Gender Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

I do accept as true that people should have equal opportunities regardless of their race, gender or religion. Discrimination on the foundations of either of the three kills democracy and is detrimental to the development of the economy and life. Equal prospects to all natives in spite of their race, religion or gender promote unity amongst the people living in the nation or state. Both men and women ought to be betrothed in active employment and given equal chances to compete in the career world . Equal opportunities to all help in making sure that all races and religions are ...

Literature

Introduction
Since the beginning of the world, the female gender has faced suppression from the male section of the society. This has reflected in the literature, as well. Many authors, writers and poets, have used hard language to point out the wrong done against the women. The tailored language due to the dictatorial system by the mail dominance has been used in the literature works to give a message for the
Literature, on the other hand, has been the part of the world since its inception. Right from the beginning of the world, literary works have been proving ...

Abstract

This report contains the results of point estimate and confidence interval analysis for five variables obtained from the results of Springdale community shopping activities survey. The survey was conducted to determine the strengths and weaknesses of three shopping mall areas; Springdale Mall, Downtown Area and West Mall. The variables analyzed are general attitude towards Springdale, Downtown and West malls, and gender and marital status of the respondents. The maximum likely error for mean general attitude ranged from 170 to 0.189. On the other hand, maximum likely error for gender and marital was 0.003.

Introduction

Point estimation is a statistical technique used ...

Article review

As we have witnessed in the institutions that include the schools, businesses, hospitals work place and government agencies, there differences in the way we perceive race, gender and class. I concur with the writer that social institutions are mostly controlled by white elites. The symbolic dimension comprises of the use of stereotyping and image control in description of diverse class, race, and gender. The masculine are considered to be aggressive, leaders, intellectual rational and strong as opposed to the passive, follower, emotional, and week feminine. Aggressive black and the Hispanic are not expected to show such behaviors although, are masculine. ...

The three periods of feminism development

In general, the history of feminism can be described as the narrative of the ideologies and movements which are aimed at establishing, defining and defending equal economic social and political rights for women. Feminists all over the world have always differed in goals, intentions and causes depending on culture, country and time. Irrespective of these differences, most western historians of feminist’s interests have always considered all movements and acts that push for women’s rights as feminists movements. History of the modern western feminist is divided into three periods of times. These periods vary slightly in their aims ...

Anthropology is the study of the present and past of humans. It builds and draws knowledge from biological and social sciences along with physical sciences and humanities. The biggest concern of the anthropologists is applying the knowledge of anthropology to solve human problems. We shall look at how anthropology affects the society as a whole and the influences it has on people. It views the social patterns of human beings. It does so by comparing the past social patterns with the present ones. In so doing one, anthropology can bring solutions to the problems that affect human beings. It also ...

Writing about the discrimination of women, Gearhart (1979) mentions that the act of violence in the one that rules a person and is the very fact of existence for a human. She singles out our understanding of human entities and non-human ones claiming that “we have been human chauvinists too long, calling consciousness out own, cornering the market upon it, setting ourselves above everything human because of our “higher awareness”. She believes that distinguishing between human and non-human objects changes them, and, as a result, becomes an act of violence: “The act of violence is in the intention to change another”(Gearhart, ...

Introduction

Sports and gender is not quite phenomenal since it has lived on since time immemorial. Even so, gender inequality is something that has been sung for quite some time and some attempts have been made to try and level of the balance so that women can have the benefits that men seemingly enjoy. On many occasions, games that mainly feature men are the ones that have been invested ever since and only recently have they started to feature women in the respective games like football, rugby, athletics, and even handball. On many occasions, the global sports have tried to ...

Principles of Goffman’s Analysis: As Viewed in the Advertisements in Vogue October 2014

Introduction
Erving Goffman, in his Gender Advertisement, stresses the importance of taking commercial pictures seriously. The main intention of the advertisements is to lure viewers into buying the product depicted in the advertisement. The power of advertisements is so strong that it can immensely influence the viewers, both consciously and unconsciously. However, the problem is that an advertisement is not necessarily the true representations of reality. Not only commercial advertisers, but also governments and nonprofit organizations make use of advertisements in order to deliver their ideas or messages. The advertisements intentionally and unintentionally raise and exploit the “social situations”. ...

