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Gender Expectations On Men And Women And Gender Roles In...
Should our biological sex determine our personality? In modern society, they do. From birth, we are assigned a gender and are socialized to conform
to certain gender roles. Even when the babies are still in the womb, we put gender expectations on them. For instance, boys like blue while girls like
pink. Gender expectation impact men and women in the areas of employment, dating, and marriage. Men and women are impacted by gender
expectations when they look for a job. As children, we are told that we can be anything. Sadly, this is a lie. For example, men get ridiculed for
wanting to be an elementary school teacher. People question why they want this. For many, the role of an elementary school teacher is better suited for a
woman. They question if he has any bad intentions. Does he want to help students, or does he really have some other agenda? This is a tragedy
because children often imitate behaviors they see. Male elementary school teachers are positive role models for young boys. They help young boys
to shape how they should behave. Not only do boys benefit from male teachers, but girls do as well. We live in a world that is so diverse. It is
important for young, impressionable children to witness this first hand. Gender expectations in employment also affect women. For instance, women
are often discouraged from pursuing a career as a firefighter. Many people consider this job to be better suited for males. They believe that women just
aren't strong enough. During World
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Gender Socialization Is The Process Of Learning Gender...
There are fewer women hold high–status positions than men in multiple fields. Women made–up 55.5 % of the United States population, but hold only
19.6 % of seats on the U.S Congress, 4.6% of CEO positions (S&P 500 companies), and 13.2% of superintendent positions. Why is this? Many people
believe that women are intellectually inferior, and/or lack the desire to reach the top. However, they are misguided. The disproportionate number of
women in prominent positions is a result of traditions of gender socialization facilitating prejudice practices in the work environments. Gender
socialization is the process of learning gender expectations. It is what constitutes what is "masculine" as opposed to what is 'feminine." This process
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This impression, coupled with the perception of aggression as a predominantly masculine trait, can lead to unwelcoming work environments in which
women may experience sexism, double standards, and harassment. For instance, many women experience, co–workers telling inappropriate jokes and
making sexually oriented remarks toward them. One woman recounts, "it happened so often that I stopped telling [my boss] about it" (Angyal, 2015).
Women have to maneuver through a labyrinth of invisible obstacles, such as unconscious bias, and visible obstacles such as???? to climb up the
corporate ladder. Every day women fall prey to vertical segregation (also known as "the glass ceiling"), which refers to a barrier that keeps women
from rising to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder. Eventually, these obstacles create a reality where it is rare to see a woman ascend into upper
level positions. For example, women are principals and/or teachers, while men get the superintendent positions, thus creating a discriminatory division
of labor between genders in the workplace. Ultimately, manifesting a system, described by the "sticky floor" concept, where women are more highly
concentrated in lower level positions (e.g. secretaries and assistants), while men have the higher level ones such as management. However, in the rare
case women make through the labyrinth the criteria for advancement is changed to favor
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Gender Role Expectations On College Students
Education is a huge factor affecting women's job placement. From a young age, gender role expectations are taught to students through books,
televisions, advertisements, and adult social interactions (Etaugh & Liss 129–130). These gender role expectations are extremely institutionalized but
currently, women have made strides to have a greater representation at the college level. The percentage of women (68%) between the ages of 18 to
24 enrolled in college, exceeds that of men, which is 66% since 1990 (Parrillo 441). Even amongst minority groups, women have a larger presence on
college campuses. Even though women are not the minority in college, they are still minorities in the science majors and overrepresented in majors
required for more
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Gender Expectations In Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina displays a direct reflection of gender expectations in the 19th century. The sole purpose of women being to take care of their children
or to please their husbands. While men are credited with being the leader and sole provider of the household. The majority of the characters in this
novel follow this superficial guideline, with the rare exception. The societal pressure of gender norms placed on the characters is significant and
inescapable, suggesting that if one breaks these norms, they will endure great suffering. Women are seen as submissive objects, who must first get and
then always obey their husbands. From the beginning of the novel, the expectation of women being the housekeepers is shown, when Dolly is cleaning
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First being shown when Vronsky sees Kitty as a "prize" and as an object to obtain, "Marriage had never presented itself as a possibility to [Vronsky].
He only did not like family life, but pictured the family, and especially a husband, according to the general view of the bachelor world in which he
lived, as something alien, hostile and, above all ridiculous" (57). After showing an abundance of attention toward Kitty, he makes it very clear that he
has no intention of marrying her, and views it as "alien"–like in his bachelor world. Contradicting the expectation of Kitty to be married off at 18 years
old. Similiar in the sense of sexism, after Stiva perputrates his affair, no one is even phased by the fact, everyone almost expected this action,
"Although Stepan Arkadyich was roundly guilty before his wife and felt it himself, almost everyone in the house, even the nanny, Darya
Alexandrovna's chief friend, was on his side" (5) Following, is the reaction of Stiva to his own affair, "'No, she hates me. She won't forgive me. This
is terrible, terrible!" (12). Stiva does not feel any remorse toward the fact he cheated on his wife, and the mother of his children, he only is upset that
she will not forgive him. Not only this but the reaction of others, who are not even phased by the fact that Stiva had, and will continuously cheat on his
wife, which directly contradicts the opinions of others on Anna's affair. From both
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Gender In Great Expectations
In the world of Charles Dickens, nothing goes unnoticed, from his dialogue to his imagery all the way down to his syntax. He is a master in that
every detail is explained down to the very last bit of dust. need a transition from intro/hook to next sentence; so far they are not clearly related) In the
coming of age story, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, there are many depictions of reversed gender roles, and many of the main characters
thrive in unconventional situations. This is shown through the relationships between Pip, Joe, and Mrs. Joe, Miss Havisham, Mr. Pumblechook, and
Mr. Jaggers. Looking into Dickens's life and why he wrote it the way he did goes all the way back to his childhood. (here again, emphasis the
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Pumblechook. Mr. Pumblechook is the arrogant and a little big headed, seedsman. Pumblechook is one person who is actually a regular
stereotypical gender role in the book. He is the one who first takes Pip to Miss Havisham and believes that he should get all the credit for Pip's
fortune. "I entertain a conviction, based upon large experience, that if in the days of my prosperity I had gone to the North Pole, I should have
met somebody there, wandering Esquimaux or civilized man, who would have told me that Pumblechook was my earliest patron and the founder
of my fortunes." (Page 215) Pip, though he lost his way on more than one occasion, knows that what Uncle P is doing is wrong and resents him for
that. Pip looks upon Pumblechook as one would look upon your crazy uncle, as that is exactly what he is. One trait that is shown that shows Joe
being a kind friend and Mr. Pumblechook being the crazy uncle that no one likes is that fact that Joe is humble. Joe really was the one that Pip to his
life of affluence and never says a word, but when Mr. Pumblechook does this one thing, it goes straight to his head and never stops talking about it or
to think if what he is doing is the right thing to
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Pride And Prejudice Gender Expectations
The novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen depicts a social structure in which there are clear gender expectations. These gender expectations
control and restrict the lives of both genders, most notably women. In. Austen's world, women have few opportunities to support themselves, and have
high expectations attributed to them. Men were held to similar standards. Upper and middle class men were expected to add to their families' wealth,
be charming, and eventually marry. Deviation from these spoken and unspoken rules, such as Lydia and Wickham's elopement, would result in
becoming a social pariah. In "Pride and Prejudice", the characters of Elizabeth Bennet, her sister Lydia, and Mr. Darcy challenge the aforementioned
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However, Elizabeth's active nature and her refusal to be passive, "You give your opinion very decidedly for a woman of your age" (Austen 159),
overshadow the traditional qualities she possesses. Her personality makes her very disagreeable to Lady Catherine and Mr. Bingley's sisters. When
Jane falls ill, Elizabeth walks miles through the mud to visit Netherfield. Upon arriving, Elizabeth shocks the Bingley sisters, "I shall never forget her
appearance this morning. She looked almost wild." (Austen 35). Lady Catherine also plays a role in contrasting Elizabeth with more traditional women
of the time. The confrontation between the two at Longbourn shows Elizabeth's willingness to stand up for herself against people of higher social
standing, "`I have said no such thing. I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without
reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.''(Austen 332). Austen's use of a limited social structure highlights the clear message
about the expectations of women in Regency England and Elizabeth's refusal to
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Gender Roles And Food Production Expectations
Gender roles and food production expectations have been established for decades, within families. Although, the gender roles have been slowly
changing these past few years, we will be analyzing how gender roles and food production are being executed in a regular household in the following
analysis.
Sunday, is usually the day in which all my family assembles to eat our food together. This past Sunday, a few of our cousins decided to join us,
which was even better. The day finally came when I woke up to the overwhelming smell of barbecued chicken. My mother screamed at me to wake up
and to help her set the table with the utensils and napkins. As I obeyed her, I looked over to the kitchen that was filled with different condiments and...
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Hunting was anticipated as dangerous; therefore, it makes sense that men who hunted for animals and ate the meat maintained a sense of masculinity
and bravery. Besides the correlation between meat and hunting, meat also contains plenty of proteins. Proteins is known to help a person's muscle
growth increase. I never actually payed attention but, my dad loves meat, chicken, and various other carnivorous meats. I was very curious and
decided to ask him why he would always eat a sizable amount of meat. He answered by saying "Well, that's easy not only is it delicious, it has many
good nutrients that help your body to be strong," I was just a bit surprised to hear that response simply because although my dad was probably
unaware of it, he was trying to conform into the typical gender norm of the father, whom by societies' standards have to be buff and brawny to fit the
role as the brave and masculine father, who is the head of the household. At the beginning of the dinner, it appeared as if everyone was starving, we
sat in silence for a few minutes while we were enjoying our meals and savoring every bit of it. My mom ended up breaking the silence, by asking,
"How does the food taste?" My dad answered right away admitting it was delicious. My mom jokingly uttered she knew it was delicious. Despite the
fact she suggested it as a joke, I knew my mother identified herself as a cook that knew her recipes, because she has been a cook for numerous
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Gender Expectations Of Gender
Although in Western culture expectations of gender have changed, there are still gender expectations that exist within Western cultures. Women are
still expected to be the caregivers, soft, and weak while Men are expected to be strong and powerful. Instead of families letting their children pick
what they want to play with, "they give girls baby dolls to play with to enhance maternal and caring feelings and give boys sporting equipment which
emphasizes feelings of power, aggressiveness, and leadership" (Moet 1). Children associating themselves with these activities foreshadows what their
future holds for them. These early gender preparations influence the children's understanding to strongly develop that role. These traits become robotic
to children and influence the 'normal' gender identity for a particular sex and how to behave as a male or a female. Educationally, Western culture
engages in believing that boys are better at math. Western society places a heading on women that their educational values are being a wife and mother
which deemphasize their intellectual abilities. Unfortunately, young women engaging in getting an education feel turned down because they fall into
the trap of believing boys are better at math than girls which causes them to achieve lower math scores. The discouragement does not come from "boys
are better than girls at math but because boys think they are better at math" (Davis 3). Young women are beginning to question whether they have the
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Great Expectations Gender
A young girl runs to catch the ball. She is so close to catching it when a boy jumps in front of her and steals the catch. As he catches it, he is
mocking the young girl claiming that she 'runs like a girl'. It is inevitable for something like this to happen on an everyday basis. This has been a
recurring issue for longer than we can remember. Some might argue and claim that the issue has been resolved. Although it has indeed become less
often, this issue still occurs daily. Separation of male and female significance is extremely prevalent, which is demonstrated by Biddy, Mrs. Joe, and
Pip. To begin with, Biddy, as a female character, is treated as unimportant due to hergender. As an example, in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations,
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As a beginning demonstration, Pumblechook says that he gives Pip "joy of [his] good fortune" showing that even though Pip was raised in a
poor family, he comes into good wealth as a gentleman(Dickens 161). This illustration demonstrates that Pip, who grew up poorly, is now living
as a wealthy man. It is inferable that this good fortune is a result of his seemingly superior sex. Likewise, the superiority of males is represented
when Miss Havisham tells Pip "that [she is] not all stone" and asks him if he believes if "there is anything human in [her] heart"(Dickens 420). In
this example, Miss Havisham shows Pip's senior position by asking for his forgiveness. It is easy to interpret this form of forgiveness as a sign of
weakness or a state of being subordinate. As a last thought, Pip proves to be a better person as he says that Estella has "always held [her] place in
[his] heart"(Dickens 515). As a final illustration, this evidence proposes that even after Estella's harshness towards Pip, he forgives her. This suggests
that since Pip is, in fact, a male, he possess the ability to become a better person. In conclusion, Pip comes into good fortune with the help of him being
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Gender Socialization And Gender Expectations In Children
Imagine a five year old girl, her birthday is a few weeks away and her mom is questioning her about toys she would like to have. She tells her mom
she wants a race track and the newest Hot Wheels set. Her mother is quick discourage this request and suggests asking for something more "girly"
because race cars are for boys. The little girl is disappointed but abides by her mother's request and instead asks for a new doll house. In our current
culture, there is a huge difference between what is considered to be for girls or boys. From birth, children are told what colors and styles of
clothing they wear, what toys they should play with, and emotions they should feel. Often, girls are told they cannot play with toys considered to be
for boys and boys are told they are not allowed to play with toys considered to be for girls. Children who do decide they want to play with the toys
not traditionally for their gender are often scolded by family members, pushing the children back to their gender–specific toys. In early childhood the
decisions that determine who a child is to be are made by their parents or guardians. Gender socialization starts at birth and continues from adolescence,
to adulthood, causing specific and detrimental differences in the way the genders behave. Before one can dissect gender socialization and gender role
expectations in children, they must understand what they are. According to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF),
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Gender Expectations In Ancient Mythology
In our current world, gender expectations apparent in our society be traced back to ancient mythology. Women of today find inspiration in beauty and
fashion often unknowingly form ancient cultures. Similarly, popular masculine attributes are relatable to the myths of heroes and important gods.
