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    Race, gender, and class have always been prevalent in society since the beginning of time. The concept of superiority stems from these features that define human beings and thus, leads to a struggle of power and oppression. Slavery, antisemitism, and prejudice are some of many examples that have been derived from this concept of superiority. The readings posted for this critical assessment speak heavily on the natures and stereotypes that are based around the black and white males. The juxtaposition

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    Gender is based on cultural assumptions that classifies on what positions should be held based on gender. Therefore, Gender inequality affects people in the workforce because of the gender wage gap in institutions. For example, jobs are sex segregated based on gender roles and status. The gender gap is based on wages and job positions. This causes for males and women to earn different because of gender. Even if they have the same positions males are look as authority. Men are favored because of the

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    Gender can sometimes be seen as biological characteristics humans have, when in fact it is the social characteristic ones society deems either masculine or feminine. Sex, on the other hand, is the biological differences in humans, for example, hormones and sex organs. People usually play gender roles in society, otherwise known as gender ideology. Gender ideology is when men and women have certain attitudes regarding their ‘fixed’ roles, responsibilities and rights. Throughout history men and women

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    In this assignment I will be discussing the expect of nature vs nurture debate and will be defining what gender and sex is and applying that to nature vs nurture debate. Nature is our biology it refers to all the genetic inheritance and other biological features such as; colour hair, skin colour, colour eyes and many more. Nurture is the environment around us which makes people who they are and how an individual is raised their level of values and beliefs. For example, experience and learning on

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    Gender refers to being male or female. It is usually used to determine the cultural and social difference between men and women. Gender roles are expectations of how males and females should behave, what attitudes they should have, what activities they should do and etc. according to their culture (Witt, 2016). Years ago, males and females had specific roles that separated them from each other. Males were known to go hunting to provide food for the family, and females were to stay at home and

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    by the government, gender inequality is still apparent; pay gaps can be observed in all different fields. Splitting the wages of women by their race displays even more discrimination, as African-American and Latina women are paid significantly less than Caucasian women. There are several factors which attempt to explain the reason behind the gender wage gap, such as the influence of traditional gender roles and the evidence of vertical and horizontal sex segregation. The gender wage gap is a worldwide

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    changed with people and culture. When looking further into timepieces, one can see a large difference in how subjects were displayed and how they are now presented. One of these subjects is gender. The textbook definition of gender has stayed the same but the social contexts of it have changed over the years. Gender roles in society have changed drastically over the years through advertisements. A 1950’s ad for Ivory Snow laundry detergent is a great example of how American society perceived women

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    What is gender? Gender is the intersection of the relationships between sex, gender identity, sexuality and gender expression; an achieved status Gender is not just sex, gender identity, gender expression and sexuality. These aspects are a basis for gender, but they do not determine gender. Sex is the measurable organs (anatomies), hormones and chromosomes that determines us as male, female or intersex. It is what we are born with, a product of biological processes (DNA, evolution, mutation, replication

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    Gender is important to Western society, and fittingly, it is deeply woven into the infrastructure of the United States. Whether it comes from the media, school, work, or church, people are fed innumerable amounts of messages everyday instructing them how he or she should look and behave based on their sex, and there is no escaping it. While these gender values have been challenged more frequently and intensely in recent years, one, growing up in a culture that places so much important on gender performance

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    Society has institutionalized gender roles since the beginning of time, a common one is that women are the nurturers and housekeepers, while men are the breadwinners of household. In spite of centuries, and fighting for women 's rights, such as the right to vote in the late 1920s. Women still have roles to fulfill, even in a modern society that is dominated by a virtual world. Gender identification has multiplied from that of men and women, to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ)

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