(2003). What is ‘normal’ about women’s (hetero) sexual desire and orgasm?: A report of an in-depth interview study Medicine‚ 57‚ 1735-1745. Oliffe‚ J. (2006). Embodied masculinity and androgen deprivation therapy. School of Health & Illness‚ 28 (4)‚ 410-432 Potts‚ A. (2000). “The Essence of the Hard On”: Hegemonic Masculinity and the Cultural Construction of “Erectile Dysfunction” Tiefer‚ L. (1994). The Medicalization of Impotence: Normalizing Phallocentrism. Gender & Society‚ 8 (3)‚ 363-377
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central theme in both texts. The characters from the texts work to‚ police and subvert their own sexual identities within their social milieu. ¡§To claim an identity as a homosexual is to claim a place in a system of social regulation¡¨ (Connell & Dowsett‚ 1992). I would firstly like to establish the fact that homosexuality‚ in its most general sense‚ has been argued to have been socially constructed‚ therefore sexuality‚ in this case homosexuality‚ has to be considered a form
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period of technology‚ and (as a result of intensive study of the Islamic faith) Literature- particularly biography‚ history‚ and mathematics Discourses/narratives/ideologies Gender -Markers of identity -Received notions of femininity and masculinity -Patriarchy etc. September 5‚ 2012 Globalism -Redefines the geopolitical map of the world and redistributes world economy by lifting economic barriers etc. -Effects on certain 3rd world countries -Economic globalism vs multi-culturalism
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Using sociological research and theory explain gender differences in crime. Patterns of offending by men and by women are notable both for their similarities and for their differences. Both men and women are more heavily involved in minor property and substance abuse offenses than in serious crimes like robbery or murder. However‚ men offend at much higher rates than women for all crime categories except prostitution. This gender gap in crime is greatest for serious crime and least for mild forms
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Within Jeanette Wintersin’s text Written on the body the role of the ungendered narrator is a highly subversive narrative strategy that serves to challenges traditional gender binarisms that exist as a perversive element within the phallogocentric ideologies of the West. I shall explore how Winterson engages with this task by positing ‘gender’ as unimportant in the construction of individual subjectivity. Secondly‚ the ungendered narrator challenges the phallogocentric assumption of heteronormativity
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majority‚ that place arbitrary meanings on bodies based on biological differences. The world we live in is still highly gendered and the norms we have constructed are considerably rigid‚ pervasive and persistent in their adherence among citizens. The hegemonic ideals of sex and gender have left an indelible mark on America’s society and is still seen today in media marketing strategies geared toward boy and girl children. What is being witnessed is a highly gendered message‚ arguably a splitting image
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The Oxford English Dictionary defined a rebel as “a person who resists authority‚ control‚ or convention” . These are the characteristics of James Dean’s screen personas in Nicholas Ray’s Rebel Without a Cause and Elia Kazan’s East of Eden. In a time where conformity was a dominant ideology in society‚ rebellion became a way to display your own individuality. Rebel Without a Cause and East of Eden both respectively deal with the vexing problem of the asocial youth who remain stubbornly delinquent
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Writings (pp. 313-337). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Gramsci‚ A. (1971). Selections from the Prison Notebooks of Antonio Gramsci‚ Q. Hoare & G. N. Smith‚ eds. & trans. London: Lawrence and Wishart. Howson‚ R. (2006). Challenging Hegemonic Masculinity. London: Routledge. Howson‚ R. & Smith‚ K. (2008). Hegemony: Studies in Consensus and Coercion. London: Routledge. Lenin‚ V. I. (1963). What is to be Done? S.V. Utechin & P. Utechin‚ trans. Oxford: Oxford University Press. From: http://links
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COMM 246 04/11/2012 Modern Anti-Heroes In modern media violence is worshiped and the hero is not always a law abiding citizen. The anti-hero is becoming increasingly popular. Many anti-heroes are criminals. Writers have the ability to have their audience fall in love and care about an anti-hero. Looking up to these anti-heroes might have some devastating affects on society. Violent media‚ particularly movies‚ could very well have an affect on the number of violent crimes being committed
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I would like to argue that the way multiculturalism and gender are portrayed in Bend it Like Beckham are interpreted through a broad filter of multicultural discourse and thoughts of masculinity and femininity. This film was extremely successful in India‚ as well as in the United States and England. Without analyzing the film‚ Bend it Like Beckham is extremely entertaining. Anupan Kher (Mr. Bhamra)‚ Parminder Nagra (Jesminder Bhamra) and
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