...the idea of traditional social gender roles, to the modern gender roles that were developing. Writers during this time would portray men and women roles, as they saw it in society. As the Western culture progressed societies view changed as well with gender roles. In the early stages of the twentieth century, playwrights such as Strindberg, Ibsen, and Lorca, wrote characters such as men and women in gender roles that fit to the societal norms during that time. Plays like Trifles by Susan Glaspell, gave the appearance of the common societal gender roles in Western cultures. The play shows the controversy of men having the power and wisdom over women. Glaspell shows through...
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...Topic: The causes and effects of the changes of the traditional male role. With the development of the society, the conventional man role has changed significantly step by step in many aspects, which is a serious and realistic issue for many countries around the world and it makes many people confused and worried. In this essay, the reasons of why the traditional gender role has changed would be talked about in two fields, the realization of the women and the appearance of the femininity and homosexual of the men. Besides, the effects on people after the change of male role would be presented clearly and logically, mainly in three angles, the workplace and society competition, the sense of inferiority of the men and the guilt of the females to the children. Firstly, the traditional male role is really very familiar with the majority of people all over the world. The conventional pattern of female and male role in many countries was that nine tenths of the women stayed at home every day taking care of the children and their husband and doing some housework like cooking, washing clothes, this sort of thing during their whole lives. They hardly never think about their career and did the same thing as the men did. For men, they had to earn a lot of money to support the living of their families and turned over almost all of their income to the households (Tiger, 2000). At that time, both women and men thought it was an equal and right division of responsibility of them. Meanwhile,...
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...Gender Roles and the Identities of Women During the late nineteenth century, there were many stereotypical attitudes regarding the roles of gender and the identity of women. Men were usually portrayed as the “breadwinners,” as well as the well-educated and the sole foundation of the family. Men had to show their masculinity by being the very upper-hand of the family. Women are portrayed as sensitive, sweet, caring, faithful, moody, naïve, etc. As a way to complete them as a whole, women needed men in their lives. However, women held the least power of the family and believed that they only had a purpose of being housewives. The ideal images of gender roles between men and women, and the identities of women can lead to stereotypes that are associated with Kate Chopin’s short story “Desiree’s Baby.” In “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin, gender played a big role in the life Desiree as well as Armand Aubigny. Desiree was described as “beautiful and gentle, affectionate and sincere— the idol of Valmonde” (1). Desiree was illustrated as if she was down to earth and had a very warm personality. At first she was nameless, like most women when they are first named by their primary families and renamed when they get married. Desiree nameless when she was first found by the Valmonde family, and then they took her in as their own and she adopted their family name. Desiree undergoes another name change when she later marries a wealthy man by the name of Armand and inherited the...
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...Introduction The issue of gender stereotyping is a prevalent global concern. When people apply gender assumptions to others, regardless of evidence to the contrary, they are perpetuating gender stereotyping. Many people recognize the dangers of gender stereotyping; yet continue to make these types of generalizations. Traditionally, the female stereotypic role is to marry and have children. She is to put her family's welfare before her own; be loving, compassionate, nurturing, and sympathetic; and find time to be sexy and feel beautiful. The male stereotypic role is to be the financial provider. He is also to be assertive, competitive, independent, career‐focused, and always initiate sex. These sorts of stereotypes can prove to be harmful; they can suppress individual expression and creativity, as well as hinder personal and professional growth. Children learn gender stereotypes from socialization. Gender socialization is the process where children learn to develop behaviours regarding what constitutes being a male or female. Beginning at a young age, parents, school, peers and the media highly influence the gender behaviours children replicate and ultimately internalize. My compilation of media entries focuses on the progression and adaptation of gender stereotypes in the media. Over time, perceptions of gender roles have changed, causing the media to modify traditional marketing tactics to conform to them. I chose to organize my entries into three sections....
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...What are the gender norms that are reinforced and valued by the institution of the military? The gender norms that are reinforced and valued by the institution of the Armed Forces depends upon the service that you are in. Unbelievably certain Departments have different level of masculinity and history than plays into these the gender norms that are reinforced throughout the Armed Forces. Even with recent interjections of women into closed ground combat union. Things seem to be still angled at men run the military. You may have onesies and twos but there it will be awhile before you have a full forced all woman combat team. Not because they cannot because of the stereotype that none are out there. In Chapter 8 you read about how social institutions can reinforce traditional conceptions of gender even if the people involved in those institutions want to change them. In what ways does the institution of the military reinforce traditional notions of masculinity and femininity outside of the individual soldiers?...
