Most gender differences happen because of subtle reinforcers given by adults. ... Gender schema is described by distinguishing certain things to be "for" certain genders. ... When these children reached 27 months, nine months later, half the children correctly identified the perceived "right" gender when asked to assign gender labels during a test. Thus, they acquired a gender schema. ... Gender is something that seems like it can't be forgotten. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Overall, hand to hand combat roles should be left to primarily men or any woman who has passed the same rigorous physical tests that men are held to. ... Women generally outscore or score as high as men on written tests (Komarow). ... Women tend to outscore their male counterparts on written tests (Komarow). ... Commander Michelle Howard, executive officer of the USS Tortuga has said, "We really want to recruit smart people, motivated people, and we really don't want to look at gender, color things that just don't make a difference (Komarow)." However, the gender issue has been...

• Word Count: 765
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• Grade Level: High School

This music video makes a big connection to gender and gender roles, it gives the male figure a strong role stating that a man should walk strong, act strong, act confident, have a big ego, and be able to back it up. ... Again, gender and gender roles play a big part in advertisements; men want to feel more masculine as women want to feel more feminine. In a Goodyear Tire commercial you get to see how society thinks a man and woman should behave, in this commercial they are taking a man and a woman on a test drive to prove that their tires are durable. ... I believe that people feel the need to...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

From early childhood girls and boys receive different treatment based on their gender, and that starts the processes of gender identity. ... Some (no matter what gender) lack motivation, and if there could be a female specific incentive, then maybe we could get more participation. ... I'm in the process of reading a book called Delusions of gender by Cordeila Fine, in it recalls research done by a woman of the name of Mary Murphy. Her and her classmates at Stanford University took a group of students from the science math, engineering, and technology majors and asked their opinions on two...

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• Grade Level: High School

More interestingly of the two groups of women that were tested, the group that favored mathematics, science, and social sciences were more inclined to abort than those in the group who preferred English and arts. ... With the gradual decline of traditional female gender roles, and the increased opportunity for women's advancement in the work place, academically orientated young women faced with the choice to abort or not, will therefore be pushed to abort in pursuit of higher education. ... Younger women nowadays are more predisposed to pursue further education, but in society there i...

• Word Count: 566
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

An analysis of external and internal conflicts reveals the ultimate fate of king Duncan, and the expected roles of the genders in that era, the true identities of the main characters, and importance of being distinguished as a true man. ... The external conflict that occurs between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth involving the questioning of masculinity not only shows how manipulative Lady Macbeth can be or the importance of masculinity to Macbeth; it's rather bringing gender roles into play. ... She gave her husband feminine qualities and tested his brutality after her refused to go about with...

• Word Count: 829
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It has been tested that given the same emotional stimuli women tend to react only a little more physiologically than men, but tend to show a lot more facial recognition to the stimuli. ... Facial reaction to emotional stimuli is not something that is given to someone like eye color or gender; it is more something that is learned. It is a gender role just like the traditional idea that women should do housekeeping and be the main caretaker of the children as the man should work and provide for the family. ... Now this might be taken to an extreme, but if you read ancient literature it is true ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Through Lily Briscoe, Woolf expresses her own desire to challenge traditional female gender roles. ... The pressure to conform to current female gender roles puts a huge strain on Lily's conscience. ... Her concern with artistic quality, the image's ability to stand the test of time, and the mourning of Mrs. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Society is caught up in the allusion that gender advocates how a person should be, not how a person is. ... Women have always been intelligent and now women are beginning to outscore men on intelligence tests, proving Upson's position that being a genius thrives beyond biology. ... The huge difference in numbers between genders still exists, but now females dominate the charts. ...

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