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    In 1983 in Liverpool‚ England‚ 14-year-old John gets into a fight at school after a classmate makes an offensive joke about his father‚ who died in the Falklands War. On his way home‚ Shaun comes across a gang of young skinheads led by Steve‚ who feels sympathy for John and invites him to join the group. They accept Shaun as a member‚ and he finds a big brother in Steve‚ while developing a romance with Sally‚ an older girl who dresses in a new wave style. Callum‚ an older skinhead‚ returns to the

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    and trophies and not as actual intellectual beings. Coming into college‚ I was aware that women are not held to this standard anymore‚ but I was still worried that some people would continue to not take women seriously. Even as late as 2001‚ gender stereotypes persisted in film and in the media. In the movie Legally Blonde‚ starring Reese Witherspoon‚ Elle Woods gets dumped by her scholarly boyfriend because he wants a “serious relationship” with an educated and successful sorority president. Elle

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    DEPICTED IDEALS OF BEAUTY Throughout the decades of time‚ society has been continuously determining the perception of what it is to be "beautiful." The American standard of beauty is often reflected upon advertisements that convey an unrealistic expectation for most everyday women. Whereas‚ teenagers have grown to interpret advertisements as a model for how they should appear physically. Marilyn Monroe was perceived as the epitome of beauty in the 1950s. The well-known sex symbol was recognized

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    Historically females have been portrayed as being weak and submissive‚ obeying their male counterparts (fathers/husbands etc) and staying in the background looking after the home and the children. To be freethinking was unheard of; all decisions were made by the male which the female had to comply with‚ whether or not she wanted to. This went for everything from arranged marriage to who she could associate with. There was also the generalisation that women were incapable of rational thought and prone

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    month‚ even though it was only a weekend trip. As my friends and I planned for our trip‚ the excitement in my voice was obvious. It was as if I had never been out of Valdosta‚ but the truth was‚ I had not been anywhere for the entire semester. I had been joggling a sixteen hour course load at school‚ a forty hour work week and as if that was not enough‚ I had the added bonus of a confusing relationship. Everyone at work new I would be out of town that weekend‚ I made it my business to talk about

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    A 43-year-old woman pretends to be 30 years old and marries a younger man who doesn’t know her true age. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: SUZY (43) has been unlucky in love. She’s never truly gotten over her boyfriend from college. Now she works in a candy lab and volunteers at an animal shelter. VALENTINO (23) works in marketing‚ but isn’t able to commit to NANCY (23)‚ a former girlfriend. He prefers a more mature woman. Suzy decides to put her profile on a dating website‚ but lies about her age. She claims

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    I stood on the tips of my toes as I reached frantically for the stained bag placed atop my parents’ bathroom sink. With a grunt and a huge jump‚ the bag flew in the air towards me as I plopped on my bottom. My parents were out of sight; my dad was at work and my mom was busy taking care of my two autistic brothers. I did not mind the solitude‚ especially when I peered into the bag of wonders that sat at my feet. I dashed to my own bathroom counter‚ bag in hand‚ and poured out its contents. I stared

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    I believe that many teenagers are self-conscious and aren’t confident enough that they think they’re not capable to do something or aren’t strong enough. In The Hunger Games‚ the characters‚ the setting‚ and the climax really proved that teenagers are capable and really can do anything. “Soon I will be home. Page 350.” In that quote Katniss and Peeta fought through all the hard times and were able to make it. I believe that the setting in the book proved that teenagers can be strong by just where

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    From a sociological standpoint‚ gender affects virtually all faucets of society in one form or another. Music is no exception. Music as an art form has many aspects‚ from pitch and rhythm‚ to cultural significance. Perceptions of gender and different gender roles are represented heavily in the media‚ and in today’s social climate‚ this is being actively observed like never before. Unfortunately‚ potentially harmful stereotypes associated with gender are equally as present within the media‚ specifically

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    the most influential factor has to be gender. Gender‚ traditionally‚ is being categories only to male and female. People tend to identify male as a person that has a male sexual organ and vice versa for female. Usually‚ male is more masculine‚ strong‚ work and tends to stay out of home more; while female is more feminine‚ weak‚ taking care of the home and taking care of children and stay home more often than male. In the past there is a huge amount of stereotype towards both sexes. People usually are

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