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    February 2013 Gender dictates everything. From what sport one will play‚ what kind of clothes someone will wear‚ to whether or not someone has an abortion. It dictates every aspect of one’s existence. It prevents people from reaching their full potential‚ and stifles their individuality. Many challenges remain in the quest for gender equality. Some obstacles in the way of this quest may never be overcome. The ideal should never be surrendered. Gender-roles are playing a negative role in society

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    What are traditional gender roles in society? For the US and most of the Western European countries‚ men are traditionally known as the providers and protectors of their families and women are known as the nurturers who look after the family and raise the children. In that system‚ the man is the leader of the household‚ and the man is to be more competitive and masculine. Likewise‚ that system dictates that women are to be submissive‚ care for the children‚ keep the house clean‚ and support the husband

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    The term gender role refers to the set of social and behavioral norms that are considered appropriate for individuals of a certain gender. Gender roles unlike gender itself are socially constructed. They may reflect the natural aspirations of the gender or they may be manipulated. In modern American society‚ the roles of gender are indeed manipulated by society itself‚ forcing expectations and standards on that particular gender to fit the accepted criterion. Women are held back by society’s

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    Brandon young Per.2 10/14/12 Gender roles in America Although gender roles have changed overtime and males and females have become more equal‚ a certain stereotype of behaviors and tasks which are acceptable for men and women still exist today. Men everyday are subjected to stereotypes because of the past men have had. They have had stereotypes like we are lazy‚ we all cheat‚ we don’t like commitment‚ and the biggest of all real men don’t cry. Not all men are this way though‚ i.e. me I don’t

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    Over the past 50 years food has changed a lot. In this decade more and more foods are being genetically modified or soaked in chemicals than the last. Many people think food has changed for the better. I disagree with these people. I believe that food sources and diets are not as healthy today as they were 50 years ago. I conducted an interview with my 59 year old nana. I asked her things about the food she ate when she was younger. Most of the stuff she ate when she was younger came from the garden

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    Since the beginning of time men have played the dominant role in nearly every culture around the world. If the men were not dominant‚ then the women and men in the culture were equal. Never has a culture been found where women have dominated. In "Society and Sex Roles" by Ernestine Friedl‚ Friedl supports the previous statement and suggests that "although the degree of masculine authority may vary from one group to the next‚ males always have more power" (261). Friedl discusses a variety of diverse

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    Gender Roles Growing up children don’t really understand too much about finances and how their parents work them out. Looking back‚ I can conclude that my parents had it all figured out and did what worked best for them. Obviously each family and its financial situation is different‚ but based on a married couple‚ both employed‚ with children‚ financial decision s should be made equally and‚ if possible‚ finances should be divided up evenly. Both partners should have say so in how finances are

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    Live by Your Rules Gender can de defined as a range of characteristics of feminity and masculinity‚ but is there really a manacle to what someone can or can’t do? The essays “About Men” by Gretel Ehrlich‚ “Uniforms” by Paul Fussell‚ and” Being a Man” by Paul Theroux amalgamate the pre- conceived idea that men and women are obligated to play this delusion of roles each sex should maintain. The media is a big influence in modern society; therefore being different would make the person incongruously

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    topics these days seem to be related to sexual identity‚ equal rights‚ and gender roles. It is no doubt that sex and gender roles play a substantial role in society; however‚ these terms are often mistakenly used interchangeably and incorrectly. The American Psychological Association defines ones sex as their biological determinant (i.e. male or female) and this does not naturally change from the time of birth; whereas gender “refers to the attitudes‚ feelings‚ and behaviors that a given culture associates

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    Gender Roles Essay 2: In The Combat Zone In “In The Combat Zone‚” Leslie Marmon Silko argues that women should know how to use a gun and arm their selves because women are most often the targets of crimes such as rape. Silko supports her claim by contrasting the lives of men and women. She provides several narratives to tell us about her personal experiences as well as others. Silko seeks to classify how different stereotypes and expectations of men and women portray females as weak. She also explains

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