... , I will address the following questions: What role does sexuality (and gender) play in society? How are these categories constructed? How are they maintained? What do these categories reveal about important configurations of power in American society? The "social construction" of the category of gender has had its roots firmly planted since biblical times: from the creation of the female, Eve for ... particular institutions in society have in classifying, constructing, and reinforcing what is deviant in society. An examination of categories of sexuality and gender also reveal close ties...

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... play a role in the patterns, but the forces primarily driving them are part of the emotional system. The patterns operate in intact, single-parent, step parent, and other nuclear family configurations. Clinical problems or symptoms usually develop during periods of heightened and prolonged family tension. The level of tension depends on the stress a family encounters, how a family adapts to the stress ... ...

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... the society does not create the language rather the two work together to both construct themselves and the other. Sometimes the brute force of reality has more influence (as in chemistry and mathematics) and sometimes the language has the casting vote (as in amorphous topics like Psychology and Linguistics). There is, in a sense, a metaphorical pendulum of interaction that swings between the ... ...

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