As expected, males did tend to lean towards physical attributes more, such as smile. ... Traditionally, men are expected to place high emphasis on external attributes, such as physical appearance. ... Yet, men still desired higher levels of sexual passion and physical appearance than women. ... The questions addressed characteristics such as physical appearance, social status, and personality. ... In the list of most important characteristics, men and women had four out of the five the same. ...

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A feminist would identify that women were judged almost purely on their physical appearance, as Miranda, a "goddess-, is seen as ideal, whilst Sycorax, a "blue-eyed hag- enforces this ideal of physical beauty. ... The need for women to conform to physical beauty and to be virtuous (by being a virgin) exemplifies the characteristics and the representation that would be interpreted from a feminist's reading. ... They were stripped of financial power, legal/political power and also physical power, as it was unattractive to be masculine in appearance (or attitude). ... The Tempest illustrates...

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For this reason, it can be understood from this example that hormones create some differences between the sexes in terms of physical appearance and characteristic property. ... Brain is the organ that create our characteristics by hormones. ... Physical appearances are also significant for gender differences. ... They also cause physical and change the brain activities. ... So that characteristics change and main differences occur between sexes because of a single chromosome. ...

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Media plays a major role in promoting the aggressive characteristics in men and the nurturing characteristics in women. ... On the other hand, women are expected to be protected by men, therefore, if they take on any kind of physical fights, they would be judged as playing the men's role and should be disciplined. ... Furthermore, studies show that women are more likely and more frequently to involve in physical aggression than men in the domestic violence circumstances (Giancola et al., 2009). ... Then, they would plan out their attack to circumvent their physical disadvantages. The type...

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Men in Wrestle Mania use their physical attributes and language in order to assert their dominance over each other. ... The television series, Wrestle Mania, display men that posses physical characteristics of big muscles, tall figures, and speak with a harsh tone in order to portray their higher being against their opponent. ... He uses his dark characteristics, his intimidating facial expressions, and powerful techniques as away to conquer over his strongest opponents. ... Wrestle Mania manipulates young men to believe that masculinty comes from the ability to overpower your opponent through...

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This self-construction would be the ideal in our society, but unfortunately, it represents a false belief.Masculinity has certain characteristics assigned to it by our culture. ... Men are primarily and secondarily socialized into believing certain characteristics are definitive in determining their manliness and masculinity. These characteristics range from not crying when they get hurt to being and playing violently. ... Little boys are taught to see physical prowess as the ideal. ... At this point they begin to really understand that physical prowess and largess are the ideal. ...

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These negative stigmas can have a powerful negative effect on the mental, physical and emotional health of those who are part of this community. ... They are those who, for various reasons, adopt the dress and/ or characteristics of the opposite sex on a full or part-time basis. Androgynes, on the other hand, purposely adopt characteristics that define them as gender-neutral. Intersex individuals are those with physical or hormonal attributes of both sexes. ... Another example is the physical and psychological treatment that is often necessary for not only intersex individuals, but also for th...

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Masculinity has certain characteristics assigned to it by our culture. ... These characteristics range from not crying when they get hurt to being and playing violently. ... Little boys are taught to see physical prowess as the ideal. ... At this point they begin to really understand that physical prowess is the ideal. ... I have covered the socialisation process showing how physical ability is objectified and legitimated in males. ...

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In modern societies, this view has changed and the most important characteristic of modern markets is that both men and women actively seek mates. ... There are many characteristics that both males and females value in a potential mate. ... Women value prospective male suitors on a cluster of characteristics related to resource potential: good financial prospects, ambition, industriousness, older age, and emotional maturity. On the other hand, men value potential female partners in terms of fecundity, the ability to produce and care for children (Buss 69) Physical attractiveness is a deter...

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The reader of the adverts will identify with the people portrayed, because they recognise certain, if not all the characteristics pictured. ... What was indisputable was the female preoccupation with physical beauty. ...

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Whether it's the style in which ideas are presented, the organization of text, or the ideas itself, all literature contain characteristics that make it unique or just flat out likeable. These characteristics vary from author to author. ... In the beginning of her essay, Susan Bordo approaches the external body by discussing the overall appearance of one's self (in particular male models) and the judgment of others that comes hand in hand with one's physical appearance. ... " According to Butler, many different aspects are associated with body and its potential, unlike how B...

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Masculinity in the Media The discussion of masculinity encounters a paradox: some behaviors are clearly aimed at dominance showing off, physical aggression, etc but no man is only dominant, some men are not dominant at all, yet somehow on the whole a systematic dominance of men over any person deemed as feminine seems to get reaffirmed. ... It's the notion of identity as dominance that most male roles express, whether in concepts of physical strength, power, or even competence. ... In my paper I want to look at how masculinity and sport function as the root of male violence as well as ...

