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    Gender Roles in Vietnam

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    Change‚ continuity and gender roles in Vietnam In detail‚ discuss how the gender roles of women and men in Vietnam have changed and continued over time and the causes of these changes. In addition outline how these changing gender roles have affected the status of both men and women in Vietnam. Vietnam is a country where gender roles are undergoing vast changes‚ especially the women’s status in the public spheres‚ which includes their educational attainment‚ earnings‚ occupational status‚ job

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    but how are these norms constructed? Through the use of toys‚ books‚ and clothing‚ children are socialized into their “appropriate” gender. These objects provide influence over behavior and appearance‚ showing boys and girls what is appropriate for each gender. After some investigation it was found that the toys‚ books‚ and clothing that children use not only foster the norms of gender behavior and appearance‚ but also construct gender roles in their young minds. Toys play a major role in socializing

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    marriage was arranged by their fathers. Marriages were conducted with these words‚ “I give this women for the procreation of legitimate children...I accept...And I give a certain amount as dowry...I am content.” Clearly the purpose of the women was to bear children. The role of the husband is vague and seems as though he doesn’t play much of a role in the household. Contact with other men was not allowed for the wives‚ yet for the husband it was common to pursue adulterous relationships

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    Antigone Gender Roles

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    drama-filled tragedy that speaks on topics such as tragic heroes‚ an arrogant king’s grief‚ and the gender roles in ancient Greece. Kreon tells his son‚ Haimon‚ “If yield we must‚ then let it be to men‚ and never have it said we worsted by a woman.” This play says a woman’s place in society is beneath the men‚ where the only responsibilities they have are to serve their husbands and take care of the children. The play portrays women as weak and not worthy of being defended by their spouse‚ and it’s not

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    Gender Role in Triffles

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    Gender Roles in Trifles The roles and rights of women in the Victorian era up to nineteen hundreds differ drastically from where women stand today. In the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell‚ females are portrayed to be an insignificant part of society compared to the importance of males. Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles is a murder mystery type of play that discovers and analyzes gender roles and corrupt relationships due to the Victorian time period. The typical stereo type for women in the nineteen

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    Discuss the relationship between gender and the sitcom genre in one screened episode of one sitcom studied in this unit The Simpsons). Your discussion should pay particular attention to the ways in which generic conventions of the sitcom are employed as a means for exploring gender roles and/or sexual difference in the nominated episode and the series as a whole. Gender in The Simpsons. It is known in today’s world‚ that males and females are seen as two distinct separate classes‚ owing mainly to

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    Children Live What They Learn By: Dorothy Law Noite Children‚ according to studies‚ only 70% of their brains are developed. As they grow‚ the remaining 30% of their brain are also in the process. What the children see and learn is transmitted to their brains. That’s why we should teach them the right things because everything that they see is right for them. “If a child lives with criticism‚ he learns to condemn”. “If child lives with hostility‚ he learns violence”. A child is still a child‚ we

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    Halloween Gender Roles

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    definitely gendered and marketed to a specific gender‚ and it is rare to come across a gender neutral costume and never is it seen that a boy is wearing a princess dress on the packaging. It is also very common for Halloween costumes to separated into boy and girl sections at stores or on websites. If the costume is sparkly‚ has a dress or skirt‚ and described as “cute” or “sexy” it is geared to girls‚ even if occupations that do not have these gender differences in uniforms in reality‚ like police

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    Gender Roles in Sitcoms

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    Gender roles in Sitcoms “Gender is the crucial factor in characterization in the majority of sitcoms. Up until the impact of feminism in the 1970s‚ in the UK at least‚ it is clear that most of the successful sitcoms featured leading male characters (Hancock‚ Steptoe‚ Dad’s Army‚ Till Death Do Us Part‚ Porridge etc.). Women were more likely to feature in ‘ensemble casts’ – The Rag Trade‚ Are You Being Served? This was also a function of the employment opportunities for women. Since the 1970s‚ women

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    Igbo Gender Roles

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    “No matter how prosperous a man was‚ if he was unable to rule his women and his children (and especially his women) he was not really a man” (Achebe 45). In a third world continent like Africa‚ gender role remains a contentious issue based on simply shortage of intelligence. The men believed they held higher supremacy than women. Okonkwo based his daily accomplishments in proving his greed and higher achievements to downgrade the female population. With colonizing forces pushing through‚ the Igbo

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