...Baseille Richardson 11/16/11 ` Gender defender Many stereotypes have developed over the years for males. The stereotypes help mold the image of how society views an ideal man. However, some stereotypes are outdated and in some cases, far from the truth, leading to inaccurate assumptions of how a male is suppose to act or think. Women also have old common stereotypes, but they are less prominent since it’s becoming common knowledge that those stereotypes don’t fit the majority anymore in today’s day and age. These male stereotypes only single out and amplify societal pressure on men. Not only pressure from other women but on fellow males. Male stereotypes portray males in the wrong light and can hinder the social development and acceptance for one who does not fit into the ideal view of a man. In Judy Brady’s, “I Want a Wife” Brady takes a satirical approach to showcasing how men think when evaluating a wife. She plays the role of a typical male and lists all the attributes this male would love to have for a wife. He wants his wife to cook, clean and take care of the kids. He also wants the wife to listen to him when he wants her to, but doesn’t want to feel obligated to listen to her when she needs to(361 Brady). However, this essay is a dated essay written around 1970, so these views are very old and should be seen as absurd in the present day. Surprisingly, some women still feel this is an accurate portrayal of men’s thoughts on a female partner. One female...
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...because people love to be loved back just to become accepted by society. Society has a great impact on gender and how an individual is expected to act based on societal rules. Judith Lorber in her essay “Night To His Day” explains how individuals try to put a gender once a baby is born, those expectations of gender then creates gender stereotypes of how an individuals should act and respond to societal cues based on their gender. Lorber’s essay is an explanation to some extent of how living and being Hispanic has influenced my way of thinking towards the role of women in society. Since an early age a Hispanic girl is taught that is incumbent for her to stay home and take care of the children and man, however, that machista way of thinking aggravates what I stand for which is succeed in life and not be the typical stay home housewife. Living in such environment made me realized that I wanted to stand out from the norm. That the kitchen and woman role that society designates to women were not for me; instead, I wanted an education in which I have a leadership role and stand beside men as equal. Taking that stand and identifying myself as a liberal feminist drove me into many altercations with the traditional Hispanic women and men. Unfortunately, even though it is the twenty first century the gender roles and stereotypes still procure and equality is hardly accomplish and things should start changing gradually because the world is also changing at a fast pace. Sex is what an...
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...own swamp where other than occasional riots from humans to attack him, he is left unbothered by any creature or human. Until, Lord Farquaad captured fairy-tale creatures and evicted them to live in Shrek’s swamp. Shrek, unlike anyone else before him is not afraid to fight against the pivotal power of Lord Farquaad and takes it upon himself to regain his swamp land back. In the scene, Shrek is set up to battle each of Farquaad’s bravest knights, he takes them all down and then demands to have his word with Lord Farquaad. Through the use of Cohen and Omi’s argumentative essays, a complex relationship takes...
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...Everyone has experienced a stereotype directed towards them once in their life whether it be based on race, gender, status, physical ability or appearance. People who use stereotypes fail to realize the impact it could have on the receiver of the statements. In most cases, stereotypes are not accurate and marginalize people, making them feel distanced from society. The essays “Disability” by Nancy Mairs and “Fatso” by Cheryl Peck both deal with women who have been pushed to edges of normal society due to their stereotypical identities. “Disability” is about a woman who has trouble walking and uses a wheelchair, due to being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The author is disappointed by how she is seen as physically dependent on people and...
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...Brent Staples essay, “Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space”, is a tremendous example of the systemic wariness that people of African-American descent must possess in their everyday lives. There are a plethora of stereotypes regarding African-American males that are detrimental to their societal image. Typically when one hears the word “stereotype” it is merely in reference to a harmless anecdote that is used as a source of comedic expression. However, for black males, these attributions of humor could be the subconscious beliefs that fuel their demise. A very large question is left to ponder; why do these stereotypes exist? Delving deep into research and statistical analysis there is one prominent factor: the false identity of African-Americans...
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...Societal expectations for acceptance. The way individuals choose to carry themselves in everyday life is affected by societal expectations. These societal expectations are sort of an unofficial guideline by which individuals live their lives. Whether it’s gender roles or just wanting to be accepted by others, people feel the need to “live” according to these guidelines. As time progresses so do the “guidelines” and if the individuals cannot keep up with these norms, they can be left behind or deemed as an outcast. Gender roles seem to be the most common. From the day a child is born societal norms are placed on them. For example a young boy’s room will be probably be blue and filled with sports items, while a young girls room will be pink and be filled with dolls and a play kitchen set. These small details, along with expectations, begin to shape their role in society. “Barbie Q” by Sandra Cisneros is a perfect example of societal expectations. In this short story Cisneros introduces two young girls who are playing with their Barbie dolls. The girls go into great detail when describing their dolls and the outfits the dolls are wearing. One can conclude that the girls are poor when the main character tells the reader that they only have one outfit for their dolls. They even had to make a dress from a sock because they could not afford other outfits. This is further illustrated when the girls begin describing how they will play with the dolls. Everyday...
