Whether figuratively or literally, there are estimated to be over 100 million girls missing in Asia due to female infanticide, sex selective abortion, sex slavery, and human trafficking. ... The condition of the sex ratio in Southeast Asia is severe, and this paper will examine the linkages behind the sex ratio and the proportion of girls being kidnapped and sold as sex slaves or into the global trafficking network. The global average sex ratio is approximately 105 males for every 100 females. ... But in China, the average sex ratio is 118 as of 2010 and in India it is 108 with even higher s...

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One of the conflicting issues that helps keep the world revolving is the difference between the male and female sex. For centuries, the conflict that arises from each sex's differences has caused disputes and quarrels that stem from the inability to understand the characteristics of men and women. In Houston's story, the differences in genders are depicted in a scenario that gives rise to clashes between the male and female sex. ... Though both sexes enjoy playing the game of love, some aspects that each sex has defined for themselves has led to the label that men are narrow-minded...

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Single Sex Schools or mixed? ... Separating sexes can create a higher curiosity within' students discovering their opposite sex causing mischievous behavior. ... Most students believe that segregation with single sex schools can cause an unbalanced relation between the two sexes by their differences. ... Students want to be comfortable with the opposite sex so there should be no segregation. ... Contrary to what some teachers think having different sexes in the same class can be a great motivation for these students to prove their abilities and show off their in front of the opposit...

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In the essay, "Sex, Lies, and Communication," Deborah Tannen asserts that men and women have communication differences. ... Because of these differences, Tannen says, the expectations of communication in marriage differ between the sexes. ... Beyond just the physical positions, Tannen's own research shows that topical alignment of the sexes differs greatly; she found that males tended to jump around in conversations, hitting many topics and not staying long on any of them, while women tended to stay on one subject and discuss it at length. ... She maintains that understanding and acc...

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For centuries, worldly cultures have considered women to be the lesser, subservient sex. ... To equalize salaries in the workforce, a solution that would be extremely beneficial is the enacting of a law to prohibit disproportionate salaries for equal work on the basis of sex. ... When privacy within military settings is concerned, the military should make arrangements to allow equal access for both sexes based upon that principle that every citizen should have the right to serve their country. ... Overall, the social roles of the past were substantially different; women were by far thought ...

• Word Count: 1903
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Of all the stories collected, 79% reflected the woman at first feeling ambivalent towards having sex (Beres, 769). ... In all of the situations of ambivalence, however, whether the act of sex occurred or not, the females' ambivalence was resolved by both parties before engaging or not engaging in sex. ... In all of these cases, the man and woman were both on the same page, before having sex. ... It is said that men think about sex every seven seconds. However a study by Ohio State University for the Journal of Sex Research (January, 2012) found that men thought about sex about 19 times...

• Word Count: 1931
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The depiction of men in advertising, according to my observations of several men-targeted magazines, is quite different in almost every regard; where women are seen as sex-objects and/or artificial, men are portrayed as confident, self-reliant, and successful. ...

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First of all, hormones are the most significant determinant for sexes. ... This is the first step for differentiation between the sexes. ... As it seen, nature is creating a difference between the sexes. ... Even before birth, sexes behave different from each other. ... That is why both sex has different talents and abilities. ...

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As common individuals, when we examine the nature of sexes we have an inclination to assume that males and females are the total opposite. We identify a person's sex as a judgment of their capacities and passions. ... Through time it is been produced that even though biological factors differ between male and female, there lies a certain amount of common characteristics between both sexes. ... In my opinion, there is no systematic approach to characterizing students of either sex here at Arizona College. ...

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More so Van Der Leun rationalizes that pornography is merely a medium which appeals to the force which controls the majority of the male species, sex drive. Repeatedly Van Der Leun associates societies use of porn with the male sex drive, stating that " of all these [basic human needs]: food, shelter, sex and money; sex is the one drive that can elicit immediate consumer response." (477) . The idea that sex is the one vehicle that is always on the move, in search of a new victim is a theory conveyed by William Borroughs who compares sex to a virus, " a virus which is always on the hunt for...

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Gender Issues & Differences The two sexes by Eleanor Maccoby. ... A book about sex in the broadest sense. The two sexes seek to tell us how our development from in fancy through adolescence and into adulthood is affected by gender. ... Most English nouns referring to objects that cannot be classified by sex take the pronoun it, although exceptions exist; ships. ... Most research makes clear that whatever the biological preclis positions, children receive strong cultural messages about sex appropriate traits, tasks, and behaviors. ...

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Title IX pushed for equal opportunity between the sexes within the classroom in the 1970s. ... During the 1960s, girls were prominently seen to be girly, weaker, or the "fairer" sex; they were supposed to illuminate daintiness. ... Inequality amongst the sexes came to focus quite clear here, but it was not the first time. ... She sparked the revolution of equality amongst the sexes in the 1960s. ... The regulations set the requirements for the universities and they had to follow, "(1) Grant scholarships to both sexes proportionately to the number of male and female athletes; ...

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There is very little noise in the advert and the imagery is very clearly suggestive of the act of oral sex. In this way, Burger King is non-verbally implying that the pleasure from eating their sub-sandwich is equal to that of oral sex. ... This is made even more obvious by the fact that oral sex as depicted in the advertisement, serves only to pleasure the male. ... It is possible to get your message across without the sex sells mentality although more and more, this is becoming a rare occurrence. ... The sex sells mentality is a cheap advertising trick that while effective is only so due to ...

• Word Count: 1800
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Rousseau believes that men and women are not equal because of the difference of their sex. Man is the master of the home because he is stronger, and woman depends on him because she is the weaker sex, and in Rousseau's eyes, this is how nature intended them to be. ... Rousseau claims that "This is the mode of life prescribed for the female sex both by nature and by reason" (Rousseau, 1286). ... It is because women are not educated in the same way as men, that they are considered the lesser sex. ... Rousseau's notion that women are men, "in all that does not relate to sex" (Roussea...

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One way to do that is to concentrate on what sells: sex, violence and disaster. ... For thousands of years, sex itself has been considered "evil" and revolting. This is exactly why the concealment of the sex organs and teaching feelings of shame toward human sexuality is so common worldwide (Christensen 1990:4). These same feelings of shame are the chief reasons that sex is considered a personal and private matter. ... Three other experiments came to the conclusions that pornography does not cause violence against women and reported that the number of sex offenders that had been exposed to...

• Word Count: 2641
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One way to do that is to concentrate on what sells: sex, violence and disaster. ... For thousands of years, sex itself has been considered "evil" and revolting. This is exactly why the concealment of the sex organs and teaching feelings of shame toward human sexuality is so common worldwide (Christensen 1990:4). These same feelings of shame are the chief reasons that sex is considered a personal and private matter. ... Three other experiments came to the conclusions that pornography does not cause violence against women and reported that the number of sex offenders that had been exposed to...

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The movie "Boys Don't Cry," narrates the true life story of Teena (AKA Brandon), which clearly shows that gender and sexual orientation are independent of biological sex. ... Wood wrote that "sex is a designation based on biology, while gender is socially and psychologically constructed" (19). ... Gender identity starts with the recognition and awareness that one belongs to one of the sexes. ...

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Atwood argues that pornography ruins relationships, decreases sex education, glorifies rape, and causes severe addiction problems. Although Atwood presents many factual statements about the addictiveness of porn, she is bias towards males and I believe is incorrect in stating that porn is making sex education a thing of the past. ... Margaret Atwood states that these young males are beginning to turn to porn for sexual education, and that formal sex-ed in schools is rapidly being phased out. ... In addition to school sponsored sex-ed, there are many other sources to learn of sexual intimacy ...

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Many men and women alike love sports, and to discriminate against a certain sex by not providing them with the opportunity to participate in the sport(s) that they are interested in is wrong. Title IX is a law that was originally intended to eliminate discrimination based on sex and to allow equal opportunity for both sexes to participate in educational programs. The law itself states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Fe...

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Biological Determinism is centred around the premise that biology is the sole determinant of who we are as a person, based on whether we are male or female and the characteristics that each of the sexes possess. ... Biological Determinism certainly supports stereotypes and oversimplification of women and men as having their realms in both the private and public sphere that are best suited for them based on their sex. ...

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Environmental estrogens are a variety of natural compounds, and synthetic chemicals that are like the female sex hormone, estrogen. ... Michael Frye, it was found that sea-gull eggs exposed to environmental estrogens developed as females, no matter what their genetic sex. ...

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For centuries, worldly cultures have considered women to be the lesser, subservient sex. ... To equalize salaries in the workforce, a solution that would be extremely beneficial is the enacting of a law to prohibit disproportionate salaries for equal work on the basis of sex. ... When privacy within military settings is concerned, the military should make arrangements to allow equal access for both sexes based upon that principle that every citizen should have the right to serve their country. ... Overall, the social roles of the past were substantially different; women were by far thought ...

• Word Count: 1908
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Lara Croft Feminist Media Critique and Audience Reponse delves into the dichotomy of Lara the sex symbol vs. ... It seems that we can associate certain articles of female attire or certain portions of the female body as objects of sexual desire, according to Fetish: Fashion, Sex, and Power. ...

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That women slack off and play when it comes to their job of housework, yet act as if having sex with their husband is a job. ... Iago believes that all of the types of women whom he described are overstepping their boundaries because of their manipulative trickery, especially when it comes to sex. There is an anxiety in males when it comes to a woman's sexuality because, naturally, both genders enjoy the pleasures of sex and it is needed to reproduce and carry on the family line-but this anxiety is present because of the cultural history that has been established to make many believe it i...

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The media itself is a powerful and pervasive mode of communication and in today's society it not only shapes people's perception of gender but also reinforces the gender sex roles of society. ... One must firmly agree that women are not only under represented in the media but the media reinforces prejudiced sex roles. ... Since majority of the media representations of women are sex based, men will continue to view women as sex objects that they have an obligation to posses and conquer. ... The media reinforces the warped ideas that women provoke rape by their appearance and behavior ...

• Word Count: 1911
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