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    Gender is a significant factor in shaping our identies. From birth‚ children are classified into two categories; male and female. Although research has made it very clear that gender is socially constructed‚ Gender has been so thoroughly embedded in our institutions‚ our actions‚ our beliefs and our desires‚ that it appears to us to be completely natural. In many cultural contexts‚ gender can determine‚ our rights and duties‚ our social‚ economic and political roles‚ what attitudes and behaviors

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    and biological weapons. These weapons are constructed solely to kill mass populations in the quickest amount of time as possible. Their most startling aspect is the cruelty in which lives are extinguished and brutalized. However‚ these two weapons are latently different. The definition of a chemical weapon is a weapon that uses any amount of toxic properties or chemical substances and that is intended to kill as an act of war. Biological weapons‚ however‚ are defined as the use of biological toxins

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    according to med lexicon’s medical dictionary‚ gender is "the category to which an individual is assigned by self or others‚ on the basis of sex." In other words‚ sex equal to male and female‚ and it also refers to a natural or living feature. Parallel to that‚ gender equal to manly and feminine‚ it refers to cultural or learned the statistical significance of sex. In addition‚ when a baby is born‚ that baby can be given a gender base on its biology sex. Gender roles refer to society’s notion

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    Gender and sex are usually used interchangeably in our everyday conversation. However‚ the two are not the same and it is important to distinguish between both of them‚ for clarity. According to the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed.) sex is defined as “either of the two divisions of organic beings distinguished as male and female respectively.”  Sex specifically refers to the biological differences that occur between men and women such as differences in chromosomes‚ hormones‚ and internal and

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    Humberside Fire and Rescue Service STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR Chemical and biological hazards S.O.P. No 5.3 PRODUCED BY: OPERATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICE HEADQUARTERS HUMBERSIDE FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES |

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    Gender Differences in Personality Will Never Change Female to male differences in personality have always been present in our daily lives. Males have always been looked at as the more aggressive gender‚ while females have always been looked at as the more responsible gender. Whether these differences between male and female are biological or social‚ they will always exist. The biological argument is that we might inherit our differences depending on our parents. There was an experiment done where

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    few. Most importantly‚ out of all this evidence‚ some of these can degrade over time‚ for example biological evidence. When talking about biological evidence‚ it

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    In biology‚ there are four major biological macromolecules that are found in the cell‚ carbohydrates‚ lipids‚ nucleic acid‚ and proteins. Biological macromolecules are also known as organic molecules. Biological macromolecules are very large molecules that are of a key importance to living organisms. Most biological macromolecules are built by joining smaller molecule subunits. Carbohydrates are large groups of organic compounds found in foods such as sugars‚ starches‚ glucose‚ fructose‚ galactose

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    or limitations with respect to gender and personality? Gender and Personality Theories Strengths and Limitations - Freud ’s theory of gender and personality has strengths in that he was one of the first to investigate the relationship. - Limitations were that he was stuck in the stage were children were in a stage where they were fixated with genital development and this was the difference in healthy mental development - Jacques Lacan also believed in the gender orientation of both females and

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    Running head: BIOLOGICAL AND HUMANISTIC APPROACHES TO PERSONALITY Mileva Repasky PSYC 250 Jean M. Porter University of Phoenix Personality can be defined as “the complex of all the attributes-behavioral‚ temperamental‚ emotional and mental-that characterizes a unique individual.” (Princeton University‚ n.d.) Personality has been studied and explained for a long time and is linked directly to Maslow’s humanistic and biological theories. This paper seeks to describe the biological factors

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