Gender is not something we are born with but instead something we learn or are thought. Gender is a concept that describes how individuals understand their identities due to social norms,attitudes and expectations that society deems appropriate for one sex over another. The social construction of gender is defined as either female or male and […]
Introduction Awareness-raising is a process that can facilitate the exchange of personal insights and perceptions to promote a mutual understanding of them. In Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) programs gender awareness-raising intends to change attitudes, behaviors and beliefs that reinforce gender inequalities (Haider, 2012). As a former graduate student in WGSS, I can say […]
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Get startedThroughout life, questions of sexuality and gender have become essential to our understanding of self expression, communal involvement, and most importantly, our identity as a person. The main purpose for the political role of gender is to resolve and improve an organization that has once rejected and marginalized a certain classification of people. Although over […]
Production The series Full House, created by the very well-known and talented producer, Jeff Franklin, is a well-acclaimed television sitcom that first aired in 1987. ABC picked up the series in 2003 where the show was able to return to the channel it was originally written for. Another intention for Full House was that it […]
Gender, sex, and sexuality are social categories that exercise pervasive influence and expectation upon our lives. Although the appropriate definitions of “gender, sex, and sexuality” are commonly misused within the same manner, it is important to differentiate between the forms of social order. In “The Social Construction of Gender,” Judith Lorber chronicles the paradox of […]
Introduction The history of masculinity seems to have piqued the interests of gender theorists in recent years. These theorists begin by analyzing the marginalized outlook of what it means to be a man. The construction of male power in society seems to have had quite the influence during the creation of atypical heroes found within […]
The movie ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ is based on the real-life story of a Falls City, Nebraska transgender man named Brandon Teena. His story in the film shows failures in gender performance. Unfortunately for Brandon, he failed to show the difference between sex and gender and how they are binary. Because of his failed gender performance, […]
