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    Performing Hegemonic Masculinity: Physical and Vocal Performances of Professional Female Ice Hockey Players In order to thrive in the field of sport‚ to what extent do professional female ice hockey players need to perform hegemonic masculinity? Hockey‚ since its inception in the late 19th century‚ has been a sport that goes by time honored buzz words such as “toughness”‚ “grit” and “determination”. For many decades‚ the sport has widely been populated by the male gender‚ and only recently has

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    For this week’s reading memo‚ I will be looking at The Social Construction of Gender by Judith Lorber‚ and Getting Off and Getting Intimate: How Normative Institutional Arrangements Structure Black and White Fraternity Men’s Approaches toward Women by Rashawn Ray and Jason A. Rasow. In The Social Construction of Gender‚ the most obvious argument lies within the title of the reading itself‚ Lorber is arguing that gender is a social construct yet still has an effect on people’s lives. One example

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    How is the idea of femininity explored in The Yellow Wallpaper and Of Mice and Men? Throughout Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper and John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men the idea of femininity is mainly explored through protagonists who don’t fit the expected roles of the time. The respective authors provide the readers with an understanding of how women were labelled as crazy or troublesome through the symbolism of colour in both texts. The futility of the women’s dreams and that their

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    Masculinity In Billy Elliot

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    Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) is an shy 11-year-old living with his proud miner father (Gary Lewis) and older brother Tony (Jamie Draven) during the political and social unrest of the 1984 miner’s strike. Times are hard - the men of the house spend their days on the picket lines clashing with the police‚ while Billy navigates the minefield of adolescence and takes care of his increasingly senile grandmother (Jean Heywood). Determined to forge his son in his own image‚ Billy’s father sends him for

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    housemate Fran for pretending not to have a social life for the last two months! A Special Thank You to all the women who took part in my study. You all put so much thought into our discussions‚ and were very patient with me‚ and my tape recorder! ABSTRACT This study draws on qualitative data and secondary research to analyse the themes of gender‚ militarism‚ violence and war.

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    Framing the User: Social Constructions of Marijuana Users and the Medical Marijuana Movement Nelson A. Pichardo Almanzar Dept. of Sociology Central Washington University Ellensburg‚ WA 98926 Pichardn@cwu.edu Thanks to Laura Appleton and Ericka Stange for comments on an earlier draft. Thanks also to Kirk Johnson for his assistance in locating criminal data sets. Framing the User: Social Constructions of Marijuana Users and the Medical Marijuana Movement ABSTRACT Social movements are continuously

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    to say that the representation of women and femininity has had limited development over the last 25 years… or would it be more accurate to say that these representations have dramatically changed? Has stereotyping become less accurate and more common or has the Romantic Comedy genre developed its representations to break female stereotypes? This investigation aims to explore these questions and‚ ultimately‚ to evaluate if the representation of femininity has developed over the last 25 years. Also

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    Within “Chevrefoil” by Marie De France‚ power as a social construction is extremely evident and affects all characters within the text. King Mark has power over all subjects including his wife and nephew‚ Tristan‚ even going as far as to exile his nephew when finding out about his wife’s love for him (De France 167)‚ punishing both his wife and Tristan. The main character to be greatly affected by power is Tristan. Although Tristan is the king’s nephew he is powerless against his ruling and therefore

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    Social construction has been with human beings since day one. Basic questions swirl around nature all the time‚ and from these questions stereotypes form and never taken away. “Butterfly Girl” written and composed by Dom Brown‚ John Taylor‚ Nick Rhodes‚ Roger Taylor‚ and Simon Le Bon shows how women break out of their weak fragile caterpillar cocoon in order to strive for greatness as a social butterfly. Weakness‚ an often used typecast for girls‚ is the vulnerability that comes out when preforming

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    Verona to High School The article “The Dangerous Effects of Toxic Masculinity” written by Sarah Sheppard‚ describes toxic masculinity as ““a concept used to define unhealthy and often traditional characteristics or attributes associated with men. men should be protectors‚ breadwinners‚ or leaders; or associating men with anger‚ selfishness‚ and aggression can be problematic and damaging”” (Sheppard). Sheppard describes toxic masculinity as what a portion of people believe a man should traditionally

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