Violence against Aboriginal Women Gender and Women Studies GWST 2510 B Ashwana Raveendran 212267068 Jolin Joseph October 21‚ 2013 The aboriginal community includes a rough amount of the Canadian population; history has shown that aboriginal women have undergone many struggles to develop the status of their livelihood. These women have gone through many obstacles to obtain their rights and identity in Canada. One of the concerning issues that need awareness brought
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“A Cold-Blooded Effort to Bolster up the Legal Profession”: The Battle Between Lawyers and Notaries in British Columbia‚ 1871–1930 JOAN BROCKMAN* Notaries in British Columbia have managed to retain authority to offer to the public legal services that‚ in other Canadian jurisdictions (except for Quebec)‚ have been arrogated to the exclusive domain of lawyers. A conceptual framework of professionalization and inter-professional rivalry developed by Anne Witz can be applied to the battles that
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Palawan Jojie Delmiguez Prof. BrionesHR3C I. BACKGROUND STUDY OF PALAWAN The province of Palawan is one of the most attractive regions of the country. Beautiful landscapes on this 425 km long and 40 km width Island are like a paradise on earth for nature lovers. For ’nature lovers’ and ’adventurers‚ the coasts on the west side of the island with their rock formations and the underwater river‚ are real attractions
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exactly is “Gender” and what a “Social Construct” means. GENDER In a layman’s language‚ Gender is simply the distinction between male and female. However‚ if we look deeper in well‚ we will notice the gender construction starts with the association of sex category at the time of birth. Sex is the biological distinction between a man and a woman and gender is based on sex. A sex category becomes a gender status through naming‚ dress and the use of other gender marks
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and men have diverse bodies‚ unique capabilities‚ different desires‚ and needs. Gender comes out as the common output of differences between masculinity and femininity‚ thus‚ different from the concept of sex describing biological differences between females and males. From a sociological perspective‚ gender is a social construction or an outcome of the social environment. In the definitional aspect‚ social construction relates to the processes by which ideas on how things should work undergo conceptualization
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The Social Construction of Gender It is obvious boys and girls are different from the moment they are born. They have both genetic and biological differences‚ they are born a certain sex‚ either male or female (or sometimes a combination of both). Of course there are other differences between a boy and a girl but what are the influences? Are all the differences from the moment they are born or are there other factors that make us into who we are‚ into what gender we are. Sex is something you are
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the social construction of gender‚ one must first know what a social construct is. According to Oxford Dictionary‚ a social construct is a‚ “theoretical approach which regards human experience and knowledge as originating within cultivated social groups” Oxford Press December 16. In other words‚ a construct is nearly a reality that most individuals follow based on custom‚ habit‚ and symbols‚ that are imbedded in a specific culture. Moreover‚ the basic theories of a social construction are generally
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Everybody in today’s society experiences gender throughout his or her life. However‚ as a female‚ I have personally always been affected by the social construction of gender in my day-to-day life‚ whether I was aware of it or not. Gender is such a prominent aspect of life for everyone that we barely recognize the effect it has on us‚ especially when it’s constructed within our own families. Growing up‚ my parents followed the stereotypical gender roles for my brother and I. From the moment we were
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academicjournals.org/INGOJ © 2007 Academic Journals Article Dispelling the misconceptions and myths about gender Dumisani Nyalunga Corresponding author’s E-mail: dumisanin@ddpdurban.org.za Accepted 04 January 4‚ 2007 Prelude This paper seeks to clarify the meaning of the terms that are associated with gender‚ and equally so to unpack the concept of gender itself and elucidate the fact that gender is not tantamount to women and that it does not exclusively cater for women issues and concerns but that
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“particular importance for social image construction are age‚ social class‚ ethnicity‚ sex and sexual preference”‚ and “our perceptions of women and men are shaped by our symbolic constructs of femininity and masculinity” (Hunter College Women‘s Studies Collective‚ 1995). Psychologically‚ gender roles describe appropriate behaviour that is associated with each of the sexes. People who do not conform to normal behaviours of their gender are believed to have atypical gender roles. Throughout history‚ biological
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