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    often times not acknowledged, but learning and understanding about their culture is vital for when encountering an Arab-American student. Dr. Joseph Jacobs, is one of their great male role models. He is the founder of Jacobs Engineering Group, which is a billion-dollar engineer firm. Abeer Al Otaiba, is a female role model who is founder of SemSam, which is a fashion line. She has also helped develop major health care partnerships and cultural exchanges. Additionally, on page 104 of our textbook,

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    1. I was socialized for my gender by being raised to conform to the female gender role. The kinds of toys I played with were dolls/Barbie’s, and jump ropes. I wasn’t encouraged to play with gender stereotyped toys, it was what I wanted to play with. Therefore, it was neutral toys. Being the oldest child within the household my chores consist of washing the dishes, taking out the trash, cleaning my room, the bathroom but, most of what I was told to do. The types of messages those chores, toys, and

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    According to the data collected by the Horatio Alger Association, majority of children view their mothers as their greatest role model. In the novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, the protagonist, Scout, lacks this motherly figure in her life. Scout grew up with strong male role models that greatly influenced her life. But due to the absence of a female role model, she now views women in a negative light. But this changes through the novel as she strengthens her connection with Calpurnia

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    Female police officers have appeared on television shows since the 1970s with shows like “Policewomen” and “Get Christie Love”. “Policewomen” paved the way for shows like “Honey West”, “NYPD Blue”, “CSI” and many more. As time went by more and more TV shows include female police officers as part of the main cast, shows like “Law and Order: Special Units Victims”, “Charles’s Angels”, “Hawaii 5-0”, etc. Policewomen on TV shows are not portrayed realistically but it is starting to change. In the earlier

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    Effect of Gender Roles in Male Physicians and Female Midwives In past centuries, only women attended to women during childbirth. Men were usually not involved, unless they were needed for their strength or other emergencies. However, with the medicalization of childbirth, the presence of male physicians emerged. By the 19th century, tensions between male physicians and midwives heightened as male physicians began to introduce new techniques and anatomical knowledge that interfered with the traditional

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    Frankenstein has caused many feminist critics to castigate not only roles the female characters have within the book but also the deprivation of women throughout the novel. Mary Shelley isolates the female characters to their gender role responsibility and also possess them to have passive roles. - ABSENCE OF WOMEN - Feminists have criticized Frankenstein for the confinement and objectification of women to gender roles within the novel. Although when analyzing the text, it is apparent that Mary Shelley’s

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    Hamstrings: Quadriceps Strength Ratio on Female Athletes ACL Epidemic Knee Injury Epidemiology Since the implementation of Title IX in 1972, more females are participating in sports (Hewett, 2000). Title IX mandated equal sports participation for females in both secondary and college-level education systems (Arendt, Agel, & Dick, 1999). The increased participation in female sports has increased the awareness of health in female athletes. In both male and female sports there are sport specific musculoskeletal

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    ironic that in most of these tales women were portrayed as the victims. To my knowledge until Buffy the Vampire Slayer came out there were few if any stories about vampires that had a female heroine. Buffy stood out for me with its characterizations of strong female heroines. Not only the main character, but many of the female supporting characters on the show were strong women. Maybe not like Buffy who was physically, and supernaturally, strong, but in mind. This not only included the so called good

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    History shows us that nursing has not always been female dominant profession, and men have been a part of nursing for since acient times. A once male dominated profession has transitioned into men representing only a small percentage of the nursing population. The decline of men in nursing can contributed to factors such as gender discrimination, sterotypes, and the demasculination of the profession as a whole. In recent years there has been a push to revamp the image of nursing in order to recruit

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    Discuss the role of women in the novel. How are feminine qualities of the Ibo culture important to its survival? Women: Weak Gender?! In the novel “Things fall apart” by Chinua Achebe we are introduced to a different Africa than most of us know. We travel back in time and go to the pre-colonial Africa, more specifically Nigeria, to a village known as Umofia where the Ibo people live. The Ibo people form a very archaic and agriculture based society. Achebe introduces us to this new world that was

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