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...attempted to explain why gender differences occur in crime, but to what extent, is the question that will be answered within this essay. This will be done by also assessing the value of other theories and arguments in order to see how useful the chivalry thesis is in understanding gender differences. The chivalry thesis suggests that more sexism on the part of the criminal justice system, such as the male-dominated police and courts, means that women are treated more leniently than men. There is much evidence for the chivalry thesis, for example according to the Home Office, women are consistently treated less severely by the law, with first offenders about half as likely to be given a sentence of immediate imprisonment than males are. In addition, female offenders are generally regarded by the police as a less serious threat than men, and are therefore more likely to benefit from more informal approaches to their offences, particularly for minor offences, such as cautions or warnings rather than being charged. In addition, women do receive more cautions than men, but this is partly because they commit relatively more minor offences like shoplifting, and they are more likely than men to admit their offences, which is necessary before the police can issue a caution. As a result, the criminal justice system will appreciate their honesty and let them off with lighter punishments. Hence, showing how the chivalry thesis can be useful in explaining gender differences in crime. Furthermore...
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...the relationship between the dominant patriarchal values and traditional attitudes towards gender roles at the time with the manipulation of codes and conventions. At the time of production, after entering the workforce, women were later being encouraged through the media to return to domesticity. Dominant ideologies underlined that the primary role of females was the ‘homemaker’ and maternal mother figure involved in child rearing. The challenge, the femme fatale, Phyllis presents to the ideology further reinforces the importance of adhering to traditional gender roles, demonstrated as this challenge invariably results in her downfall. Phyllis is constructed as deceitful, manipulative, scheming and opposed to the domestic lifestyle. This is illustrated to the viewer in the opening scene, introducing the femme fatale. First the audience is privy to her exposed flesh while her movements are very sexualised, as she continues to button up her blouse. She is primarily constructed for the male gaze and these non-traditional values she portrays are critiqued. In addition, she is also wearing a white dress, which symbolises innocence and purity and serves to contrast with her deceptive intentions as she tries to appeal angelic towards the male protagonist, Walter Neff. Phyllis’s character is further developed, therefore appropriate for representation of her as non-conforming in terms of a domestic, ‘home maker’ role. At the conclusion of the film, during the final confrontation...
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...“Leave it to Beaver,” is a television show about a middle-class family. Ward, the family patriarch, teaches his two sons life lessons. Some of the lessons have to do with their roles as men in society and future husbands. We also see in Leave it to Beaver, June, the epitome of a housewife, living out her “wifely” roles as a mother and wife. June is what Betty Friedan describes as the “happy housewife heroine.” In this paper, I will discuss how masculine and feminine gender roles are shaped through generations of teachings from our forefathers and foremothers, how femininity and masculinity is defined in Leave it to Beaver, and whether the gender roles depicted in excludes other races and classes. Leave it to Beaver aired during the 1950s which was a crucial time in America’s history. This era followed World War II and The Great Depression. Because of the world war in the 40s, women had to take “male dominated” jobs because the men were off at war. By the time the 1950s hit, women were forced back into the home and the social order returned to the “traditional way of life” (Lindop 2007). Media, such as television shows like “Leave it to Beaver,” portrayed this “traditional social order” as the ideal family and how each gender should perform their roles in the home. The perception of the “traditional way of life”-a working husband, a housewife taking care of the home and children and nothing more- has confused society, especially women and created social norms. Women saw...
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...Throughout John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath, The Joads family shows traditional gender roles deteriorating as they travel to California during the Dust Bowl. Steinbeck explores the emblematic thoughts of gender at the time, by restating and challenging them. During the Great Depression, it was prevalent that the male figure was the head of the family, in charge of working, making major decisions, and overall supporting the family. However, women were perceived to be domesticated in their house, doing household chores, like cooking and cleaning, and bearing and taking care of the children. Nevertheless, in The Grapes of Wrath, the author John Steinbeck defies these roles that were stereotyped, by illustrating the development of the...
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...Analysis of Gender Roles in Disney Princess Films Jasmit Singh 213749361 Traditional and Popular Culture – 1900 9.0 Susan Niazi – Tutorial 6 Whether it’s the colours they wear, the activities they engage in or how they behave, men and women are known to play different roles in society. These established gender roles “are not innate or natural but a product of society”. Children, adolescents and adults all learn gender roles through the environment they’re surrendered by. One of the many huge influencers that help shape gender roles is media. Although “there has been a lot of change over the years in terms of what is considered appropriate societal roles for men and women, this change is not reflected in contemporary film”. The ideology of mainstream media continues to focus on the males being the heads of society, which in result, shows an unequal representation of the females. From an early age, media puts an image into young minds, informing them how males and females should think, act, behave and appear. In many television shows and films, one can easily see the distinct difference between the role of a male and a female. Often films are enforcing stereotypical gender roles where the male is seen to holds more importance in society than the female. Amongst many film producing companies, Walt Disney Pictures for decades have been enforcing stereotypical gender roles in their princess films. Though it may not be outright obvious, Disney productions play a huge role in fostering...