Basing current social standards upon mythological texts however creates problems. In striving to achieve such physical greatness people of this era are
attempting to reach the impossible: to become a god or goddess of immortal standards themselves. By relating ancient myths to that of the current
media, one can view the effect that the ancient world has upon the social standards apparent in our society today. Divinity in ancient mythology was not
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If they, or at the minimum their leader does not fit into the standard and accepted body standards, then they are overlooked. Hephaestus, the Greek
god of smithing fits into this category with his lame leg. Other than his leg, Hephaestus is often described and pictured as a fit and athletic looking
male. As Homer writes in the Iliad, Hephaestus had a "massive neck and hairy chest" and "his shrunken legs moved lightly beneath him"
("Hephaestus"). This description makes Hephaestus appear as a strong man whose disability is apparent but does not fully take away his immortality.
Similarly, characters in superhero stories with the unusual attribute of being overweight are frowned upon by society. Superheroine Big Bertha,
otherwise known as the "Ample Amazon" uses her overweight characteristic to fight evil; her large size makes her bulletproof and gives her immense
strength ("Overweight Superheroes and Supervillains."). However, Bertha's large size is only apparent during her heroic adventures in the comic
world. During her "regular life, she is a slim–figured supermodel who is famous throughout the globe for her gorgeous figure and looks. Characters
similar to Bertha would find it difficult to gain popularity in the world today due to the prevalent body
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Gender Expectations : Gender And The Orientation Of A...
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On that Subject...
Have societal gender expectations affected subject selection in schooling, and do the experiences of Generation X students differ from those of
Generation Z students in relation to such expectations?
Introduction – 675 Words
Over time, society has created perceptions and expectations of gender which distinctly influence the socialisation process, influencing the formation of
a sense of identity. The personal interest project I conducted focuses on the role of societal stereotypes of gender and the influence this has on
individuals' subject selections throughout their schooling and education.
Throughout my own schooling experiences, the concept of gender–specific subjects has become increasingly interesting. It appeared, in my own
microenvironment, that a commonly held attitude was that scientific and mathematically based subjects are those which males were encouraged or
expected to partake. Meanwhile, female were often expected to enter creative, life–skill based subjects. From this, I decided to study whether gender
acts as a socialisation agent in relation to a person's subject choice, leading to my focus question:
Have societal gender expectations affected subject selection in schooling, and do the experiences of Generation X students differ from those of
Generation Z students in relation to such expectations?
As the task criteria requires a cross–generational element of study, I decided to research whether the effect of gender on subject
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Gender Expectations Essay
Before we are born and actually take that first breath of air into the world, Society and our family prepares us to play our role as a male child or female
child, leading into adult hood. When the parents are told by the doctors whether or not it is a boy or girl; we as a society plan for our showers, to
coordinate with the sex of the baby. If it is a female child, the decorations for the shower are mainly pink, and if the sex of the child is a male child,
the decorations are of course mainly blue. Female children are given dolls, tea sets, and pretend kitchens. Little girls are trained to nurture, take care,
and be beautiful. Little boys usually receive sports equipment, toy cars, and Incredible Hulks. They are trained to be strong, and ... Show more content
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Is it because the child is a male child, one may assume that football is definitely something the little boy should be interested in? When we start
grade school there are many different groups that are available for us to become a part of. There is rarely a football, baseball, or basketball team
available for a little girl to join at such a young age. It is automatically assumed that because of the roles we are expected to play, that only the little
boys would be interested in these types of sports. At such a young age, we have experienced gender inequality in sports. Little girls are then forced to
join cheerleader teams. Early on, little girls are trained to stay in the background, and cheer on the men. They are forced to sit in the bleachers, stand on
the sidelines, and be that nurturing, supportive woman that they will soon enough be in their adulthood. The litte girls are put in their cute little
cheerleading costumes, getting all dressed up to play their leading roles. While cheerleading is considered to be a sport, since it is mainly a "woman's
sport" it is not showed the respect it should. There are boys that may join the cheerleading sport as well. When this happens society automatically
stereotypes and may consider that boy to be homosexual. Society needs to accept the different sports that both men and women can compete in, not
letting gender become the main factor. Women should be able to participate
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Gender Roles And Expectations In The Birthmark
One of the most striking aspects of the 19th century is the distinctive use of gender roles and expectations. Specifically, these aspects are provided
strongly in the "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a short story that demonstrates the 19th century couple, Aylmer and Georgiana, who are
faced with the predicament of an imperfection taking the shape of a birthmark upon Georgina's cheek. By 19th century standards, Georgiana is
successful at fulfilling the role of a wife. What does the lifestyle of a 19th century wife consist of? It is thought by Christopher Sallus that men and
women live their lives in different social spheres (Sallus). As a result, proper men's lives consisted of factory work, attending public events, and large
amounts
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Gender Expectations
Henrik Ibsen's play, A Doll's House, debuted in 1879 before an offended Norwegian audience. It proposed many breaks in the gender expectations of
the 19th century that led to its label of "culturally unacceptable". Ibsen strategically reveals the negative effects of these expectations in a way that
elicits guilt from the audience rather than confronting them directly. He renders the closing scene of the play ironic to create a critical tone of this
aspect of Norwegian culture. This scene is key in understanding the consequences of gender expectations in the relationship between Nora and Torvald.
Throughout the ending scene of the play, Ibsen clearly illustrates the irony of the gender expectations within Nora and Torvald's relationship through...
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Torvald claims that the key to success in their marriage as well as the answer to Nora's anxiety "... is to be open, frank, and honest with me" (pg.
109). The audience finds out, however, in the following scene, that when Nora finally opens up to Torvald about the way she has felt through their
marriage, he is offended and confused. This reveals that gender expectations have warped Torvald's ideas of truth and moral correctness so that he
could not possibly accept something that is outside these bounds as truth. It is this warped perception that leads to Torvald's moral dissonance later in
this scene when he has trouble accepting the things that Nora is telling him. At one point in Nora's speech, Torvald had to make an attempt at
"[regaining his composure]" (pg.115), revealing that he had been taken off guard and bewildered by a problem that he thought he had to solve yet
again. This adds to the irony that Torvald is fighting Nora to keep her in line with gender expectations while he cannot retain his own. Ibsen speaks to
his audience by revealing to them that many are taught throughout their lives to follow their gender expectations which can warp their worldview and
even prevent them from taking certain steps in
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Gender Expectations For Men
Primarily, gender expectations for men are used to show power, control, and typecast the characters as manly. The men in the tragedy, including the
serving men, are shown degrading women and using them to look better. During the quarrel between the serving men at the beginning of the tragedy,
the rape, and murder of "women, being the weaker vessels," are used to show superiority between the two feuding families and the insignificance
women play. In the conversation, the serving men, are talking about the disputing families and what they would do the Montague maids to show that
they are more powerful. Women are also not treated as humans, they are treated as "vessels" or objects to be used to do all the housework. Due to this
lack of representation
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Gender Roles And Social Expectations
As a child, many of us enjoyed watching Disney movies to the point that we basically lived off of those movies. In many Disney movies there
were hidden aspects children mainly did not notice like gender roles and social expectations. Even though children may not realize the social
expectations aspect incorporated into movies they still absorb those lessons like a sponge. They learn these aspects by seeing them as role models,
they have the desire to become that person. For an example, during Halloween we see hundreds of little girls dressing up like their favorite princess.
They see these princesses as role models since little girls can relate them to by gender. Depending on what the princess portrays in the movie
determines the outcome if it is beneficial or flawed characteristics that the child may take up. Like in early Disney movies the princesses were the
damsel that were saved by the prince but a different scenario is produced in Mulan. Mulan is a heroine and loved by all of China but it didn't start out
like that, the expectations developed. In the movie, the characters and songs illustrated the expectations of a women and men that those expectations
still exists in our own society today.
In the beginning of Mulan, Fa Mulan is shown preparing to meet the matchmaker, writing womanly qualities on her forearm. Those words still resonate
in today's society. The words she wrote "quiet and demure, graceful, polite, delicate, refined, poised..." These are womanly qualities
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Gender Expectations
How can power and gender expectations affect decisions about sexual activity and risk taking?
Power and gender expectations are an important element of sexual risk taking behaviours. Gender beliefs like 'the more sex I have, the more manly I
will be' or 'always listen to what your boyfriend wants even if you don't want to so he doesn't break up with you', pressure many females and males
into engaging in sexual behaviour that they may not want and as a result, increase their risk for unexpected pregnancy and sexually transmitted
infections.
Young men are often taught to be strong, tough, aggressive, competitive and risk takers. Having power and control are considered important in
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Female expectations are less strict compared to male expectations, however many women still believe that they need to harbour the interests and
desires of men. In addition, young women are often taught to be nurturing, attend to other people's needs, avoid conflict, and be concerned about their
physical appearance all the time. Like male expectations, these characteristics are not necessarily bad. It is the harshness of these expectations that
females must behave in this way all the time that makes them difficult.
Studies indicate that women who assign to a more cooperative form of femininity compared to other women are less likely to become educated on
sexual health issues, less likely to plan for sex, less able to negotiate safer sex, less likely to have self–efficacy to avoid HIV and less likely to enjoy
first sexual encounter. They are also more likely to give birth at a young age, more likely to have an unintended pregnancy, more likely to use
condoms inconsistently, more likely to have poor condom use skills, more likely to have a partner that disapproves of safer sex practices, more likely
to experience power imbalances in her romantic relationships, more likely to leave the decision making, timing, and condition for having sex up to her
male partner and more likely to experience physical and/or sexual abuse in her
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Gender Roles In Great Expectations
Charles Dickens, "Great Expectations" follows a boy named Pip through a journey of meeting new people around the town and also is considered
an Orphan. There are a lot of characters that are introduced like Miss Havisham who always wears a wedding who shows up a lot in the book. Pip
changes a lot through the novel with wanting to be a gentlemen but has made a lot of mistakes and blames it on his sister Mrs. Joe who raised him
by hand. The women seem to be different from the men in this novel with different roles they play so I'm going to show they are different.
Feminity is different from this novel to reality with the old ways changing of women and how they work. Women have always been considered to
be seen as weak but superior. There are many main characters who are women such as Mrs. Joe, Ms. Havisham, Biddy, Estella, and others. These
four play major roles with Pip and how they influence him throughout the novel. The women are shown through this novel to be housewife's while
the men go to work. They are seen as women who are supposed to be cooking and taking care of the children. The women are portrayed in this
book as women who don't move from where they live or how they are confined to their homes or the role they play in the households. The men
seem to have more freedom in going place to place as they see fit, while the women stay in the home to be housewives. I'm first going to start off with
Mrs. Joe Gargery is married to Mr. Joe who is a blacksmith who she
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The Food Personalities Of Gender Expectations
After finishing an initial review of the shows, I identified common themes between the food personalities in terms of gender expectations. From this
sample, I identified five culinary personas: homemaker, non–traditional female, craftsman, explorer, and non–traditional male (gastrosexual). Even
though these hosts had unique characteristics, the thematic presence of gender division between domestic cooking and professional cooking underlined
all the personalities. These identified attributes for the most part do adhere to the traditional femininity and masculinity with some divergent examples.
