... considered unacceptable (ex: basketball and softball) compared to those involved in socially accepted sports (ex: volleyball, golf, and track). Researchers have also found negative social stereotypes of perceived masculine features some female athlete's possess (Krane et al., 2004; Lantz &ump; Schroeder, 1999). Today, female student-athletes who are aggressive and competitive may be stereotyped as " ... by Wiechman and Williams (1997) male athletes tend to have a stronger athletic identity than female athletes. Research by Die and Holt (1989) found a difference in self-perceptions amo...

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... they get one? A person's identity is his own, nobody put it there and nobody can take it out. Everyone in this world has a different identity because they all make their own over the course of their life. A person's identity also causes a person to have masculine and feminine traits. There is ... no one thing that gives a person their identity, there are however many different factors that contribute to one's identity. What is someone's identity? Is it the way they look, the way ... they dress, or it could be many things all put together, or is it none of the above? To me someone's iden...

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... latter, through the character of Fortunato, a double of the narrator, whom he symbolically tries to murder. The repression of these unconscious desires seems futile, while accepting one's identity through coping with them is ultimately inevitable, as the narrators confess is through the act of creation of narrated text. In Bartleby, The Scrivener, Herman Melville concentrates upon the pressures ... certain part of their individuality and conform. By refusing to change and challenging death through his silence, Bartleby fights constantly for the preservation of his individuality and ident...

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... , and are forced to look after themselves. He exploits this situation to explore the reserves of the female character, and their possession of what are normally considered to be masculine traits. In contrast, Shakespeare presents Sebastian and Sir Andrew with typically feminine traits, showing the inter-changeable nature of gender. Shakespeare shows how gender can be distorted by the ... strong and to a degree powerful women, Shakespeare is highlighting the reserves of intelligence and practicality in the female character, normally seen to be masculine traits. Shakespeare presents gender ...

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... psyche and also her history. Within this room are General Gabler's portrait and Hedda's piano that link Hedda to her history and premarital identity as Hedda Gabler, the aristocratic daughter of a general as opposed to the ornamental wife or trophy wife of Jorgen Tesman. General Gabler's ... symbol, which serves to link Hedda to her pre-marital identity and also serves to construct her in terms of difference when compared to endorsed female figures of nineteenth century is her association with pistols. Pistols are representative of masculine power, a phallic symbol which serves to link ...

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... poems opening stanza. The 'poor', 'white' foot, representative of Plath has been overwhelmed by the powerful 'black shoe,' a masculine image explored in greater detail throughout the poem. Familiar sounds and structures are used in Daddy's opening to contribute to a sense of victimisation, ... is used as a familiar metaphor to analogise the sucking of blood by a fictitious character to the draining of energy, personality and identity of women and in particular female poets by their critical husbands and a society constructed to 'let no light squeak through', continuin...

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... and undignified attitudes towards prostitution. These dichotomized feelings reflect his inner struggle with masculinity and are mirrored in his feelings towards the people of Vietnam because he searches for his identity in both the land and the women of Vietnam. Both become targets of his displaced self-hatred and guilt. As his journey progresses and he purges himself of self-loathing ... the sacrifice, Andrew recognizes it as degrading for the women involved, although he constantly engages with them. Andrew's opposing reactions to this sex industry mirror his confusion about his own id...

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... environmental factors that create a sense of self, or who a person truly is. In other words, both nature and nurture have effects on a person's identity. When explaining the nature side of things, nature is developed by the biologically and genetically passed down traits that influence a person's behavior. Nurture is ... and as for storm will be able to do the same. Behavior between males and females determines how nurture contributes to one's identity. A male is seen as more masculine and is expected to act strong and not be as sensitive as a woman. Women on the other hand, act feminine...