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...When looking at the different gender roles that were represented in the prime-time television show “This is Us” there were many instances throughout the show where the female characters were depicted in what I defined as traditional female roles (Fogelman, 2016). Particularly, I noticed this to be the case for Rebecca Pearson’s character. Rebecca, who is the wife of Jack Pearson and mother to her three children, is one of the main female characters in the show. Rebecca was often shown running the household duties and chores. This often included her in the kitchen making different meals for her family, packing lunches, tending to the children, cleaning, and doing the laundry, while her husband went off to work. Kate and Beth, who are also two...
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...Gender Roles Views on gender roles as a whole especially in the past few years have changed. For each individual views are all over the board. Traditionally men worked to bring in the household income and women took care of the kids and the household. Some families are lucky enough to have the income to keep this kind of arrangement others have had to have both parents work to have the income to stay afloat. It is now the norm for both parents to work and even men to take care of the household and children. Just by watching how a household works forms people’s views on gender roles. My experience just as many peoples nowadays is less than traditional. My parents divorced before I can remember and since then I have been with my mother and brother. My mother seemed to be able to do it all. Amazing looking back on it now, she brought home the paycheck and still managed to cook us breakfast, send us off to school, be home with an after school snack, cook dinner, make sure we did our homework, and put us to bed every day. On top of that she coached one of us in at least one sport each season and managed to give us anything we needed and more times than not what we wanted. I was spoiled, never had to do my laundry and my chores were to mow the yard and pick up after myself. I still managed to view the gender roles as traditional because even though I knew she worked and was the only household income she was always there when we left for school and when we got back and was...
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...of gender does not necessarily show the original meaning of femininity in the Disney film "Alice in Wonderland" in 2010. This film is an American computer-animated and live action film by director Tim Burton, which gets its ideas from the British novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll in 1865 and its 1871 sequel "Through the Looking-Glass". The story tells about the latest adventure of the main character Alice Kingsleigh to Underland, where she visited thirteen years ago when she was six. At that time the Underland (or Wonderland as Alice calls it) was the White Queen's reign, but now being controlled by her easily-irritated sister the Red Queen who hates animals and uses them as servants. Alice is foretold to be the only one who can slay the dragon-like creature Jabberwocky which is controlled by the Red Queen who terrorizes Underland's inhabitants, and finally with her courage restores the White Queen to power. The film Alice in Wonderland has showed different meaning of femininity by the three main characters Alice, the Red Queen , and the White Queen, who play other than traditional gender roles of women as expected by the society. Like Alice who is brave to confront the society's expectations of a young woman by being strong and courageous to choose her own life. Also, the Red Queen and the White Queen have shown the opposite situation of patriarchy when men usually act as superior and are dominant or controlling most situations, by playing the role of...
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...have been guilty of an unfair and inaccurate portrayal of gender roles especially for women. In the early years, women were portrayed as submissive, emotional and dependent on males and males are portrayed as the lead hero in the movie, saving the day and getting the girl in the process (Gilpatric, 2010). However, in recent times, we can observe a new trend in recent movies. Films such as Tomb Raider (2000) and Kill Bill (2001) have emerged showing women in a new light. Similarly, films such as Gladiator (2000) and Finding Nemo (2003) have showed a softer side of males that is rarely shown on screen. So what is have the film industry progressed towards a fairer and more accurate of gender in movies? Literature Review In recent studies, Gilpatric (2010) uses violence as a tool of measure to demonstrate that movies are still depicting gender stereotypes in violent female action character. This is backed by Sternheimer (2003) as she argues that even though females appear to be independent, they are still dependent on males which reinforces traditional gender stereotype. Nevertheless, there has been a noticeable trend that there is a fairer portrayal of gender in films in recent years (Nelmes, 2007). Such a trend is evident in Finding Nemo as Brydon (2009) claim that even Disney, the champions of gender stereotype, has the capacity to steer away from traditional gender roles. Heroines in films have “cross[ed] variable gender boundaries” (Brown, 2003, p. 52). In another article, Brown...
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...Colonial Gender Roles The main roles of a woman in Early America were: cooking and cleaning, having a family, and taking care of their spouse and children. The facts are that women were not looked upon as intelligent or equal to a man. In the Early American Era, the struggles women went through has influenced the writing and speaking of equality of sexes and started the feminism phenomenon. People have asked what exactly is a gender role and what makes something a gender role? Most people in the Puritan era did not think much of gender roles as they were societal rules and were not questioned. They had particular roles for men, women, and even children. There are many other questions about gender roles like how women have or are overcoming them...
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