Articles related to "Masculinity"

Much of Yukio Mishima's life was devoted to finding a solution to Japan's stagnancy and lack of direction after World War II.

Some chemicals, such as phthalates, have the ability to disrupt hormones; new research suggests they may also cause problems with brain development.

Santiago Nasar's masculinity is defined by secondhand accounts of the events, observations and experiences in the hours leading up to his death.

In global trade, the buyer or seller with the best understanding of an emerging business market's culture often negotiates the best deal.

The firefighter is an iconic masculine figure. Through 19th century, the firefighter changed, but he remained in touch with popular views of American manhood.

Masculinity/Femininity are demonstrated as a double construction of gender as a professional and private manner in Macbeth.

The nobel-proze winning author's third novel explores the relationship between gender and race in the title character's search for his cultural heritage.

American companies must respect the French culture's strong uncertainty avoidance, high individualism, centralized power structures and lower masculinity scores.

John Milton's literary works have received much scholarly attention for their representations of men, women, and their respective roles.

This article will explore the differences and similarities between two current gender gaps in education.

Lawrence's three-quatrain lyric reveals the insidious effect of memory and the emotion that attends it.

Gender identities are socially constructed and reinforced in advertising and other media. A 2009 commercial for the Ford F-150 truck reinforces a violent masculinity.

While 74% of U.S. bosses view corporations as a set of machines, workers & tasks, 59% of German leaders see their company as a group of related persons working together.

From 1840 to 1880, the fireman changed and the public noticed. He went from being a volunteer with suspect political affiliations to being a respected professional.

A beard used to be a sign that you were a sandal wearing hippie, a librarian or an IT expert that didn't get out much.

The Appalachian Trail is a mountain path that exists because of the efforts of two very men who agreed on the need for such a path, but were very different otherwise.

Although the United States is Venezuela's largest trading partner, the exchange of goods and services between the two countries is constrained by opposing business norms.

Gender Studies, or Women's Studies, is a 30-year-old academic field designed to teach students to view their academic work through gender.

The Chuck Norris film Missing in Action is one of the first and most widely known of the One Man Army films about the Vietnam War.

Many sociolinguists believe that gender is not innate. Rather, it is a socially conditioned performance based on circumstance, upbringing, and cultural expectation.

The fight for gender equality is not an exclusively women's issue, because no one is truly free when the other half of the world's population is oppressed.

Japan's cultural beliefs concerning race and gender severely affected the way in which they not only waged war, but in the way they treated their opponents.

Viagra has become a blockbuster "lifestyle drug," pervasive in popular culture and striving to redefine our perception of a normal sex life.

Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises explores stereotypical gender roles and challenges early 1900s images of masculinity and femininity.

In Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, Lucy Westenra represents the opposite of the ideal Victorian woman, who should be submissive and meek.

The characters in The Magnificent Seven reveal the needs in the hearts of men. Themes from John Eldredge's book Wild at Heart capture the essence of the film.

Even sales leadership training experts like Donald Trump have to respect the cultural sensitivities of the highly competitive Chinese marketplace.

Although not as popular as Seinfeld, The Larry Sanders Show was more dimensional, technically inventive and sophisticated and it shared the humanity of its characters.

Male manicure is part of man's good grooming and personal hygiene.

Eating disorders are not gender specific; this condition is found in both men and women--only, men find it more difficult to seek out treatment and help.

The Ghost Road is Pat Barker's conclusion to her Regeneration trilogy that tells the stories of shell-shocked British army officers of the first world war.

Women in combatant nations of WWII shared similar difficulties when attempting to serve in their nations' militaries.

A new study discovers first-time fathers finding it difficult to fully free themselves from patriarchal tradition.

Teachers need to be aware that underlying values are one of the most important causes of cultural clashes and misunderstandings.

"Prince of Annwn" offers an example of how gender roles can become performative choices. "Man" and "woman" are determined by how gender is performed.

King Lear is another of Shakespeare's plays that has ideas of a patriarchal society running through it.

Here's a list of media literacy films that will be helpful in sparking discussions in the college classroom.

Male tattooed bodies are living works of art. Tattoo art can camouflage skin imperfections in men. But what do tattoos really say about a man?

The character study of the Ringo Kid is key to John Ford's noble outlaw motif in this classic western movie- and it's the breakthrough role that made John Wayne a star.

Working Mom’s - sometimes you have to make yourself take a break!

Lauri Ramey, a critic, claims that much of "black" British poetry does not fit the mode of canonical poetry because it falls short of postmodernistic avant-gardism.

The time between the world wars held some of the golden years of Berlin. Swing was the sound of an insatiable lust for life despite economic crises - and is again today.

A review of Little Britain USA, the American version of Little Britain that is surprisingly...still very British.

Robert J. Sawyer is, according to MacLean's: Canada's Weekly Newsmagazine, "among the most successful Canadian authors ever." Hominids is the first volume of a trilogy.

Just because you know he's one third of modern worship's Desperation Band, don't think you know what to expect from Jared Anderson's solo debut, "Where to Begin."

It's a happy 100th to Joan Crawford , who, sadly, is preserved primarily by camp

Breast cancer in men is found in 1% of all breast cancer cases. Although this is rare, men need to be aware that they are not immune from this form of carcinoma.

It is standard practice to look at combined oppression: Race and sex. However, the historical and conceptual connection of race and sex are closer than previosly thought.

Harry Trotter, an unemployed lumberyard foreman, finds a new career in bootlegging in the ruthless streets of Toronto in the 1920s.

Why teens are important to tobacco companies' profits and how marketers catch their attention.