Name: Andrew Verrijdt One of the most important political and social movements of the twentieth century has been the drive towards achieving complete equality for all people regardless of race, colour, class, gender identity, mental state or physical impairment. ... As stated above the most obvious example of sexist language is the use of the male pronoun to describe groups of people containing both males and females. ... In fact Wardaugh (1992) believes that the fact that terms like "widower" and "spinster" have died out while terms like "widow" remain popular is another example of this t...

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Though the different types of media are evident, I will list the most common ones: movies, television, magazines, books, newspapers, and the internet. ... Then, you have the teenage son, who is captain of the football team, is dating the head cheerleader, receives straight A's, and he is the most popular boy in the school. ...

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The Socialisation Process of Gender Identity in Adolescence Bec Stegman 4.0 – Gender Identity Boundless defines the process of Gender socialisation as "the process by which males and females are informed about the norms and behaviours; associated with their biological sex (Boundless, 2015)." One...

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A woman, deemed as a fallen one, showed signs of disregard of the set norms, expressed sexual aggressiveness, and ignored the need to be submissive to the men in her life (Gilmour 18).The theme of a fallen woman became a popular topic in literary circles during this age. ... Similar to her, most women of the Victorian age had to partake in only their domestic duties and not engage in life beyond the walls of their homes. ...

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Even when opportunities started to increase most women did not participate. ... Finally basketball became popular in 1972 (Bell). Even with the many sports coming into schools for women, to participate in basketball may have been so popular because it was one of the first sports that mirrored the male sports arena. ... Most do not understand how crucial it is to include women in participating in sports. ... Most, if not everyone, know that women have a big issue wi...

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"Both males and females encounter gender expectations and pressures in schools from kindergarten through graduate and professional school." (Wood, 2013) We know how gender stereotyping can begin the moment parents find out the sex of their child. It is basically a cultural habit to give a boy a to...

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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. ... These resultant themes correlate with the popular psychological concepts of Implicit Attitudes, Benevolent Sexism, Social Identity Theory, Sex Role Theory and the Theory of Lay Epistemology. ... Data Analysis For this study, we adopted the framework developed by Miles and Huberman (1994) to distil and analyse the data from the transcripts of three of the most productive focus group discussions. ... The third and final ph...

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In fairytales it is most common that the princess is associated with weakness and helplessness, she is often to be found waiting for the prince to save her. ... Fairytales suggest that marriage to a handsome prince is the most desirable reward for a woman to win. ... Real help for the hero or heroine came most often from a fairy godmother or wise woman, and real trouble from a witch or wicked stepmother. ... Ruth Bottigheimer says that; "Rapunzel as a maiden in distress leaning from a tower window and searching for a rescuer" is "the single most passive image evoked in the popular mind by t...

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Not only the consumer base, but the developers of the most popular video game franchises are primarily men. ... Society today has obsession with putting gate after every controversy because somehow that makes it more dramatic; WeinerGate, BridgeGate, and most recently GamerGate. ... This wave in particular is completely destroying what most people knew as the indie scene. ... Most women are created with bedroom eyes, lips slightly parted, yearning expression, wearing a very small amount of clothing; its all very direct and it works. But Bayonetta, she doesnt have giant tits, she has crazy amaz...

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Humanity has evolved in a male-centered, patriarchal society. Historically, men were always the main suppliers of food and money. Women were the ones who had a duty to look after the home and raise the children. Women were financially dependent on men and lost their financial support as a consequenc...

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Chaucer refutes popular misogynistic perspectives propagated by the religious authorities of his time, such as those of St. ... The most important aspect of her discourse is the double structure of it. ...

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One Feminist ideal that becomes popular after the publication of Les Misresbales is the slogan "the personal is political". ... She soon begins to sell her body piece by piece, cutting her hair and pulling out her teeth, and eventually chooses to sell her most prized possessions. ... Eponine can arguably be considered one of the most complex characters in the novel going through an ultimate struggle and still managing to find a way out. ...

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The emergence of baseball as popular and profitable sport has failed to acknowledge and highlight the athletic abilities women. ... (Ring, 2006, p 148) In addition, critics of baseball often claim that a woman's naturally small stature in comparison to most men will inhibit their success in baseball. ...

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