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    In the film‚ He Loves Me‚ He Loves Me Not‚ femininity is continuously compared and contrasted to masculinity. Though the film can‚ and is‚ considered by some as a “weepie” that is directed towards a female audience‚ both sides of the gender binary are addressed. In many ways‚ the film reconfirms what society says a female should and should not be‚ deepening the stigma of the masculine as the dominant gender. Thus‚ I believe‚ in the film‚ He Loves Me‚ He Loves Me Not‚ the four characters‚ Angelique

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    such as‚ informational influence and normative influence. Normative influence is when people want to be liked and so by being in a group they gain social approval that leads to compliance. On the other hand‚ informational influence is when people want to be right‚ so they join a group that they perceive to be correct‚ which leads to acceptance. In this case‚ my five close friends changed their beliefs and their behavior to fit their sorority. The normative influence explains the reason why my friends

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    Also I guess the way my mom raised me to treat and respect women‚ is also a factor. Miss Representation opened my eyes at this problem probably four or five years ago‚ but it makes me mad everytime I watch this film. With media trying to define femininity in a completely terrible and false way‚ it also affects women in the workplace. In one of the articles that we had to read and discuss‚ the article from‚ Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal‚ mostly discussed women in the workplace. In the

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    Masculinity/ Femininity Dimension in the Last Samurai According to Hofstede‚ Masculinity/ Femininity dimension explains Masculinity: The way the samurais in the movie were portrait are in fact extremely accurate to those that existed in the 18th century. From as young as seven or eight years of age‚ boys we turned from kids into killing samurais. In one of the scene’s of the movie‚ we see two young boys learning to fight with wooden sticks. Although so young‚ their skills were already better

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    go as far as saying at time that what a man can do‚ a woman can do it and even better with solid examples attached to it like lady pilots in airplanes‚ ladies as presidents like in Argentina and the Philippines a year back. Masculinity versus Femininity (MAS) is one of a dimension clearly visible in my culture. I want to think this applies to a greater part of African tradition as well. For the Mankon people‚ usually in the rural areas‚ the male represents permit me ‘Alpha and Omega’. The kind

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    Do you watch horror film? What type of horror film do you watch? Horror films always possess dominant cultural insights and provide a public discourse about femininity in every different period of time. Within the horror film genre‚ a possession film is a type of film which showcases a “display of aberrant feminine behavior which is depicted as depraved‚ monstrous‚ and perversely appealing” (Creed 31). This genre is populated by female monsters‚ including many types of monsters such as witches like

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    Normative history life events include events that had a major impact historically; such as war‚ the civil rights movement‚ The Great Depression etc. John was born in 1933 at the tail end of the Great Depression and before the Korean and Vietnam War. I asked him how each of these three specific events‚ which were monumental in history‚ affected him and his day-to-day life. Since the Great Depression ended in 1939‚ John does not remember too much‚ as he was only 6 years old. However‚ he does state

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    One strategy employed to manage behaviour within my nursery is distraction. Distraction is used for example if a child is clinging to their parent and does not want them to leave. The mother and child both come into the nursery room and a key worker will get a child involved with an activity for example a puzzle and once the child is focused the mother will be able to leave without the child noticing and having a tantrum or being distressed. This is effective as the child is too busy with an activity

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    Normative Shift by Coral Bell The only constant on planet earth is time‚ and as long as the clock is ticking‚ there will always be things changing. It’s the natural effect from time and this holds true in the international scene. The changes that I’m speaking of regard norms expected and required behaviors. There are norms in all facets of life; domestic‚ international‚ and even social. While we grow accustomed to the ones around us today‚ there will be a shift soon and Coral Bell looks to analyze

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    personalities‚ however all of them portrayed some similar characteristics that correlated with the same intentions of being a princess if not already one. However‚ each story that goes along with these infamous princesses is how masculinity and femininity are depicted in the movies that Disney has created and continues to create. It often allows the viewers to consider who exactly is the “good” woman or the “bad” woman and who is the “good” man or the “bad” man. Nonetheless‚ it’s almost always obvious

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