It is vital to the self-knowledge required to form an accurate and lasting sense of identity, which is itself crucial to the creation of new ideologies. ... The female writer cannot form an independent identity while conforming to an imposed one, and without a separate identity there can be no equality. ... Rich closes by speaking of the mood of "self pity" and "overt woman hating" that she claims pervades masculine poetry, but her essay seems rife with self pity of her own, and I would hardly call her sympath...

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A baby child isn't concerned with his or her gender identity. ... In Nancy Chodorow's essay "Family Structure and Feminine Personality" she examines the development of gender identity and personality. ... It is at this stage that children begin to try to separate themselves from the clutches of their mother and establish their own identity. ... Without the father to follow example, Chodorow concludes that a boy will identify masculine characteristics be doing that which is not feminine. ... Everyw here Toby goes identity comes into question. ...

• Word Count: 1784
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• Grade Level: High School

A baby child isn't concerned with his or her gender identity. ... In Nancy Chodorow's essay Family Structure and Feminine Personality she examines the development of gender identity and personality. ... It is at this stage that children begin to try to separate themselves from the clutches of their mother and establish their own identity. ... Without the father to follow example, Chodorow concludes that a boy will identify masculine characteristics be doing that which is not feminine. ... Everyw here Toby goes identity comes into question. ...

• Word Count: 1786
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Social constructivists believe when we construct our world, the issue of gender is the most prominent factor when constructing our own and others" identities. As social beings we derive a sense of identity through belonging to groups, the basic two groups of humans are male and female and so from a very early age we tend to identify with one or the other. ... Many thought of as gender segregated jobs are thought to be more suitable because either men or women are more naturally suited to certain types of work, and is often explained using biological reasons, for example according to biolo...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

Bradstreet's use of pronouns such as I, me, and my in her poetry also differ from the masculine writers of her period. ... - after declaring herself "Wife,"" Dickinson alludes to a lack of identity for the woman without her husband. ...

• Word Count: 1953
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• Grade Level: High School