Susan was a human resource manager at Concreos, a software company. She joined the company soon after she had finished college and had been working with them for over a decade. When she joined Concreos, it was a startup with 15 employees. In the decade she had been with them, the company had grown leaps and bounds and now employed 250 employees. When she joined the company, she was the only woman and since the number of employees was really low, it did not really matter to her. As the company grew and they needed to hire new people, her department grew bigger ...

The biography of Marjane Satrapi is the focus of this paper. The author’s biography shades light on the lives of Islamic women governed by their religious and cultural norms and the role of the men in the same. Satrapi’s work depicts the life of a Muslim woman and the expectations the society has with regard to the female gender. Gender inequality is an important matter as it inhibits people of a certain gender from basic rights, thus subjecting them to a prejudiced life. Inequality that favors the men affects the society at different levels because the aforementioned restrictions hinder personal ...

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Examining Bell Hook’s Contribution to Debates About Gender and Race

Introduction
The dawn of the 20th century paved the way for the second wave of feminist where Bell Hooks or otherwise Gloria Jean Watkins emerged as among the most renowned thinkers that contributed to the debates about gender and race. Among the most notable contributions to gender and race debates are the theories that provided the standpoint for feminists. The myriad of claims encompassing in the debates on gender and race states that knowledge is something that is socially situated in ways that marginal members of the society particularly women can be made ...

When talking about gender abortion and arguing for or against it, one must look at the issue from both sides. It is easy to say that this is gender inequality and it is the same as killing a life. However, these straight accusations are quite unfair when not all the factors are taken into consideration. There are just as many arguments for as there are against sex-selective abortion.
Some believe that any kind of abortion is equal to murder. They also underline that it is the same as a human taking another human’s life. However, when looked upon from a ...

Introduction

The occupational gender segregation is a strong feature of the labor market globally. This women segregation is a concern to the policy makers. This segregation has led to inefficiency in the economy and prevention of capable people to perform on their occupations better than others do. Women in particular have experienced the act of discrimination and have underestimated from some groups that joined the labor force. Not all women are equally to participate in the labor force. Their participation varies in marital status, social class, race and immigration background, the number and ages of children, education, region, and age. The feminists who ...

Introduction

Very few people emerge as a leader that is mainly driven by the personality traits and leadership approach of the individuals. These personality traits and leadership approach makes them successful. Moreover, the distinguishing traits and characteristics also enable a person to become an influential leader. In contemporary world of today, where strict competition lies between people, few are able to succeed in making their position strong as a leader. One such leader evaluated in this paper is Margaret Thatcher, a former prime minister of UK who had ruled for a period of 11 years (Northouse 2010, 302; Reitan 2003, 52). This paper critically evaluates her ...

Culture encompasses all spheres of life. It constitutes the building blocks of what a society subscribes to in terms of norms, morals, values, customs, attitudes and beliefs. All these social and cultural factors shape our world views and forms our belief systems as individuals, which, in turn, motivate our behavior. Culture affects our perception of occupations as much as our biological make up does. Due to the cultural diversity that exists between the occupational beliefs of different individuals, it is necessary for employers to understand the concept of occupation equity. This refers to the variability that exist between the standards ...

A class is a setup of people with similar status, who have comparable wealth and power. Sociology describes class as a form of social stratification. Different studies have identified race, gender and class as centered in a pattern of intersectionality (Gail, 2003). This is because; these facets have an ideological basis that forms social classes. The current American society is not only stratified using socio economic classes, but using different concepts, including color, race, gender, sexuality, and ethical issues.
An inquiry into gender and race seeks to articulate the concepts involved. An analytical approach to this would require us to define ...

