It is the behavior of each person that makes up their identity. ... Nurture contributes to shaping one's identity because people are born with a blank state which environment then "fills" to form a person's gender, behavior as a child, and social acceptance. ... For example, if someone is having a party, most people will act social and talkative. ... Socially, they are not acceptable and not viewed as normal. ... It is the social environment th...

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Others see not only the physical but also the social, emotional and intellectual differences between male and female. Gender roles influence women and men in virtually every area of life including family and occupation, but are women and men subject to different roles or behavior expectations? Gender roles by definition are the social norms that dictate what is socially appropriate male and female behavior. ... Society begins teaching them certain values and creating in them certain behavior patterns acceptable to their social roles. ... Many of these women were ladies of means and social po...

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Many other social issues, such as racism, for example, are far more prevalent in some regions than in others. ... Their prevalence alone makes them one of the most important social problems we can discuss as a society. ... When an idea of behavior is controversial, it will be seen sparingly until it becomes widely accepted. Over time, seeing a thing over and over can desensitize the viewer, thus making the thing more acceptable to the audience. ... Gender One source defines gender as "the behaviors and attitudes that a society considers proper for its males and females; masculinity or f...

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"The behavior of these male homosexuals is as different from that of a group of average men as one could possibly imagine (Terman and Miles, 1936: 248, as cited in Peterson 1998). ... (Peterson 1998: 61) These characteristics result from a combination of biological, cultural and social influences, and relate to our understanding of power in society as a whole. ... Although these advertisements don't necessarily promote violent activities, they encourage "in-your-face" behavior in teenagers that can easily escalate into real-life violence. ... Moreover, with such social importance pl...

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Lucy's behavior proves that even though she had a desire, though a small one, to break free of the mold, society pushed her back into a pattern of "appropriate" behavior as she matured. ... They often know that, but, still, they find some excuses and try to think in a way which can make the actions acceptable. ... She shows through each character that living life inside a social construction is not rewarding, and, in fact, mostly causes pain for the character....

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These positive and negative portrayals of women were shown to demonstrate the consequences of their actions depending on whether or not they followed their social roles. ... From a negative angle of representing women, artists would create scenes that showed the deadly consequences of a woman betraying her accepted social role. Some of these scenes showed reversed gender roles, men displaying their superiority, women suffering for betraying their defined social roles. ... Most of the symbolism was in reference to an historical event that led to a lesson in acceptable behavior. ... The images o...

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By emphasizing two sexy maids with uncomfortable poses, posting reddish orange and black color combination, and using the new concept slogan, this ad attempts to appeal to rich, single white men to come to the Cosmopolitan for their vacation, suggesting that some things which are inappropriate in boring daily life are acceptable in this hotel. ... The ad is aimed at somebody who can acknowledge testing the social standards. ... Not at all like different clubs including the Hard Rock, which used to promote "Looser than your girlfriend" and showed an exposed body in its commercial, has the Cos...

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(Pg-9); the mass majority of women get on uneasily, due to the rituals and social hierarchies that have been prearranged by male rulers, "The Econowives do not like us"(Pg-18). ... Throughout the past two decades women have fought to obtain equal status to mean and to prove that they are not the weaker gender, "Women's sexual attitudes and behaviors have changed drastically within the past 20 years. ... It has never been and will never become acceptable to perform the role of a "handmaid" within our society. ...

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