Persona Attributes
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The emotion behind Drummond's cooking was reflected in the rest of women who fit this persona. This emotion and placement in the domestic kitchen
displays the traditional feminine characteristics of emotionality and domesticity.
While Food Network presented only traditionally feminine personas in their programing, Cooking Channel provided one female food personality who
crossed traditional gender lines. Harry Eastwood, British host of Sinful Sweets, explores and travels the United States finding bakeries and
confectionaries. As a culinary expert and accomplished chef, she casually discusses technical knowledge of baking and often gives critical suggestions
for how the dessert could be better. This professional expertise separates her from the rest of female hosts because her professionalism and absence
from the domestic setting draws attention to her greater culinary authority than untrained home cooks.
While Eastwood departs from the traditional female attributes, she highlights the attributes associated with traditional masculinity. These personas
represent professional culinary authorities whose legitimacy stems from artistic experimentation and technical training. These personas find motivation
by sharing culinary knowledge and are associated with traditionally masculine occupations like craftsman or explorer. Like the feminine personalities,
the
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Gender Roles And Expectations
Gender roles and expectations leave a massive, indirect impact on people of western culture. It can limit both genders as to what they are socially
allowed and not allowed to do. While most believe that the roles appear natural, it is only because it is how they are raised to believe, not because of
biology. It is completely okay to believe and stick to gender roles on one's own terms, but the issue lies when the individual is oppressed or harassed
for straying from the subjective social construct of standards. It affects a lot of western culture, making different people be able to obtain different
professions, wear certain clothing choices, have dominant or passive roles in relationships, and be accepted as either more assertive and ... Show more
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"Violation of gender role expectations are met with criticism and penalized" (Prentice D.A., 26). While penalizing can be imposed by others, it is
mostly self–imposed internally. Children as young as two or three years of age are able to discern genders roles. In cross–sex behaviors, females
crossing over are viewed more favorably compared to males crossing over. Socially, women can be accepted wearing masculine clothing, while men
are rarely able to been seen as feminine, such as wearing a dress, without violence or being harassed. A prediction as to why females crossing to male
are view better upon than vise versa "Feinman's differential hypothesis is based on the idea that a woman's movement into the highly valued male role
is more acceptable than a male's movement into the less valued female role." Punishment for straying from gender roles are more prevalent for those
who do not identify with any gender. There is a problem in our culture if a set of entirely subjective guidelines implement violence with those who do
not follow them. Even women who follow the traditional set gender roles suffer, as the construct is set to oppress women to be subordinate to men.
Women still manage to stick to their own set of beliefs and are independent and assertive still face feats, as many if not most major professions are
dominated by
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Gender Expectations In Antigone
Gender expectations is the ideal, acceptable job for a male or female. Gender expectations is how a reader perceives a woman or man in a particular
action. The author, says humanity is determined by gender expectations during Antigone. Sophocles, the author, meticulously developed the theme of
gender expectations through Creon. For instance, in the play, Creon was averse towards the thought of Antigone committing the crime: " But this is
Antigone! Why have you brought her here?" (Scene 2, 18). The author shows Creon was surprised towards the action of a female carrying out such a
jeopardize crime. Creon's tone helps the author depict his contemptuous thoughts towards women by questioning Antigone. In addition, Creon is tepid
on women's ideal
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Gender Socialization : Social Norms And Expectations
Gender Socialization
Gender socialization, the social norms and expectations of each gender, are easily the number one influence of teenagers and adults. These norms,
cause people to act and think what they might not necessarily believe is true to their inner beliefs. All around society, common phrases, actions, and
ideology are used, without even recognized as being gender influenced. Things such as the percentage of women who are in high management position,
are not due to purely intellectuality influence. Often women are discriminated for their gender, and their roles of being female. With that said, gender
socialization does not only occur in working environments, it shows its teeth around all parts of society, including family, religion, school, sexual, and
non–sexual relationships, friendships, and in common interactions among other individuals. Basically, gender socialization is everywhere; the three
most common places that people need to show recognition of gender socialization, in family, relationships and in the workforce. Society needs to bring
gender socialization up as an issue, because, in many cases, people are mistreated, others are mistreating, and nobody is standing up to it.
Family
In the common household, parents treat boys and girls different in unnecessary situations for the sake of following social norms. In many households,
girls play with barbies, and boys play with action figures; girls clean dishes, while boys take out trash; girls read books,
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Gender Politics : A Society 's Position On Gender Roles...
Gender politics refers to a society 's position on gender roles and their expectations. The big question is, "In this society what is acceptable or
unacceptable for males and females"? "Some people think that all men have power and all women don 't. That is not true" – (M.Atwood, 2001). The
sexual development of children start in their early stages of childhood, From when a child is a toddler to the time he/she ages, the emotional and
physical fundamentals associated with sexuality, takes place as they start growing up. During their younger ages they start to relate more with their
same sex, The foundation of emotional and physical attachment that forms itself between parents and infants acts as the early stages of physical love
intimacy and comfort, which children experience when they are starting to mature. A huge factor is the role of stereotypes, reinforced by social and
cultural norms, Most children develop their habits through things they see happening around them. For example if a little girl sees her mom putting on
makeup cleaning, cooking it is said that those are the things that she might start to take interest in. Same as a little boy watching his father maybe
fixing broken things around the house or taking out the garbage. "Several factors are associated with who does what in a dual–earner family, and how
much time they spend. For example, school–aged children at home add an average of 1.2 hours to a family 's workday, pushing it to more than 8
hours for both
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Traditional Gender Expectations
Examine the impact of traditional gender expectations on the specific roles individuals adopt within groups
There are many traditional gender expectations that are significant and have an impact on both males and females on the specific roles that they adopt
within groups. Traditional male expectations include, that males are expected to be the family provider, for example working full time and giving
money to their family so that they can buy their basic daily needs for example food and clothing. Men are also expected to protect woman and his
children, for instance, in cases where they are placed in unsafe situations. Traditional female expectations include that they are expected to follow their
husband's ideas, plans and decisions without arguing and to keep everything in their household clean and tidy.
The traditional expectation of males expected to be the family provider signifies that they are strong, have a leadership type role and that they are
dominant and powerful. This is because the males are the ones who have to fulfil the family payments and work in order to meet the needs of his
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This is because women are seen to be followers and in some cases supportive of what the ideas, plans and decisions that their husband's put forward
and make. This is because if the women disagrees, there may be times when the husband gets aggressive and strong towards his wife, which can
then lead them into fights and arguments. Women are also expected to be the carer of the household and to keep everything neat and tidy. They are
expected to be seen as the one's who have to clean the house up and keep everything in place, and not keep anything untidy. This is because, women
are seen to be the ones who do all the housework, mainly inside because of what is shown in the society about the perspectives of woman and what is
being displayed in the
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Gender Socialization Is The Process Of Learning Gender...
Why is it that despite making up 55.5 % of the United States population women hold only 19.6 % of seats on the U.S Congress, 4.6% of CEO
positions (S&P 500 companies), and 13.2% of school superintendent positions? Many people believe that women are intellectually inferior, and/or lack
the desire to reach the top. However, these individuals are misguided in their belief about the professional and interpersonal strengths that most women
possess. The disproportionate number of women in prominent positions is a result of a historical tradition of gender socialization that facilitates
prejudicial practices within the work environment. Gender socialization is the process of learning gender roles and expectations. It is what determines
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As a result, women speak more tentatively, apologize more, and interrupt less than men. Ultimately, this leaves the impression that men are more
confident and capable, and therefore, better leaders (Lakoff, 1975). This impression, coupled with the perception of aggression as a predominantly
masculine trait, can lead to unwelcoming work environments in which women may experience double standards, bias in assessments, as well as
harassment. For instance, many women experience co–workers telling inappropriate jokes and making sexually oriented remarks toward them. One
woman recounts, "it happened so often that I stopped telling [my boss] about it" (Angyal, 2015). In this way gender socialization may prevent women
from obtaining high level positions or cause them to miss out on opportunities to advance in their careers.
Women have to maneuver through many obstacles –– some more apparent than others –– in order to climb up the corporate ladder. Every day women
fall prey to vertical segregation (also known as "the glass ceiling"), which refers to a barrier that keeps women from rising to the upper rungs of the
corporate ladder. Eventually, these obstacles create a reality in which it is rare to see a woman ascend to upper level positions. For example, women
become teachers and principles, while men are superintendents. This creates a
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Essay On Gender Expectations In Romeo And Juliet
In the play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare both Romeo and Juliet fit into gender expectations in some ways. Gender roles are
stereotypes that males and females fulfill and each of the same gender is supposed to follow by a courtesy code. Most gender roles are not being
followed anymore as shown by the fact that women like sports as much as men; men can now stay at home and have the females in the family work.
Although Juliet conforms to gender expectations by making irrational decisions, being childish and depending on others, but in some circumstances,
she also defies them by not listening to her father.
To start with, Juliet is easily swayed into rash decisions without thinking them through. Towards the beginning of the play, Juliet finds out that Romeo
is a Montague. Juliet, at the party, states that her "Only love" is "sprung from my only hate!/ Too early seen unknown, and known too... Show more
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Near the beginning of the book, after Romeo and Juliet had met, Juliet expresses "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?/ Deny thy father and
refuse thy name./ Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,"(ii:ii 36–38). This quote shows that Juliet has fantasies about Romeo just like teenaged
girls would have about guys nowadays. When Romeo had recently been banished and Tybalt had just been killed, Juliet is informed of her parents
decision to make her marry Paris and she had an extremely childish and pouty reaction. Now, by Saint Peter's Church, and Peter too, He shall not
make me there a joyful bride. (iii:v 121–122). This shows Juliet portrayed as a pouty girl trying to get her way by throwing a temper tantrum which is
very childish. This portrays Juliet as a childish teenager with fantasies. Not only is Juliet portrayed as a typical teenage girl who acts very immature
she also is a figure of her time in that she is believed to by her father that she would do whatever he
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Gender Roles And Expectations In The Canterbury Tales
Jonathan Junio
Mrs. Sibbach
English IV
10 December, 2014
Gender Roles and Expectations in Medieval Society as seen through The Canterbury Tales In the Middle Ages, society established many roles and
expectations of both men and women. These sought after characteristics exist in the literature of the time, none more recognized than Geoffrey
Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. The Canterbury Tales offers valuable insight on many aspects of medieval society including what culture thought of
as the model person. In medieval Europe, society depended on the feudal system "For safety and for defense, people in the Middle Ages formed small
communities around a central lord or master ... In this "feudal" system, the king awarded land grants or "fiefs" ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net
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The Wife is unequivocally different to almost all other women in the Middle Ages "...Having already had five husbands "at the church door," ... She
sees nothing wrong with having had five husbands ... she prefers the biblical command to go forth and multiply"(Bath's). The Wife can be defined as
someone who society obviously sees as wrong, but the Wife does not care for the Wife believes that there should not be anything wrong with having
had five husbands and goes against society's views by interrupting the bible as telling women to go forth and multiply. In the Wife's tale the Wife
discusses the question of "What does every woman desire"? The answer to this question is "...women most desire sovereignty over their
husbands"(Bath's). The Wife's tale stood for everything society thought of as wrong and also going against society's norms, the church's views of
women and offering a different viewpoint for women to express themselves and demand not just equality but also
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Gender Roles And Expectations : ' A Streetcar Named Desire '
Gender Equality in Our Society Gender roles and expectations have a lot of impacts on our society and it needs to be changed in order to create a
better civilisation. Although our society has ameliorated tremendously in the past years, there are still some discriminatory actions among genders that
are affecting someone 's life negatively. Any remaining differential between genders need to be changed for a better moral standard of living.
The Impacts of gender roles and expectations can be seen in the play, "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, the article "But What Do
You Mean?" by Deborah Tannen, and the article, "Lost in the Kitchen" by Dave Barry. In each context, it was shown that the gender expectation causes
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As a consequence of gender discrimination, women as human beings aren 't getting the same respect as men instead they were seen as commodities.
Consequently, living with gender expectation causes harm to either one of the gender.
The article, "But What Do You Mean?", explains in general how men and women act differently and how it has effects on each individual. The quote,
"When both parties share blame, it's a mutual face–saving device. But if one person, usually the woman, utters frequent apologies and the other
doesn't, she ends up looking as if she's taking the blame for mishaps that aren't her fault. When she's only partially to blame, she looks entirely in
the wrong. " explains the one of the behaviours of women. Women usually apologises as a way of showing the friendliness between them but it 's
seemed as a weakness among men. Women also take half the blame to show the mutual situation but the opposite gender tends to see it in a
different. "When I 'm with men, wit it cleverness seems inappropriate (or) lost! so I don 't bother." also verifies that the behaviours between women
and men are different as well as the humours. Men use insults as a way to appreciate the other person while women take it as an aggressive way of
presenting the idea. Because the way men and women act is different or the way they feel is different, it can get difficult to communicate between men
and women. What we should do is to be
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Gender Conformity And Expectations Through Time
Orlando by Virginia Woolf addresses the issues of gender conformity and expectations through time; in this case, three centuries during the Elizabethan
Era in the area around Europe. The main character, Orlando, experiences a gender change during his lifetime to become a female and that drastically
modifies the way that she lives. Through the motif of Orlando's gender change and androgyny, Orlando experiences both life and love, which is not
common for men and women regardless of the time period. Orlando began life as a young boy, living in a house in the country before being taken
into the city by the Queen. As a child, he encourages himself to chase masculine pursuits in life, as his father and other ancestors do before him.
Despite the encouragement of masculine activities as his family is known for, during his isolation, he decides instead as an adult that "they and
their deeds [are] dust and ashes" (Woolf, 81) and that he would like to live life the way that he wants to, as a poet searching for love. Even as a
man, Orlando has the power and authority to live his life how he wishes, but he always craves love. A poet at heart, Orlando has many loves, such as
the girls in his sonnets, and he always writes about them in the way he finds best. He claims "Love [has] meant nothing to him but sawdust and
cinders" (40) and he cannot find the love he is always searching for. Without love in his life, Orlando reaches out to experience new things and "thus...
this Nobleman [has]...
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Gender Expectations In Zack Hostetler's Zoology
In any given field today, gender expectations can often influence the roles of men and women. Many career paths are seen as feminine or masculine
and can deter young students from choosing a field they might really enjoy. Such as a young women who dreams of being a doctor, but instead
becomes a nurse. One field that is not generally affected by gender, or so it seems, is Zoology. A bachelor in Zoology who is now seeking a Masters
degree, Zack Hostetler had many insightful comments to make on how gender affects his field as well as his life. Hostetler's specific field of interest
is in Conservation, which he feels is a choice more likely for a man to make, as women tend to lean towards the Veterinarian field as "women are
healers" Hostetler
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Gender Expectations In Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina displays a direct reflection of gender expectations in the 19th century. The sole purpose of women being to take care of their children
or to please their husbands. While men are credited with being the leader and sole provider of the household. The majority of the characters in this
novel follow this superficial guideline, with the rare exception. The societal pressure of gender norms placed on the characters is significant and
inescapable, suggesting that if one breaks these norms, they will endure great suffering. Women are seen as submissive objects, who must first get and
then always obey their husbands. From the beginning of the novel, the expectation of women being the housekeepers is shown, when Dolly is cleaning
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First being shown when Vronsky sees Kitty as a "prize" and as an object to obtain, "Marriage had never presented itself as a possibility to [Vronsky].
He only did not like family life, but pictured the family, and especially a husband, according to the general view of the bachelor world in which he
lived, as something alien, hostile and, above all ridiculous" (57). After showing an abundance of attention toward Kitty, he makes it very clear that he
has no intention of marrying her, and views it as "alien"–like in his bachelor world. Contradicting the expectation of Kitty to be married off at 18 years
old. Similiar in the sense of sexism, after Stiva perputrates his affair, no one is even phased by the fact, everyone almost expected this action,
"Although Stepan Arkadyich was roundly guilty before his wife and felt it himself, almost everyone in the house, even the nanny, Darya
Alexandrovna's chief friend, was on his side" (5) Following, is the reaction of Stiva to his own affair, "'No, she hates me. She won't forgive me. This
is terrible, terrible!" (12). Stiva does not feel any remorse toward the fact he cheated on his wife, and the mother of his children, he only is upset that
she will not forgive him. Not only this but the reaction of others, who are not even phased by the fact that Stiva had, and will continuously cheat on his
wife, which directly contradicts the opinions of others on Anna's affair. From both
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Gender Expectation Essay : Gender Inequality
Gender Expectation Essay Why should gender determine how to live your life? Throughout my whole existence, I've been told to act and dress like a
"girl" by most of my family. I never understood why it was such a huge deal, until I was much older. Gender expectations are still around today and
they still continue to be affect the way men and women are treated. A man that acts within his owngender role is praised, but a woman is forced to stay
in a certain limit within her role. Men and women shouldn 't let their gender define themselves and it should not pressure them to live up to a certain
standard created by society.
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Another important factor that identifies gender expectations is what happens within a relationship or a marriage. It was always decided that a
man should be the one with a job and to make money, while the woman stays home and takes care of the house and the kids. "The Company Man"
by Ellen Goodman was a perfect example of this, but in the worst scenario possible. Phil was the living definition of a workaholic. He never took a
day off of work in his life and he was so dedicated to his job that he was hardly was home with this family. His wife, Helen, had actually worked in
an office before she got married to Phil. Although as the years passed and she saw that Phil was constantly gone, Helen had " given up trying to
compete with his work." (Goodman) She already knew that there was no chance that Phil would give up his work to be with the family, so she
ended up being the typical housewife. In fact when he died from a heart attack, Helen's friend noticed that " she must have given up part of herself
which had cared too much for the man." (Goodman) Helen didn't seem to change her mentality about his death, like nothing had changed now that he
was gone. This was a new beginning for her. On the other hand, his own kids didn't even know their dad well enough. It was so bad that his eldest
son had to ask his neighbors questions about his dad, which showed how much neglect Phil gave to his children. I believe if Phil took more time to
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Gender Stereotypes And Expectations In Literature
Everyone knows that boys only want one thing, and girls, above all else, must protect their virtue. Society, through such means as literature, popular
culture, and tradition, has perpetuated these gender stereotypes and expectations for much of history. Unconscious and conscious assumptions about
gender shape how readers perceive sex in literature; men are typically considered lustful, whereas women are considered loving. However, the subjects
of sex, love, and lust in literature, as demonstrated in poems written by Robert Burns and Andrew Marvell, become increasingly nuanced when gender
stereotypes and expectations are questioned and removed. Gender roles, expectations, and stereotypes have shifted and become less clearly defined ...
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He says that "the youthful hue / sits on [her] skin like morning dew," but that this fresh beauty will soon fade (Marvell 584; 33–34).
The description of this woman supports stereotypes of both genders. The man is lustful, and his tactic is to appeal to the woman's shallow vanity.
He appeals to her desire for love by almost offhandedly tacking on how he would like to know her heart (Marvell 583; 18). Additionally, he says that,
should they act upon his lustful desires, they would be "like amorous birds of prey" (Marvell 584; 38). The contradictory image of loving raptors
enforces the stereotype of a predatory man spouting any lovely lie to get a woman in his bed. "A Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns is not as overtly
sexual as "To His Coy Mistress." However, Burns was notoriously promiscuous, and his subject matter was often of a sexual nature. It is safe to say
that his purpose in this poem was a sexual purpose. He says his "luve's like a red, red rose / that's newly sprung in June" (Burns 935; 1–2). He also
describes his love as a beautiful song being "sweetly played in tune" (Burns 935; 1–2). He uses this flowery language to appeal to women's
stereotypical love for beauty and emotion. He additionally appeals to an overemotional woman by using hyperbolic language to describe his love. He
claims that he will love this woman until all the seas dry up and "the rocks melt wi' the sun"
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Gender And Class Expectations In Regency Society
Communication is effected by gender, status, and propriety in Prid and Prejudice because of society and social conduct. Gender and class expectations
in the Regency of the Victorian period were based on a fixed social structure. In the novel, Gender controlled and restricted the lives of most people
abiding by them, mainly the women of the time period, who were often disempowered. Men were expected to be financially viable through family
wealth. Women were to remain passive throughout their lives, marry early, and to support their husbands. Elizabeth, the second daughter in the Bennet
family, challenges the expectations of a women in Regency Society by being independent and courageous. In the beginning of Pride and Prejudice, the
expectations
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Expectations Of Gender Roles
Two personalities, One body
The society we live in today has expectations for everyone from birth till death. These expectations can make us become a person we never
thought we would be, or a person we are glad that we became. You can call these many expectations your gender role which is a set of societal norms
dictating what types of behaviors are generally considered acceptable or appropriate for a person based on your actual or perceived sex. Everyone
living in society today has them to fill. Gender roles do not always have a positive impact on a person. When you are growing up your parents always
told you to be who you wanted to be and to chase your dreams. The requirements your suppose to fill while perceived as a male or a female make ...
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The boys are supposed to be strong and determined in what they want to do but they also supposing to listen and obey to a girl when they say
something. The boys are anticipated to be a soft hearted man when in the presence of a lady. The gender role and double bind gets covered up by the
ways that society has crafted the roles for a man and what they are expected to do (Bordo 219–220). Susan's ideas are portrayed In this movie in many
different scenes. Danny is having to be a gentleman around Sandy and be the good boy that she wants him to be, and around his friends he has to be
a cool rebellious guy that doesn't care about goody good women. This is one of the many examples of how he has to fill the double bind within
society and it can be challenging
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Gender Roles And Expectations Of Men And Women
Since the last few decades, there has been a trend of shift in roles and expectations of men and
women. The shift was dynamic in the latter half of the twentieth century. World had been made a
great stride in acquiring and adapting to the new definition of gender roles. These changes can be
seen in the fields of education, media, economics as well as many other things. The reason for the
change is a rapid increase in the number of women at workplaces–worldwide. Unlikely, this wave
of change is not limited to developing countries. Initiated from the west; it is spreading all over
the world. Gender roles can be described as the attitudes and behaviours expected of male and
female members of a society by itself. Gender roles vary a lot. Different cultures impose different
expectations upon the different genders of that culture. Older generations have historically held
more traditional views on gender than young people and that is fortunate!
From the past 50 years the world has experienced tremendous upheaval and revising of its
traditions. The factors affecting the changes in gender role can be the carrier paths, education,
marriage and upbringing of children. These changes in gender roles influence the environment
in homes, offices, schools and eventually the whole society. Firstly, the ideology of gender role
is mostly inherited from the guardians. Children learn from their parents. The way they teach– how to walk, eat, talk, behave, think and
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Gender Roles in Great Expectations Essay
Gender Roles in Great Expectations
The importance of the Victorian ideal of motherhood is glimpsed in Charles Dickens's personal life. Dickens's main complaint against his wife when
he separated from her was her terrible parenting. Around the time that his separation from his wife was being finalized, Dickens complains of
Catherine in a letter to his friend Angela Burdett Coutts: "'She does not –– and never did –– care for the children; and the children do not –– and they
never did –– care for her'" (qtd. in Slater 146). From evidence in other letters and the seeming abruptness with which Dickens took on this point of
view, Dickens biographer Michael Slater suggests that this was "something that Dickens had to get ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
From the writing on his gravestone, Pip perceives his father as"square, stout, dark man, with curly black hair" (23; ch. 1). Similarly, Pip reports Mrs. Joe
as having "black hair and eyes" (28; ch. 1).Pip infers his mother's appearance from her gravestone as well: "from the turn of the inscription ... I
drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled and sickly" (23; ch. 1). Joe, although not freckled, has light skin with features far more
feminine than Mrs. Joe's: "Joe was a fair man, with curls of flaxen hair on each side of his smooth face, and with eyes of such a very undecided
blue" (28; ch. 1). Pip's physical description of all these parent figures reveals the ambivalent gender identities in the Gargery home. Joe's physical
appearance seems more feminine, and he is much more nurturing than Mrs. Joe, who is described in terms similar to Pip's deceased father.
Mrs. Joe is described in some masculine ways, but her behavior is the most significant indicator of her desire not to be trapped in the traditional
feminine domestic role. Mrs. Joe's emotional distance from her family is exemplified in the apron that she wears: she "almost always wore a coarse
apron ... having a square impregnable bib in front, that was stuck full of pins and needles" (28; ch. 2). Dickens use of the word "impregnable" evinces
many non–maternal associations
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Gender Expectations In Edith Wharton
Within most narratives involving women, they start with the pursuit of marriage and end with a happily married woman. Within her novels, Edith
Wharton works to demonstrate the flaws of this understanding and present a question on the possibility of female happiness. By specifically looking at
The House of Mirth, Summer, and The Custom of the Country, exposing Wharton's stark critique of the nature of women's involvement within a
patriarchal social structure allows us to understand the damaging effects of female gender expectations. Marriage and motherhood become the expected
paths for women and consequently, they are punished when they go outside of these expectations. By then placing the possibility for happiness at the
center, marriage becomes
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  • 1. Gender Expectations On Men And Women And Gender Roles In... Should our biological sex determine our personality? In modern society, they do. From birth, we are assigned a gender and are socialized to conform to certain gender roles. Even when the babies are still in the womb, we put gender expectations on them. For instance, boys like blue while girls like pink. Gender expectation impact men and women in the areas of employment, dating, and marriage. Men and women are impacted by gender expectations when they look for a job. As children, we are told that we can be anything. Sadly, this is a lie. For example, men get ridiculed for wanting to be an elementary school teacher. People question why they want this. For many, the role of an elementary school teacher is better suited for a woman. They question if he has any bad intentions. Does he want to help students, or does he really have some other agenda? This is a tragedy because children often imitate behaviors they see. Male elementary school teachers are positive role models for young boys. They help young boys to shape how they should behave. Not only do boys benefit from male teachers, but girls do as well. We live in a world that is so diverse. It is important for young, impressionable children to witness this first hand. Gender expectations in employment also affect women. For instance, women are often discouraged from pursuing a career as a firefighter. Many people consider this job to be better suited for males. They believe that women just aren't strong enough. During World ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 2. Gender Socialization Is The Process Of Learning Gender... There are fewer women hold high–status positions than men in multiple fields. Women made–up 55.5 % of the United States population, but hold only 19.6 % of seats on the U.S Congress, 4.6% of CEO positions (S&P 500 companies), and 13.2% of superintendent positions. Why is this? Many people believe that women are intellectually inferior, and/or lack the desire to reach the top. However, they are misguided. The disproportionate number of women in prominent positions is a result of traditions of gender socialization facilitating prejudice practices in the work environments. Gender socialization is the process of learning gender expectations. It is what constitutes what is "masculine" as opposed to what is 'feminine." This process often ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This impression, coupled with the perception of aggression as a predominantly masculine trait, can lead to unwelcoming work environments in which women may experience sexism, double standards, and harassment. For instance, many women experience, co–workers telling inappropriate jokes and making sexually oriented remarks toward them. One woman recounts, "it happened so often that I stopped telling [my boss] about it" (Angyal, 2015). Women have to maneuver through a labyrinth of invisible obstacles, such as unconscious bias, and visible obstacles such as???? to climb up the corporate ladder. Every day women fall prey to vertical segregation (also known as "the glass ceiling"), which refers to a barrier that keeps women from rising to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder. Eventually, these obstacles create a reality where it is rare to see a woman ascend into upper level positions. For example, women are principals and/or teachers, while men get the superintendent positions, thus creating a discriminatory division of labor between genders in the workplace. Ultimately, manifesting a system, described by the "sticky floor" concept, where women are more highly concentrated in lower level positions (e.g. secretaries and assistants), while men have the higher level ones such as management. However, in the rare case women make through the labyrinth the criteria for advancement is changed to favor ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 3. Gender Role Expectations On College Students Education is a huge factor affecting women's job placement. From a young age, gender role expectations are taught to students through books, televisions, advertisements, and adult social interactions (Etaugh & Liss 129–130). These gender role expectations are extremely institutionalized but currently, women have made strides to have a greater representation at the college level. The percentage of women (68%) between the ages of 18 to 24 enrolled in college, exceeds that of men, which is 66% since 1990 (Parrillo 441). Even amongst minority groups, women have a larger presence on college campuses. Even though women are not the minority in college, they are still minorities in the science majors and overrepresented in majors required for more ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 4. Gender Expectations In Anna Karenina Anna Karenina displays a direct reflection of gender expectations in the 19th century. The sole purpose of women being to take care of their children or to please their husbands. While men are credited with being the leader and sole provider of the household. The majority of the characters in this novel follow this superficial guideline, with the rare exception. The societal pressure of gender norms placed on the characters is significant and inescapable, suggesting that if one breaks these norms, they will endure great suffering. Women are seen as submissive objects, who must first get and then always obey their husbands. From the beginning of the novel, the expectation of women being the housekeepers is shown, when Dolly is cleaning ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... First being shown when Vronsky sees Kitty as a "prize" and as an object to obtain, "Marriage had never presented itself as a possibility to [Vronsky]. He only did not like family life, but pictured the family, and especially a husband, according to the general view of the bachelor world in which he lived, as something alien, hostile and, above all ridiculous" (57). After showing an abundance of attention toward Kitty, he makes it very clear that he has no intention of marrying her, and views it as "alien"–like in his bachelor world. Contradicting the expectation of Kitty to be married off at 18 years old. Similiar in the sense of sexism, after Stiva perputrates his affair, no one is even phased by the fact, everyone almost expected this action, "Although Stepan Arkadyich was roundly guilty before his wife and felt it himself, almost everyone in the house, even the nanny, Darya Alexandrovna's chief friend, was on his side" (5) Following, is the reaction of Stiva to his own affair, "'No, she hates me. She won't forgive me. This is terrible, terrible!" (12). Stiva does not feel any remorse toward the fact he cheated on his wife, and the mother of his children, he only is upset that she will not forgive him. Not only this but the reaction of others, who are not even phased by the fact that Stiva had, and will continuously cheat on his wife, which directly contradicts the opinions of others on Anna's affair. From both ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 5. Gender In Great Expectations In the world of Charles Dickens, nothing goes unnoticed, from his dialogue to his imagery all the way down to his syntax. He is a master in that every detail is explained down to the very last bit of dust. need a transition from intro/hook to next sentence; so far they are not clearly related) In the coming of age story, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, there are many depictions of reversed gender roles, and many of the main characters thrive in unconventional situations. This is shown through the relationships between Pip, Joe, and Mrs. Joe, Miss Havisham, Mr. Pumblechook, and Mr. Jaggers. Looking into Dickens's life and why he wrote it the way he did goes all the way back to his childhood. (here again, emphasis the topsy–turvy ness ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Pumblechook. Mr. Pumblechook is the arrogant and a little big headed, seedsman. Pumblechook is one person who is actually a regular stereotypical gender role in the book. He is the one who first takes Pip to Miss Havisham and believes that he should get all the credit for Pip's fortune. "I entertain a conviction, based upon large experience, that if in the days of my prosperity I had gone to the North Pole, I should have met somebody there, wandering Esquimaux or civilized man, who would have told me that Pumblechook was my earliest patron and the founder of my fortunes." (Page 215) Pip, though he lost his way on more than one occasion, knows that what Uncle P is doing is wrong and resents him for that. Pip looks upon Pumblechook as one would look upon your crazy uncle, as that is exactly what he is. One trait that is shown that shows Joe being a kind friend and Mr. Pumblechook being the crazy uncle that no one likes is that fact that Joe is humble. Joe really was the one that Pip to his life of affluence and never says a word, but when Mr. Pumblechook does this one thing, it goes straight to his head and never stops talking about it or to think if what he is doing is the right thing to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 6. Pride And Prejudice Gender Expectations The novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen depicts a social structure in which there are clear gender expectations. These gender expectations control and restrict the lives of both genders, most notably women. In. Austen's world, women have few opportunities to support themselves, and have high expectations attributed to them. Men were held to similar standards. Upper and middle class men were expected to add to their families' wealth, be charming, and eventually marry. Deviation from these spoken and unspoken rules, such as Lydia and Wickham's elopement, would result in becoming a social pariah. In "Pride and Prejudice", the characters of Elizabeth Bennet, her sister Lydia, and Mr. Darcy challenge the aforementioned gender roles put in ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... However, Elizabeth's active nature and her refusal to be passive, "You give your opinion very decidedly for a woman of your age" (Austen 159), overshadow the traditional qualities she possesses. Her personality makes her very disagreeable to Lady Catherine and Mr. Bingley's sisters. When Jane falls ill, Elizabeth walks miles through the mud to visit Netherfield. Upon arriving, Elizabeth shocks the Bingley sisters, "I shall never forget her appearance this morning. She looked almost wild." (Austen 35). Lady Catherine also plays a role in contrasting Elizabeth with more traditional women of the time. The confrontation between the two at Longbourn shows Elizabeth's willingness to stand up for herself against people of higher social standing, "`I have said no such thing. I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.''(Austen 332). Austen's use of a limited social structure highlights the clear message about the expectations of women in Regency England and Elizabeth's refusal to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 7. Gender Roles And Food Production Expectations Gender roles and food production expectations have been established for decades, within families. Although, the gender roles have been slowly changing these past few years, we will be analyzing how gender roles and food production are being executed in a regular household in the following analysis. Sunday, is usually the day in which all my family assembles to eat our food together. This past Sunday, a few of our cousins decided to join us, which was even better. The day finally came when I woke up to the overwhelming smell of barbecued chicken. My mother screamed at me to wake up and to help her set the table with the utensils and napkins. As I obeyed her, I looked over to the kitchen that was filled with different condiments and... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Hunting was anticipated as dangerous; therefore, it makes sense that men who hunted for animals and ate the meat maintained a sense of masculinity and bravery. Besides the correlation between meat and hunting, meat also contains plenty of proteins. Proteins is known to help a person's muscle growth increase. I never actually payed attention but, my dad loves meat, chicken, and various other carnivorous meats. I was very curious and decided to ask him why he would always eat a sizable amount of meat. He answered by saying "Well, that's easy not only is it delicious, it has many good nutrients that help your body to be strong," I was just a bit surprised to hear that response simply because although my dad was probably unaware of it, he was trying to conform into the typical gender norm of the father, whom by societies' standards have to be buff and brawny to fit the role as the brave and masculine father, who is the head of the household. At the beginning of the dinner, it appeared as if everyone was starving, we sat in silence for a few minutes while we were enjoying our meals and savoring every bit of it. My mom ended up breaking the silence, by asking, "How does the food taste?" My dad answered right away admitting it was delicious. My mom jokingly uttered she knew it was delicious. Despite the fact she suggested it as a joke, I knew my mother identified herself as a cook that knew her recipes, because she has been a cook for numerous ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 8. Gender Expectations Of Gender Although in Western culture expectations of gender have changed, there are still gender expectations that exist within Western cultures. Women are still expected to be the caregivers, soft, and weak while Men are expected to be strong and powerful. Instead of families letting their children pick what they want to play with, "they give girls baby dolls to play with to enhance maternal and caring feelings and give boys sporting equipment which emphasizes feelings of power, aggressiveness, and leadership" (Moet 1). Children associating themselves with these activities foreshadows what their future holds for them. These early gender preparations influence the children's understanding to strongly develop that role. These traits become robotic to children and influence the 'normal' gender identity for a particular sex and how to behave as a male or a female. Educationally, Western culture engages in believing that boys are better at math. Western society places a heading on women that their educational values are being a wife and mother which deemphasize their intellectual abilities. Unfortunately, young women engaging in getting an education feel turned down because they fall into the trap of believing boys are better at math than girls which causes them to achieve lower math scores. The discouragement does not come from "boys are better than girls at math but because boys think they are better at math" (Davis 3). Young women are beginning to question whether they have the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 9. Great Expectations Gender A young girl runs to catch the ball. She is so close to catching it when a boy jumps in front of her and steals the catch. As he catches it, he is mocking the young girl claiming that she 'runs like a girl'. It is inevitable for something like this to happen on an everyday basis. This has been a recurring issue for longer than we can remember. Some might argue and claim that the issue has been resolved. Although it has indeed become less often, this issue still occurs daily. Separation of male and female significance is extremely prevalent, which is demonstrated by Biddy, Mrs. Joe, and Pip. To begin with, Biddy, as a female character, is treated as unimportant due to hergender. As an example, in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, Pip proves ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... As a beginning demonstration, Pumblechook says that he gives Pip "joy of [his] good fortune" showing that even though Pip was raised in a poor family, he comes into good wealth as a gentleman(Dickens 161). This illustration demonstrates that Pip, who grew up poorly, is now living as a wealthy man. It is inferable that this good fortune is a result of his seemingly superior sex. Likewise, the superiority of males is represented when Miss Havisham tells Pip "that [she is] not all stone" and asks him if