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The question of gender equality has been debated about for many decades in different countries of the world. In the previous years of our history, this question has not been as sharp as nowadays. It was considered normal that women had lesser rights and occupied lower positions on the social ladder. In fact, in many […]

 What do we Americans consider as masculine? Masculinity by definition on Google is the “possession of the qualities traditionally associated with men.” but what kind of qualities makes a man? In the academic article “Masculinity as Homophobia” by the American sociologist Michael S. Kimmel, he stated that “American manhood is rooted in the sphere of […]

As each one of us enter this world, society likes to begin stamping gender roles on us the second we are removed from our mother’s womb. Baby boys are swaddled into blue blankets and baby girls in pink respectively. As we grow, more gender stereotypes of how we are supposed to act are ingrained into […]

In an ever changing society that has emphasized and increased the conversation regarding gender roles, there seems to be a lacking conversation with masculinity and the media. The media superabundance that we have been experiencing throughout this decade is something that has never been seen in human life before. The specific conversation regarding gender roles […]

Social upheaval was prominent in the early to mid 1900s, especially in regards to men and women’s roles in society. Women played a crucial role in the workforce during the World War II era, while their male counterparts were off at war. They were increasingly employed to fill the jobs that were previously taken by […]

The One Act Play Trifles by Susan Glaspell is a murder story that ultimately alludes to the stigmatized 20th century woman. As the three men, the sheriff, the county attorney, and the neighbor, inspect the late John Wright’s home after his strangulation, they often criticize the condition of the home that the murder suspect, Mrs. […]

For this assignment I have chosen the Topic of Gender Inequality and in searching for a peer reviewed article I found one co-written by Elizabeth M. Morgan, and Laurel R Davis-delano, titled “How Public Displays of Heterosexual Identity Reflect and Reinforce Gender Stereotypes, Gender Differences, and Gender Inequality.” The study talked about in this article […]