturally occurring (Worell & Remer, 2003). ... They argue gender identity is formed through socialization. ... The social construction of gender, as it intersects with other social status identities creates in each of us a self-image of who we are as females and males and how we should behave. ...

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