GENDER IN DIASPORIC CULTURAL AND LITERARY SPACES. Baby Pushpa Sinha* Lalan Kishore Singh** This paper endeavors to study gender identity in the framework of the ideology of nationalism and its projections in media and literary texts. It analyses how masculinity and nationalism have always been parallel discourses in its exclusion or subordination of feminine roles in the constructions of the nation whether through its media projections or through literary texts.. The paper attempts to examine how these
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22: The three songs I chose to study were Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up‚ Kayne West – Gold Digger‚ and Beyoncé - Video Phone. All three were quite misogynistic in nature‚ and all of the videos were similar in their depiction of gender roles‚ masculinity‚ and femininity. That is‚ with the exception of Video Phone by Beyoncé; her video had a slightly different portrayal of femininity. In the Prodigy song‚ the only lyrics in the entire song are as follows: “Change my pitch up‚ smack my bitch up
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People Identify with their personal idea based on the internal and external appearance‚ which sometimes a person already has a key sense of their identity from their early childhood. With sexual orientation and heredity; some theories assume that these topics go hand in hand. When discussing the theories behind gender norms‚ it is first important to realize that gender norms and gender identity are completely separated concepts. The gender norms theory are “ what make up a sex role‚ which recognizes
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(1987) Validity of self reports of marital violence. Journal of Family Violence‚ 2. Anderson K. L. (1997) Gender‚ status and domestic violence: An integration of Feminist and Family Violence Approaches. Journal of Marriage and Family. Vol 59 (3) Connell‚ R Dewar Research---www.dewar4research.org/DOCS/DVGovtStats96-11RevFeb12 Dewar Research (2012) Government Statistics on Domestic Violence Gondolf‚ E. W. (1985). Men who batter: An integrated approach for stopping wide abuse. Holmes Beach‚ FL: Learning
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such violence is embedded within society through notions such as hegemonic masculinity‚ a practice that promotes and legitimizes male dominance over women. In society today‚ it is understood that masculinity is related to violence and “Violent cultures‚ be they in the family‚ the school‚ the locker room‚ the pub‚ the workplace or the street‚ draw from‚ distort and exaggerate discourses from the discursive field of hegemonic masculinity “(Kenway and Fitzclarence 2010). With problematic ideas like this
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Even in workplaces that allow you to transition without immediately being fired‚ transpeople are expected to be perfect examples of either masculinity or femininity‚ and coworkers go out of their way to force transmen into “guy talk” or transwomen into weekend makeovers. Coworkers will go out of their way to teach transpeople how to “properly” be their gender‚ upholding them to unrealistic standards
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of preserving gender roles in the world of sports contribute to the paradoxical view because there are instances where women are afraid of being labeled with masculine adjectives if they were to participate in sports‚ which are considered to be hegemonic. In other words‚ both men and women might be afraid of facing social consequences if they were to participate in activities that go beyond the boundaries of gendered norms. For instance‚ a woman may not like to be described as being “manly for a
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Me" by Too Short (feat. Ice Cube) (1996) and "Bitch Ass Niggaz" by Dr. Dre (feat. Snoop Dogg‚ Hitman & Six-Two) (2001)‚ explains how women are gendered as sexualized objects that are disposed after use‚ and racializes the importance of men’s hegemonic masculinity. In this paper I will compare and contrast how women are described as sexual‚ disposable trash‚ and men as cowards from the word “bitch.” The concept of "Bitch" is how a person (not necessarily a woman) is thoroughly disliked. In the first
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the gender gap‚ the difference in performance between males and females. This suggests that there is some problems to explain the underachievement in boys. Underachievement in boys also comes from the lack of interaction between the culture of masculinity and the education system. Francis (2000) suggests that both genders face problems in education‚ but there are number of problems specific to boys. Boys get more classroom attention from teachers‚ but are criticized more by teachers. This is demotivating
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are severe‚ the directors made sure many of them are common problems that anyone can face such as‚ cancer‚ poverty‚ drugs and death. However‚ during this series Walter takes a different approach then most of us would. Walt is a prime example of masculinity and its is continently expressed throughout the series. Even though we as viewers start out as sympathetic to Walt‚ over the course of the show‚ we realize just how problematic Walt’s actions and motives are‚ and that although he tries to justify
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