Dr. Constance Peterson 's ' Spellbound, A Film Production Directed By David O. Selznick

In the 1900’s it was a social accepted practice to believe one’s gender restricted what an individual was cable of doing. During this time period and going back further in the past the main ideology of society was males were there to lead, provide and protect the fairer sex. Susan Glaspell uses stereotypes to disprove the notion that women are less superior than their male counterparts by having the women solve the murder of Mr. John Wright.

The concept of femininity and masculinity is mentioned many times throughout the essay to highlight it

He argues in the book that the human mind makes a difference between men and women, but they cannot be judged because of their genders and mental and physical abilities. Thought the thoughts of males and females are entirely different because of internal biological differences society and culture play a part in the standards these genders should conform to fit in. Socialization to gender roles impacts the shaping of the male and female minds in society, and this Pinker did not emphasize. Gender is defined as the socially constructed behavior, roles, attributes and activities that our societies consider appropriate for women and men. The development process that shapes the mind begins in life early and heightens during adolescence stage for instance; researchers discovered that gender expectation negatively influences psychosocial development of girls. Thus inferring the fact that men and females cannot be judged by their mental and physical abilities is true but minus the influence of influences of cultural and religious biases the male and females mind would not be that different.

Gender has been described as masculine or feminine characteristics that encompass gender identity sex as well as social roles (Nobelius 2004). According to sexologist John Money, there is a difference between gender as a role and the biologically of differences in sex (Udry 1994). Within scholarly disciplines, cultures and contexts, gender frequently has its own mean, contextual frame of reference and the manner in which it is used to describe a variety of issues and characteristics. The sociocultural codes, conventions and the suggested and literal rules that accompany the notion of gender are vast and diverse. There has been and continues to be much scholarly debate regarding the idea of gender and how it has been viewed historically; as well as changes in the grammatical use of the

In society, gender is a real struggle by reason of people do not believe that men and women should be treated as equals. Gender, although not directly mentioned is still a part of the story. In “The Minister’s Black Veil” (Hawthorne 28), the author indirectly mentions gender with,“The black veil, though it covers only our pastor’s face throws its influence over his whole person.” Like the black veil, gender is a prospect that individuals are fully judged based upon. Gender is an effective way

Throughout the movie, there are many characters that do not quite fit the classic view of a scientist. And it is definitely portrayed in more ways than one. The most evident, however, is based on the way that those who do not fit the role are treated by those who do. The most obvious case of this is with Roseland Franklin. While she seems to be the most equipped scientist, she is outcast because she is a woman. Throughout the film, the story portrays a sexist science community resulting in the outcast of Roseland, despite her being the most precise in her work.

We’ve studied three fictional novels throughout this course, all of them having to do with plague or epidemic. These books all fits into the genre of dystopian. One of the themes that seemed prominent throughout all three books were the roles of the female protagonist or antagonist or the male counterpart of it. In Matheson’s book, I am Legend. The protagonist is a masculine man named Robert Neville, he is the last surviving human on the planet, living with only vampires around him until he meets what presumably is another human that is a feminine character. We find out later she is the reason he meets his demise. In contrast, James’ novel The Children of Men, the female character of Julian plays a huge role in saving humanity from the health crises they are facing in their world. The role of gender plays a huge part in these two works of literature, the health of both genders in both books determine the outcome, Julian being healthy, and Neville being able to survive by himself, they both represent an exceptional idea of masculinity and femininity. But the meaning of gender changes because of the epidemic of crises they are facing, for Neville’s case seeing a woman for the first time in three years, or Julian being pregnant, these changes the importance of gender.

How women are presented in “Of Mice and Men”, “The Farmer Bride” and, “Coy mistress”.

While “Blackwell focused primarily on women's differences from men, Jacobi spoke much more often of men's and women's characteristics” 3. The biomedical concepts would evolve because both doctors and scientists would begin to study diseases which were sex-linked as well as studying chromosomes and hormones. As medicine progressed themedical community began to “recognize that categories treated as biological are in fact largely

Gender: Being a female made her life difficult. Her colleagues would not associate with her at times because she was a woman. Women weren't allowed to enter the senior common room to eat lunch, only men were allowed.

Masculinity resembles cruelty and strength while femininity symbolizes kindness and empathy. Her deep passionate yearning, causes her to plea, “Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood. Stop up th’ access and passage to remorse,” She is fretful that the stigma of her gender could lead to potential failure and therefore taking on masculine traits will lead to success. This leaves her with not only an identity crisis but also a gender crisis.

In order to compare and contrast the different readings from this semester I want to start from the beginning. Gender is an achieved status in which is constructed through psychological, cultural, and social means (West 1987). Instead of solely depending on your biology, which is considered your sex, gender is performed in interactions. Almost every interaction that someone encounters is relevant to his or her gender. Gender can be the degree in which someone can describe himself or herself as masculine or feminine. In Lorber’s “Beyond the Binaries: Depolarizing the Categories of Sex, Sexuality, and Gender” she explained, “gendered behavior is constantly normalized by processes that minimize or counteract contradiction to the expected” (Lorber

“The social construction of gender comes out of the general school of thought entitled social constructionism. Social constructionism proposes that everything people "know" or see as "reality" is partially, if not entirely, socially situated. To say that something is socially constructed does not mitigate the power of the concept. These basic theories of social constructionism can be applied to any issue of study pertaining to human life, including gender. This is

According to a survey, 34.1 percent of female scientists felt obligated to act more feminine and 53 percent of female scientists received criticism for being too straightforward, which is apparently classified as “masculine” behavior (Williams). One Latina bioengineer said, “I’m pretty aggressive...I find that both men and women…are going to immediately call [you a] witch...” (Williams). Moreover, a biologist was told, “don’t talk to me like that” (Williams) when she spoke her mind. She, like many women, eventually recognized the necessity of acting as a damsel in distress in order to talk to her male colleagues (Williams). Also, the stereotype that women are meant to raise children applies in STEM as well. Research shows that “nearly two-thirds of scientists with children” (Williams) were asked if they were committed to their work. One microbiologist said, “There is an assumption...that your career is more of a hobby than a career, and you’re only going to do it until you find a husband and/or have a family” (Williams). Even when women start a family or get married, they are still capable of working simultaneously. If this is incorrect, then married men with family are unable to work diligently due to the restraint of

Over the years in American history, women have fought for the rights and freedoms that men were born with. For a while now after all this hard work women have put in to get these rights, you would think there wouldn’t be any more hoops to jump through, but you would be unquestionably wrong. Emily Martin wrote “The Egg and The Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles” to show the world that there is gender stereotyping not only in our culture but also scientific language as well (Martin, 39). In reproductive roles males are depicted as the heroic warrior who go on missions to get to females, while women are seen as wasteful and passive, not working nearly as hard as the men. Not only does science exhibit females in such a derogatory aspect, but it’s teaching children in early age science textbooks the gender bias as well. Scientific stereotyping seems to be influenced by cultural stereotyping which in itself is a drastic problem. When will it be acceptable for males and females to work together as equals in a humane environment? Academic research throughout the conversation of language in science indiscreetly displays gender bias towards males, aiding the theories that Martin addresses in her article.