This data enabled him to compare dimensions of culture across 40 countries. Hofstede isolated four dimensions that he claimed summarized different cultures--power distance‚ uncertainty avoidance‚ individualism versus collectivism‚ and masculinity versus femininity. Hofstede’s power distance dimension focused on how a society deals with the fact that people are unequal in physical and intellectual capabilities. The individualism versus collectivism dimension focused on the relationship between
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He is a Sister: The Monstrous (De)Construction of the Sex/Gender Binary in Iain Banks’ The Wasp Factory Vikki Winkler English 498: Honours Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jodey Castricano March 31‚ 2008 If it is appropriate to define “ideology” as that which constitutes social‚ cultural‚ and political order‚ then perhaps it can be said that as a genre‚ the Gothic paradoxically both challenges and reinforces the stability of these seemingly “fixed” structures and‚ similarly‚ that it both disturbs and
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like on the outside. Our gender identity is our inner most feelings about sex and gender. We define masculinity and femininity because of our culture even our background. Gender is a social way of life‚ could be measured by activities that our society deems to be appropriate for women and men. A simple test is how a person could see themselves to be‚ who they really are? (Gender/ Social‚ Femininity and Masculine) What is sex in biological terms? Our sex refers to the biological‚ social and legal
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feelings led to them having inferior complex as adults. Freud‚ Jung and Adler had their own view on the human behavior. Jung is unique in recognizing that the ’dissociability of the psyche ’ is a fundamental process that extends along the continuum from ’normal ’ mental functioning to ’abnormal ’ states. However‚ when the cohesion of consciousness is shattered by extreme childhood traumata‚ as it is in the development of multiple personality‚ this natural differentiation of function is intensified
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Marele Day has successfully composed distinctive voices through her text through her use of characteristics within the characters Claudia Valentine and Harry Lavender to make her point of view. Marele Day has written the novel in a way so that her own distinctive voice may be interpreted through the protagonist‚ Claudia Valentine‚ although Claudia has her own distinctive voice. Distinctive voices contribute to and create the characteristics of a person’s identity. Two texts which clearly show these
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or female‚ typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones. Gender refers to the personal sexual identity of an individual regardlessnof the persons bological and outward sex. How people define masculinity and femininity can vary based on the ndividuals background and surrounding culture. Our biological sex is how we are defined as female and male or intersex. It describes our internal and external bodies including our sexual and reproductive anatomy‚ our
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constructions of gender divide gender into roles of femininity and masculinity‚ where men must show strength and courage‚ while women must show mercy and nurture. Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart focuses on an ethnic group of people in now modern Nigeria called the Igbo‚ a group of people who would strongly disagree with Steinem’s statement‚ as in the Igbo society masculinity is valued on the principles of violence and strength‚ casting femininity aside. During the novel‚ Christian missionaries arrive
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Masculinity versus its opposite‚ Femininity‚ again as a societal‚ not as an individual characteristic‚ refers to the distribution of values between the genders which is another fundamental issue for any society‚ to which a range of solutions can be found. The IBM studies revealed that (a) women’s values differ less among societies than men’s values; (b) men’s values from one country to another contain a dimension from very assertive and competitive and maximally different from women’s values
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under five cultural dimensions. Which are Individualism/ Collectivism‚ Power distance‚ Uncertainty/ avoidance‚ Masculinity/ Femininity and Confucian dynamism‚ these different aspects of dimensions are less or more substantial in some cultures than in others. Now following we will address the influence that the cultural dimensions of Individualism/Collectivism and Masculinity/Femininity have on behavior. Body One: • Study: (Hofstede) - IBM Employee Correlation Study • Context: The Prominent Psychologist
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Can we connect the dimension of masculinity versus femininity to the two key forms of negotiations? Could it also be connected to other dimensions such as individualism and power distance? As already noted‚ this dimension is not about gender roles per se‚ but rather about characteristics typical of masculine and feminine approaches and attitudes toward dispute resolution. Masculinity (MAS) v. Femininity Hofstede’s Masculinity dimension focuses on the degree to which a culture reinforces traditional
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