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    Racial Purity

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    as a tool to increase the slave labor force‚ resulting in increasing population of biracial children. However‚ this was not considered a threat to racial purity. This system of patriarchy creates a notion in which white femininity is associated it with purity‚ while black femininity is characterized as impure. Thus‚ allowing white men to continue to sexually exploit black women’s bodies without any consequences while simultaneously controlling white women’s bodies and

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    husband out in Salinas‚ getting ready she starts to doll up already feeling better and having more hope for herself as a new beginning for her marriage is starting. Bathing and admiring herself in the mirror with confidence‚ sign of sexuality and femininity being back and stronger she hopes henry will recognize her needs and give her what she wants for excitement. Henry ruins the moment though and any shred of hope as the only thing he has to say is “You look strong enough to break a calf over your

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    Childfree by Choice

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    They can bring home the bacon and nuke it up in a microwave‚ but shuttling kids to karate class and basketball practice is where this breed of women draw the line. They have nothing against parenthood if that ’s your choice. It ’s just not theirs. Some strong‚ confident‚ professional women are now ignoring the script embraced by their mothers and grandmothers and choosing not to have children. Our culture values children and sees them as essential to the good life as a big screen TV or

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    Gender Identity University of Phoenix‚ Associates Program PSY265 – Psychology of Human Sexuality Gender identity is the belief that one is male or female. There are many different factors that come into play with gender identity. It is not a simple process of what one looks like‚ but more complex. There are people born with male parts‚ some with female parts and even some born with both parts. For example‚ a hermaphrodite is a person born with ovarian and testicular tissue and

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    Slut Stigma In Good Girls

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    and the Circulation of Stigma The ‘‘doing gender’’ tradition suggests that slut stigma regulates the gender presentations of all girls and women (Eder et al. 1995; Tanenbaum 1999). The emphasis is on how women are sanctioned for failing to perform femininity acceptably (West and Zimmerman 1987). This suggests that slut stigma is more about regulating public gender performance than regulating private sexual practices. Taking this approach further‚ Pascoe (2007) draws on Foucault (1978) and Butler (1990)

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    Bend It Like Beckham

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    share its vision of a better society. Because of this reason‚ it is an incumbent upon more critical viewers of the film to question what lessons the film puts in front of you‚ since the film demands questions regarding multiculturalism‚ gender‚ femininity‚ and sport that should be taken into genuine thought. First among these questions is the blank left for us to fill about what multiculturalism and gender equity resemble. The film gives us a vision and it is important for us to ask whether that

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    on ambush.”. The stockings were a talisman for him. O’Brien paints a picture in “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” of the necessity and essence of femininity that paradoxically and inevitably slips quietly into the masculine. In both instances‚ the essence of femininity plays an integral role in the

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    caring what they look like – at this time‚ they are experiencing a slightly masculine expression; the person walks down the hall‚ pours some cereal‚ and goes to pour the milk but drops the carton and squeals – at this moment‚ the person is expressing femininity; now the person groans and cleans up the milk – they might be experiencing masculine

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    Nissan & Renault

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    this could have a major impact on the way the alliance between Nissan and Renault would work. Another relevant dimension of culture would be masculinity vs. femininity. Japan is a highly masculine country whereas equality between the genders is significantly closer in France‚ which is considered a country that ranks high on femininity. This dimension will be important to note‚ as gender roles within the companies may vary significantly‚ and integrating the workforces of each firm could be compromised

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    The Social Construction of Gender and Sexuality According to Johnny Weir‚ "Masculinity is what you believe it to be... [it is] all by perception‚ [I believe] masculinity and femininity is something that is very old-fashioned... [there is a] whole new generation of people who aren’t defined by their race or their sex or who they like to sleep with." This statement exemplifies the definition of gender as a concept; gender is the expectations of a sex according to the culture of society. Sexuality

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