Gender is very much about how people perceive us, and our behaviour (personality, identity and self-expression) determines how we will be "perceived." ... Few people actually do conform exactly to their predetermined gender role: A certain lack of conformity is not only expected, it is increasingly seen as welcome. ... Transgendered people who fail to behave within the acceptable range of behaviours expected of their gender roles are simply not tolerated in our society. This is the truth about the world in which we live, that it classifies people according to stereotypical beliefs. ... Numb...

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• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Kathleen O"Connell Corcoran Ph.D. show that "divorce is associated with an increase in depression: people experience loss of partner, hopes and dreams, and lifestyle". ... "Sixty percent of people under poverty guidelines are divorced women and children" (Corcoran). ... These problems of divorce are most recognized, but most people over look the problems divorce causes with the development of a growing child. ...

• Word Count: 2872
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

" The women work long, enduring hours as live-in caregivers and/or nannies caring for other people's children and home. ... Many are unable to speak their native language or practice their culture as they live in other people's homes. ...

• Word Count: 2919
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Encourage girls to pursue sports, science and math and boys to engage in cooking, art, and music. ... They know kids can learn by observing people they look up to and if the teachers are setting good examples of how to speak to someone, no matter their gender or race, they will try to model themselves after them and imitate their actions.  ... They also "exposed the children to models of people in non-traditional gender roles." ...

• Word Count: 2741
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate