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Drag performances have a long world history and have seen much contemporary popularity through pop culture avenues such as the television program RuPaul’s Drag Race and movies such as To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar and The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert. On the other hand, gender scholars have spent many years debating the origins of modern drag. While some say that modern drag emerged in the late 1900s, others claim that modern drag actually emerged following the Stonewall

Gendered Communication Most studies focus on how communication styles disclose identity and dominance in groups. Verbal and non-verbal behaviors in interpersonal communication are critical in unraveling a person’s sexual preference or orientation. For example, Kitzinger argues that people can display heterosexuality through talk, particularly by making explicit sexual remarks (228). However, most researchers have paid less attention on how differences in gender communication can influence society

As Gloria Steinem once said, “A gender-equal society would be one where the word ‘gender’ does not exist: where everyone can be themselves”. Recently, Lehigh has been implemented something new to better embrace the meaning of gender inclusion. The newest residence hall building, Farrington Square Apartment, is now available for all-gender rooming, which means girls and boys can live together in one room. Residence Life, Residential Service, and the Pride Center believe, “This is an active effort

teen exposed me to this new way of thinking about gender. I identify as the gender I was born with, so I had a difficult time understanding and connecting with their thoughts. The teen asked her family and me to call him by masculine pronouns or gender-neutral pronouns. Throughout my treatment with the teen, he

How are gender roles influenced? Gender roles are a stereotype of what society deems acceptable for boys and girls to behave. The social norms for young girls are for them to like dolls, kitchen play sets and pink, and young boys should like truck, building things and toys tools.(Golombok,1993) When the boys and girls do not match the typical roles they are seen as unusual. At an early age boys are to be seen as more aggressive and dominant and girls are to be seen as dainty and delicate. Some parents

For this assignment, I reviewed Ivan Coyote’s persuasive speech, “Why We Need Gender Neutral Bathrooms,” In this speech, Ivan told the audience that he was transgender and had a difficult time using public restrooms. The reason being was due to the fact that Ivan was not a woman, and not a man. Ivan used a lot of different persuasive techniques to get the point across that there should be gender neutral restrooms in every public space and outlet. One of the impactful parts of this speech was the

According to Merium Webster, gender is "the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex.” Our gender is not biological. Our sex is biological. Kathy Witterick and her husband, David Stocker decided to not reveal the sex of their child. In the birth announcement, instead of saying “its a boy” or “it’s a girl” they said "We've decided not to share Storm's sex for now — a tribute to freedom and choice in place of limitation, a stand up to what the world could become

English language, it is very common to find sexist language in the use of nouns, pronouns, sayings, roles, etc. Therefore, it is important to know more detailed these sexist expressions, their use and consequences in the society that we live. Over the years it has been seen that sexist language lower women by using male pronouns like he, his, and him instantly in contexts where the sex of the person is not defined. These pronouns tend to be generalized when talking about an uncertain group of people or

Is it a Boy or a Girl? When a child is born, it does not know anything about the world. As it gets older, the child learns morals and values from the people around it. One concept children learn is the role of gender in their lives. Young boys and girls are given different messages about what they are and are not supposed do in social situations, causing them to act and dress differently from one another. Gender is not something tangible that happens; it is something perceived by American society

nclusive, diverse and cultural competency (“Talking about practice,” 2012. para. 1.) are key words currently being used in reference to education in Australian school environments (Victoria State Government: Education and Training, “Unity through diversity,” 2014. para 1.). For these terms to become actionable, wider community support is often necessary, not exclusively confined to community supporting service clubs and business, but also from involved parents. The following essay will question