But the media does not seem to notice the change in our society today and seemingly is not making the transition. ... What happened to equal images in the media? ... So why is the media still portraying women and men in these roles that have become outdated? ... Studies have been done showing that even if the women in the family have a full-time job as well as the men the women still get home in the early afternoon. ... That is considered the traditional family according to the media (Aubrey, 2004). ...

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Media plays a major role in promoting the aggressive characteristics in men and the nurturing characteristics in women. ... People are continuously educated by the media that this is the way men and women should be. ... According to O'Leary's studies, he concluded that young women are as violent as young men. ... Furthermore, studies show that women are more likely and more frequently to involve in physical aggression than men in the domestic violence circumstances (Giancola et al., 2009). ... In my view, the more comprehensive researches and studies with the focus on women's ag...

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The basis of my arguments will be the pros and cons of men vs. women in sports and the impact that women have had on college campuses and in the media. ... The WSF's study of 767 institutions concluded: "The downfall of many nonrevenue men's programs can be tied to misallocation of funds rather than to the rise of women's sports (Ebsco Host). ... Another topic in gender equality is the way women and women's sports are represented in the media. ... A recent study of television coverage of women's sports found that 92% of all coverage was allocated to men, whereas only 5...

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This is seen in the media, workforce, and social conduct of western culture. ... Studies have shown that women are more likely than men to have a poor body image. This is because women are often subjected to ideal body images throughout the media; which set unrealistic goals. ... This is evident within studies researched on body image; where, 8 out of 10 women admit to feeling ashamed of their bodies6. ... On a short-term bases, removing gender roles and stereotypes within the media would benefit the cause immensely. ...

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Part of the study consists in showing that those differences are due to the differences between men and women of course, but that they are also very dependent on the environment into which the conversation takes place. Many cross-gender communication studies only examine verbal communication between a man and a woman, disregarding the environment and therefore fail to completely isolate the interlocutors. ... Gray (1992) states that the reason men and women communicate in different ways range from biological differences, parental differences, parental influence, education and birth order to cu...

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I conducted a study of five different magazines, all accessible to buy while in line at the supermarket. ... Through comparison of the male and female's physical appearance in each advertisement, I have found much evidence supporting androcentrism in mass media. ... This objectification, which manifests itself in the extraordinary emphasis on a woman's physical attractiveness in American culture, as well as in the almost continuous display of the nude or seminude female body in art, advertising, and the mass media, constitutes an eroticizing of sexual inequality - as opposed to me...

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Several studies provide evidence of sexual attraction between opposite-sex friends. ... Everyone is socialized through media to understand his or her gender role, and how to behave while in that role. ... In one study, women reported that the primary benefit was the opportunity to engage in a more masculine interaction style. ... This is an interesting outcome for a study since it does contradict Lillian Rubin's notion of women look more for intimacy when men are looking for interaction in their friendships. ... While looking at previous studies that have been done, the one that I felt ...

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The advertiser talks to the intended audience through "mass media": television, radio, billboards, newspaper and magazines ( Aaker, Batra, Myers, 1992). ... In the advertising process there are, according to Aaker et al, four main institutions: " the advertiser, the advertising, the media and the research suppliers" Aaker et al think that the most responsible people in the formulation of an advertisement are the Brand Managers. ... Current studies on consumption and marketing are reporting that traditional values on gender identities are changing. Mainstream politicians and popular media preac...

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Yet, studying gender as a social-economic driver rather than just a natural phenomenon, allows us to understand that there is more to gender than simply human nature. ... As a society we have formed values, norms and beliefs which are carried on and projected by social institutions such as the labor market, the media, education, religion and others. ... The study suggests and partly disputes the notion that sports is a place were "boys become men". ... In a smaller scope, she studies this notion of "dominant values" in the police workforce of Pittsburg. ... All of the sourc...

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This is a fact shown in resent studies that while only 35% of college graduates in 1960 were women, now 54% of college students between the ages of 18 and 24 are female. ... Studies have shown that affirmative action harms Historically Black Colleges and Universities and produces a low minority retention rate[Tur03]. ... International studies have shown that "a group's low ethnic status or position in a social structure" directly correlates to a group's significantly lower performance on standardized tests. ... These studies suggest that standardized test scores are uninte...

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" It's a difficult point to argue; in looking around, what's gleaned is how familiar this sounds (or appears) and how it continues to be driven home without obstacle through today's perfunctory media-driven landscape. ...

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A study conducted by Getnet Tadele (2011), revealed that almost all of the homosexual Ethiopian men interviewed attempted to merge the disjoined personal vs. social desires by marrying women in order to pass as heterosexual and preserve their hypo-masculinity, while continuing to engage in sexual behaviours with men on the side. ... Nicholas Solebello and Sinikka Elliott (2011) conducted a study in which heterosexual fathers discussed their perceptions on their teen's sexualities. ... In an article by Sue Jackson and Tamsyn Gilbertson (2009), heterosexual high school students gave their o...

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For example, the modern society has the Barbie doll created by Ruth Handler in 1959.This doll has been propagated into our midst through the numerous advanced media and marketing interests. ... Several studies give different dates of the Venus de Willendorf era where most recent dating is cited for period between 24,000-22,000 BCE. ...

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Gender inequality in Central Asia Region "Although gender inequality is closely related to biological differences between females and males, it is profoundly social phenomenon based on the cultural definitions of sex and gender."" "Sociologically, sexism and gender inequality are produced by ...

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