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Gender derives its formative meaning from culture and societal values, it is not a universal entity as there are various cultures, societal values, beliefs, and preferred ways of organizing collective life across the globe and even within a single culture the meaning of gender varies over time. Chapters three and four of Gendered Lives by Julia T. Wood helps to insightfully look at those views, and rhetorical movements (women and men’s movements) that have overtime influenced, defined and given various meanings to gender (masculinity and femininity).

Our gender has an effect on every aspect of our lives, varying from how we view ourselves and other people to how we interact in social and civic life. It also impacts the way we set our goals in opportunity areas such as education, work, and recreation. Gender socialization starts at birth then manifests through family, education, peer groups, and mass media. Gender norms are automatically placed on us, where women should learn how to be nurturing, sensitive, emotional, passive, and always hold a man’s position higher than hers. On the other hand men should be overly confident, aggressive, dominant, and view women beneath them. This paper uses various readings to show how these gender norms are supported and challenged in today’s society.

In our society today, there are many ways identity plays a role in how people live their lives, as well as how people are viewed or treated by others. A big part of a person’s identity comes from their gender. Men and women are raised differently, whether it be their beliefs and ways of thinking, how they view their future, or the actions they choose to take throughout their lifetime. In both Katha Pollitt and Silko’s essays, they discuss the differences in the lives of men and women and how these differences result from society’s expectations by using metaphors and life examples to explain their message to the reader, as well as allow the reader to connect to this message.

As Lorber explores in her essay “Night to His Day”: The Social Construction of Gender, “most people find it hard to believe that gender is constantly created and re-created out of human interaction, out of social life, and is the texture and order of that social life” (Lorber 1). This article was very intriguing because I thought of my gender as my sex but they are not the same. Lorber has tried to prove that gender has a different meaning that what is usually perceived of through ordinary connotation. Gender is the “role” we are given, or the role we give to ourselves. Throughout the article it is obvious that we are to act appropriately according to the norms and society has power over us to make us conform. As a member of a gender

For a long time, men and women have been dealing with the controversy of gender roles. In modern day, the battle for gender equality has been more known. In the story “Guys Suffer from Oppressive Gender Roles Too”, the author Julie Zeilinger explains how males are held to a more macho standard, but do have prevalent emotions. If we were to let go of these rigid rules about what is manly, there would be no standard for any gender. If that was reality, men shouldn’t have to feel humiliated about staying home, and if their companion makes more money than they do. Zeilinger talks about how males detach themselves from some emotions, and live a “life nub to a true range of human emotion” so they can meet this masculinity standard. However if males

My brother started going to parties at a younger age and the advice he was given was to “stay away from alcohol and drugs” and “call when you want to be picked up”. When I started going out with friends at night my parents were never comfortable unless they knew I was with a big group and that my male friends would also be there. Again, this differs from my brother’s experience. This change in my parent’s attitude towards my brother and myself demonstrate how gender plays such a strong role in how individuals are treated. These examples explore how two people can be in the same situation but are treated differently purely because one is female and one is male.

I immediately thought to myself that I needed space. It came to me that I could try to invade a person's personal space as my sociological experiment. My goal in this sociological experiment is to get in my younger sister’s personal space as much as I can and find any reaction that she could give off. In this document I will share information on the violated folkway that

Whether we consciously notice or not, doing gender is occurring everyday within our society. Every interaction we have with another individual is doing gender. Doing gender has become a part of our every day lives the same way without realizing it the same way we breathe air without really paying attention that we are breathing. The meaning behind this is that it is occurring unconsciously. Candace West and Don Zimmerman coined the term doing gender in an article they composed. West and Zimmerman argued that gender is something that humans created. As humans, we have the urge to categorize and define everything. If someone was not in favor of their gender role or did something that was not deemed correct for that gender, this person would be committing an act of social deviance. This paper will discuss what doing gender means along with other attributes of doing gender. These attributes includes what pushes us to do gender, why we do gender, the results of doing gender along with discussing what the boys in C.J. Pascoe’s article of Dude you’re a fag accomplished. This essay will discuss what doing gender is along with what causes us to do it and finally what doing it accomplishes.

When Devor claims that people are “scorned” when they go against societal gender roles she addresses how society does not like “blurring the lines” between genders. She states, “Persons who perform the activities considered appropriate for another gender will be expected to perform poorly; if they succeed adequately, or even well at their endeavors, they may be rewarded with ridicule or scorn for blurring the gender dividing line.” (88) By stating this quote, Devor makes known the stereotypes and backlash that comes across genders doing something that “they are not supposed to do”. Devor fortifies the idea when she mentions the “gender dividing line” that is not seen but very much prominent in society. Women get “ridiculed or scorned” when they for instance play football or men if they prefer to do drama instead of sports.

“Doing Gender” is a phrase popularized by West and Zimmerman. It illustrates the theory that men and women perform actions that are in accordance with the gender norm. In some cases, people do act against the gender norm but it does not diminish the theory of “doing gender.” Our society has formed a rigid understanding of characteristics that are ascribed to the gender binary, which are masculinity and femininity. This social construct of gender dictates the behavior of the individual.

Summary The video, “Social Norms and Conformity,” discusses the role of gender, conformity, and deviance in today’s society. It first outlines how gender and one’s definition of it is socially constructed from the moment we are born. At birth, we are automatically bestowed with the status of belonging to a group; we are welcomed as a member into society and we are consequentially influenced by the beliefs, ideals, and social norms that that particular society holds. As the video highlights, Western society holds very different expectations for what constitutes being “female” and “male.”

Again, no statistical significance could not be found in the cross tabulation of these two variables, χ2(1) = 11.12, p = .085. In terms of self disclosure practices, no evidence supporting associations between age and gender determine whether or not a Brony will be public about their participation in the fandom. The second hypothesis was found not to have any statistical significance in this study. Again, despite the number of participants who identify themselves as private fans were primarily in the younger age demographic, no statistical significance suggests age was a determining factor in whether or not a fan would remain secretive about their pony related

A lot of males’ violent behavior and females’ complaisance can be accredited to family and institutional socialization. Parents usually raise boys on aggressive sports, such as hockey and football, which encourage violence. Girls, however, are generally brought up on "feminine" activities, dance and figure skating to name a few, which promote a gentle, polite nature. It is the rare parent that heeds their four-year-old son’s aspiration to be a ballet dancer by purchasing the child a pair of tights and a leotard. When a boy shows more interest in dolls than in trucks, his family may be distressed, and provoke him to reveal his "masculine" side. After striving for egalitarianism between the sexes for so many years, families still deter young girls from pursuits of hockey stardom, hoping to interest them in Pointe shoes. Displays of emotion by boys are often criticized for being "unmasculine", whereas emotional behavior in girls tends to be expected and accepted. As a result, boys tend to not only hide their feelings, but criticize friends for showing their emotions. Girls, on the other hand, encourage one another to express feelings and console one another naturally.

Some participants state they are fearful of the negative reactions resulting from their disclosure. Several of these same individuals (all of whom identify as male) claim that if coworkers knew that they were Bronies it would create a negative work environment. Similarly, private respondents also show a tendency to conceal their activities (as well as merchandise, if they own any) when they go to conventions or physically hide My Little Pony merchandise from other.

It is my distinguished honor to speak to you today. It seems like just yesterday that I started Pewitt as a fifth grader. The memories of my 8 years here weigh on my mind and it seems so unreal that I will no longer have to convince myself that the food is not so bad.