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... . "Fight Club", by Chuck Palahniuk, warns against confirmation of the male stereotype, illustrating weakness within actions of the extremely masculine character, Tyler. The author of "The Androgynous Man", Noel Perrin, asserts it is acceptable to embrace a man's true identity rejecting society's measurements of masculinity. Despite the criticism, their social commentary does not represent a reformation of the Greek model because ... tears like an instant un-emotive reaction. Perrin does not want to be labeled as a dominating, strong stereotypical male, yet he longs fulfillment of the rol...

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... the rest of her kin. Judging from the description of her appearance, Diane rejects the female gender role by not upholding the traditional identity of the dolled up young woman in the mid-fifties. Di Prima goes against the traditional female position as a housewife by enveloping ... amounts of food from a local grocery store, and hanging out with what seems to be her lesbian neighbors. Her behavior and overall identity acts a complete opposite for the traditional housewife and goes entirely against the patriarchal female gender role. Di Prima uses her average character to ... definition o...

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... to take care of the home, children, that is, to develop the "weak" role. Attending to the gender roles we find "masculine societies" and "feminine societies" Masculine societies are said to be more individualist, competitive, and with a high grade of power distance. In these kind of society women assume ... other, but two boys will just shake hands. I think that these kinds of genre differences are one of the main characteristics of masculine societies. In the case of Spain this can also be connected with our recent history. During Franco's regime, Spanish society was really ... togethe...

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... Blue Velvet". She is introduced as "The Blue Lady" which emphasizes her status as a sexual object as she is given no name or identity. The close up shots of her mouth and closed eyes are clear techniques used to heighten the sexual arousal of the audience. Placed on ... the feminine realm of "to be looked at-ness." Mulvey believes, "in order to identify with active desire the female spectator must assume a masculine position." Therefore, through Jeffrey's look the audience is allowed to satisfy their voyeuristic and fetishistic fantasies by objectifying Dorothy and Sandy. The "critical ....

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... (beyond age 3). It is at this stage that children begin to try to separate themselves from the clutches of their mother and establish their own identity. Chodorow examines how different this is for boys and girls. KFRC radio disk jockey Ron Parker recently reported that out of a survey of one hundred ... . The father isnt as readily available to th e boy as the mother. Without the father to follow example, Chodorow concludes that a boy will identify masculine characteristics be doing that which is not feminine. This could be an explanation for the big difference in the number of chores th...

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... (beyond age 3). It is at this stage that children begin to try to separate themselves from the clutches of their mother and establish their own identity. Chodorow examines how different this is for boys and girls. KFRC radio disk jockey Ron Parker recently reported that out of a survey of one hundred ... . The father isnt as readily available to th e boy as the mother. Without the father to follow example, Chodorow concludes that a boy will identify masculine characteristics be doing that which is not feminine. This could be an explanation for the big difference in the number of chores th...

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... gift for characterization is evident in the gang of penniless itinerant workers known as "Mack and the Boys," It is through these men's masculine views of the world that enables Steinbeck to celebrate humanity and community mate ship. The absence of female characters is not to suggest that ... a first name and thus is presented as a back drop to her husband. She is the stereotypical female who is without personal qualities or an identity. However a man's view of females being materialistic and the way they react after quick fortunes is also comically explored in Mrs Malloy's characteriz...

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... her eyes are closed and there are flowers in the background. What a demonstration of nature and its connection to the product brand! Brown Although considered a masculine color, it does have a strong appeal to women as well. Symbolizes home and hearth. "Cocoa Pebbles- cereal uses a lot of brown. It also ... one endless expanse of exploration open to us is the local shopping mall. Everyone struggles to develop a sense of security, a sense of personal identity, but most of us end up constantly glancing around to see if we measure up to those around us. We hate ourselves, especially as .....

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... Lana. He tries to fit in by getting into fights, drinking too much and running from the cops through an open sand field. He wants to be masculine, to have a different gender than the sex he was born with. No one gives any indication that they know Brandon is really a girl until he ... she chooses not to think about it, she doesn't want to see it. This may be part of how Lana is somewhat accepting of Brandon's real identity; she really had an idea already. John and Tom on the other hand rape and severely beat Brandon. When Brandon speaks with the local law enforcement, ... properly, and...

