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    Censorship or Freedom of Speech: Gender Equality and Pornography Aliaa Magda Elmahdy‚ an Egyptian feminist activist‚ made national and international news when she released naked images of herself on her blog (Ajbaili‚ 2012). These naked images were to protest against the subordination of women in Egypt. The gender inequality that is greatly felt throughout the predominately Muslim country stems from these religious values that have been incorporated into everyday culture and behaviors. Following

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    recognized for what they did‚ there were probably way more who had a part in America’s victory. This gender construction women have been faced with is something that has been hard for women to overcome even in society today. In Revolutionary‚ Alex Meyers depicts how women had to hide their identity just to have part in a war that determined their future. He shows throughout his book the gender construction that women faced back then‚ and it is still a problem in society today.

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    The Magic of Gender Equality My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is a critically acclaimed children’s animated series developed by Lauren Faust. The series is an update of Hasbro’s original 80s phenomenon. It shows themes that may seem typical on children’s programming such as moral values‚ gender equality‚ the meaning of friendship‚ teamwork‚ and helping those in need. However‚ what makes this show stand out from the rest? The show takes a different approach in children’s programming‚ using a

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    does affect us. It does hurt the entire world when millions of women are being oppressed every day and facing challenges that we will never see. More than that‚ women are suffering every day from not receiving the education they so desperately need. Equality is not a concept. To fix these issues‚ awareness is the first step. We need to recognize that these situations occur often in countries that aren’t the United States. There are issues beyond the United States that we refuse to recognize; literacy

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    For this week’s reading memo‚ I will be looking at The Social Construction of Gender by Judith Lorber‚ and Getting Off and Getting Intimate: How Normative Institutional Arrangements Structure Black and White Fraternity Men’s Approaches toward Women by Rashawn Ray and Jason A. Rasow. In The Social Construction of Gender‚ the most obvious argument lies within the title of the reading itself‚ Lorber is arguing that gender is a social construct yet still has an effect on people’s lives. One example

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    com/0969-9988.htm Organizational culture: the case of Turkish construction industry Ela Oney-Yazıcı‚ Heyecan Giritli‚ Gulfer Topcu-Oraz and Emrah Acar Department of Architecture‚ Division of Project and Construction Management‚ Istanbul Technical University‚ Istanbul‚ Turkey Abstract Purpose – The main stimulus of this study is to examine the cultural profile of construction organizations within the context of Turkish construction industry. Design/methodology/approach – This study is a part of a cross-cultural

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    During the 1980s many people were ignorant to the fact that gender inequality still existed in an advanced nation such as Canada. Due to the technological advancements‚ and the betterment of various social services (i.e. healthcare‚ welfare‚ child care‚ etc.); the natural assumption was that women discrimination too had decreased and didn’t pose a serious enough threat in the society. However‚ the anti-feminist rage at L’école Polytechnique on December 6th‚ 1989 shattered this perception and opened

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    Gender Issues of Equality in Canadian Society About 2% of females earn more university degrees than males‚ makes up slightly more than half the Canadian population and workforce yet still make $0.82 for every $1 the male earns in the work environment. This wage gap is the 8th largest among OECD countries as the difference expands for Native females and queer women of colour. Gender roles and stereotypes are destructive to the progression of the human race because these labels and standards restrict

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    GENDER EQUALITY WILL REMAIN LOFTY DREAM IN PAKISTAN The topic revoles around the inequality of rights of every person‚if a men or a women are considered to be equal them  their rights are also exactly same. Because being equal is to be recognized as fully equal in every aspects of life .Its true that both gender have differences but should be equally valued. Equally rights are extremely importan in every factor .Because we want to be same it is also fair . Now we would talk about the gender

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    Gender Equality SOC 100 Professor Terry Lunsford January 26‚ 2014   As a female working in a professional environment and living in a society that promotes economic‚ social and cultural rights I often find myself concerned with gender equality. Sometimes I feel that gender equality is just a myth‚ because‚ I have yet to see women promoted or granted the same salaries as their male counterparts in the workplace‚ or treated equally in society. Gender equality is the measurable equal representation

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