Plato introduces the thought that temperament, physical and mental proficiencies should be the factors focused on while assigning individuals to professions in an exemplary community. ... " (Plato, Republic, 451c) Plato then analyses female characteristics and reaches a conclusion that apart from physical differences, the two sexes are inherently similar. ... Plato makes a point that the physical differences are obvious however; the intellectual capacity is the same by nature. ... Plato claimed that due to a man's cultural relevancy and fundamental characteristics, he is more likely ...

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Some famous works with this characteristic are Grease, Dirty Dancing, and Save the Last Dance. ... A difference which is obvious is the physical attraction. ... The movies before our generation, physical affection was not taken lightly. ...

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However, a female is quite capable of enduring the same physical pressure as a man. ... We watch her muscles continually grow as the movie progresses and also watch as symbolic physical changes occurs. ... The tasks they accomplish to gain this credence are of a virile nature and therefore characteristic of a hero. ...

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Worldwide it is women rather than men who gather and prepare the food, run the household and tend to life on a physical level, including looking after the sick, the aged and the children. ... For example, if women are more caring than men (for whatever reason), the crisis-ridden twentieth century has shown that this characteristic is precisely the reason why women should fill key roles in the political and public sphere. ...

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Male and female differences, physical, emotional, and mental, are biological, not environmental. ... There are men with wider pelvises and more female hormones who tend to exhibit certain female characteristics, such as passiveness. ...

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Every model portrays a different characteristic through the pose they are in and the clothes that they wear. ... He is clearly chosen to model these clothes due to his physical perfection as seen in today's American culture. ... Another characteristic that seems to be necessary to be attractive according to these ads is being thin, in good shape, and not overweight. ...

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Male vs. Female: Gender Division Along with physical and emotional distinctions there are many gender characteristics that distinguish women from men. The most evident is the attitude women possess towards life's encounters, experiences, and achievements. In Barbara Ehrenreich's essay, "What I'v...

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In the beginning, according to Aristophanies, there were three types of people instead of the two we know today. The male were the offspring of the sun, while females were born from the earth and androgynous were the progeny of the moon. These three gender did not embody the physical characteristi...

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A place where young men go to grow and develop into a man while not being in fear of exposing any "unmanly" like characteristics to the rest of society. ... The essay also reveals the violence exercised between Cadets.The freshmen are forced to endure many different types of sexual and physical harassment in order for these young men to reinforce the ideas formed by the public norms. ...

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Others see not only the physical but also the social, emotional and intellectual differences between males and females. ... Commercials on TV show these same characteristics everyday. ... Traditional gender roles for women are nurturing, dependence, and emotional expressiveness, not physical strength or toughness. ...

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Women's Realities Ch 4 Personality is an individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting. ... The one area of gender differences in behavior in which hormonal differences have been strongly implicated is males' greater physical aggression than females'. ... Cognitive psychologists are interested in the ways in which people organize and understand their perceptions of physical and social reality and how these perceptions change at different developmental stages. ...

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Relating to the Present According to Webster, the word modern refers to relating to or characteristic of the present (746). ... Everyone is born different, some being more physical, mental, or social than others. ...

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Periodically they enter a phase called kemmer, and in this phase they can assume either male or female characteristics. ... Estraven was a powerful man and has much knowledge, but in the end the two men must rely on each other through severe physical hardship. ...

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Her lack of understanding for her sister causes them to quarrel and results in Bianca taking the physical worst of it, whilst Katherine is blamed for her belligerent nature. ... Yet they share the same characteristics that Shakespeare imparted onto many of his heroines. ...

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The men misuse their strength in the family, as well as physical strength to control the lives of the females. ... In other words, the actions of the men are more important than their individual names which generalizes the characteristics of men in the book. ...

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