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    Gender roles that conform to age old stereotypes are often present within the musical genre. These age-old gender roles are much of the time characterized by the women playing the role of the housewife who takes care of home affairs and looks after the children, while having no control over money or her own decisions, while the man is the only working figure in the picture, and the sole provider for the family; in short, the female is the obedient follower of the dominant male. From the article

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    effect on three crucial themes, which are attachment and empathy, identification, and gender roles (Falcon). With prior studies and past practical research, this literature review analyzes major topics and issues in video game research above and beyond matters concerning violent content (Falcon). Moreover, the research goes into each of the three key points, attachment and empathy, identification, and gender roles. The first point, attachment and empathy, explains how a player can get attached to their

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    extent, affects their knowledge and view of the world. Gender roles can significantly affect how one views the world, as they have been imposed on a person since childhood. These roles are formed through cultural, religious, and societal means. For instance, in a particular religion the religious scripture suggests that men are obligated to ‘feed and fend’ for their families.This places pressure on males in a society to take on the role of the primary benefactor. Whereas in others, females are responsible

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    identity and upbringing as a Native American plays a role in his educational experience. I will also explore how gender roles instilled in him both through his culture, as well as by the non-Native American society around him, affected his views of his gender and his identity overall. Little Tree is an elementary-aged male living in 1920’s America. While this was obviously nearly a hundred years ago, many of the factors discussed still play a role in today’s society. Since his mother died (his father

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    gender roles have changed whereas in the story took over, while today society is set up in the way where the daughter usually takes the motherly duty. “Being a Man" by Paul Theroux also gives reasons for gender roles that help understand how they have changed. In contrast with the story and society today, society has changed gender roles and who may take charge when one is in fact; coming home again. “Coming Home Again” and “Being a Man” are both stories about how gender roles play a role in society

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    This stereotype along with many other gender roles/stereotypes are present in Their Eyes Were Watching God and requires Janie and the many other characters to either adhere or break free of the gender roles/stereotypes they come across. Some of these gender roles/sterotypes is that women need to be married in order to be seen as decent and woman should remain quiet and not be outspoken or attract attention. Jaine breaks free of the respective gender roles by her unwillingness to conform to man in her

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    gender must wear the failure's shoes: if Richard can not step up as a father, then the only other person that can is the wife herself. At the beginning of the story, readers can see how comfortably each parent wore the shoes of their respective gender roles, symbolizing what each gender is supposed to act like. It should be noted that Kaufman lived from the

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    continuity are attained” (Boundless.com, 2015). The process of socialisation involves an individual such as an adolescent having interactions with various agents of socialisation. Agents of socialisation are groups or institutions that play a crucial role in providing an individual with social and cultural skills in accordance with the social norms and standards of the society one is located in (Brian Furze, 2014). Socialisation contains two concepts, Primary and Secondary socialisation. Primary socialisation

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    works the cuter she looks!” the truth is that ads like these were very common in the mid-20th century. Many companies used the existing gender roles to appeal to consumers, sex sells and so does gender. The 20th century was the rise of gender advertisement. Since the 20th century was the era of consumerism, it’s natural to think advertisement played a huge role in the popular culture and had a huge influence on how people viewed the world. The belief that women are domestic creatures who always must

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    Hard Times helps in illustrating the progress as well as the depression experienced by both men and women in the society. The role of the women in the Victorian society can be categorized in social and economic roles as shown from the various duties played by the women in the story. Most of the women in the Victorian society are associated with some stereotypical traits such as being transparent and being sensitive and that develops further to create a story which highlights the various importance

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