Grammatical gender

Communication styles are often categorized on the basis of masculine and feminine differences. Within inter-gender communication these masculine and feminine communication styles interact; eliciting either positive or negative reactions dependent on the transmission. Masculine and feminine communicators value differing aspects of communication while trying to achieve differing end goals. Although communication styles are said to remain constant, it appears that within conflict communicators may…

There are three groups that have power in They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?; the kids, the audience, and the leadership. These groups represent different genders in the way they’re presented and how they interact with each other. The kids are the feminine, cautious and intuitive, the audience is the androgynous, passive and oblivious, and the leadership is the masculine, blunt and tricky. These traits shed light on why each group uses their power in such different ways and why the kids and the…

definitions are based on two important aspects which are race and gender. Race in simple words is the social construction that defines a specific group of people with similar and different physical characteristics; and gender refers to the roles, identities and practices that society makes for each interpretation of the sexes. Being part of a specific race is one thing that an individual carries with him/her since birth and so as their gender they have to live with those characteristics and be…

but to inspire and motivate positive change in the world. The current project under consideration, titled Divided Together: An Open Work, was created with a focus on an issue affecting every person in this country, gun violence, through the lens of gender. The piece achieves this focus by using direct material and references on the issue, while also conveying an aesthetic atmosphere of conflict and tension. Though the piece is rather free/open in certain aspects of…

We were asked to go around in a circle to say both our name and the pronoun we prefer. Most individuals used gender-neutral pronouns such as they, their, them. In the lecture Queer we discussed in class, Professor Riley stated, “The inner sense we have about being male or female, some of us have discordance between our bodies and that inner sense” (11/2). Who says you have to be one gender or the other. At open mic night it was interesting to see a couple individuals that do not describe them…

who have been married for eight years and whose lives are controlled by the society in which they live. Their relationship, although seems happy, is flawed by the constraints of social attitudes around them and their perceived gender roles. Ibsen uses stereotypical gender attributes in his characterization of Nora throughout the play. Nora described as a doll: a vapid, passive character with little personality of her own, takes a turn when her personality shifts from the everyday playful, trophy…

no discrimination based on gender. In other words, women and men will have equal opportunities in the work force, at home, and in many other areas, including education. However, in their push for gender equality, they are slowly erasing the role that gender plays in a society. Gender erasure is one of the many negative things that could come from a society in which gender is equal. In her article, “Boys Won’t be Boys”, Lisa Abend argues that while Sweden’s goal of gender equality may be…

of Women and Girls G 09/26/2015 The Paradox of Androgynous Genius In ‘A Room of One’s Own’, Virginia Woolf argues that women have been barred from fiction by a set of societal obstacles that would thwart creativity in anyone, no matter their gender: poverty, domesticity, illiteracy, and social criticism. She claims that, because women have been financially dependent on men for centuries, their creativity has been modified to fit masculine standards. Thus, they have had neither the time…

Though gay rights have only recently been legally approved nation-wide, discussions on gender awareness, definitions, and queerness are not new. Whether these topics have been around for thousands of years or just in the last hundred, they have been sighted in many ways over time. One such way is in pop culture: the accumulation of materialistic things, such as fashion, songs, and objects, and the non-materialistic things, such as ideas, beliefs, and values, of a population. Society and pop…

mentioned by having a girl as a leader. The girl gave orders, gave approvals for lunches, and read daily briefings. This book showed that this is just another job that shouldn’t be labeled gender specific. That being president is not only a man’s job. This is no longer a man’s world. It is a world meant for all genders, all races, and all sexual preferences. The changes of the stereotypes from these three books have altered. “Over time, society has recognized that stereotypes of masculine and…