political dynamics (Holland‚ 1996; James & Prout‚ 1997; Sorin & Galloway‚ 2005). The purpose of the following analysis is to examine nine images of children being depicted in today’s media and identify the different constructions of childhood that they promote. The three social constructions of childhood that have been identified in these images include: the child as vulnerable (Simpson‚ 2005)‚ the child as innocent (Woodrow‚ 1999) and the child as a ‘gendered being’ (Burman‚ 1995). Conceptual tools
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A New Construction of Masculinity Boys and young men learn early on that being a real man means you have to put on this tough guy persona. This persona’s manifestation are hyper-masculinity or machismo‚ independence‚ isolation‚ territorialism‚ inability to show emotions‚ inability to initiate emotional ties with other men‚ inability to recognize their need for community and sharing (Heath‚ 2003). In contrast with the construct of masculinity in classical Greek literatures where male-male relationships
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Inadequate 24 Hours Convenience Stores in University Technology Malaysia. 24 hours convenience stores are the most important facilities for students in UTM. It will provide the students with all the important and necessary things that they needs. As our survey‚ we found that there is only one 24 hours Mini Mart in the campus area which is stated at Scholar Inn. This store are located too far from others Faculties or campus such as Faculty of Built Environment (FAB)‚ Faculty of Civil Engineering
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Framing the User: Social Constructions of Marijuana Users and the Medical Marijuana Movement Nelson A. Pichardo Almanzar Dept. of Sociology Central Washington University Ellensburg‚ WA 98926 Pichardn@cwu.edu Thanks to Laura Appleton and Ericka Stange for comments on an earlier draft. Thanks also to Kirk Johnson for his assistance in locating criminal data sets. Framing the User: Social Constructions of Marijuana Users and the Medical Marijuana Movement ABSTRACT Social movements are continuously
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sexual desires for the opposite sex‚ or social experiences where media‚ family and religion interfere? I will focus in this essay on Michel Foucault‚ Adrienne Rich and Catherine Mackinnon who all indicate that sexuality is socially constructed but argue on the source of construction. While Foucault believes that sexuality is historically constructed by genderless power‚ knowledge and discourse; Mackinnon assumes that sexuality constitutes gender and is a social construct of male power; Rich‚ instead
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Gender as a social construct or essentialism view Module: Critical Management Studies 07/01/2012 Introduction ‘Although the social world of work is inordinately complex the variables of class‚ race and gender are significantly superordinate in the quest for explanation. Relationships at work are not constructed by the interaction of men and women‚ workers and bosses‚ blacks and whites‚ but by whit male bosses‚ and by black female workers and by all the other possible permutations of
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childhood be considered a social construction? This essay will analyse the major experiences by which childhood is constructed: one determined by the society and the other examined personally. Following this approach will be explained socially constructed childhood that asserts children’s attitudes‚ expectations and understandings that are defined by a certain society or culture. Furthermore various aspects of childhoods will be taken into account in relation to social‚ economic‚ historical‚ religious
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Background and introduction Balfour Beatty Construction is a commercial construction company that was formulated in 1933. The headquarter of the company is in Dallas‚ Texas and service office in U.S. the parent company of the Balfour Beatty Construction is Balfour Beatty which is a London based group. The group is a world class construction‚ services and engineering organization. The competitive and strategic position of the company can be assessed by the management tools including SWOT and PESTLE
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The article "Advertising and the construction of Violent White Masculinity" points to the controversy of violence and media. It emphasizes that the mainstream debate about media and violence does not emphasis or analyze the most important aspect‚ namely gender. Katz states that the media illustrates a wrong image of individuals committing crime by calling them ’youth’ crimes or ’kids’ love. He believes however that the reason why crime is committed 90% by males is due to the masculinity emphasized
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opened its doors to the modern capitalist world and the economy switched from state to private administration. Construction and real estate were the first and the biggest industries that reflected this drastic change on the capital ownership‚ demographic movements and cultural developments of the society. The demand for construction mainly for housing was rapidly rising but construction was seen as a strict discipline related mostly to civil engineering and not well integrated to other fields such
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