References: 1. Julia T. Wood‚ 2001‚ ’Gendered Interaction: Masculine and Feminine Styles of Verbal Communication ’ in Gendered Lives: Communication‚ Gender and Culture‚ 4th edition‚ Belmont‚ C.A. Wordsworth Thomson Learning 2. Maltz‚ D. and Borker‚ R.‚ 1982‚ ’A Cultural Approach to male-female Communication ’‚ in Grumperz‚ J. Language
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The variety and selection of toys Target had to offer were far more extensive than those at Big Lots. We started from the first aisle of the boy section and went through it to see what they had to offer. At first‚ we were able to spot easily how gendered the toys were. Boys toys were mostly boy‚ red or even black colored. When we got to the Lego aisle‚ the boy’s section had mostly action figures and superheroes. It took us about 8 aisles to go through until we had reached the girls section. We knew
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addresses how the U.S. media used gendered imagery and language to describe the situation in Afghanistan‚ specifically how Afghan women were the victims and the men (particularly the Taliban) were victimizers. The authors emphasize the danger behind this dichotomous view and analysis of the situation in Afghanistan. This is an important point to make in my paper because Hosseini’s representation of Afghan males and females is unique because it does not fall prey to the gendered stereotypes of Afghan women
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INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS What is intimacy? Does and can include sexual involvement‚ however Intimacy refers to the special relational states and interactions that occur in close relationships‚ characterized by feelings of warmth‚ trust‚ and deep friendship. Intimacy is a state of openness and familiarity. Charcterized by genuineness and an absence of ‘role relationships’ ……………………………..……………………………..……………………………..……………………………. People actively search for intimacy and communication is its method
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result of low levels of intimacy‚ there is less trust and openness. Alternatively‚ less trust and openness results in lower levels of intimacy. Therefore‚ felt security plays an important role in intimacy. When there is less felt security‚ one or more partners are feeling self conscious and less likely to make themselves more vulnerable to the other person. Thus‚ they may fear intimacy and as a result desire and crave less intimacy than they normally would. They also fear intimacy and have more self reliant
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genitals they possess and one can never change the sex with which one was born‚ but‚ even though God made a person irreversibly male or female by installing a particular set of genitalia‚ different morphology of those genitalia allows for different gendered possibilities to be explored and occupied” (Kulick 193). Travestís can all agree that any biological male who claims to be a woman is suffering from a psychosis and in need of help. Despite the fact that they live their lives dressing in female clothing
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and organizing holidays and many other celebrations (442). Di Leonardo states that these actions are gendered because “like housework and childcare‚ men in the aggregate do not do it” (443). Therefore‚ in a family household‚ men work to make income. While women‚ on the other hand‚ remain at home doing kin work in order to ensure family ties. Due to historical and cultural reasons‚ kin work is gendered according to di Leonardo. Women’s kin work is divided into two domains: labour and network. The first
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Rodriguez grew up as a Mexican immigrant in a middle class white dominated neighborhood. In his growing up and accustoming with the world around him‚ he learns that language may not be the key to the intimacy he had grown so accustomed to. Although‚ one may communicate intimacy through language. Rodriguez transferred into school without knowing English until he’s forced to learn it with the help of his school teacher. As a result‚ Rodriguez finds himself forgetting bits and pieces of how he used
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The question “Is multiculturalism bad for women?” looks confusing at first glance‚ as both multiculturalism and feminism concern and attempt to protect minorities suffering in the society. However‚ there actually is a huge tension between multiculturalism claims and those who attempt to assure women’s rights. This paper will argue that not multiculturalism but certain claims of multiculturalists are contradicted to defenders of women. Multiculturalism Will Kymlicka (2007)‚ the liberal multiculturalist
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eternal and transcendent (i.e. “‘natural”) Political: historical rupture and ideological contestation transform gender and sexuality; tremendous changes in meaning/experiences of gender and sexual identities Large-scale systems and entities are gendered formations: corporations‚ states‚ political market economy (Connell 117‚ 120); speaks to level of structural formations outside of our individual control; often seem to us not to have gender/sexual orders embedded in them; seen as being neutral spaces
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