The societal inequalities and discriminatory practices have haunted the women folk of the society from the ancient times of history. In the wake of globalization and blurring of geographical gulfs, the patriarchal norms and practices have taken a more complex turn and have come up to threaten the position of women more vehemently with all the discriminatory devices in its arsenal.
In the article titled, ‘Interactive and Intersectional Analytics of Globalization’ by Peterson, one comes across the discriminatory practices which are in vogue in the economic domain of the globalized world. The hegemonic transcendence of the masculine over the ...

It was Virginia Woolf who famously suggested that greater female autonomy could be achieved through the craft of writing. Historically, women have been marginalized by their male peers, forced into stringent gender roles with little attention paid to their personal desires, hopes, or dreams. One of the primary methods that women have used over the the years to fight against this oppression is the creation of literature. Women of different cultures often have varied experiences, and Latina women are no exception to this rule; however, despite the cultural differences between different Latin cultures, Cofer, Martínez, and Erauso explore ...

Main Argument of the Readings

Silvia Federici, Chandra Mohanty and Alicia Muszynski discussed in their respective articles the sociological facet of the inferiority perceived upon women. “Insatiable sexuality”, in the case of Federici, socioeconomic differences for Mohanty and race-gender stratification noted by Muszynski all point to reasons why women, under different classifications, receive unfair treatment. The three articles stand united in explaining that women received discrimination because of their biological sex and that it is a demeaning factor when added with other condescending characteristics such as socioeconomic conditions and race.

Personal Argument on the Readings

On a personal note, I perceive the connection between the three articles as highly characteristic of ...

The division of labour has been present in human society since the very beginning (Mies 49). The need for the group to accomplish different tasks in order to live was best accomplished through the division of labour. By increasing the value of each person by having them work in different areas enables the large scale progress of the entire society. The early forms of division of labour were largely based around the gender roles, with the male most often being the hunter while the female prepared the food and tended the children (49). This separation was based on the ...

Question 1

Do women live longer than men?
The dependent variable is death. The life span of individuals depends on several factors. As years go by the age of an individual goes up and death comes nearer. The independent variable is gender.

The gender of an individual is fixed and does not change with age.

The kind of data needed to answer this question is ratio comparing the age at which most men die to that at which most women die. This kind of information can be obtained by visiting hospitals and inquiring the records of patients who die in a year (National Institutes of Health 2000). It can also be obtained by interviewing members ...

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- Chapter 8
This chapter of the book provides an insight about Developmental Psychology which is a field of study about age-based changes in experiences and behavior. Our cognitive ability, behavior and social interaction skills and the kind of our learning experiences evolve in various stages of learning and development from infancy until our lifetime. Our behavioral and cognitive development is influenced equally by genetics and our environment. My experience supports this insight because I know some people who are inherently intelligent with parents who are also smart and intellectually conversant. On the other hand, I ...

Introduction

Feminism has in the past, created different perceptions, notions and ideas. The major ideas that have been discussed in several platforms about feminism include the role of relationship between men and women, especially in terms of gender equality, where feminists seek to have equal opportunities with men (Martin, Wood and Little p,10-24). These feminists believe that both men and women have equal responsibility and, therefore, should be given equal chances, which include equal pay for the same jobs, and equal considerations in employment opportunities. Secondly, the feminists have discussed in these platforms the privileges that are being taken for ...

Introduction

One of the most prominent and probably the most transparent categories in the society is gender. Both the males and females play significant roles in the society and they are are defined by the nature of responsibilities and social obligations that each gender undertakes. Aaron Devor, the author of “Becoming Members of Society: Learning the Social Meanings of Gender” and Reihan Salam, the author of “The Death of Macho” have illustrated gender in contrasting ways. One author believes that the time of male dominance has to come to an end while the other one describes gender as an identity ...

Transgender and the Use of MMPI-2

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) test is a self-report measure of psychopathology and the personality structures in adults. As opposed to other similar tests, it is difficult for those subjected to it to give a false impression or deny` the existence of a problem. It is also possible to conduct empirical research using the MMPI-2 tests, as it gives an opportunity to give quantitative evidence. Therefore, it is more practical when evaluating psychological issues. It is especially the case in addressing the psychological issues of the diverse transgender population (Tellegen, et al., 2003).
Interventions such as hormonal treatment ...

Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking & Self Evaluation

This paper explores how gender discrimination affects employee performance in the workplace. The study also highlights all the issues a male employee faces in the workplace; and discusses how an employee overcomes confronted gender-based issues. The interview analysis paper also highlights the perception of interviewee regarding career advancements and gender stereotyping.

Personal Information:

The questionnaire starts with collecting interviewee personal information. The name and other private information cannot be revealed to maintain confidentiality. The interviewee age is around mid-30s. He belongs to India but works in an American Company based in the USA.

Views and Challenges Faced in the Workplace:

Workplace issues are mostly ...

“[She] is wunderbar, but she is not my Lebenslangerschicksalsschatz.” People have a certain inclination to finding their destiny, their one true love, their soulmate. Usually, it would be considered almost a dream that a speech so meaningful and significant will be coming from a guy. However, to think this argument as valid would also be close to thinking that our world is mostly confined to all its biases and stereotypes. This is evidently not the case today.
Such is much portrayed in many forms of modern mass media. The world of television and movies, for instance, is a vast land of different characters ...

Although the times of oppression related to gender, class, and race seem to have gone by, the issues of discrimination still matter in our country even nowadays when people finally seem to understand that diversity should be celebrated. According to Andersen and Collins, attitudes toward gender, class, and race are the foundation of our society and it is impossible to understand its structure, nor organization without taking into account this triad (Andersen & Collins, 2). This paper focuses on three issues related to how the subject should be dealt with in the modern context: intersection, or overlapping of different ingredients ...

Zora Neale Hurston and Marita Bonner are often associated with Harlem Renaissance of 1920s. Their views on the race problem differ greatly from the views of male African American writers, and sometimes even contradict them, as the ideas of female writers of those times also incorporate the ideas of gender and being a colored woman. The movement for the rights of colored people and the rights of women has inspired the appearance of the whole range of works concerning the perspectives on the issue. The two essays, “How It Feels Like to Be a Colored Me” written by Zora ...

The dystopian fantasy “The Hunger Games” presents intriguing sexual dynamics. The characters are multi-faceted and display uncharacteristic gender traits. “The Hunger Games” blurs the line between what is considered masculine and feminine in terms of relationships. By exploring the relationships that form within “The Hunger Games” I propose that we can better analyze social trends regarding gender and sexuality. By looking at examples of gender role reversal in “The Hunger Games”, such as Peeta’s affinity to baking or Katniss’ for hunting, one may discern that traditional gender roles are not as important in a relationship as many may think. ...

My initial hypothesis

Young adolescent people approach mathematical problems differently considering their gender. The methods that that the females use to approach mathematical problems are different from the approaches taken by their male counterparts. Traditionally, male students have been said to have a natural ability in mathematics and females have been attributed to less confidence and less learning styles. The thoughts of male students being much better than their female counterparts in mathematics seem real and ones that I can support because males tend to major in mathematical fields than females. Males have proven over time to be more successful in mathematics than ...

What does what we believe about 'gender fraud' at the Olympics has to do with prejudice or is it based on fact?

Confirmation bias being a vital psychological trick in the human brain plays a very big role in the human brain in determining the gender of an individual. As a result, various tests to determine the gender of individual who participated in major events like at the Olympics. In the 1960s, female athletes were paraded and asked to strip naked, their private organs were used to determine the gender of the competitor. However, in the later years, this was considered a dehumanizing ...

Introduction

There are many challenges ahead on which managers should focus and be prepared to address in the area of gender and generation supervision. Different generations and genders have different attitudes towards work, loyalty towards employer, attitudes, respect and authority, supervision, training needs and styles and also desires among many others. The generations’ term is used for the group of people that share birth years, location and age and have different views. The focus of the paper will be on presenting different generations and their basic characteristics and examine the successful way management can handle diversity and promote nondiscrimination on ...

