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    Class.... Here it is Everyone’s life is affected by social construction. This is the belief that knowledge is determined by society‚ and in turn (knowledge) is formed by the individuals that belong to the society. When an individual thinks of a doctor‚ lawyer‚ priest‚ engineer‚ or manager they usually picture males. While nurses‚ teachers‚ and housewives (emphasis on wives) are purely female professions in our society. This is social constructionist thought on what role a male/female should

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    Gender and Society Advertisements are not the only medium that should be blamed for how the media effects people today. Books‚ movies‚ TV commercials‚ and television shows all show how much we as a people have changed our views of sexuality and beauty since the modest times of before. Sex has become more openly accepted as more half naked men and women appear on media devices all around us. People made a huge scene when Elvis was seen “shaking his hips” on public television and he had to be censored

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    Response paper to The Social Construction of Gender As a child I was associated as a “stereotypical” girl who loved to dress up and play Barbie Dolls. I also enjoyed going to dance lessons and learning how to bake with my mom. However what I enjoyed most as a child‚ was hanging out with my best friend‚ who also enjoyed the same activities as me. His name was Chris. Chris was different than most of the boys I met as a child. He did not enjoy getting dirty‚ nor did he want to play with monster

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    Social Construction of Gender The theory of social construction of gender is embedded views from society on gender roles‚ responsibility and our rights. Everyday activities are assumed that a certain gender is expected to do something rather than both genders taking on activities and keeping both genders equal. Men are assumed to go to work and women are expected to stay home and take care of the house and care for the children. It is not a norm for society to have the roles reversed. When a child

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    PART ONE Social and Historical Constructions of Gender Why start an introduction to women ’s studies textbook with a discussion of science and medicine? If we begin our study of women ’s lives by considering what makes women and men distinct in different cultures and time periods‚ we first have to ask what counts as difference. Many people think that biology answers such a question once and for all. But science (including biology) has a history. People produce ideas and methods for science based

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    The Social Construction of Gender and Sexuality According to Johnny Weir‚ "Masculinity is what you believe it to be... [it is] all by perception‚ [I believe] masculinity and femininity is something that is very old-fashioned... [there is a] whole new generation of people who aren’t defined by their race or their sex or who they like to sleep with." This statement exemplifies the definition of gender as a concept; gender is the expectations of a sex according to the culture of society. Sexuality

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    Gender inequality Gender can be defined as the socially constructed roles and duties society constructs‚ assigns and expects of males and females on the basis of their biological and physical characteristics. Gender is learnt‚ not permanent and differs from one community to another. Gender roles and responsibilities are found in all spheres of society be it economic‚ social‚ political or religious. Gender roles are affected by age‚ social class‚ ability‚ ethnicity and race. The gender roles help

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    The Mass Media and Social Construction The mass media industry is implicated in social construction. There are "Ways of Seeing" which serve state-corporate interests at the expense of the interests of the people. This is because there is a direct relationship between the mainstream press and the political economy of state-corporate capitalism in the construction of the false reality. The system of capitalism heavily indoctrinates the population through the mainstream press. The mass media fulfils

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    Feminism Paper-Gender Inequality Sociology 101-Graham Cook March 17‚ 2014 “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any” -Alice Walker The issue of gender inequality is a publicly known problem which has been occurring in society for decades. Gender inequality still exists in today’s society. The problem of gender inequality can be seen most prominently through women’s representation in the media. In order to understand this issue‚ one must get

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    The textbook Gender Ideas‚ Interactions‚ Institutions defines gender as the symbolism of masculinity and femininity that we connect to being male-bodied or female-bodied (Wade‚ Ferree‚ 2015). Society today tends to define gender as simply being male or female. Social construction is defined as a process by which we make reality meaningful through share interpretation (Wade‚ Ferree‚ 2015). Has society constructed the idea of gender by creating a world where we believe that there are only two types

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