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However, those culturally idealized beliefs do not highlight only the characteristic traits or psychological manners; it also underlines the physical differences and appearance. ... At the same time, women, whose body parts are being separated from her as a person, are considered to be the physical object of male's uncontrolled driven sexuality. ... The concept of self-objectification and the idea of not having a thin and perfect body, that is portrayed in the media and represented as the role model, can increase women's anxiety about their own physical appearance creating fear abou...

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The physical competency of the male led to his dominance in all situations and thus formed these roles. ... The husband, on the other hand, is described as having physical, not only mental, power. ... His physical supremacy enhances his authority in the marriage as well. ... The young wife realizes his physical power and his potential to do harm. ... The hand, through her imagining and thoughts, takes on animalistic characteristics. ...

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The physical competency of the male led to his dominance in all situations and thus formed these roles. ... The husband, on the other hand, is described as having physical, not only mental, power. ... His physical supremacy enhances his authority in the marriage as well. ... The young wife realizes his physical power and his potential to do harm. ... The hand, through her imagining and thoughts, takes on animalistic characteristics. ...

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Some people develop with a combination of male and female physical characteristics, despite being genetically male or female. ... Hormones such as estrogens (female sex hormones) and also testosterone (male sex hormones) guide the physical development of sex characteristics and behaviors. ...

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In the first part of the novel, Louise is idealized by the narrator in terms of physical appearance and mind. ... The scene conveys that physical virginity is falsifiable; also the fact that sex defines an identity and a specific behaviour can be falsifiable too. ... They are different things because the body is important for physical desire, and the identity is the essence of each person. ... It demonstrates that distinctive physical characteristics are only a part of the body, but it does not demonstrate the identity. ...

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In addition, both religious and secular aspects of society place expectations on how women should act, modeling the characteristics of the Virgin Mary, as introduced earlier in the paper. ... This brings up another issue that exemplifies inequalities between the sexes: physical appearance. One major difference between the expectations of women in the past and present is the physical appearance. Emphasis has always been placed on physical appearance. ... In continuation, the stereotype for physical appearance of women is not healthy for female athletes. ...

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The playwright describes each role's characteristics to show how women and men's tendencies of life are different, proving how male dominance is major theme throughout the play. ... It demonstrates his characteristic of sexism, and also shows an internal agreement between the men regarding the women's domestic responsibilities. ... Yet, the men see these domestic duties as simple, when in reality they don't see the physical and emotional toll it takes on women over time. Clearly, each gender role's characteristics shows the different tendencies of life between women ...

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The most obvious questions that are usually asked are why does domestic violence occur and what are the major factors that correlate with men who inflict physical or emotional harm towards a loved one? ... Behaviors that demonstrate a high need for control and power is a risk factor that can be used with extreme measures that could promote physical and or emotional abuse. ... Researchers concluded that controlling behaviors were one of the best predictors of perpetrators inflicting emotional and physical abuse on to their partner. ... They found control is usually implemented through physical ...

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Many children do not recognize external characteristics of people as different or inferior until it is brought to their attention by an adult. ... She further states that, "Characterizing femininity and masculinity in such a way does not portray the two clusters of characteristics as being in a hierarchal relationship to one another but rather as being two different approaches to the same question, that question being centrally concerned with the goals, means, and use of power, (Devor 418)." Essentially, one feels power comes through physical dominance while the other believes power can be a...

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However, he is constantly mocked because his physical appearance, stupidity and cowardice do not comply with the generally accepted qualities of a man. ... Shakespeare is using the audience's responses to present the illogical defining characteristics of a respected man, which depend not on morality, or even position in society, but on power, control and intelligence. ...

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In many cases the recessive (dominant) alleleis the one which holds physical ground appearing in an individuals phenotype. ... Cars, clothes, sports, not these physical things but the use of them will enhance anothers sexual attractiveness. ... Male being Y chromosome(small and only carries sexual characteristics) and female being X (large and carries traits for nonsexual traits as well). ... Each species has a certain male and female bond, but the physical, social, and emotional aspects are not like that of humans. ...

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This measurement of "feminine" is based on a series of characteristics Udry feels are "feminine", such as putting on makeup and wearing jewelry. ... They also bring up that Udry's study may be tainted by bias because of his "biological determinist" standpoint shows why he presumes physical causation for widely-accepted ideas about race and gender in modern society. ...

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James Carson, from "The Story of One White Woman,"" and Jake Barnes, from The Sun Also Rises, fail to embody the traditional characteristics of masculinity. ... This statement destroys James' male presence by asserting the worthlessness of his physical size, a characteristic of traditional manliness. ... Jake's war wound represents his primary failure as a man because of his inability to have sex, a defining characteristic of masculinity. ...

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