... sex. Gender, however, comprises two "sets" of social characteristics, which combine to create the categories of "woman" (girl) and "man" (boy). The gender category woman (that is, the so-called "feminine" gender automatically assigned to members of the female sex) carries with it certain expectations ... a "girl" - who wears skirts and dresses, plays with dolls, likes the colour pink, has long hair, and wants to wear make-up. Number four - a "boy" - who wears rugged clothing, likes the colour blue and plays with soldiers, participates in competitive team sports, enjoys fighting, does not...

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... one shabby room; he had no need to be surrounded by beautiful things. He did not want arm-chairs to sit in; he really felt more at his ease on a kitchen-chair. He ate with appetite, but was indifferent to what he ate; to him it was only food that he devoured to still the pangs of hunger; and when no ... is one of the most romantic incidents in the history of art. (22) His talent was in the highest degree original. (23). 'I rather wanted to be a painter when I was a boy, but my father made me go into business because he said there was no money in art. I began to paint a bit a year a...

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