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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In everyday language, the term 'gender' is sometimes confused with the term 'sex'. Scholars have narrowed the meaning of the word 'sex' increasingly (Beasley, 2005). ... The confusion about the notion of 'gender' and 'sex' arises because they may seem indivisible. The social construction of gender starts with the categorization of an individual to a sex category on the basis of what sex organs the person is born with (Lorber, 1994). ... If sex and gender can be separated, then it may imply that gender is socially constructed. ...

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Language and vocabulary concerning sex was restricted, strictly defined, policed and censored. ... The discourses about sex amongst the everyday person were reinforced at an institutional level. ... Foucault reasons that this resulted in an explosion in the dialogue about sex. ... In the eighteenth century, talking about sex became public interest. ... The evolution of the discourse about sex continued into the nineteenth century. ...

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For example, in "The Challenge of Sexual Attraction within Heterosexuals and Cross-Sex Friendship," Panayotis Halatsis and Nicolas Christakis (2011), where they found that even though sex differences in friendship expectations have not been necessarily studied, females appear to hold higher expectations for same-sex friends than males do. Several studies provide evidence of sexual attraction between opposite-sex friends. ... With sexual attraction being such a strong factor in heterosexual friendships between the opposite-sex, it makes sense why platonic friendship may not be able to work as ...

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The key to a dual-sex system is the understanding of gender in society and culture through Africa before colonization (485). African society groups, such as the Igbo culture are defined and represented by sex; these groups have no gender, and so therefore, each sex manages their own affairs (485). The dual-sex political systems give women power in their society verses the Western single-sex political system where the roles are to be held by a man (485). ...

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The visual presentation of such imagery violates the primordial ability to differentiate between the sexes, and embodies the fundamental characteristics of a cult film. ... This McCarthyism value system was threatened with the first publicized sex change. "The big news in February of that year was the return to the States of first publicized sex-change operation. ... Glen or Glenda, by Ed Wood was originally conceptualized to be a documentary detailing the sex change of New Yorker George Jorgenson but was later adapted by Wood. ... The women do not hesitate to trade sex for success or experi...

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Socialisation: Socialisation is a process by which people learn the accepted ways of behaving in the society and the roles, norms, values and culture of the society and a sense of self.it mainly takes place during childhood, but continues throughout life via various agencies like education, mass me...

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This research, he concludes, shows how the monkeys were reared modified the effects of prenatal hormone experience on their sex-dimorphic behavior. ... Miller and Costello cite that contemporary neuroendocrinologists point out the danger of using the term "sex hormones" because it's misleading. ... One of the problems Risman takes up with Udry's article is that he seems to focus on the differences between men and women, or "sex-dimorphism itself." ... Cerroni-Long, in Futures, takes an anthropological approach in explaining sex dimorphism. ... Cerroni-Long, while hoping for a cha...

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As asserted by sociologists, "ones sex is biological, whilst gender is social". The distinction between sex and gender differentiates sex (anatomy of an individual's reproductive system) from gender (social roles based on the sex of the person, usually culturally learned). ... This is generally described as one's private sense of being a man or a woman, however, some individuals do not identify with some of the aspects of gender that are assigned to their biological sex. ... Subsequently, as gender is a social construct, conflict theorists would acknowledge how gender r...

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The first definition, states that feminism is "Belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes" (www.dictionary.com). ... As stated by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, feminism is the "Theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes," (The Merriam Webster-Dictionary 280) and the second listed definition is "Organized activity on behalf on women's rights and interests." ...

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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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The reason why I think this is an important issue is that it seems to me most of the girls that considered sex is just a momentary thing in which it is for entertainment or for the sake of it. They never value their body and the actual meaning of having sex and to me people who don't value their own body is no different than a prostitute just that this kind of sex doesn't get money. ...

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As a decentralized religion over a large empire, Christianity contained various beliefs and interpretations that appealed to both sexes. ... " Within the ordinary working class, there was an ordinance for women to work alongside men in daily labor as stated by Pagels, "In the lower class, where all labor was needed, women had been allowed to perform any services they could do;" thus, there was more equality between the sexes (University Readers 86). ... Although Christianity's popularity led to the subordination of women, some might argue that the spread of Christianity a...

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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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In a similar vein, gendered headlines in relation to sex crimes, paedophile and murderous women have always been newsworthy. ... However, risk in combination with sex has greater potency. Stories that have a potential or major sex angle to them are 'a good story'. Research has shown that newspapers over exaggerate news of a sexual nature and the links between sex and violence are often played out to emphasise risk. ... Risk in combination with sex ad some types of violent crime is an even more potent mix. ...

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Chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, the PCSW issued a report titled American Women in 1963, which exposed and denounced sex discrimination and outlined a clear agenda for reform. ... During debate over the law, women took advantage of a segregationist Congressman's likely hostile amendment to include "sex" in Title VII, which would ban employment discrimination. ... She went on to explain why gender equality would be even more important for black women than for white women: "If sex is not included, the civil rights bill would not be including only one-half of the Negroes" (M...

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A women's role is seen as that of a domestic carer within the family. This subject rise's the question of whether the female role is the product of biology or socialisation. Biologists argue that the role is determined by her biology namely her ability to reproduce. This suggests that a woman is bes...

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During adolescence, differences between the sexes are suddenly intensified by not only peer groups, but the society as a whole. ... Myers mentions, "Differences between the sexes arise, genetically, from their differing sex chromosomes and, physiologically, from their differing concentrations of sex hormones" (Myers 126). ...

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Interestingly, Reevy and Maslach (2001) discovered that gender, not sex, correlated with patterns of social support. There study on gender and personality differences found that femininity, apparent in both sexes, was associated with seeking and giving emotional support. ... In past research sex was often used as an alternative for gender because they are highly correlated. ... Today, both sexes are viewed as being capable of having both masculine and feminine qualities. ...

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One of these topics is sex. ... On the other hand, the situation is far more intense when they are speaking about Claires sexual experience (or lack there of) which goes to show how hypocritical it is that men don't really have to worry about their sex lives whereas as a females sex life is more important than it should be. ...

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In 1932, sex was an act that was only considered to be acceptable between husband and wife. ... Comparing "Red Dust"" to the majority of films that are produced today, this film would not be considered obscene, as sex and drugs are common depictions in movies that are released on a regular basis. ... In addition, alcohol and sex are so commonplace in the media today, that films of all genres incorporate it due to public demand. ...

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The explanations for law and enforcement is one - dimensional, saying that all laws are for the benefit of the ruling class when some laws are universal for example; The law that sex is illegal under the age of sixteen - this protects everyone under the age of sixteen from having sex forced upon them, rape, without a serious consequence afterwards - jail sentence. ... For example the ones listed above these laws protect everyone regardless of age, race, sex, gender or social class, these types of laws are universal. ...

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The first definition, states that feminism is "Belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes- (www.dictionary.com). ... As stated by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, feminism is the "Theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes,"" (The Merriam Webster-Dictionary 280) and the second listed definition is "Organized activity on behalf on women's rights and interests."" ...

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When analyzing the role of women not by class or ethnicity but as a sex, it is essential to analyze their sexuality. ... Men's and women's roles in sex should be taught within the home and family, not out in the changing world, to ensure the survival of morality. ...

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Gender roles assign specific requirements and expectations of each sex, for example, a popular gender role for women is that they tend to get emotional more so than men. ... The ignorance of people who believe that there are set requirements in order to belong to a certain gender is incomparably high, and these individuals need to understand how degrading roles can seem to others and how their demeaning characteristics do not prove true to all members of a certain sex. ...

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