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    people join because of their gender. Bros is a club that is meant for males only and Crown is only meant for females. Rousseau and Wollstonecraft would support this idea because they believe people should not be excluded for any reason. They would be committed to achieving a club with no gender. To assemble a change and find a solution. The club that Rousseau would support would be Bros . This club has a specific gender, which is male. “I may be no better, but at least I am different” (Rousseau). In

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    history of old traditions, that society cannot look past. This ideal of masculinity has created complications within gender and sexuality that have made people hold onto heteronormative ideals. The heteronormative ideals have created a privilege society where the white males dominate the world and place everyone who does not fit in their binary into the other people category. Masculinity

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    The critical theory of gender revolves around the theory that the gender division is a social construct and that such division was constructed with the purpose to subjugate women in addition to other reasons. The critical gender theory is reflective of the social constructionist concept in which identity categories are the product of specific historical and cultural developments. On the contrary to this concept is the concept of essentialism which states that identity categories reflect innate fundamental

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    Bordo continues to claim that the phallus becomes the almighty symbol by stating, “… [T]he phallus stands, not for the superior fitness of an individual male over other men, but for generic male superiority- not only over females but also over other species,” (Bordo, 89). This indirectly aligns with Kimmel’s claims which were previously mentioned. Therefore, the erect penis-shape suggests upward aspiration and strength while

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    specific sex of partners, yet this not necessarily the most significant difference in sexual preferences.1 In ancient Rome a male citizen could perform sex acts, under certain circumstances, with the gender he preferred, without fear of ridicule. Society was less concerned with the gender or age of a man’s sexual partners than with the perception of the masculinity of all male partners involved. Other things were more important than gender when it came to sex, such as penetration, masculinity and status

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    Autonomy Kimmel Summary

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    attempts to explain to men that feminism doesn't have to be confusing and that it's in men's best interest to support feminism. Kimmel beings reading from his book from the "autonomy" section, asking men to imagine not having the same rights and privileges that women didn't have over the past couple centuries. He asserts that autonomy is the main idea behind feminism, that men take this right for granted. Later, Kimmel discusses the four ways the lives of women have changed, which are in the areas

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    The original meaning of patriarchy is the eldest male figure or father is the head of the family. In addition, patriarchy can be used to describe the social and institutional system where government or power positions are ran by males. Allan G. Johnson also describes patriarchy as a social and institutional construct of male privilege over others that has carved itself into our daily lives. Every man contributes to this oppressive system towards women regardless of their intentions to do so.

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    Inequality In Subhumans

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    In line with the issue of inequality in gender; women are not allowed to do things for themselves. Imagine a world wherein males are inferior, this can happen but it would have a small percentage compared to the idea of them being superior which the scenario in this novel. Subhumans as what we would like to refer the women throughout this paper will be shown in many forms. First is that the things that they can do are limited, they cannot study; if you would look at it, this could provide insights

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    September 3rd, we discussed what “privilege” means and completed the Distance from Privilege Ladder Scale. This scale rates the degree of privilege you feel when comparing to different aspects of identity. As I would have guessed, my results confirmed that I was “privileged,” but I also have certain characteristics I did not take into consideration, such as attractiveness and size. Within this quiz are eleven categories that identify a person and their level of privilege. These are race, sex, status

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    aware of the privileges I have in relation to my gender in that, unlike the male gender, as a female, I don’t have to worry about being perceived as weak when I cry. This allows me to fully show my emotion. In learning that I have a privilege in my gender identity, I became empowered in using my privilege to advocate for other gender identities, which are targets of oppression. My value of physic has evolved in the sense that in the beginning of this cause, I knew that I had a privilege that some people

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