Category: Gender
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Should “Gender Identity” Be Added to Federal Anti-discrimination Laws
Few people are in favor of adding gender identity to Anti-Discrimination Law (ADL)as I do. By adding gender identity to ADL, it helps at least LGBT people to live calmly, helps our entire community to develop and protect people from prejudice, which helps everybody to treat equally. As the phrase “gender identity” defined as “…
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Importance of Gender Identity in Society
Gender identity is basically the feeling that a man has of themselves as male or female. It is additionally the way in which a man’s culture distinguishes the individual in view of elucidation and experience of organic abilities about the human body. As per these understandings, there are sure societal desires for conduct, parts, and…
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Cusick and Her Lesbian Relationship with Music
In the essay “On a Lesbian Relationship with Music: A Serious Effort Not to Think Straight” by Suzanne G. Cusick, she brings up an interesting topic about the connection between her being a lesbian and her being a musician, a musicologist, if there exists any. I’m especially interested in the “power system” and the link…
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Reflections on Transgender
Before going to the transgender workshop, I have already had a mindset of gender stereotype and I have never thought of accepting the sexual minorities like trans and homosexual people. I was raised in a traditional and conservative family that my parents showed me that a man should be the head of the family because…
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Gender As A Social Construct
According to mainstream standards, gender is either of the two sexes, when considered concerning cultural and social differences. Gender is important in mainstream societies as it is what allows us to determine who is allowed to do what and how they are allowed to do it, whatever “it” maybe. Gender allows males and females to…
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Case Study About The Social Construction Of Gender
This essay will explain and analyze the contribution of two fashion advertisements to the social construction of binary gender norms, (the traits associated with different genders created by society). They are one Calvin Klein advert and one Dolce and Gabbana advert, found in an article entitled ‘15 Recent Ads that Glorify Sexual Violence Against Women’…
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Plagiarism Declaration
I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is to use another’s work and pretend that it is my own. I have used the Harvard guide for citation and referencing. Each contribution to, and quotation in this essay/report/project from the work(s) of other people has been contributed, and has been cited and referenced. This essay/report/project is…
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Understanding Gender Inequality in Domestic Chores
When it comes to the topic of gender inequality one important point comes to mind that shows the glaring issues when it comes to equality. That important part is the inequality caused by gender roles, and for this project specifically in relation to the chores done around the home, domestic chores. Through the knowledge I…
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Crossdressing and Transvestism
This critique is based on the video “Hide and Seek” by Group 29. It is about cross dressing. Cross-dressing represents the act of wearing clothing commonly associated with the opposite sex, including various forms: underwear only, clothes but no makeup or wig, clothes, makeup and wigs, and trying to “pass” as a woman. There are…
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Overview and Analysis of Themes Presented in the Musical West Side Story
West Side Story takes place in the 1950’s, and is the story of two battling gangs and a love which seeks to defy their bounds. The two gangs are the Jets, a group of white americans, and the Sharks, a group of Puerto Rican immigrants. The two groups are battling for turf in the upper…