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    social interactions and gender roles‚ and lastly‚ performativity theory. In this essay I will explain how the sex/gender system is created and reinforced from the perspectives of feminist theorists. Sandra Bem proposed the gender schema theory in the 1980s. The gender schema theory incorporates cognitive‚ childrearing‚ and cultural factors

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    Ever since all of the chaos with the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s‚ it has drastically changed for the better in some cases. It’s mainly sexually transmitted‚ but in some cases today it’s mainly spread from drug users using unsanitary needles and equipment. Also‚ according to the CDC‚ around half of the cases being evaluated are of gay and bisexual men. Cases are more noticeable in the Southern and Eastern states. A lot has changed over the years and the topic of HIV/AIDS is unfortunately not talked

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    Women in theatre in the past have tried to become center-stage rather than a prop and now in the present they are more than a spotlight. The changes from 1970’s to 1980’s gave women a feminist thought to a political one‚ which encountered different types of development of their role and expressed numerous obstacles they faced as a whole. In the article Cunning Stunts shows the drastic change in women theatre form 70’s to 80’s. The article Constructing Experience expresses attitude towards feminism

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    Social factors were the most prominent factor to contribute to the changing status of women in Britain in the years 1860-1980 as women had more freedom in exploring different aspects of the society without hesitation and without feeling the upper hand from men. A women had the freedom to wear and behave the way she believed was correct and not necessarily according to how the society would have preferred her to behave. One of the most significant act is the “The Matrimonial Property Act of 1970”

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    AP American 1980 DBQ Andrew Jackson’s presidency from 1829 to 1837 the decision to remove the Cherokee Indians to land west of the Mississippi River was made. This was more a change of the national policy rather than a reformulation of it. Since the Spanish came to the New World in the 1500’s‚ the Natives‚ were there. Starting with Washington’s administration in the 1790’s‚ the United States’ policy was to civilize the Natives and assimilate them into society. Under the administration of Andrew

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    tried to out-sex each other‚ at one point or another. Some ads don’t even feature a car. Throughout the past 60 years car advertisements have changed significantly. The 1950’s used families to show cars were ideal and the way of the future‚ while the 1980’s and 90’s show biased “fact” based arguments and hints of celebrity approval. Today‚ the 2000s continue to enlarge celebrity acceptance and continue to make sex appeal more widespread mainly through the portrayal of women. According to Valerie Sperling

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    English 224 Masculinity What defines Masculinity? To be the “man” not be afraid and be strong. Ideas of what a man is suppose to act like and be. Masculinity is what led to the downfall of Oscar Wao’s life. Junot Diaz emphasizes sex as a big part in being a typical Dominican male. What it means to be a Dominican male‚ to be attractive and smooth with the ladies‚ to have charm and be able to woo them‚ and most of all sexually active. Dominican men as Yunior would put it must be able to get laid

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    Big hair‚ neon lights‚ Jordache shorts‚ and fast cars. The 1980’s were loose‚ wild‚ and rock and roll were the perfect matches to the powerful machines rolling out of Detroit. Although the late 1970’s were the start of the Malaise era of cars‚ the late 1980’s saw a real resurgence in fun cars with power. Automakers had learned to cope with emissions regulations and with technological advances engines became more powerful‚ more efficient‚ and thanks to computers had some impressive dashboards. This

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    COYOTE has had relative successful public policy achievement however‚ the cultural and political crisis of the 1980’s deeply impact the movement broader social change. The 1980’s presented a tension between realpolitik and cultural politics that impaired the movement progress as second wave and anti-pornography feminists split over issues of sexuality‚ gender‚ and sexual self-governance with the movement. Most damaging was the fact that the women’s movement excluded COYOTE‚ as they did not see deemed

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    similar percussive sounds‚ rapping‚ and distinctive (fairly simplistic) bass lines. Many of the sounds used in hip hop music are harsher and more electronic. In 1979 hip hop music was recorded and played on public radio for the first time. In the 1980s hip hop was diversified as its own genre of music and more people began to create and listen to it. Young people loved this new genre of music. It was exciting‚ emotional‚ and usually pretty honest. The problem with hip hop then was that people hadn’t

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