In these cases it can be understood why a person might think that nature and biology are the greatest influence in gender roles. On the other hand, if one has chosen to believe that it is nurture and environment rather than biology, one can surely find examples of things that have influenced ones own views about how we act. ...
Katherine Hepburn once said, "If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun." This quote can be directly applied to the role of women in the corporate world. The concept of feminine leadership has begun to take shape slowly over the past few years. It began from the ideas and experiences of ...
Pansy, queer, fruit, fairy, homo, dyke, pillow biter, fudge packer, flamer, faggot. How many times have you heard someone use one of these demeaning terms? How many times have you personally used these terms to describe an individual or how a person is acting? Do you ever really think about the co...
How do men and women communicate clearly when most of their ways of communicating are so different? In today's society, language plays a major role in defining gender. "Male-female conversation is cross-cultural communication," according to Deborah Tannen in her article "Talk in the Intimate Rela...
History shows us how completely our gender derives from cultural myths about what is proper for men and women to think, enjoy, and do. And history is replete with examples of how the apparent "naturalness" of gender has been used to regulate political, economic, and personal relations between the se...
Up until the last few decades a person's gender was defined by "the state of being male or female" (Webster). Even in the cases such as hermaphrodites there was no distinction a sex was chosen and so therefore that child became one sex or the other (Britannica). Butler defines gender "an identity in...
Up until the last few decades, a person's gender was defined by "the state of being male or female" (Webster). Even in the cases such as hermaphrodites there was no distinction a sex was chosen and so therefore that child became one sex or the other (Britannica). Butler defines gender "an identity i...
In his book, "Why Gender Matters," Dr. Leonard Sax addresses the topic of sex and the biological differences between males and females. Dr. Sax's book is not a discussion focused on "gender,"" as a social force associated with politics and misconceptions. Rather, he's relaying the scientific and obj...
Culture is a human creation, but does our biological existence influence how this process unfolds? Since early historical times, women have been considered not only intellectually inferior to men but also a major source of temptation and evil. Early Roman law described women as children, forever i...
Religion has been around almost since the beginning of man. It has served two main purposes for men and women. Religion is a means of explaining what cannot be understood as well as a service to guide the behavior of those who follow it. In particular, Religion can serve to give guidelines for diffe...
Homosexuality Homosexuality- The Major Cause of Homosexuality The origins of human sexuality and homosexuality in particular have puzzled philosophers, theologians and ordinary people for thousands of years. In scatter cultures, homosexuals have been regarded as a normal part of life, however, same sex attraction to most cultures have been treated as an unforgivable sin or a terrible crime. Many psychologists and psychiatrist had attempted to "treat and counsel" the homosexuals. In our social norm, male attracts to female and female attracts to male. To everyone this is a natural...
There has long been an ongoing debate as to witch gender differences in behavior and personality are due to innate personality, biology, physiology, cultural and social factors. In Alice Munro's "Boys and Girls" she tells a story about a girl coming of age and lacking identity in an environment fill...