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...throughout the lifespan is exhibited through the three important elements of emotion, which include; emotional expression regulation of emotional experiences emotional recognition This essay will discuss each of the three elements in the following life developmental stages referring to biological evidence and well know developmental stages referring to biological evidence and well know developmental theorists where appropriate. The three life stages in this essay will be infancy and childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Emotional expression is a key aspect of learning in which the individuals recognizes how to apply emotions that are socially appropriate and in keeping with the emotional development of that person. During infancy, the use of facial expressions is a key means of communication to establish biological needs. For example crying when to be fed or laughing when defecating. At this stage of infancy usually about the first months of birth, key cognitive functions to express emotions such as smiling is reflexive, independent of external stimuli. With the advancement of age of 2 - 3 months this reflexive motor is replaced by social smiling, typically when the baby sees his or her caregivers face. From the ages of 4 - 5 years, emotional expressions begin to be shaped by societal and cultural expectations and this continues to expand between the ages of 8-12 years until adolescence. In adolescence, facial displays of emotion become increasingly complex and contingent...
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...The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Essay Mark Twain, well acclaimed author, writes the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in the attempt to satirize society's negligence towards race during the 1800’s. The plot follows a teenage boy, Huck Finn, along with an escaped slave, Jim, whom Huck helps in freeing. Throughout the novel Huck faces an inner conflict that objectifies the moral conditioning of society, while his father, Pap antagonizes the government for it’s unjustful decree to race. Twain satirizes the moral conditioning of society through a tongue and cheek approach where the use of satirical devices such as stereotypes and irony are employed. Huck, a white American being brought up through a time of racial impoverishment,...
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...Alicia A. Smith October 29, 2014 Eng.4705/Essay #2 Beauty Complex The word beauty has many negative connotations for African American women. Over the years African American women have been subjected, misrepresented and also dehumanized by the exemplification of beauty and identity. This pattern of internalizing the perception of beauty to coincide with European standards have caused many African American women in the process to alter their physical appearances and personify a culture that has disregarded the uniqueness of being “ black and beautiful”. The cultural aesthetics of being “black and beautiful” has been distorted in literature, movies and television shows to appease an acceptable standard of beauty that in reality is unrealistic....
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...do we get when we drop marginalized people, specifically homosexual men, into positions of social prominence? The answer, contradictory in its own right, is quite simple: martyrdom. The martyrdom of homosexual men in film and television stems from the idea that homosexuality is a perversion that must not be displayed publicly (“Homosexuality in Film”). To avoid total non-representation, characters are, instead, martyred. In many cases, which will be briefly explored in this essay, gay characters are victims of other people and are killed. In other cases, which will also be explored in this essay, gay characters experience a slow and torturous victimhood before ultimately taking their own lives or succumbing to some...
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...Final Film Critique: Crash (2004) Jay Dennis ENG 225 Introduction to Film Instructor: Cicely Young April 13, 2014 Final Film Critique Draft: Crash (2004) There are many different critical elements and artistic aspects to examine when analyzing and critiquing any film. In 2004 Paul Haggis wrote and directed the award winning drama Crash about various intertwining experiences involving racial relations and the socioeconomic status levels of the diverse cast of characters. This film addresses how humans being deal with real life circumstances and addresses how racial stereotypes and prejudices impact our society by causing a separation of customs, ignoring human and civil rights, and demonstrating how racism can cause moral, cultural and economical suffering. This detailed essay will address the cinematic elements employed throughout the movie, and provide a critical analysis on the various components and techniques used to create this compelling and powerful film. Crash is a movie that involves several different stories and plots that all manage to somehow connect the characters to each other in a series of events that take place during two days in California. America’s ever-growing melting pot is distinctly represented in the film as the audience is introduced to a black LAPD detective, two black mischievous car thieves, a white district attorney and his prejudice wife, a white racist beat cop and his neophyte partner, a black Hollywood director and his wife, an...
