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    examined the troubling aspects of hip hop music. Hip hop was said to have brought masculinity back to the game. One aspect of this troubling masculine culture is the idea of hyper masculinity. The term hyper masculinity is defined as the exaggeration of male stereotypical behavior, such as an emphasis on physical strength, aggression, and sexuality. These three attributes create the disturbing facets of what hip hop music portrays to the media and the public. Hyper masculinity is embellished with importance

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    The masculinities and femininities which exist in society play an important role in the gender inequality and gender relations. There are many cultural activities which are gendered and contribute to the construction and reconstruction of these femininities and masculinities. One of the most prominent cultural activities which are gendered is sport. Therefore we need to be aware of the role sport has in constructing masculinities and femininities and the ideology, sportocracy. Sport is a gendered

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    This past Friday of Memorial Day weekend 22-year old Elliot Rodger, son of the assistant director of The Hunger Games went on a rampage in the coastal town of Isla Vista, neighboring the UC Santa Barbara campus where six students were murdered in total plus multiple injured by who the media and any mainstream news station would label “a very lonely and mentally disturbed young man”. But you only have to watch his final YouTube video called “Elliot Rodger’s Retribution” to know that he knew exactly

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    video advertising campaign presents is masculinity, supremacy and a view of elitism. This creates desire for the product, because as a customer you want to be associated with those terms and represent that. This makes the customer feel privileged and fortunate, as if they are more superior to the opposing gender. At first sight, both Bottled Night advertisements seem engaging and appealing. For example, the poster advertisement features a male figure (Ryan Reynolds) who is wearing a formal suit to

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    place based on gender. Women have always been a part of the workforce, but as explained by Ashley Farmer (2014) women became a larger portion of the male dominated positions such as manufacturing of ammunition during the Second World War due to the fact that the male workers were drafted to serve in the armed forces. Upon returning home from the war, male workers took these positions back over and most females left the work place. When the Korean War began, female workers were once again needed to

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    addresses the controlling power a dominant group holds through visualization and often through sexuality. However, the ways in which this term is explored are different between the two women. While Ono’s work highlights and even proves the Western male domination involved in the idea of “The Gaze”, fifty years later and a difference in culture sees Kara Walker’s work create an artistic and intellectual revolution against the very power “the Gaze” tries to maintain, turning the concept on its head

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    workplace based on gender. Women have always been a part of the workforce, but as explained by Farmer (2014) women became a larger portion of the male dominated positions such as manufacturing of ammunition during the Second World War due to the fact that the male workers were drafted to serve in the armed forces. Upon returning home from the war, male workers took these positions back over and most females left the workplace. When the Korean War began, female workers were once again needed to fill

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    over women and children and in which lineage is traced through the male line. As such this social system leads to log lasting effects in the society to both males and females, as such there is a need to closely analyze this practice and determine its role in society, its effects and how best it can be used and/or eliminated to ensure a free and equal society where everybody can feel comfortable without feeling to dominated by the male gender. Generally it is believed that this social system which has

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    From Grease to Rent, musical comedies have been known to enlighten viewers on specific issues while keeping the context of the musical pleasurable and easy to enjoy. The 2007 musical film Hairspray is a satire of Baltimore in the early 1960’s while going through the Civil Rights movement. Through this romantic comedy, the agon of African-American civil rights and other power struggles among race gender, and class are depicted through certain comic techniques to keep the musical lighthearted but meaningful

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    Regarding my primary research, I conduct a survey on NSU female students that from which point of view they think medium skin tone is more preferable for female students to date men. I conduct survey with a sample size of about 24 female students in NSU. My intention is to get the answer based on questionnaire that will contain variety of questions. Through this process I am actually able to get a range of useful data which will support me to answer my research question. Those data actually will

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