Articles related to "Gender Roles"



Stained Glass Life
This article provides a metaphorical key to help us escape the prison of rules and expectations that leave us overwhelmed and defeated.
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How to Write a College Term Paper Conclusion
To write a strong conclusion, it's important to maintain a balance between summarizing and not repeating. Here are some tips on how to end a paper.
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Anything You Can Do ... : Just How Different Are Boys And Girls?
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Gender and Work
Great strides have been made over the past 50 years regarding gender and hiring practices but there are still differences between men and women at work.
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Helping Your Granddaughter Succeed
What happens to the bright-eyed exuberance of girls between the primary grades and high school graduation? This article gives ways to improve your granddaughter's achievement, her confidence and self-esteem, and overcome gender bias.
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Its Time For a New Sexual Revolution
This article reviews current sexual scripts and calls for a new liberating expression of sexuality for both men and women.
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Marriage Shock
Why do women still slowly evolve into modern day June Cleavers?
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Nadezhda Durova, Female Soldier
Nadezhda Durova joined the Russian army in the 19th century and lived her life as a man. In her fiction, she explored gender roles and broke societal norms.
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Nobody Wants To Talk About It. Period.
Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if men menstruated?
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Outing: Socially Responsible or Socially Reprehensible? Part I
This article defines outing (revealing that another person is lesbigay without his or her consent) and explores some of the reasons why people engage in outing. Part I of II.
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Redefining Aboriginal Gender Roles
This guest writer is a Nyungar woman, making bold statements about the hardships faced by Indigenous women in Western Australia.
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The Gender Question: Are Our Boys Falling Behind?
A brief look at gender equality. Amidst a movement to bring young females in the U.S. to an equal level with young males, the importance of our <i>sons</i> in society seems to have been lost somewhere along the way.
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Gender Archetypes: Part One Introduction
Introducing a New Series....
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Gender and Psychology Chapter One
Take a trip with me into the world of gender and psychology. This is Part One of my reading and reporting of the book "Gender and Psychology" edited by Karen Trew and John Kremer.
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Children and Gender Identity
How do kids learn about our culturally-based ideas about gender? How can we help them without supporting sexist assumptions? Links to help us figure it out!

Indigenous Homosexuality
Colonial homophobia marginalised homosexual and transgender Aborigines. But intolerance was never part of traditional life, as seen in the story of the Tiwi Sistergirls.
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Women, Sex and Music
It has become appallingly obvious that the music industry will do anything to promote a female singer. Even if it means sexualizing her for the benefit of record sales.
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Cross-Cultural Marriage
Intercultural marriages require more than simply getting along. Here are marriage issues and advice to consider before you tie the knot with someone from another culture
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Feminism and Classic Anthropology
This article explores the roots of cultural feminism and its links to classical anthropology, and the New Utopia.
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Gender in Wicca: Moving Beyond Traditional Ideas
A fresh look at the ideas of gender and polarity in Wicca. This article presents a fresh look at the ideas of gender roles in Wicca, as well as interpreting the Wheel of the Year and the role of the God and Goddess's gender polarity.
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Native Rites of Passage Today
Amidst conflicting gender roles and stereotypes, Indigenous boys explore their options for becoming men in the modern world.
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Same-Sex Schooling
This article explores the challenges of same-sex schooling as a breech of civil liberties. Research indicates that girls thrive in same-sex classrooms.
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Socialization in Caramelo
One primary theme in Sandra Cisneros' Caramelo surrounds the role of the family, especially in relation to shaping gender roles.
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DSM-V Gender Experts Anger LGBTs
The American Psychiatric Association sparks controversy in choosing "anti-trans" experts to revise definitions of gender identity disorders in the DSM-V.
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Male Daughters, Female Husbands
This article explores the concepts of "male daughters" and "female husbands" found in southeastern Nigeria among the Igbo ethnic group.
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A Woman's Call To Ministry
The call of women into ministry has been a point of challenge as far back as the early nineteenth century. From that period until today, women have overcome many obstacles to simply do what they were called to do, preach the word of God.
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Evolution of Women Heroes in Film
Throughout history women have sought the equal opportunities afforded to men, including the right to kick some butt; these filmmakers have given them their chance.
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Gender and Sexuality in Shakespeare's King Lear
King Lear is another of Shakespeare's plays that has ideas of a patriarchal society running through it.
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Gender and Sexuality in Shakespeare's Macbeth
Lady Macbeth tries to take on masculine characteristics to make herself a stronger person, and in doing so belittles Macbeth by attacking his own masculinity.
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Reality TV as a Teacher Resource
Reality TV may be insipid, but it says quite about about the human condition. Here are some suggestions for incorporating reality TV shows into the college classroom.
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Soviet Women Labor Expectations
Proposed menstrual leave labor policies were under discussion pre-WWII, while Soviet women were expected to defy human physical limitations after WWII.
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Storytelling from China to America
From the best seller The Joy Luck Club, comes another unique tale of survival and a quest for identity in The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan.
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Television as a Cultural Forum: An Analysis of "Dharma and Greg"
Guest contributor and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student Amanda Wilson analyzes <i>Dharma and Greg</i> in terms of Newcomb and Hirsch's notion of television as a "cultural forum."
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The Witch Craze in Sixteenth Century Europe
Strict definitions of gender roles involving acceptable social standards for women, coupled with long held notions of female susceptibility to temptation led to the craze
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Violence Against Women in Europe and America, Part I
Part I of a 4-part series exploring recent scholarship on the history of rape and spousal murder in France, England, and the United States.

Feminism in Prince of Annwn
"Prince of Annwn" offers an example of how gender roles can become performative choices. "Man" and "woman" are determined by how gender is performed.
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Self-Image and the Media
We remain prime subjects to covert messages permeated in the media that often result in a fallacious image of ourselves.
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Training Bras
Training bras symbolize the transformation from childhood to womanhood. This article explores the experience and consequences of that process.
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College Media Literacy Courses
Media literacy is an international movement to provide students skills and insights to interpret media. Here's some thoughts on media education for college students.
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Some Ideas From a Few Radical Feminists
Radical feminists are the acting force of the American Woman's Movement. Their ideas and attitudes are the focus of many issues, and some are remembered more than others.
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Alaskan Native Title Privatisation
Participation in the market economy is on the global agenda as a solution for Indigenous community dysfunction. But we should examine the Alaskan experience, and beware..
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Sesame doc and Pokemon champs
Participant Prods. is teaming up with International Street Prods. to produce a documentary called "The World According to Sesame Street". It was announced Tuesday that the 2005 Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championships will take place in San Diego, California.

Stories for Your Free Children
Links to feminist-friendly kids' literature

The Apache
This article is about the Apache people of New Mexico. This articles seeks to understand their culture and history. It also studies the impact of Europeans on their culture
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Beyond the Keyboard

Do Scorpio Men Like to be Pursued?
Many men born under the Scorpio sign -- as well as other signs -- enjoy being pursued by women. Here is the key to their heart.
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Feminism in Science Fiction
A discussion of the acceptance of women into the historically male dominated science fiction genre.

Male Victims of Domestic Violence
Men who are abused by women often suffer in silence. In addition to the shame shared by many women victims of domestic violence, men must overcome gender stereotypes.
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Much Ado About Deep Throat: Pornography and the Other Side of Paradise
Deep thoughts on "Deep Throat" and other pornography
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The Flapper
Women in the Roaring Twenties experienced more freedom than ever before, but for most of them, the Flapper lifestyle was only temporary.
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