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    Social Constructionists‚ advocates of the "Theory of Social Constructionism‚" are of the belief that all concepts or practices which may seem natural to humankind are in reality an invention of a particular culture or society (Wikipedia‚ Social Constructionism). These practices and beliefs are called social constructs‚ believed to be by-products of (often unintended or unwanted) decisions of an individual (Wikipedia‚ Social Construction). Meaning‚ an individual believes he is making a decision of

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    THE STUDY OF MEANING 1. The knowledge of systematic study of meaning is…. a. Phonology b. Grammar c. Syntax d. Semantics 2. There are ten aspects of any speaker’s semantic knowledge‚ except… a. Speakers generally agree when two words have essentially the same meaning – in a given context b. Some sentences have one meaning c. Speakers know whether something is or is not meaningful in their language d. Speakers know how language is used when people interact 3. The one of disciplines with the systematic

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    would have an affect on a person’s identity. Then there are the external factors such as family‚ class‚ religion‚ culture‚ occupation and nationality which would influence one’s identity. Then‚ even beyond all these personal and social structures‚ societal opinions about gender‚ race‚ culture‚ ethnicity and nationality must have an impact on identity. Many attributes of identity are formed from childhood experience‚ adolescence‚ early adulthood and are ever forming. Identity can therefore be ever

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    Gender Inequality and Women’s Empowerment 1 Gender Inequality and Women’s Empowerment Ethiopian Society of Population Studies In-depth Analysis of the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2005 Addis Ababa‚ October 2008 2 In-depth Analysis of the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2005 Gender Inequality and Women’s Empowerment Ethiopian Society of Population Studies In-depth Analysis of the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2005 Addis Ababa‚ October 2008

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    Meaning of words I read the essay‚ “How Dictionaries Are Made” by S.I. Hayakawa. In it‚ he explains that how editors write a meaning to a word after examine many literatures. Also‚ he talks about how meanings of many words have changed during different centuries. I decided to see if he was right so I looked up three words and how their meanings have changed. First‚ I looked into the word‚ “flavor”. I found that around year 1300 to 1350‚ flavor was origins to word fetor which means an offensive

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    How is gender performed? Gender is performed through the way people dress their kids. The color that is chosen for the baby’s room or the toys that the baby plays with‚ is all part of gender being performed. From an early age a newborns gender is decided for them. You can divide gender into two parts: the adolescent and also the person’s adult hood. Now a day‚ some people change their gender and become the opposite sex. There are different words for the gender changes: transsexuals are those

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    Gender From “Critical Terms for Art History” The essential feature of gender in representation is not so much "difference‚" as we are often told‚ but "agreement." To focus on agreement‚ as I will do here‚ enables us to deal not only with the genders depicted in a representation (for example‚ images of women) and with their relations of difference (for example‚ depicted distinctions between men and women). It also enables us to deal with the gender of representation - what has come to be called

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    structures that accept the blind or near blind appropriateness of those structures. It does not usually help either way‚ most religions come down on the wrong side of many policy issues that are important to feminist such as reproductive rights or the social‚ political mandated roles of women in the family. Women are not given equal rights as men do. Men are the decision makers‚ men always make rules‚ and men are the ones who call them the income of the family‚ the presence of women at home is the support

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    happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life” (Albert Camus). Life is about living to your fullest abilities; why waste our time looking for the meaning of each breath we take? Each person is a part of life. Each life has a world of its own. I believe that the meaning of life‚ defined by Victor E. Frankl‚ is to find meaning in our own life. Each and every person on this planet has a meaning to his own life‚ and is a unique and independent individual. And so

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    The Meaning of Life Christopher Nieves Touro College Life is a gift. It is an honor‚ a spark‚ an excitement. We all have a world of our own.   Albert Camus‚ once said‚ “You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life” (Camus‚ 1946).   Life is about living to your fullest abilities. Why waste our time looking for the meaning of each breath we take? Each

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