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The establishment of marriage has come to hold different meaning along the years. In the US, the meaning of marriage originally came to hold the meaning of union between two people and to be known as the most important day in the bride’s life, however as time has progressed, marriage has come to be anContinue reading “JBC Chapter 8”

In looking through published magazines and ads, the form of beauty has a very distinct and established face. While many people argue that we are in a modern world and diversity is very much a thing, it still does not stray from the fact that audiences prefer caucasian females over any other image. Many ofContinue reading “JBC 330: Counting Beauty”

As I walk in to a toy store I realize that each product is placed in a strategic manner to appease customers. Their main customer being a child and secondly their parents to approve, the aisles are sectioned off accordingly; toddler, four years old and up, and preteens. This sectioning each has its own subsection,Continue reading “JBC 207: Toy Store Observation”

The Military has become a place in where people of all backgrounds can enlist to fight for their country, however it has come to be a place in where people are being discriminated. Gender discrimination has become an issue in determining ranks and effectiveness in the workforce especially among women. Women have come to faceContinue reading “(H) 518-534 Miller, Women in the Military”

Appearances tend to play a bigger part in people’s lives more than one cares to notice. Many people are quick to judge others because of how they display themselves. Many quick assumptions are made about the person because of the way they portray themselves, most importantly, their attractiveness. Beauty has been a major factor inContinue reading “(H) 341-348 The Importance of Being Beautiful”

The style of communication comes differently to people, especially when the background of the person differs. Both men and women react to certain things in different manners. This leads to easy miscommunication between the two. It is almost as if the two had a separate set of jargon in which only women understand women andContinue reading “(H) 192-19 Tannen, But What Do You Mean?”

The worlds of boys and girls are completely different from each other in the sense that both genders grew up with different societal norms. It seems normal to us now that boys will be boy and girls will be girls. However, in reality, girls and boys both get their tendencies through the distinct separations theyContinue reading “(H) 180-191: Thorne & Luria, Sexuality and Gender…”

Role strains in my daily life have consisted mainly in between being a full time student. My days consist of attending classes every morning and going home and having to do homework for every single class for various hours. It becomes a heavy load because of all the work I have to do for allContinue reading “Mandatory: How do role strains and role conflict operate in your lives?”

The female expectations on the perfect image and perfect manner of presenting themselves has stemmed and been implanted into young girls’ minds for years. Society has taken every chance possible to tell young girls that they must act a certain way and look a certain way. In doing so, this has brought up girls pressuringContinue reading “(H) 173-179 Eder, On becoming Female”

The differences between male and female, other than biological, come from the societal norms in which we are meant to follow. Since before birth, we are put into a category and are raised to follow the set of rules laid out before us. In doing so, society is the one in control of how weContinue reading “(H) Pg. 161-172: Henslin, On Becoming Male”