have to purge themselves of their femininity to achieve the level of acceptance that they hope to reach‚ while others are proud of being feminine and feminist. This has become a point of contention amongst many women‚ causing women to question whether femininity and feminism can coexist. If we abandon femininity‚ we are creating a new stereotype. While being strong and achieving gender equality is a noble cause‚ no one should be required to sacrifice their femininity; unfortunately‚ many women are
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Masculinity/ Femininity Dimension in the Last Samurai According to Hofstede‚ Masculinity/ Femininity dimension explains Masculinity: The way the samurais in the movie were portrait are in fact extremely accurate to those that existed in the 18th century. From as young as seven or eight years of age‚ boys we turned from kids into killing samurais. In one of the scene’s of the movie‚ we see two young boys learning to fight with wooden sticks. Although so young‚ their skills were already better
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Culture‚ in my own opinion‚ is a unique system of values and norms that are believed by a group of people who live in the same society. Since culture is unique‚ Geert Hofstede tried to study the differences. After the study‚ he proposed five dimensions to measure the cultural difference between nations. The following parts will explain Hofstede Framework briefly. The first dimension is Power Distance. It is a tool to measure the power difference between levels in organization. In a group with high power
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When reading the play Hamlet‚ it sometimes seems that everything occurs because of a woman. However‚ there is a problem with that assumption: the women are a little too passive to cause anything. Certainly‚ the men’s feelings towards the women shape the events of the play‚ but that’s not exactly because of the women. Instead‚ it’s the basic relationships between the men and women‚ the relationships of husband and wife‚ of brother and sister‚ father and daughter‚ and especially mother and son‚
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Mother‚ sister‚ daughter‚ aunt‚ and grandmother all are titles for women in people’s lives. What are their purposes in their lives? Over centuries‚ women have matriculated through the hierarchy of respect and authority societally. Through some literature‚ they can be looked at as symbols of strength. But‚ for Shakespeare‚ especially in Othello‚ women are viewed as worthless‚ gullible sex symbols. Three authors in their article state Revisiting Shakespeare and Gender‚ “For Shakespeare‚ as well as
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Recruitment and Selection Introduction The trend of business on a global scale appears to be increasing‚ and with it‚ the number of persons employed by their organisations in countries other than their own. It is increasingly common for employees of international companies to spend several years working in other countries. It is also common for expatriates to work for several years in two or three different countries‚ during their careers with their employers. Employees are sent to
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re-invent themselves from the idea of the "traditional" woman. Women were beginning to work‚ pursue educations and careers; they were drinking openly‚ accompanying men while being unmarried‚ cutting their hair short and purposefully downplaying their femininity. In 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald published his novel The Great Gatsby‚
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In Michael A. Messner’s article‚ “The Masculinity of the Governator: Muscle and Compassion in American Politics‚” Messner described how Republican candidates‚ but specifically Arnold Schwarzenegger‚ used hegemonic masculinity to influence voters. The author explains that hegemonic masculinity‚ as it pertains to politics‚ is not just about having power‚ but rather it is having power along the correct combination of identities such as class‚ race and gender‚ in order to command authority from more
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Masculinity: the definition of how a real man is suppose to act. The specific traits and behaviors that are associated with masculinity have changed drastically over the decades‚ and even over just a few years. These ideas have completely flipped around‚ changing from a masculine man being kind‚ respectful to women‚ and well groomed to being messy‚ rude‚ and disrespectful. The representation of masculinity has been negatively influenced through multiple types of media by including the wrong ideas
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Final Exam What makes a hero a hero? In the western movies‚ The Searchers‚ High Noon‚ and Rio Bravo‚ each film portrays the issue of masculinity in three distinctive ways. In each of these movies the main character is left with defeating the bad guys. In all three of the movies‚ the main character is able to represent the traditional masculinity‚ toughness‚ and honor. In both the movies The Searchers and Rio Bravo‚ John Wayne plays the main character. Wayne at this time in America was pictured
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