White collar is one of the famous series not only in America but also in different parts of the world, which premiered on October 23, 2009. The story revolves around the wits of a young man, Neal Caffrey, who has a criminal record with the FBI. He has been involved in crimes such as forgery, theft/robbery besides being a con man. The first part of the series begins with the main character, Neal, being held in a prison for the crimes that he had committed. However, it does not take long before he figures out a way to escape from the prison. He uses ...

- Equality issues that trade unions should address
Promotion of equality at the work place is one of the key functions of trade unions. The main priorities that trade unions bargain on are pay packages that are offered to workers and the terms and conditions under which the workers carry out their duties. The framework that governs the employer regulation has been strengthened over in the years in countries such the United Kingdom, United States of America and Denmark; it is often the prerogative of the employers to interpret the statute law. The trade unions are a powerful force ...

Introduction

The society, even before, has been full with many peculiarities that are increasingly becoming more known and acceptable for many. One’s peculiarities or unconventional traits may likewise be his or her clothing choice, appearance, sexual preference or genetic disposition. Among these peculiarities are individuals with intersex condition. An intersex condition is a range of conditions that give rise to an atypical development of one’s physical sexual characteristics. An intersex condition may likewise involve deformities in the external sex organs, internal reproductive tissues and organs, sex chromosomes, or sex hormones. This condition may be manifested in many ways ...

“ARE WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT VICTIMS OF THE PHANTOM OF THE MALE NORM?”

Introduction
Billing (2011) analyzes the state of gender pressure on women at different workplaces. The accepted assumption is that there exists a pressure on women within workplaces because of their gender characteristics. Social environment shows some norms that are male dominance. At many workplaces, managers claim that there is equality between genders. In contrast, according to many academicians, workplaces have a male dominant culture and women workers are treated differently from male workers (Acker, 2006).
After being regular workers, women managers go into transformation. The organization culture expects them to fulfill some requirements for being managers. According to many ...

Gender and Sexuality in Popular Culture

The interaction between men and women in any given setting acts as a source of information about gender and sexuality. Every society has its set of features that define the two aspects. The definition as well as the societal expectations of a given gender as far as sexuality is concerned differs from one community to another. The behavior of men and women in respect to the conventional cultures has become a controversial issue in the twenty first century. People have developed different forms of expressing their gender and sexuality in the contemporary society. The novel Fifty Shades of Grey has been used ...

Sex and sexuality is one of the most important issues pertaining to women and gender studies. While sex refers to an individual’s gender, sexuality refers to an individual’s expression as a human being, which begins at birth and continues until death (Weeks 9). Sexuality is also defined as the relationship between an individual’s gender role and identity, body image, sexual orientation and relationships (Weeks 7). In other words, sexuality constitutes an individual’s values, attitudes, behavior and knowledge, and is mostly influenced by the family, culture and society. Some of the major sources of sexuality are ...

Fairytales generally offer children a very limited choice of heroes and villains, and they cast men and women in stereotyped roles, because they are meant to socialize children according to the values of the society and according to their expected gender roles. Two feminine characters found in many fairytales are the wicked stepmother and the young and beautiful heroine, who is often a princess. In such fairytales as Grimm brothers’ “Snow White”, “Cinderella” and “Mother Holle”, the stepmother is an intruder who occupies the role of the good mother and persecutes the young, beautiful and kind heroine. She is ...

New theoretical approaches to the study of history have led to a major shift in the way we perceive political history leading social scientists to question the findings based on the old approaches.
The new approaches have revolutionized our study of history, further proving that history in itself is not merely a study of the past but is also a living art subjected to the changes that occur within those affected by it. These new approaches have evolved perhaps due to the need to ensure that even generations that did not partake in the major historical events of the ...

- Discrimination
- Is discrimination still a major issue in the work place in this day and age?

According to the internet resource WiseGeek (2013), the word “Discrimination” is defined as treating a person in a less favourable manner based on specific characteristics of a person. Under the laws of the United States of America, the term “discrimination” is defined as “the act of denying rights, benefits, justice, equitable treatment, or access to facilities available to all others, to an individual or group of people because of their race, age, gender, handicap or other defining characteristic” (lawdictionary.com, 2013). While ...

