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    Christine Sanchez Brian Carr English 1302-W03 October 27‚ 2014 Gender Inequality and Hispanic Traditions Gender roles in the Hispanic culture are very traditional. Many families that at one point immigrated to the United States have continued to follow their traditional gender specific roles in the U.S. Unfortunately; there is an inequality when raising children according to their sexes or what we call gender specific roles in the traditional Hispanic culture. Females are raised to be dependent

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    Gender roles in today’s society are a big factor of where people stand because of different characteristics and behaviors. Since it still exists today‚ our society has shaped the way people should view themselves. Mass media has influenced gender roles by considering what most of the population thinks. With the influence of mediagender roles have been categorized in different stereotypes and myths. Gender roles have changed throughout time and males and females have become more equal‚ although

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    Gender Inequality in the Work Place Gender inequality has diminished compared to the past years‚ but women are still seen to be fragile‚ incompetent and belong at home where life is easy and safe. Men are the breadwinners while women are the homemakers‚ but this should not be because women are just as energetic and enthusiastic as men. According to Katherine Sobering‚ Jessica Thomas and Christine L. Williams in their article found in the Laurentian University Academic OneFile talk‚ identify that

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    Exploring Social Media Marketing Towards a Richer Understanding of Social Media in Postmodernity Monika Garnyte and Ana de Ávila Pérez Thesis supervisor: Lars Haahr MA in Corporate Communication 1st December 2009 Aarhus School of Business‚ University of Aarhus                                       Exploring Social Media Marketing: Towards a Richer Understanding of Social Media in Postmodernity Monika Garnyte and Ana de Ávila Pérez Acknowledgements The authors

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    Gender inequality refers to unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals based on their gender. It arises from differences in socially constructed gender roles as well as biologically through chromosomes‚ brain structure and hormonal differences. The following factors account for issues of gender inequalities in the Ghanaian society. Education inequality Gender differences in enrolment for formal education have narrowed slightly since Independence but continue to persist particularly at higher

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    Social Media turns standard ads into social experiences that helps to interact between friends‚ influencers and community members. Media ArounD us (Old Media) Tv‚ Newspaper‚ Magazines ‚Books‚ Cds‚ DVDs‚ Yellow Pages etc. Adv of Social Media(New Media) Can be changed Commented Sense of popularity by the no. of comments Can mix media- audio‚ video or photos Freedom to add ur video- no need to convince a committee to publish. In plane language‚ Social

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    Karl Marx’s theory to explain social inequality is based on the unequal division of resources between two groups: bourgeoisie and the proletariat‚ or the wealthy/business owners and the laborers. According to Marx‚ the bourgeoisie have the monetary power to gain economical resources‚ as they own the businesses where the proletariat must work to gain money to survive. The bourgeoisie maintains this position by paying the proletariat just enough to provide for his or her basic needs of survival.

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    Looking at race through a social construction approach would mean that race is not constructed biologically‚ but through social‚ cultural‚ and economic forces (Klement 1). According to Ian Lopez‚ race is socially constructed (27). Looking throughout history‚ it should be noted that race is a human invention (Lopez 27)‚ but the idea was that external differences also equated to internal differences. Therefore‚ according to the Race: The Power of an Illusion films‚ the fundamental notion was that race

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    How often do you see female prime ministers‚ househusbands‚ or lady soldiers? Although there are a larger variety of jobs and characteristics both men and women can possess in these modern times‚ gender inequality thrived in the Elizabethan era. Men were seen as the leaders who were brave and subject to war‚ whereas women were portrayed as their usual quiet self who are usually unable or not supposed to interfere with their husbands’ affairs. Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ employs the use of conventions

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    One of the biggest inequalities these days is gender inequality. Even after laws were passed against gender inequality in school‚ more than 4‚500 public schools still have it. If the inequality is intentional or not is unknown. Schools are being forced to provide proof that the low amount of girls in sports is simply not enough interest. This task is quite hard to complete. They need to show that girls were not interested in participating‚ if not‚ these school will be violating Title IX. Title IX

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