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...Kaysha Whakarau 12004012 179.330: Maori development and the social sevices Paper Coordinator: Paul’e Ruwhiu Assignment 1: Essay ‘My identityt and relationship with tangata whenua’. Kia ora koutou katoa. Ko Ngati Raukawa raua ko Ngati Tuwharetoa te iwi Ko Parereukawa raua ko Ngararu te hapu Ko Ngatokuwaru raua ko Waioturi te marae Ko Hokio raua ko Patea te awa Ko Taranaki te maunga Ko Aotea te waka Ko Corina Whakarau toku mama Ko Sonny Whakarau toku papa Ko Ryan Twigge Toku tane Ko Kaysha Whakarau-Twigge toku ingoa Describing one’s identity is not an easy task. Having an opinion or position towards a culture and worldview is part of human nature (Ministry of Justice, 2001). As we develop, these views and positions we thought we were once in, can change and alter. In other words, as people adapt and learn, so too does their views (Houhamau, & Sibley, 2014). In this essay I will be describing my worldview and cultural positioning of when I was growing up and contrasting this to how I feel now. I will also discuss this in relation to things Māori and who changed or influenced these views. I will finally critically analyse my relationship of tangata whenua. My mihimihi does not just describe who I am and here I come from. It describes my identity, my own conception and expression of myself and my affiliations both culturally and physically. My mihimihi establishes the links I share and have. As a Māori, sharing my whakapapa it is about knowing yourself and...
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...geographic area proposed to be served”, meaning that residents of the geographic area will have an active role in decision-making and that at least one-third of the entity's governing board or advisory board is made up of residents who live in the geographic area to be served, or are from a low-income neighborhood. This allows for residents who care about the issues in their community and who are representative of it to be involved in process itself. This shifts the power back to the people. In the paper, “Focusing on Results in Promise Neighborhoods”, it states that Promise Neighborhoods is unlike many other educational reforms because it "reflects local need and context and targets often ignored topics of race, poverty, and historical/societal frameworks (Jean-Louis et al., 2010). However, this program can still have other facets in order to address to the multi-faceted inequalities in education. An additional proposal or goal of the Promise Neighborhoods Program can be to create youth groups in the schools or communities it served led by youth and similar adults alike. As depicted in “Beyond...
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...Mapping the Modern “An argumentative essay on ‘Gender’ through comparison and contrast of the views of authorities who are postmodern practitioners” Introduction Defining postmodernism as well as gender is an extremely difficult task if not impossible. This essay is an argument on the two postmodernist’s concept on ‘Gender’. This essay argues posing foucauldian postmodernism of Judith Butler against Baudrillardean post modernism of Arthur and Marilouse Kroker with analysis on both their ideas on gender including sex and sexuality. This essay also argues that these two approaches are fully flawed for a number of important reasons. This essay offered an argument on the ideas of two of the most prominent postmodernists in the field of ‘Gender’ including sex and sexuality namely Judith Bultler and Discussion Postmodernism of Judith Butler Judith Butler is one among the most influential proponent of postmodern practitioner of gender including sex and sexuality. In Gender Trouble It is stated that identity of gender constitutes the very expressions which are its results and does not go beyond the expressions of gender. Butler does not consider gender as an appropriate social as well as natural expressions of a sexed body, but it is a fluid identity which is always in a deferral state ad does not exist fully at any given point of time (Norris, 2010). She does not believe in the notion of a stable and essential identity of gender manifesting itself by way of external activities...
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...Student Name: Lu Jin Section: A01 Instructor: Jeff Bennet Paper No.2 Can a popular television show make a difference in how people think about gay men? As the issue of representation is central to this essay, the most obvious issue surrounding this is the stereotyping of gay characters on television. These types of programmes are no longer written by the homosexual for the homosexual, but have become integrated within “mainstream” mass media (Battles and Hilton-Morrow,2002). This paper will explore the extent of enabling and constraining effects that gay visibility and its accompanying representations have on the popular TV show “Will & Grace.” I will also examine how visibility has produced disciplinary discourses as well in the show as how it has created opportunities for resisting dominant ideologies. And then the paper will also explore how the media text shaped the societal and cultural attitudes towards LGBT individuals. Finally, the paper will address how the increasing visibility of’ LGBT’ individuals in the media tells us about our broader social, sexual, cultural world. The Season 3, Episode 1, the title is “Will New City”, I was amazed by the first 12 minutes of the show which represents sophisticated relationships among the three main characters: homosexual Will Truman, heterosexual Grace Adler and “very gay” friend Jack. The overall theme of this scene is Will spent three months on the island, and finally returns only to learn that Jack and Grace have bonded...
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