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    | Write your own definition of the terms “sex” and “gender”. Sex and gender are two separate but often interlinked concepts. Sex can be defined as the biological and physiological features which differentiate between male or female‚ such as males having testicles and females having ovaries. There are however more than two sexes‚ some people are born with both genitalia and are referred to as being intersexed. Gender is socially constructed and refers to the learned behaviours‚ practices

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    GENDER ROLE PORTRAYAL AND STEREOTYPING IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE As part of the growing process of children‚ reading of different types of children’s literature helps them in developing the much needed communication and language skills (Fitzpatrick‚ 2009). However‚ whether fortunately or unfortunately‚ that is not all this literature does for these young minds; it either shapes their minds positively or negatively according to how it draws to them the picture of gender roles and differences in the

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    Gender shapes the lives of all people in all societies. The term ‘gender’ refers to the social construction of female and male identity. It can be defined as more than biological differences between men and women. It includes the ways which those differences‚ whether real or perceived‚ have been valued‚ used and relied upon to classify women and men and to assign roles and expectations to them (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_and_development). Gender influences our lives‚ the schooling we receive

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    Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood I. Physical Development A. Skeletal Growth: Between 2 and 6‚ 45 new epiphyses (cartilage to bone growth centers) form and are used to determine skeletal age 1) Teeth: girls tend to lose teeth earlier‚ malnutrition delays their development‚ and obesity accelerates the process a) Exposure to smoke triples the likelihood of tooth decay b) 30% of U.S. preschoolers have tooth decay (60% by age 18) due to poor diet and inadequate healthcare

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    For several hundred years‚ Westerners have been concerned to ‘improve’ gender relations in non-Western societies. What are some of the problems with this project? Gender and development Abstract For hundreds of years‚ the West has been trying to improve gender relations within non-Western societies through helping Third World countries develop. However this development process is firmly rested within the dualistic modernization framework which produces binary oppositions that limit both

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    While women‚ who were “traditionally more isolated than men” were given equal opportunity to consume shows about more “manly” endeavors‚ men’s feminine sides are tapped by the emotional nature of many television programs. Television played a significant role in the feminist movement. Although most of the women portrayed on television conformed to stereotypes‚ television also showed the lives of men as well as news and current affairs. These "other lives" portrayed on television left many women unsatisfied

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    The multidimensional features of poverty allow scholars to interpret the segregation from the various angles‚ and narrow it down into four approaches: economic perspectives‚ capabilities theory‚ social exclusion and participative approach (Steward et al 2003). The first approach or income capacity is the most commonly used and easily measured. Having lack of financial resources eliminates people access to the basic needs‚ such as: food‚ shelters‚ clothes and so forth. However‚ a capabilities

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    Spontaneous Pneumothorax 1 Spontaneous Pneumothorax Lacey Shelton Professional Role Development Middle TN State University Spontaneous Pneumothorax 2 Kevin is a healthy nonsmoking 18 year old male who was 6 ’2" and weighed about 145 pounds. On May 16th‚ 2001 he was sitting in his high school chemistry class when he started getting hot and sweaty. He got up and went to the water fountain when he started noticing right arm pain. When he returned to the class room the teacher told him

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    Gender role has been defined in various ways; for example‚ it has included a person’s preference for‚ or adoption of‚ behavioral characteristics or endorsement of personality traits that are linked to cultural notions of masculinity and femininity. Depending on which parent a child identifies this can provide its own identifier towards which gender role a child will attach themselves to. In childhoodgender roles have been commonly indexed and operationalized with regard to several constraints:

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    Influence of Toys on Gender Role Stereotyping After going to the “Toys R Us” website I can conclude that stereotypes of gender roles are passed on from generation to generation with the help of most children toys. Girl toys stress physical beauty and appearance‚ and home caregiver roles‚ while boy toys focus on their physical abilities and handyman roles. However‚ I was also able to find toys that were gender neutral that emphasized creativity and energetic fun. I feel that gender socialization‚ through

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