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... , and independent/dependent. Yet purely for the sake of clarity of definition, Cynthia Enloe's all-encompassing definition of these principles is quite straightforward:[gender is] power that defines masculine and feminine and that structures the relationship between men and women - underpins world politics? (taken from D'Amico and Beckman 8). Hooper (42) reinforces this argument with the notion ... the usual activities International Relations chronicles and theorizes - war, crisis decision making, regime formation, trade and so on; and by retreating to abstractions (the state) that mask a...

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... they get one? A person's identity is his own, nobody put it there and nobody can take it out. Everyone in this world has a different identity because they all make their own over the course of their life. A person's identity also causes a person to have masculine and feminine traits. There is ... no one thing that gives a person their identity, there are however many different factors that contribute to one's identity. What is someone's identity? Is it the way they look, the way ... they dress, or it could be many things all put together, or is it none of the above? To me someone's iden...

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... a social pretence. In other words, gender is not something we are born with; rather it is a social construction and we have no intrinsic gender identity. Butler questions the idea that a person is male or female, masculine or feminine. Inspired by Foucault and drawing on the writings of Freud who, in his work refers to a grand narrative to which people adhere. Butler ... argues that identity is something we "wear" or "perform". Gender is thus a fantasy enacted by "corporeal styles that constitute bodily significations There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender; ... iden...

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... Australia exclusively in terms of a pioneering spirit involving ordinary workingmen submitting themselves to hard unremitting manual labour, as seen throughout the film "On Our Selection", is responsible for this masculine self-image. It is therefore candid to say that the films "On Our Selection" and "Robbery under Arms" both perpetuate the "Australian Myth" of idealised masculinity. Films are ... fictionalised manner. This fictionalised approach can be further understood by examining the various ways in which these films represent and resolve conflicts, and their relation to broader is...

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... culture. From examining early TV in historical context, it is also clear that the presence of Australian television provoked reactions that were rooted in concerns about Australian national identity. Television has also been responsible for strengthening our cross-cultural misconceptions through use of fictional characters portraying stereotypes to illustrate coming from a different culture. The text ... influencing people's perceptions of minority groups and that dominant news frameworks in particular help to structure perception of the key issues in race relations. Internationally Aus...

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... 's The Sun Also Rises, and Sui Sin Far's "The Story of One White Woman who Married a Chinese,"" suggest that failed masculinity often results from being corrupted by society. Through masculine male characters such as Pedro Romero and Liu Kanghi, these stories reveal that often times, only outsiders to society actually possess masculinity. Ironically, the text suggests these males attain manhood ... will pay her "what it is worth-(73). One can argue that "worth- symbolically refers to Minnie's worth as a person because her embroidery represents her own creation, a symbol of her identity. T...

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... a "craft".) If his mother, a temporal and merely parental figure, initiates young Stephen's artistic covenant in a mundane way, "Dante" (whose "real" identity in Stephen's world is sparsely revealed in this passage) is the accidental and incidental avatar of an old poet, or the "poetic tradition", or the artist ... he is strategically negotiating the space of the football field. Note that Stephen writes in his school notebook the clearest rendition of his location and identity, and that this memoir as a whole is saturated with the issues, settings, and fruits of scholarly and monkish lea...

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... did that, soon they would stop being gender attributes and become simply attributes. The movie both refutes and supports Bornstein's views on gender identity. In addition to having Dil embody all the typical female attributes, there are times when Jordan succumbs to the most cliché ... that Fergus' love ultimately conquers all is still considered problematic by some. In Kristin Handler's article "Sexing The Crying Game: Difference, Identity, Ethics-, she challenges the idea that Fergus completely accepts Dil the way she is. Although Fergus nobly sacrifices himself by serving the jail ....

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