understand the social construction of gender‚ one must first know what a social construct is. According to Oxford Dictionary‚ a social construct is a‚ “theoretical approach which regards human experience and knowledge as originating within cultivated social groups” Oxford Press December 16. In other words‚ a construct is nearly a reality that most individuals follow based on custom‚ habit‚ and symbols‚ that are imbedded in a specific culture. Moreover‚ the basic theories of a social construction are
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Exhibit A: Genders are social constructs and you can be anywhere of the spectrum that you want. To examine this sentence‚ we need the exact definition of “construct”. According to dictionary‚ construct as a noun means “an idea or theory containing various conceptual elements‚ typically one considered to be subjective and not based on empirical evidence”. So‚ we’re talking about subjectivity. Something that has been built on the sole basis of “Common Sense” and doesn’t even have the same meaning in
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exactly is “Gender” and what a “Social Construct” means. GENDER In a layman’s language‚ Gender is simply the distinction between male and female. However‚ if we look deeper in well‚ we will notice the gender construction starts with the association of sex category at the time of birth. Sex is the biological distinction between a man and a woman and gender is based on sex. A sex category becomes a gender status through naming‚ dress and the use of other gender marks
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Tactics have characteristically now become performances in which activist use to advance their cause. Some movements seeking change are increasingly using new forms of tactics so that their messages are more contentious and effective. Some tactics‚ such as marches‚ sit-inn and even riots have been used by many different social movement organization and activists over the years to enact change. As some of these tactics have become routinized‚ some activist‚ have taken it into their own hands to change
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though I doubt you begin to notice until much later. In fact the very second you were born it had already begun. Mom and Dad did as much as they could to help you adjust‚ but the warm world you had lived in would never be the same. You messed your diaper‚ you rolled off the bed‚ and you collapsed in earsplitting tomato faced hysterics for no reason. You couldn’t even get food from the table to your cute little mouth for quite some time. Then something spectacular happened. You wanted to pick up
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Social Movements and Trends: Sexual Liberation Dewayne Conner HIS 145/ University of Phoenix Professor Battaglia In the 1960’s‚ America was in a state of continuous change. America was seeing a new trend and one of these changes was sexual revolution. The ultra-conservative ways of the country were on a steady decline‚ and liberalism was at an all-time high. Citizens were beginning to be outspoken when questioning their government about its activities. Housewives
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I have to write a response essay and I did not complete my essay yet. I am stuck on the third body paragraph and conclusion. If you read my essay‚ feel free to jot down your ideal and recommendation for the third body paragraph and conclusion. Here is the topic: I believe social networking technology has changed our lives for the better‚ but at a cost. Social networking tools have made it nearly effortless for me to keep in touch with friends‚ family and colleagues. I can know what’s on their minds
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Sibghat Ullah Professor Qayyum Bhatti Research Methodology 6 January 2013 Gender Issues In Aeschylus Trilogy ABSTRACT Throughout human history gender issues have remained a common and important topic of debate.Gender conflict has played very crucial role in the history and destiny of mankind.This essay analyzes the conflicting issues between genders in Aeschylus trilogy Orestia i-e man woman relationship‚women status‚their efforts for identity and patriarchical system in
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Social Affects of Tuberculosis SOC 313 Social Affects of Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that mostly affects the lung. While tuberculosis is infectious and contagious it is preventable and curable. Even with updated information about this disease there still seems to be a stigma surrounding tuberculosis. Many people believe that tuberculosis is incurable. People also believe that if they come into contact with a person with TB then they will automatically contract TB as
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FEBUARY 11‚ 2013. INTRODUCTION The name of the social issue we will be looking at is abortion. Abortion is defined as a procedure to terminate or end pregnancy by removing the fetus from the uterus either medically or surgically. Abortions have been around over many centuries but have been more common in the 1800’s. I wish to address many things such as why woman have abortions‚ why society does not agree with having abortion‚ who the abortion affects‚ who agrees with abortions‚ what is the church
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