spanish culture
SPAN1021 Introduction to Spanish Culture
Essay topic: Youth Problems Among Spaniards and Hong Kong people
Introduction
Youth is a stage where every individual have to pass through. During this stage of life, there are huge amount of problems to deal with as he or she grows up and are inevitable. Juveniles from different countries and places may have a variety of growing-up issues but are generally similar. In this essay, it is going to discuss about the youth problems faced by teens in Spain and in Hong Kong by comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences. It is going to focus on several youth problems including gender equalities or images and sexual orientation discrimination, educational system, unemployment or work opportunities and family prospects. Lastly, it will be concluded on the whole trend of youth problems and few suggestions.
Gender equalities and sexual orientation discrimination
During the stage of growing up, individuals often find lost feelings and misunderstanding of their own identities. Sometimes teenagers will doubt their gender identities as well as their sexual orientations because it is the time for them to start thinking of love relationships or become interested in others. Gender identity is the identity that was recognized by oneself and includes behaviors that one will act according to the expected gender (Richardson, 2001). In Spain, traditionally male had a dominant and strong image while the female had a passive and obedient character (Richardson, 2001). In previous times, women only were limited to few places in the community and they generally only appear at home, church, schools, market places or shopping malls (Richardson, 2001). However, nowadays young women in Spain are allowed to travel anywhere they wish to and adopt a strong and independent role for themselves (Jordan & Tamosunas, 2000). This may be slightly due to the advertising effect of media such as television or magazines advertisements. Jordan &
Essay topic: Youth Problems Among Spaniards and Hong Kong people
Introduction
Youth is a stage where every individual have to pass through. During this stage of life, there are huge amount of problems to deal with as he or she grows up and are inevitable. Juveniles from different countries and places may have a variety of growing-up issues but are generally similar. In this essay, it is going to discuss about the youth problems faced by teens in Spain and in Hong Kong by comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences. It is going to focus on several youth problems including gender equalities or images and sexual orientation discrimination, educational system, unemployment or work opportunities and family prospects. Lastly, it will be concluded on the whole trend of youth problems and few suggestions.
Gender equalities and sexual orientation discrimination
During the stage of growing up, individuals often find lost feelings and misunderstanding of their own identities. Sometimes teenagers will doubt their gender identities as well as their sexual orientations because it is the time for them to start thinking of love relationships or become interested in others. Gender identity is the identity that was recognized by oneself and includes behaviors that one will act according to the expected gender (Richardson, 2001). In Spain, traditionally male had a dominant and strong image while the female had a passive and obedient character (Richardson, 2001). In previous times, women only were limited to few places in the community and they generally only appear at home, church, schools, market places or shopping malls (Richardson, 2001). However, nowadays young women in Spain are allowed to travel anywhere they wish to and adopt a strong and independent role for themselves (Jordan & Tamosunas, 2000). This may be slightly due to the advertising effect of media such as television or magazines advertisements. Jordan &