Girls tended to ruminate more and evaluate themselves more negatively, ergo, their self-esteem and self-worth showed to be lowered as a cause of their own academic underestimation. ... The implication of this as explained by psychologist Susan Harte is that girls' belief in their lack of competency will continue to lower their self-worth as well as make them more prone to having depression. ... At this stage, it is highly recommended that in schools teachers can shift their attention more to encouraging females' work so that their self-esteem could be just as boosted as that of boys....

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This idea may be true for some, but does put men and women's self-esteems at stake. ... Seeing images of the ideal male or female can be very detrimental to our self-esteems. ... Bordo touches briefly on how the images we see, that hurt our self-esteems so greatly, are false impressions generated with body doubles, computers, and artful retouching (Bordo 225). ...

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Of course, the strive to look like Barbie in fact can be harmful and do cause eating disorders and low self esteem for girls. Probably leading to the fact as to why women in general have low self esteem in oppose to men. ...

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In short, paid employment raises self-esteem in women and has a big influence on their mental and physical health. ... The competition that appeared in their families is useful for their growth of individualities and self-esteem. ... They only learn to be self- dependent. ...

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When you think of the picture-perfect family, what comes to mind? Is it a mother and father where the father makes an income while the mother is at home? Or is it the realistic family that either both parents work hard for an income or the mother is taking on more the aspects of being the provider a...

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It is very heartening to know that some women use these representations of women in the media as means to measure their self worth. In addition to losing their self respect many women lose their self confidence and self esteem if they cannot look like the women portrayed in the media. ...

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Tone The tone the author uses mostly is optimistic, though the differences between coeducational and single-sex schools are not big the author attempts to elevate the results by expanding their reach "Though generally small, distinctions extend across multiple categories, including self-confidence, political and social activism, life goals, and career orientation" (Sax 2009.) ... The author provides hard evidence to demonstrate the effects of single-sex education not only academically but in many other aspects of the female student's life "Nearly 60 percent of women gradua...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Men loose a sense of self worth when they set out to make a decent living for their family and fail because they cannot find a job that pays enough money. A sense of self worth is also lost when the father figure is not able to spend enough time with his children. ... The dream itself causes woman anxiety and trouble with self-esteem. ...

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Traditional therapies encourage women to be independent and self-sufficient. ... It specifically addresses such questions as family and marriage relationships, reproductive concerns, career issues, the role of violence and fear in their lives, physical and sexual abuse, body image and eating disorders, and self-esteem. ...

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Gender is a not a determinant of whether a leader is respected and esteemed, but gender stereotypes continue to plague the workplace and have a negative impact for women in leadership. ... To men we attribute competitiveness, decisiveness, action orientation, aggression, self-reliance, strength, independence, ambition, and dominance " (p. 28). ... This is the result of many women who hold themselves back because they lack self-confidence. ... In order to overcome the gender paradox and transform into an authentic leader a woman needs to reflect and absorb herself in self-examination (Walker 1...

• Word Count: 1954
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The third factor is marginalization, "People who are marginalized are excluded from, or absent from, core productive social roles in society "roles which convey self-respect and meaningful contribution"" (Pg. 76). ... The women selling their bodies are not benefiting; money will always come and go but a person's body and self-esteem are sacred. ...

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The foundation of America is designed to support a culture of freedom and equality regardless of nationality, economic status, faith, sexual orientation or gender. It's a heart breaking truth that more than two hundred years later a battle is being fought to enable women with the same rights that we...

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According to "The Town School" which also offers co-ed, "in a co-ed school girls and boys can also know that when they succeed they are doing so with the other gender present – as it is and will be in the real world – and this can only have a positive impact on future achievement and self-esteem". ...

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Some say this may be because the fertility of women was always put in such high esteem by early religions. ... In most contexts, manhood seems to be a self made goal, a challenge that should be defeated (Gilmore 17). ...

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Ernest Hemingway uses characterization in The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber to address the theme of gender roles. The Macomber couple disregards the roles they're supposed to play, causing their marriage to be unstable. The struggle for power between the couple and their paths to accepting t...

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This increases the reader's dislike of James by further showing his self centered nature. ... Thus, because Minnie not only looks past Liu's ethnicity and accepts him as a person, but holds Liu in a similar esteem to her father, Minnie's statement further elevates Liu's masculinity. ... Although Jake rarely articulates his feelings directly, he expresses his insecurity through his insults of others in order to raise his own self esteem. ...

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The concept of self-objectification and the idea of not having a thin and perfect body, that is portrayed in the media and represented as the role model, can increase women's anxiety about their own physical appearance creating fear about how their body is looked at and evaluated. ... The ideas about what a real woman should look like based on the culturally idealized form of emphasized femininity, heavily effected on her self-esteem and thoughts making her be culturally victimized in that patriarchal belief system. ... I think that the experience of being self-objectified and bulimic w...

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A person's childhood is based upon recollections and memories of what happened in one's past. However, some individuals may recall their childhood, while others may vaguely recall their childhood and others may simply need assistance from a family member or friend to reinforce what happened in those...

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Introduction Gender Identity Disorder can be a difficult thing to deal with in the society that we live in. Normally people fear what they cant understand. For most people its hard to understand why a person that is physically and clearly identifiable as one sex can act, dress, talk and walk and i...

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What factors influence gender roles? "It's natural for her to act that way", I think not. In order for someone's behavior to be accepted as natural they would have to be born that way. Unfortunately, many of the behaviors that are seen in men and women are the results of continuous influences th...

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Inequality for women in sports dates back to the year 776 B.C. when women were not only not able to participate in the first olympic games but not allowed to attend as well. Within sports, heroes are made, goals are set and dreams are lived. However, up until the last forty years women were being d...

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Luckily, there has been a rise in the esteem of women in business. ... The key issue is that the manager be comfortable, self-assured and can function effectively in their position. ... They can keep their traditionally "female" positive qualities but they must also develop good business sense and self-confidence. ...

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The Glass Ceiling As we approach the millenium the workforce is flourishing. In this new age era people would like the think that the hiring, and promotional processes within the workplace are fair as well as inparcial; however, there does still exist road blocks for a few groups. The glas...

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