Introduction

“Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition”, said Marilyn Monroe as she was defining the power of women thru their charms and presence, and not thru equal work with men. This concept, according to which femininity is the aspect that most empowers women in relationship with men was developed in various writings of the nineteenth century and comes as a contradiction to the binary relationship man – woman, which suggests that woman is placed on the negative side, as she is disempowered. Three novels, “The Awakening” (Kate Chopin), “Mrs. Spring Fragrance” (Sui Sin Far) and “Maggie: A Girl ...

There is no doubt that the American dream was a wonderful concept designed to invoke a sense of prosperity and independence in addition to portraying a patriotic imagery of motherhood and homemade happiness. To a larger extent, the American dream meant some prosperity in form of re-examining American cultural affiliations. The American Dream was defined from a narrow minded perspective where individuals were expected to have a family composed of a husband, wife, and kids. While husbands were expected to work, wives were supposed to stay at home and take care of the children (Kate 113). In situations where husbands had to be separated from their ...

Objectifying Song: Drake- “Hotline Bling”

Drake’s 2015 song “Hotline Bling” contains sexist lyrics that objectify women and effectively imply the technique of slut shaming and male dependence. The overlying theme of these song is the idea that this woman has lost all of her self-respect because her boyfriend has left her, showcasing the objectifying idea that men are responsible for the identity of females. When he sings this song, he is implying that men are dominant in romantic relationships and women make decisions about their morality and their respectability based on whether they are single or not, out of respect to their boyfriends.
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One of the relevant issues in modern justice is the issue of equality. Justice is a right to everyone despite his nationality, gender, or race. However, at times these variances have influenced justice system of the country. The financial status, gender, and race of a person have influenced how he is in the justice system of the country. The notion of creating stereotypes and associating these stereotypes with certain groups has influenced justice system in the country greatly. These stereotypes influence the arrest, prosecution, and verdict of a person. These stereotypes determine whether a person gets justice or not. The police, Judges, and ...

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As I understand it, social work is the pursuit of increased wellbeing for individuals and groups through direct and concerted intervention in a number of ways. The overall goal for someone in social work is to help combat social injustices and various inequalities in education, psychological awareness, and the like through determined effort and intervention on one's part (Agnew, 2004). This is typically performed through dedicated and complex interactions with those who require social work, and theories of human development and social systems and theory are used to investigate a client's social situation. After this analysis, strategies are decided ...

Gender roles and gender-related stereotypes are often depicted in literary works. For example, Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” could be considered misogynistic because it promotes the stereotype that women are the root of all evil, manipulate men for their selfish needs, and create chaos because all female characters in the play show that form of behavior. On the other hand, it is also possible to notice the lack of stability and logic in the main character Macbeth who is depicted as a naïve, indecisive, and dependent character. In “Candide,” it is possible to notice that Voltaire depicts the vulnerability and ...

In the modern world, women have become a very important part of the social, economic and political life in addition to the strong family positions that a woman holds in the society. This has been attributed to the efforts put towards the recognition of the women, their important activities and the great role they play in all aspects of the society. This began in the 1970s in the west, and soon became worldwide phenomena. The modern woman can therefore be recognized within her own society and beyond (Keber, 1998).

Despite these achievements, I myself as a woman have undergone through various challenges and ...

Mass Communication sets or perpetuates some gender agendas.

Mass communication provides an enormous influence on today’s society. It is something, which influences people thoughts, ideas, and attitude. It deals with art, paintings, films, music, and language. It ruins all the censorship that influences people during many centuries (Tedlock). Today, such things as movies, the TV, has a massive influence on the generation. In particular, it influences children. Movies today promote the adult way of living. Maybe they do not describe it completely but still provide a great example of everyday life, which little children see. Still, the TV has its censorship, which splits both relevant and ...

