THIS IS NOT MY PAPER!! A War Against Boys? By Michael Kimmel By now‚ you’ve probably heard there’s a "war against boys" in America. The latest heavily-hyped right-wing fusillade against feminism‚ led by Christina Hoff Sommers’s new book of that title‚ claims that men are now the second sex and that boys--not girls--are the ones who are in serious trouble‚ the "victims" of "misguided" feminist efforts to protect and promote girls’ development. At the same time‚ best-selling books by therapists
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Sommers present her article “The War Against Boys” arguing that boys are facing a crisis that is directly affecting their scores in school‚ their propensity to violence and crime and their lack of motivation to go to college. According to her‚ the ones to blame are the feminist efforts to promote girls and create programs to boost their academic careers. These efforts are doing more than just improve girls’ performance in school; they are harming boys by diverting the attention from them. As a direct
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Jenkins essay “‘Complete Freedom of Movement’: Video Games as Gendered Play Space” convinced me that 13 years ago there was gender segregation in the digital world of video games on who the games where made for‚ girls or boys. From my 15 year of experience playing hundreds of video games I never thought of games being gender biased till now. To me girls didn’t play them because they were just not into video games and would rather play with dolls. Jenkins states that traditional culture in video games
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The History Boys by Alan Bennett Notes on Key Themes Initiation Sexual charm is something that can be exploited as a declaration of power and dominance‚ and a way to build the sense of pride manipulate people. Dakin wants to make love with Fiona on the headmaster’s study floor and he believes that his performance in bed is better than the headmaster. This is a way to consolidate his masculinity and sense of superiority‚ as if he ‘wins’ the headmaster in a battle. Dakin’s metaphor comparing
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English 12 / 1st block 10 September 2013 Master Harold and the Boys Symbols Because Hally’s father is an alcoholic cripple‚ Sam takes it upon himself to be a better role model in Hally’s life‚ which is why the kite is a sign of Sam’s fatherly love for Hally and a lesson to Hally to not judge people that are different. The kite is a clear symbol of Sam’s love for Hally. As a little boy‚ Hally did not have someone he could look up to because he was ashamed of his father’s behavior. Sam took pity
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point they are trying to make and also giving the hands on and visual aspects of the art. When taking the Z boys and Dog-town genesis into consideration and what would be the best way to get the point across you first have to know what the the Dog-town and the who where the z boys and there history to understand what medium who best explains the purpose as well as the intent. With the Z-Boys being as unique and what some people consider “lazy” and “bummish” had a motive and a purpose to why they skated
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Carlos Delcompare Shari Alvanas Composition 10/18/05 English Skateboarding as Pop culture: The Mark of the Z-Boys The sport of skateboarding has been around for many years. The sport has gone from the early nineteen-hundreds to modern day society. The sport went from just being a hobby to becoming one of the most popular sports of today. Throughout the years skateboarding has been significantly modified to suit the skaters of the day. Since skateboarding has been in existence
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In The Miracle Worker‚ written by William Gibson‚ Helen Keller suffers from a horrible fever resulting in her becoming blind and deaf. Having difficulties growing up in Tuscumbia‚ Alabama in the 1880’s‚ she was isolated‚ untamable‚ and disruptive. With no clue how to get through to Helen; her parents enlist the help of Annie Sullivan. After countless efforts‚ Annie’s determination and empathy‚ as well as‚ Mrs. Keller support provide her with the tools to be successful in teaching in Helen. With
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Abdi Ethnic Studies 101 Scottsboro Boys Summary In the year 1931‚ all nine of the Scottsboro boys Haywood Patterson‚ Charles Weems‚ Clarence Norris‚ Andy Wright‚ Ozzie Powell‚ Olen Montgomery‚ Eugene Williams‚ Willie Roberson‚ and Roy Wright are arrested and tried on charges of assault from fighting white boys on a train. Along with accusations made by Victoria Price and Ruby Bates that the boys raped them. Their trial begins April 6‚ 1931. All of the boys except for Roy Wright are tired and convicted
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Girls are smarter than boys Since the beginning of time‚ scientists‚ and philosophers and the common man and woman alike have been struggling to understand what‚ besides the obvious‚ differentiates the genders. Are behavior deviations a product of societal expectations or something more deeply hard-wired from birth via hormones and DNA? There’s still a lot we don’t understand about the relationship between gender and behavior‚ and even more regarding gender and education. Hundreds — if not
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