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    rich and wealthy. People inhearited "old money" and some found ways to obtain "new money". This decade was also when women’s rights became an important topic of debate. Femals began to 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

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    and Laura raise the idea of masculinity‚ and it’s place and role in society and character. The relationships in both films‚ particularly those between the male protagonists and women‚ highlight the differing ideas of masculinity. The character of Scottie in Vertigo highlights how relationship with women can greatly effect the idea of masculinity‚ whereas this is reversed in Laura‚ when the title character Laura shows how she greatly changes the concept of masculinity through three differing male

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    What Is Media Bias?

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    Media bias is used to emphasize one particular point of view in a way that without the average viewer even knowing. The journalists are able to maintain the standards of professional and also giving the one side of the story. There are a variety of media bias claims‚ for example‚ liberal bias‚ conservative bias‚ mainstream bias‚ and corporate bias. The average person uses the newspapers‚ radio‚ internet‚ or television to receive their news‚ weather updates‚ and other important topics. Liberal bias

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    Masculinity in Westerns

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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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    Masculinity In Canada

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    arrogant‚ racist‚ and sexist." In this way many people define the masculinity and try to conform boys in these stereotypes which negative influence on boy’s development and behaviors. This image of masculinity started in antiquity and is still predominate in our days. Gender roles are distributed when babies are born by their parents then by the society. All these roles restrict men to behave like women and reverse. To have healthy society with healthy men we need to reexamine our attitude on the male

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    social media should be part of our education system. Propenents of social media point out the benefits of social media in regards to educational tools‚ and increased student engagement‚ while critics of social networking focus on subject like privacy‚ time‚ and miscommunication. Pros of Social Networking Today’s students are increasingly using social networking as a means to communicate. According to a recent poll‚ 22 percent of teenagers log on to their favorite social media site more

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    Fatal Femininity Summary

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    title of our zine is Fatal Femininity‚ which brings artistic awareness through poetry‚ comics‚ beautiful song lyrics‚ artwork‚ and empowering words from famous women. What we want our readers to know about our zine is that it strongly focus on the empowerment of women and brings up the issues dealing with the conformity of women (i.e‚ how society tells us how we are supposed to act and dress). Our zine shows images‚ and artwork of how women do not need to conform to society‚ but instead be whoever the

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    things against their own will. The role of the male in a society is based on a stereotypical figure which represents what all real men should be like. In Romeo and Juliet‚ the protagonist is an effeminate version of the males in his society. As a result‚ he is depressed and feels left out. Contrarily‚ Mercutio is a manlier and more provocative male which portrays the alpha male and all his obligations and responsibility that comes along in his society. In Brokeback Mountain‚ Jack and Ennis portray the

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    I. Abstract: This assignment aims to give a feedback about the learning experience acquired through the presentation assignment. It also reflects the importance of the module in general and what impact it had on the personal reasoning for the importance of Intercultural Awareness in the business world. Therefore‚ a summary for the overall approach used to research our presentation will be presented‚ as well as a feedback regarding the assignment and the group synergy. II. Intercultural Communication

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    Rural Masculinity

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    Ben Nelson English 1000 10-30-12 Rural Masculinity Since the beginning of time boys have looked up to men as their role models. The men these boys look up to have shown the masculine qualities that are needed to encompass the guy code. Many Americans like the qualities that make up the rural masculinity or a “country boy”. These country boys encompass many good qualities that make them popular. The stereotypical country boy is white 10-60‚ and usually is in the lower-middle class (blue

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