he believes if "there is anything human in [her] heart"(Dickens 420). In this example, Miss Havisham shows Pip's senior position by asking for his forgiveness. It is easy to interpret this form of forgiveness as a sign of weakness or a state of being subordinate. As a last thought, Pip proves to be a better person as he says that Estella has "always held [her] place in [his] heart"(Dickens 515). As a final illustration, this evidence proposes that even after Estella's harshness towards Pip, he forgives her. This suggests that since Pip is, in fact, a male, he possess the ability to become a better person. In conclusion, Pip comes into good fortune with the help of him being a ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 10. Gender Socialization And Gender Expectations In Children Imagine a five year old girl, her birthday is a few weeks away and her mom is questioning her about toys she would like to have. She tells her mom she wants a race track and the newest Hot Wheels set. Her mother is quick discourage this request and suggests asking for something more "girly" because race cars are for boys. The little girl is disappointed but abides by her mother's request and instead asks for a new doll house. In our current culture, there is a huge difference between what is considered to be for girls or boys. From birth, children are told what colors and styles of clothing they wear, what toys they should play with, and emotions they should feel. Often, girls are told they cannot play with toys considered to be for boys and boys are told they are not allowed to play with toys considered to be for girls. Children who do decide they want to play with the toys not traditionally for their gender are often scolded by family members, pushing the children back to their gender–specific toys. In early childhood the decisions that determine who a child is to be are made by their parents or guardians. Gender socialization starts at birth and continues from adolescence, to adulthood, causing specific and detrimental differences in the way the genders behave. Before one can dissect gender socialization and gender role expectations in children, they must understand what they are. According to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 11. Gender Expectations In Ancient Mythology In our current world, gender expectations apparent in our society be traced back to ancient mythology. Women of today find inspiration in beauty and fashion often unknowingly form ancient cultures. Similarly, popular masculine attributes are relatable to the myths of heroes and important gods. Basing current social standards upon mythological texts however creates problems. In striving to achieve such physical greatness people of this era are attempting to reach the impossible: to become a god or goddess of immortal standards themselves. By relating ancient myths to that of the current media, one can view the effect that the ancient world has upon the social standards apparent in our society today. Divinity in ancient mythology was not always... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... If they, or at the minimum their leader does not fit into the standard and accepted body standards, then they are overlooked. Hephaestus, the Greek god of smithing fits into this category with his lame leg. Other than his leg, Hephaestus is often described and pictured as a fit and athletic looking male. As Homer writes in the Iliad, Hephaestus had a "massive neck and hairy chest" and "his shrunken legs moved lightly beneath him" ("Hephaestus"). This description makes Hephaestus appear as a strong man whose disability is apparent but does not fully take away his immortality. Similarly, characters in superhero stories with the unusual attribute of being overweight are frowned upon by society. Superheroine Big Bertha, otherwise known as the "Ample Amazon" uses her overweight characteristic to fight evil; her large size makes her bulletproof and gives her immense strength ("Overweight Superheroes and Supervillains."). However, Bertha's large size is only apparent during her heroic adventures in the comic world. During her "regular life, she is a slim–figured supermodel who is famous throughout the globe for her gorgeous figure and looks. Characters similar to Bertha would find it difficult to gain popularity in the world today due to the prevalent body ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 12. Gender Expectations : Gender And The Orientation Of A... Mini PIP On that Subject... Have societal gender expectations affected subject selection in schooling, and do the experiences of Generation X students differ from those of Generation Z students in relation to such expectations? Introduction – 675 Words Over time, society has created perceptions and expectations of gender which distinctly influence the socialisation process, influencing the formation of a sense of identity. The personal interest project I conducted focuses on the role of societal stereotypes of gender and the influence this has on individuals' subject selections throughout their schooling and education. Throughout my own schooling experiences, the concept of gender–specific subjects has become increasingly interesting. It appeared, in my own microenvironment, that a commonly held attitude was that scientific and mathematically based subjects are those which males were encouraged or expected to partake. Meanwhile, female were often expected to enter creative, life–skill based subjects. From this, I decided to study whether gender acts as a socialisation agent in relation to a person's subject choice, leading to my focus question: Have societal gender expectations affected subject selection in schooling, and do the experiences of Generation X students differ from those of Generation Z students in relation to such expectations? As the task criteria requires a cross–generational element of study, I decided to research whether the effect of gender on subject ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 13. Gender Expectations Essay Before we are born and actually take that first breath of air into the world, Society and our family prepares us to play our role as a male child or female child, leading into adult hood. When the parents are told by the doctors whether or not it is a boy or girl; we as a society plan for our showers, to coordinate with the sex of the baby. If it is a female child, the decorations for the shower are mainly pink, and if the sex of the child is a male child, the decorations are of course mainly blue. Female children are given dolls, tea sets, and pretend kitchens. Little girls are trained to nurture, take care, and be beautiful. Little boys usually receive sports equipment, toy cars, and Incredible Hulks. They are trained to be strong, and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Is it because the child is a male child, one may assume that football is definitely something the little boy should be interested in? When we start grade school there are many different groups that are available for us to become a part of. There is rarely a football, baseball, or basketball team available for a little girl to join at such a young age. It is automatically assumed that because of the roles we are expected to play, that only the little boys would be interested in these types of sports. At such a young age, we have experienced gender inequality in sports. Little girls are then forced to join cheerleader teams. Early on, little girls are trained to stay in the background, and cheer on the men. They are forced to sit in the bleachers, stand on the sidelines, and be that nurturing, supportive woman that they will soon enough be in their adulthood. The litte girls are put in their cute little cheerleading costumes, getting all dressed up to play their leading roles. While cheerleading is considered to be a sport, since it is mainly a "woman's sport" it is not showed the respect it should. There are boys that may join the cheerleading sport as well. When this happens society automatically stereotypes and may consider that boy to be homosexual. Society needs to accept the different sports that both men and women can compete in, not letting gender become the main factor. Women should be able to participate ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 14. Gender Roles And Expectations In The Birthmark One of the most striking aspects of the 19th century is the distinctive use of gender roles and expectations. Specifically, these aspects are provided strongly in the "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a short story that demonstrates the 19th century couple, Aylmer and Georgiana, who are faced with the predicament of an imperfection taking the shape of a birthmark upon Georgina's cheek. By 19th century standards, Georgiana is successful at fulfilling the role of a wife. What does the lifestyle of a 19th century wife consist of? It is thought by Christopher Sallus that men and women live their lives in different social spheres (Sallus). As a result, proper men's lives consisted of factory work, attending public events, and large amounts ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 15. Gender Expectations Henrik Ibsen's play, A Doll's House, debuted in 1879 before an offended Norwegian audience. It proposed many breaks in the gender expectations of the 19th century that led to its label of "culturally unacceptable". Ibsen strategically reveals the negative effects of these expectations in a way that elicits guilt from the audience rather than confronting them directly. He renders the closing scene of the play ironic to create a critical tone of this aspect of Norwegian culture. This scene is key in understanding the consequences of gender expectations in the relationship between Nora and Torvald. Throughout the ending scene of the play, Ibsen clearly illustrates the irony of the gender expectations within Nora and Torvald's relationship through... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Torvald claims that the key to success in their marriage as well as the answer to Nora's anxiety "... is to be open, frank, and honest with me" (pg. 109). The audience finds out, however, in the following scene, that when Nora finally opens up to Torvald about the way she has felt through their marriage, he is offended and confused. This reveals that gender expectations have warped Torvald's ideas of truth and moral correctness so that he could not possibly accept something that is outside these bounds as truth. It is this warped perception that leads to Torvald's moral dissonance later in this scene when he has trouble accepting the things that Nora is telling him. At one point in Nora's speech, Torvald had to make an attempt at "[regaining his composure]" (pg.115), revealing that he had been taken off guard and bewildered by a problem that he thought he had to solve yet again. This adds to the irony that Torvald is fighting Nora to keep her in line with gender expectations while he cannot retain his own. Ibsen speaks to his audience by revealing to them that many are taught throughout their lives to follow their gender expectations which can warp their worldview and even prevent them from taking certain steps in ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 16. Gender Expectations For Men Primarily, gender expectations for men are used to show power, control, and typecast the characters as manly. The men in the tragedy, including the serving men, are shown degrading women and using them to look better. During the quarrel between the serving men at the beginning of the tragedy, the rape, and murder of "women, being the weaker vessels," are used to show superiority between the two feuding families and the insignificance women play. In the conversation, the serving men, are talking about the disputing families and what they would do the Montague maids to show that they are more powerful. Women are also not treated as humans, they are treated as "vessels" or objects to be used to do all the housework. Due to this lack of representation ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 17. Gender Roles And Social Expectations As a child, many of us enjoyed watching Disney movies to the point that we basically lived off of those movies. In many Disney movies there were hidden aspects children mainly did not notice like gender roles and social expectations. Even though children may not realize the social expectations aspect incorporated into movies they still absorb those lessons like a sponge. They learn these aspects by seeing them as role models, they have the desire to become that person. For an example, during Halloween we see hundreds of little girls dressing up like their favorite princess. They see these princesses as role models since little girls can relate them to by gender. Depending on what the princess portrays in the movie determines the outcome if it is beneficial or flawed characteristics that the child may take up. Like in early Disney movies the princesses were the damsel that were saved by the prince but a different scenario is produced in Mulan. Mulan is a heroine and loved by all of China but it didn't start out like that, the expectations developed. In the movie, the characters and songs illustrated the expectations of a women and men that those expectations still exists in our own society today. In the beginning of Mulan, Fa Mulan is shown preparing to meet the matchmaker, writing womanly qualities on her forearm. Those words still resonate in today's society. The words she wrote "quiet and demure, graceful, polite, delicate, refined, poised..." These are womanly qualities ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 18. Gender Expectations How can power and gender expectations affect decisions about sexual activity and risk taking? Power and gender expectations are an important element of sexual risk taking behaviours. Gender beliefs like 'the more sex I have, the more manly I will be' or 'always listen to what your boyfriend wants even if you don't want to so he doesn't break up with you', pressure many females and males into engaging in sexual behaviour that they may not want and as a result, increase their risk for unexpected pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. Young men are often taught to be strong, tough, aggressive, competitive and risk takers. Having power and control are considered important in displaying one's 'manliness'. While these characteristics are ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Female expectations are less strict compared to male expectations, however many women still believe that they need to harbour the interests and desires of men. In addition, young women are often taught to be nurturing, attend to other people's needs, avoid conflict, and be concerned about their physical appearance all the time. Like male expectations, these characteristics are not necessarily bad. It is the harshness of these expectations that females must behave in this way all the time that makes them difficult. Studies indicate that women who assign to a more cooperative form of femininity compared to other women are less likely to become educated on sexual health issues, less likely to plan for sex, less able to negotiate safer sex, less likely to have self–efficacy to avoid HIV and less likely to enjoy first sexual encounter. They are also more likely to give birth at a young age, more likely to have an unintended pregnancy, more likely to use condoms inconsistently, more likely to have poor condom use skills, more likely to have a partner that disapproves of safer sex practices, more likely to experience power imbalances in her romantic relationships, more likely to leave the decision making, timing, and condition for having sex up to her male partner and more likely to experience physical and/or sexual abuse in her ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 19. Gender Roles In Great Expectations Charles Dickens, "Great Expectations" follows a boy named Pip through a journey of meeting new people around the town and also is considered an Orphan. There are a lot of characters that are introduced like Miss Havisham who always wears a wedding who shows up a lot in the book. Pip changes a lot through the novel with wanting to be a gentlemen but has made a lot of mistakes and blames it on his sister Mrs. Joe who raised him by hand. The women seem to be different from the men in this novel with different roles they play so I'm going to show they are different. Feminity is different from this novel to reality with the old ways changing of women and how they work. Women have always been considered to be seen as weak but superior. There are many main characters who are women such as Mrs. Joe, Ms. Havisham, Biddy, Estella, and others. These four play major roles with Pip and how they influence him throughout the novel. The women are shown through this novel to be housewife's while the men go to work. They are seen as women who are supposed to be cooking and taking care of the children. The women are portrayed in this book as women who don't move from where they live or how they are confined to their homes or the role they play in the households. The men seem to have more freedom in going place to place as they see fit, while the women stay in the home to be housewives. I'm first going to start off with Mrs. Joe Gargery is married to Mr. Joe who is a blacksmith who she ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 20. The Food Personalities Of Gender Expectations After finishing an initial review of the shows, I identified common themes between the food personalities in terms of gender expectations. From this sample, I identified five culinary personas: homemaker, non–traditional female, craftsman, explorer, and non–traditional male (gastrosexual). Even though these hosts had unique characteristics, the thematic presence of gender division between domestic cooking and professional cooking underlined all the personalities. These identified attributes for the most part do adhere to the traditional femininity and masculinity with some divergent examples. Persona Attributes The traditionally female culinary persona portrays a woman's culinary authority lies in the domestic kitchen. Although this study ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The emotion behind Drummond's cooking was reflected in the rest of women who fit this persona. This emotion and placement in the domestic kitchen displays the traditional feminine characteristics of emotionality and domesticity. While Food Network presented only traditionally feminine personas in their programing, Cooking Channel provided one female food personality who crossed traditional gender lines. Harry Eastwood, British host of Sinful Sweets, explores and travels the United States finding bakeries and confectionaries. As a culinary expert and accomplished chef, she casually discusses technical knowledge of baking and often gives critical suggestions for how the dessert could be better. This professional expertise separates her from the rest of female hosts because her professionalism and absence from the domestic setting draws attention to her greater culinary authority than untrained home cooks. While Eastwood departs from the traditional female attributes, she highlights the attributes associated with traditional masculinity. These personas represent professional culinary authorities whose legitimacy stems from artistic experimentation and technical training. These personas find motivation by sharing culinary knowledge and are associated with traditionally masculine occupations like craftsman or explorer. Like the feminine personalities, the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 21. Gender Roles And Expectations Gender roles and expectations leave a massive, indirect impact on people of western culture. It can limit both genders as to what they are socially allowed and not allowed to do. While most believe that the roles appear natural, it is only because it is how they are raised to believe, not because of biology. It is completely okay to believe and stick to gender roles on one's own terms, but the issue lies when the individual is oppressed or harassed for straying from the subjective social construct of standards. It affects a lot of western culture, making different people be able to obtain different professions, wear certain clothing choices, have dominant or passive roles in relationships, and be accepted as either more assertive and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... "Violation of gender role expectations are met with criticism and penalized" (Prentice D.A., 26). While penalizing can be imposed by others, it is mostly self–imposed internally. Children as young as two or three years of age are able to discern genders roles. In cross–sex behaviors, females crossing over are viewed more favorably compared to males crossing over. Socially, women can be accepted wearing masculine clothing, while men are rarely able to been seen as feminine, such as wearing a dress, without violence or being harassed. A prediction as to why females crossing to male are view better upon than vise versa "Feinman's differential hypothesis is based on the idea that a woman's movement into the highly valued male role is more acceptable than a male's movement into the less valued female role." Punishment for straying from gender roles are more prevalent for those who do not identify with any gender. There is a problem in our culture if a set of entirely subjective guidelines implement violence with those who do not follow them. Even women who follow the traditional set gender roles suffer, as the construct is set to oppress women to be subordinate to men. Women still manage to stick to their own set of beliefs and are independent and assertive still face feats, as many if not most major professions are dominated by ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 22. Gender Expectations In Antigone Gender expectations is the ideal, acceptable job for a male or female. Gender expectations is how a reader perceives a woman or man in a particular action. The author, says humanity is determined by gender expectations during Antigone. Sophocles, the author, meticulously developed the theme of gender expectations through Creon. For instance, in the play, Creon was averse towards the thought of Antigone committing the crime: " But this is Antigone! Why have you brought her here?" (Scene 2, 18). The author shows Creon was surprised towards the action of a female carrying out such a jeopardize crime. Creon's tone helps the author depict his contemptuous thoughts towards women by questioning Antigone. In addition, Creon is tepid on women's ideal ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 23. Gender Socialization : Social Norms And Expectations Gender Socialization Gender socialization, the social norms and expectations of each gender, are easily the number one influence of teenagers and adults. These norms, cause people to act and think what they might not necessarily believe is true to their inner beliefs. All around society, common phrases, actions, and ideology are used, without even recognized as being gender influenced. Things such as the percentage of women who are in high management position, are not due to purely intellectuality influence. Often women are discriminated for their gender, and their roles of being female. With that said, gender socialization does not only occur in working environments, it shows its teeth around all parts of society, including family, religion, school, sexual, and non–sexual relationships, friendships, and in common interactions among other individuals. Basically, gender socialization is everywhere; the three most common places that people need to show recognition of gender socialization, in family, relationships and in the workforce. Society needs to bring gender socialization up as an issue, because, in many cases, people are mistreated, others are mistreating, and nobody is standing up to it. Family In the common household, parents treat boys and girls different in unnecessary situations for the sake of following social norms. In many households, girls play with barbies, and boys play with action figures; girls clean dishes, while boys take out trash; girls read books, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 24. Gender Politics : A Society 's Position On Gender Roles... Gender politics refers to a society 's position on gender roles and their expectations. The big question is, "In this society what is acceptable or unacceptable for males and females"? "Some people think that all men have power and all women don 't. That is not true" – (M.Atwood, 2001). The sexual development of children start in their early stages of childhood, From when a child is a toddler to the time he/she ages, the emotional and physical fundamentals associated with sexuality, takes place as they start growing up. During their younger ages they start to relate more with their same sex, The foundation of emotional and physical attachment that forms itself between parents and infants acts as the early stages of physical love intimacy and comfort, which children experience when they are starting to mature. A huge factor is the role of stereotypes, reinforced by social and cultural norms, Most children develop their habits through things they see happening around them. For example if a little girl sees her mom putting on makeup cleaning, cooking it is said that those are the things that she might start to take interest in. Same as a little boy watching his father maybe fixing broken things around the house or taking out the garbage. "Several factors are associated with who does what in a dual–earner family, and how much time they spend. For example, school–aged children at home add an average of 1.2 hours to a family 's workday, pushing it to more than 8 hours for both ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 25. Traditional Gender Expectations Examine the impact of traditional gender expectations on the specific roles individuals adopt within groups There are many traditional gender expectations that are significant and have an impact on both males and females on the specific roles that they adopt within groups. Traditional male expectations include, that males are expected to be the family provider, for example working full time and giving money to their family so that they can buy their basic daily needs for example food and clothing. Men are also expected to protect woman and his children, for instance, in cases where they are placed in unsafe situations. Traditional female expectations include that they are expected to follow their husband's ideas, plans and decisions without arguing and to keep everything in their household clean and tidy. The traditional expectation of males expected to be the family provider signifies that they are strong, have a leadership type role and that they are dominant and powerful. This is because the males are the ones who have to fulfil the family payments and work in order to meet the needs of his family. This... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This is because women are seen to be followers and in some cases supportive of what the ideas, plans and decisions that their husband's put forward and make. This is because if the women disagrees, there may be times when the husband gets aggressive and strong towards his wife, which can then lead them into fights and arguments. Women are also expected to be the carer of the household and to keep everything neat and tidy. They are expected to be seen as the one's who have to clean the house up and keep everything in place, and not keep anything untidy. This is because, women are seen to be the ones who do all the housework, mainly inside because of what is shown in the society about the perspectives of woman and what is being displayed in the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 26. Gender Socialization Is The Process Of Learning Gender... Why is it that despite making up 55.5 % of the United States population women hold only 19.6 % of seats on the U.S Congress, 4.6% of CEO positions (S&P 500 companies), and 13.2% of school superintendent positions? Many people believe that women are intellectually inferior, and/or lack the desire to reach the top. However, these individuals are misguided in their belief about the professional and interpersonal strengths that most women possess. The disproportionate number of women in prominent positions is a result of a historical tradition of gender socialization that facilitates prejudicial practices within the work environment. Gender socialization is the process of learning gender roles and expectations. It is what determines which ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... As a result, women speak more tentatively, apologize more, and interrupt less than men. Ultimately, this leaves the impression that men are more confident and capable, and therefore, better leaders (Lakoff, 1975). This impression, coupled with the perception of aggression as a predominantly masculine trait, can lead to unwelcoming work environments in which women may experience double standards, bias in assessments, as well as harassment. For instance, many women experience co–workers telling inappropriate jokes and making sexually oriented remarks toward them. One woman recounts, "it happened so often that I stopped telling [my boss] about it" (Angyal, 2015). In this way gender socialization may prevent women from obtaining high level positions or cause them to miss out on opportunities to advance in their careers. Women have to maneuver through many obstacles –– some more apparent than others –– in order to climb up the corporate ladder. Every day women fall prey to vertical segregation (also known as "the glass ceiling"), which refers to a barrier that keeps women from rising to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder. Eventually, these obstacles create a reality in which it is rare to see a woman ascend to upper level positions. For example, women become teachers and principles, while men are superintendents. This creates a ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 27. Essay On Gender Expectations In Romeo And Juliet In the play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare both Romeo and Juliet fit into gender expectations in some ways. Gender roles are stereotypes that males and females fulfill and each of the same gender is supposed to follow by a courtesy code. Most gender roles are not being followed anymore as shown by the fact that women like sports as much as men; men can now stay at home and have the females in the family work. Although Juliet conforms to gender expectations by making irrational decisions, being childish and depending on others, but in some circumstances, she also defies them by not listening to her father. To start with, Juliet is easily swayed into rash decisions without thinking them through. Towards the beginning of the play, Juliet finds out that Romeo is a Montague. Juliet, at the party, states that her "Only love" is "sprung from my only hate!/ Too early seen unknown, and known too... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Near the beginning of the book, after Romeo and Juliet had met, Juliet expresses "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?/ Deny thy father and refuse thy name./ Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,"(ii:ii 36–38). This quote shows that Juliet has fantasies about Romeo just like teenaged girls would have about guys nowadays. When Romeo had recently been banished and Tybalt had just been killed, Juliet is informed of her parents decision to make her marry Paris and she had an extremely childish and pouty reaction. Now, by Saint Peter's Church, and Peter too, He shall not make me there a joyful bride. (iii:v 121–122). This shows Juliet portrayed as a pouty girl trying to get her way by throwing a temper tantrum which is very childish. This portrays Juliet as a childish teenager with fantasies. Not only is Juliet portrayed as a typical teenage girl who acts very immature she also is a figure of her time in that she is believed to by her father that she would do whatever he ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 28. Gender Roles And Expectations In The Canterbury Tales Jonathan Junio Mrs. Sibbach English IV 10 December, 2014 Gender Roles and Expectations in Medieval Society as seen through The Canterbury Tales In the Middle Ages, society established many roles and expectations of both men and women. These sought after characteristics exist in the literature of the time, none more recognized than Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. The Canterbury Tales offers valuable insight on many aspects of medieval society including what culture thought of as the model person. In medieval Europe, society depended on the feudal system "For safety and for defense, people in the Middle Ages formed small communities around a central lord or master ... In this "feudal" system, the king awarded land grants or "fiefs" ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The Wife is unequivocally different to almost all other women in the Middle Ages "...Having already had five husbands "at the church door," ... She sees nothing wrong with having had five husbands ... she prefers the biblical command to go forth and multiply"(Bath's). The Wife can be defined as someone who society obviously sees as wrong, but the Wife does not care for the Wife believes that there should not be anything wrong with having had five husbands and goes against society's views by interrupting the bible as telling women to go forth and multiply. In the Wife's tale the Wife discusses the question of "What does every woman desire"? The answer to this question is "...women most desire sovereignty over their husbands"(Bath's). The Wife's tale stood for everything society thought of as wrong and also going against society's norms, the church's views of women and offering a different viewpoint for women to express themselves and demand not just equality but also ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 29. Gender Roles And Expectations : ' A Streetcar Named Desire ' Gender Equality in Our Society Gender roles and expectations have a lot of impacts on our society and it needs to be changed in order to create a better civilisation. Although our society has ameliorated tremendously in the past years, there are still some discriminatory actions among genders that are affecting someone 's life negatively. Any remaining differential between genders need to be changed for a better moral standard of living. The Impacts of gender roles and expectations can be seen in the play, "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, the article "But What Do You Mean?" by Deborah Tannen, and the article, "Lost in the Kitchen" by Dave Barry. In each context, it was shown that the gender expectation causes nothing ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... As a consequence of gender discrimination, women as human beings aren 't getting the same respect as men instead they were seen as commodities. Consequently, living with gender expectation causes harm to either one of the gender. The article, "But What Do You Mean?", explains in general how men and women act differently and how it has effects on each individual. The quote, "When both parties share blame, it's a mutual face–saving device. But if one person, usually the woman, utters frequent apologies and the other doesn't, she ends up looking as if she's taking the blame for mishaps that aren't her fault. When she's only partially to blame, she looks entirely in the wrong. " explains the one of the behaviours of women. Women usually apologises as a way of showing the friendliness between them but it 's seemed as a weakness among men. Women also take half the blame to show the mutual situation but the opposite gender tends to see it in a different. "When I 'm with men, wit it cleverness seems inappropriate (or) lost! so I don 't bother." also verifies that the behaviours between women and men are different as well as the humours. Men use insults as a way to appreciate the other person while women take it as an aggressive way of presenting the idea. Because the way men and women act is different or the way they feel is different, it can get difficult to communicate between men and women. What we should do is to be ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 30. Gender Conformity And Expectations Through Time Orlando by Virginia Woolf addresses the issues of gender conformity and expectations through time; in this case, three centuries during the Elizabethan Era in the area around Europe. The main character, Orlando, experiences a gender change during his lifetime to become a female and that drastically modifies the way that she lives. Through the motif of Orlando's gender change and androgyny, Orlando experiences both life and love, which is not common for men and women regardless of the time period. Orlando began life as a young boy, living in a house in the country before being taken into the city by the Queen. As a child, he encourages himself to chase masculine pursuits in life, as his father and other ancestors do before him. Despite the encouragement of masculine activities as his family is known for, during his isolation, he decides instead as an adult that "they and their deeds [are] dust and ashes" (Woolf, 81) and that he would like to live life the way that he wants to, as a poet searching for love. Even as a man, Orlando has the power and authority to live his life how he wishes, but he always craves love. A poet at heart, Orlando has many loves, such as the girls in his sonnets, and he always writes about them in the way he finds best. He claims "Love [has] meant nothing to him but sawdust and cinders" (40) and he cannot find the love he is always searching for. Without love in his life, Orlando reaches out to experience new things and "thus... this Nobleman [has]... ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 31. Gender Expectations In Zack Hostetler's Zoology In any given field today, gender expectations can often influence the roles of men and women. Many career paths are seen as feminine or masculine and can deter young students from choosing a field they might really enjoy. Such as a young women who dreams of being a doctor, but instead becomes a nurse. One field that is not generally affected by gender, or so it seems, is Zoology. A bachelor in Zoology who is now seeking a Masters degree, Zack Hostetler had many insightful comments to make on how gender affects his field as well as his life. Hostetler's specific field of interest is in Conservation, which he feels is a choice more likely for a man to make, as women tend to lean towards the Veterinarian field as "women are healers" Hostetler ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 32. Gender Expectations In Anna Karenina Anna Karenina displays a direct reflection of gender expectations in the 19th century. The sole purpose of women being to take care of their children or to please their husbands. While men are credited with being the leader and sole provider of the household. The majority of the characters in this novel follow this superficial guideline, with the rare exception. The societal pressure of gender norms placed on the characters is significant and inescapable, suggesting that if one breaks these norms, they will endure great suffering. Women are seen as submissive objects, who must first get and then always obey their husbands. From the beginning of the novel, the expectation of women being the housekeepers is shown, when Dolly is cleaning ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... First being shown when Vronsky sees Kitty as a "prize" and as an object to obtain, "Marriage had never presented itself as a possibility to [Vronsky]. He only did not like family life, but pictured the family, and especially a husband, according to the general view of the bachelor world in which he lived, as something alien, hostile and, above all ridiculous" (57). After showing an abundance of attention toward Kitty, he makes it very clear that he has no intention of marrying her, and views it as "alien"–like in his bachelor world. Contradicting the expectation of Kitty to be married off at 18 years old. Similiar in the sense of sexism, after Stiva perputrates his affair, no one is even phased by the fact, everyone almost expected this action, "Although Stepan Arkadyich was roundly guilty before his wife and felt it himself, almost everyone in the house, even the nanny, Darya Alexandrovna's chief friend, was on his side" (5) Following, is the reaction of Stiva to his own affair, "'No, she hates me. She won't forgive me. This is terrible, terrible!" (12). Stiva does not feel any remorse toward the fact he cheated on his wife, and the mother of his children, he only is upset that she will not forgive him. Not only this but the reaction of others, who are not even phased by the fact that Stiva had, and will continuously cheat on his wife, which directly contradicts the opinions of others on Anna's affair. From both ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 33. Gender Expectation Essay : Gender Inequality Gender Expectation Essay Why should gender determine how to live your life? Throughout my whole existence, I've been told to act and dress like a "girl" by most of my family. I never understood why it was such a huge deal, until I was much older. Gender expectations are still around today and they still continue to be affect the way men and women are treated. A man that acts within his owngender role is praised, but a woman is forced to stay in a certain limit within her role. Men and women shouldn 't let their gender define themselves and it should not pressure them to live up to a certain standard created by society. One of the biggest ways why gender expectations have a huge impact on our lives is through family. Parents tend to ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Another important factor that identifies gender expectations is what happens within a relationship or a marriage. It was always decided that a man should be the one with a job and to make money, while the woman stays home and takes care of the house and the kids. "The Company Man" by Ellen Goodman was a perfect example of this, but in the worst scenario possible. Phil was the living definition of a workaholic. He never took a day off of work in his life and he was so dedicated to his job that he was hardly was home with this family. His wife, Helen, had actually worked in an office before she got married to Phil. Although as the years passed and she saw that Phil was constantly gone, Helen had " given up trying to compete with his work." (Goodman) She already knew that there was no chance that Phil would give up his work to be with the family, so she ended up being the typical housewife. In fact when he died from a heart attack, Helen's friend noticed that " she must have given up part of herself which had cared too much for the man." (Goodman) Helen didn't seem to change her mentality about his death, like nothing had changed now that he was gone. This was a new beginning for her. On the other hand, his own kids didn't even know their dad well enough. It was so bad that his eldest son had to ask his neighbors questions about his dad, which showed how much neglect Phil gave to his children. I believe if Phil took more time to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 34. Gender Stereotypes And Expectations In Literature Everyone knows that boys only want one thing, and girls, above all else, must protect their virtue. Society, through such means as literature, popular culture, and tradition, has perpetuated these gender stereotypes and expectations for much of history. Unconscious and conscious assumptions about gender shape how readers perceive sex in literature; men are typically considered lustful, whereas women are considered loving. However, the subjects of sex, love, and lust in literature, as demonstrated in poems written by Robert Burns and Andrew Marvell, become increasingly nuanced when gender stereotypes and expectations are questioned and removed. Gender roles, expectations, and stereotypes have shifted and become less clearly defined ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... He says that "the youthful hue / sits on [her] skin like morning dew," but that this fresh beauty will soon fade (Marvell 584; 33–34). The description of this woman supports stereotypes of both genders. The man is lustful, and his tactic is to appeal to the woman's shallow vanity. He appeals to her desire for love by almost offhandedly tacking on how he would like to know her heart (Marvell 583; 18). Additionally, he says that, should they act upon his lustful desires, they would be "like amorous birds of prey" (Marvell 584; 38). The contradictory image of loving raptors enforces the stereotype of a predatory man spouting any lovely lie to get a woman in his bed. "A Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns is not as overtly sexual as "To His Coy Mistress." However, Burns was notoriously promiscuous, and his subject matter was often of a sexual nature. It is safe to say that his purpose in this poem was a sexual purpose. He says his "luve's like a red, red rose / that's newly sprung in June" (Burns 935; 1–2). He also describes his love as a beautiful song being "sweetly played in tune" (Burns 935; 1–2). He uses this flowery language to appeal to women's stereotypical love for beauty and emotion. He additionally appeals to an overemotional woman by using hyperbolic language to describe his love. He claims that he will love this woman until all the seas dry up and "the rocks melt wi' the sun" ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 35. Gender And Class Expectations In Regency Society Communication is effected by gender, status, and propriety in Prid and Prejudice because of society and social conduct. Gender and class expectations in the Regency of the Victorian period were based on a fixed social structure. In the novel, Gender controlled and restricted the lives of most people abiding by them, mainly the women of the time period, who were often disempowered. Men were expected to be financially viable through family wealth. Women were to remain passive throughout their lives, marry early, and to support their husbands. Elizabeth, the second daughter in the Bennet family, challenges the expectations of a women in Regency Society by being independent and courageous. In the beginning of Pride and Prejudice, the expectations ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 36. Expectations Of Gender Roles Two personalities, One body The society we live in today has expectations for everyone from birth till death. These expectations can make us become a person we never thought we would be, or a person we are glad that we became. You can call these many expectations your gender role which is a set of societal norms dictating what types of behaviors are generally considered acceptable or appropriate for a person based on your actual or perceived sex. Everyone living in society today has them to fill. Gender roles do not always have a positive impact on a person. When you are growing up your parents always told you to be who you wanted to be and to chase your dreams. The requirements your suppose to fill while perceived as a male or a female make ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The boys are supposed to be strong and determined in what they want to do but they also supposing to listen and obey to a girl when they say something. The boys are anticipated to be a soft hearted man when in the presence of a lady. The gender role and double bind gets covered up by the ways that society has crafted the roles for a man and what they are expected to do (Bordo 219–220). Susan's ideas are portrayed In this movie in many different scenes. Danny is having to be a gentleman around Sandy and be the good boy that she wants him to be, and around his friends he has to be a cool rebellious guy that doesn't care about goody good women. This is one of the many examples of how he has to fill the double bind within society and it can be challenging ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 37. Gender Roles And Expectations Of Men And Women Since the last few decades, there has been a trend of shift in roles and expectations of men and women. The shift was dynamic in the latter half of the twentieth century. World had been made a great stride in acquiring and adapting to the new definition of gender roles. These changes can be seen in the fields of education, media, economics as well as many other things. The reason for the change is a rapid increase in the number of women at workplaces–worldwide. Unlikely, this wave of change is not limited to developing countries. Initiated from the west; it is spreading all over the world. Gender roles can be described as the attitudes and behaviours expected of male and female members of a society by itself. Gender roles vary a lot. Different cultures impose different expectations upon the different genders of that culture. Older generations have historically held more traditional views on gender than young people and that is fortunate! From the past 50 years the world has experienced tremendous upheaval and revising of its traditions. The factors affecting the changes in gender role can be the carrier paths, education, marriage and upbringing of children. These changes in gender roles influence the environment in homes, offices, schools and eventually the whole society. Firstly, the ideology of gender role
  • 38. is mostly inherited from the guardians. Children learn from their parents. The way they teach– how to walk, eat, talk, behave, think and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 39. Gender Roles in Great Expectations Essay Gender Roles in Great Expectations The importance of the Victorian ideal of motherhood is glimpsed in Charles Dickens's personal life. Dickens's main complaint against his wife when he separated from her was her terrible parenting. Around the time that his separation from his wife was being finalized, Dickens complains of Catherine in a letter to his friend Angela Burdett Coutts: "'She does not –– and never did –– care for the children; and the children do not –– and they never did –– care for her'" (qtd. in Slater 146). From evidence in other letters and the seeming abruptness with which Dickens took on this point of view, Dickens biographer Michael Slater suggests that this was "something that Dickens had to get ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... From the writing on his gravestone, Pip perceives his father as"square, stout, dark man, with curly black hair" (23; ch. 1). Similarly, Pip reports Mrs. Joe as having "black hair and eyes" (28; ch. 1).Pip infers his mother's appearance from her gravestone as well: "from the turn of the inscription ... I drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled and sickly" (23; ch. 1). Joe, although not freckled, has light skin with features far more feminine than Mrs. Joe's: "Joe was a fair man, with curls of flaxen hair on each side of his smooth face, and with eyes of such a very undecided blue" (28; ch. 1). Pip's physical description of all these parent figures reveals the ambivalent gender identities in the Gargery home. Joe's physical appearance seems more feminine, and he is much more nurturing than Mrs. Joe, who is described in terms similar to Pip's deceased father. Mrs. Joe is described in some masculine ways, but her behavior is the most significant indicator of her desire not to be trapped in the traditional feminine domestic role. Mrs. Joe's emotional distance from her family is exemplified in the apron that she wears: she "almost always wore a coarse apron ... having a square impregnable bib in front, that was stuck full of pins and needles" (28; ch. 2). Dickens use of the word "impregnable" evinces many non–maternal associations ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 40. Gender Expectations In Edith Wharton Within most narratives involving women, they start with the pursuit of marriage and end with a happily married woman. Within her novels, Edith Wharton works to demonstrate the flaws of this understanding and present a question on the possibility of female happiness. By specifically looking at The House of Mirth, Summer, and The Custom of the Country, exposing Wharton's stark critique of the nature of women's involvement within a patriarchal social structure allows us to understand the damaging effects of female gender expectations. Marriage and motherhood become the expected paths for women and consequently, they are punished when they go outside of these expectations. By then placing the possibility for happiness at the center, marriage becomes ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...