Abstract

The paper explores what hardships black American women are facing in their pursuit of happiness. Though the time of slavery has passed, people still suffer enslavement. In modern world it is some sort of “spiritual enslavement”. Women try to survive in spite of all the obstacles they meet in their life path. It is hard to live in the hostile surroundings where people still judge you for the colour of skin. More difficult is to stay in constant fear of being abused or raped by your own husband. The story that may seem invented or exaggerated is actually the ...

Zora, the author of Dust Trucks on a Road, was born in 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama and died in 1960. She was regarded as one of the best and contemporary American novelists, anthropologists, and folklorists of the Harlem Renaissance (Meisenhelder, n.p). While she was three, her family moved to Eatonville Florida, one of the first all-black towns to be established in the United States. This was a place where the blacks existed independently and as they desired. Due to this, Zora often referred to it as her birthplace. The death of her mother was the beginning of her misery ...

Internationalization of the economy, on the one hand, and the uneven development of the countries on the other, led to the fact that labor migration has gained an unprecedented economic and political significance. The economic gap between the countries and the need to balance the geopolitical interests has influenced the migration flows in the developed countries. Over the past few decades, a steady labor migration has led to a new segmentation of the labor market and the allocation of jobs that are taken mainly by migrants.
Global economic development is associated with marginalization of female caregivers, namely the tendency to ...

Marriage has been traditionally a manner of regulating the relationships between men and women in the Canadian society. As same-sex relationships became more acceptable throughout the Western world, Canada sought to be perceived as one of the most tolerant countries in the world by allowing same-sex marriage in the name of equality. Same-sex marriage refers to gay couples’ right to wed and to take advantage of the social and legal benefits which come from this union. Same sex marriage is legal in Canada since 2005 and gay couples sometimes perceive the right to get married as a very important achievement particularly ...

While the hit Netflix television series “Orange is the New Black” has succeeded in pulling back the curtain a bit on the situation facing woman in the criminal justice system; popular notions, assumptions and stereotypes of female offenders remain misleading at best or completely false at worst. More importantly, however, public policy continues to ignore the special status of women offenders despite the fact, as the show illustrates, of major differences in the types of crimes in which women commit crimes and the frequency in which they commit them.
Even though the traditional portrayal of women in the criminal ...

Media influence on Equality

Even though many activities influence the way we view women and men, media is the most prominent and the most powerful factor influencing ideas/feelings about race and gender. According to sources from the US Census Bureau (2011), people were projected to spend more than half of their life occupied with radio, TH, newspapers, the Internet, and listening to personal music devices. Mass media and popular culture feeds people with a picture on how women and men are supposed to behave and be. This essay examines how the media and popular culture influence people’s perception on race and gender.
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Discussion 5

1.Gender hierarchy and dichotomy refers to the different and preferential ways of treating people in the society based on their sex. In the United States of America (USA), the males are given special treatments: they are paid highly; highly respected and given top leadership posts in the churches; given extensive media coverage besides being considered the heads of their respective families (George R. G., 2009). In other words, women are downtrodden.
2. Glass self is the perception stating that a person's self develops from one’s interactions with and perceptions from others in the society. This coupled with the ...

Components of Intelligence in Adulthood

Theory of fluid and crystallized intelligence of Cattel-Horn suggests that intelligence involves a number of different abilities that interact and work together in order to form a common intelligence of the individual. Two types of intelligence are to each other in mutually complementary relations. Therefore, when due to the age weakening of fluid intelligence the ability to solve certain types of problems is reduced, there are very effective strategies to overcome these problem situations through the advanced features of crystallized intelligence, which progressively develops almost all of human life.
According to the theory of Robert Stenberg, intelligence includes three ...

Maryse Conde’s ‘The Tropical Breeze Hotel’ is a pre-colonial play that focuses on the issue of the black body and struggle for power and identity. The Black Body is an issue that has a long history from the pre-colonial period and some authors have addressed the issue using dramatic writing. In the play, Conde unleashes a power struggle between the two characters, Emma, and Ishmael, which reveals a gender-based struggle or grasp for an identity. The author uses the two characters who constantly appear to switch roles as a way of balancing each other’s character. The play ...