In the advert there is usually a reference to the ideal consumer of the advertised object. ... Sex is a prominent symbolic element in ads, especially in magazines. ... Hoyer and MacInnis define attitude as the total evaluation that is made on an object, issue, person, issue or event. ... Modernist advertising was characterised by its stereotypical portrayal of the sexes. ... Modernism clearly defines gender differences between the sexes. ...

• Word Count: 1975
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Homosexuals were, along with communists, the objects of federal witch hunts and purges. ... Venturing into new territory, Jess begins to take male hormones and breast reduction surgery, Jess finds that getting job becomes easier, but instead of making it possible for Jess to live an open life without deceit and lies, the sex-change further distances her from the life she truly wants. ... The very notion of a homosexuality only exposes the more or less desperate ambition to confine mobile desire in the semblance of a stable object. ...

• Word Count: 1653
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Men are said to show strength and adhere to the Awlad" Ali honour code by abstaining from showing sexual interest in a member of the opposite sex. ... So while men are allowed to express interest, through appropriate channels, women - even after marriage - are prohibited from showing any sign of interest in the opposite sex and are prohibited from acknowledging their own sexuality in any way that would draw attention to themselves. ... If a woman bleeds (which is the case in all three instances), they are not permitted to pray or make contact with any holy objects. ...

• Word Count: 1170
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Shakespeare allows responders to realise Iago's plans of using women around him (Desdemona, Emilia and Bianca) as pawns to revenge against Othello through a soliloquy, further reinforcing the view of women as objects without emotions. ... The two framing of men who cross the acceptable proximity of space is accompanied by soft, romantic music, creating a feeling of intimacy between same sex characters. Othello's rejection from Emilia's request for sex and her consistent acts of seduction can be indicative of his preference in gender. ...

• Word Count: 902
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Now when we talk of spirituality in particular, there is a long path that lies between the stage of a woman's spiritual novice and the ultimate state of transcendence where all boundaries of caste, class and sex get eroded. ... " - Dasimayya The composition, like that of Basavanna's as well upholds the philosophy of transcendence of social constructs such as that of gender, to finally unite with the higher being, the object of love and worship, the God. ...

• Word Count: 2258
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

People think the phrase "sex sells" says its all, but does it? ... Advertising involves all sorts of interconnected relationships, the relationships between objects and people, how we use certain symbols to show that relationship, the symbolism and the power it has, and most important communications and satisfactions (Monk-Turner, 2007). ...

• Word Count: 2353
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate