Social Influence, Gender, And Masculine Ideology

According to Jacobs (1996), literatures based on gender inequalities “often treats all aspects of education disadvantaging women”. However one could argue against Jacobs’ statement that women today are seen to achieve more advantages in education and a reversal in roles between men and women in education is evident in some areas (Buchmann, Diprete and McDaniel, 2007). Women can and do achieve success in education as well as men do. The preconceived idea that females achieve less than their male counterparts has been argued against by studies showing that female motivation and determination to succeed in education equals or often surpasses male achievement (Mickelson, 1989).

Also the author was able to strengthen her argument by adding supporting views from authorities (Jean Baker Miller), which emphasized how women tend to avoid the appearance of power as she never take credit for her achievements and usually blames it on being lucky. At the end of the essay the author advocates several strategies women should pursue in order to get tough such as “taking credit when credit is due” (Par.10), because taking credit when it is deserved is a sign of confidence and determination, also she explains how women should express their anger in different ways rather than just smiling. Finally she reruns the scene when she was sexually harassed in a way displaying her as a tough woman, not as a “lady”. Being tough is an essential quality women should possess in order to succeed in society but also being ladylike

Women use formalities to gain an upper hand like men do, but women do this more politically than aggressively. Fidget states, “You would have found us modest women in our denials only” (Wycherley 1189). Meaning, they are modest in conduct but immodest in thought. This gets across the idea that women desire sex just as much as men do, and crave it without requiring compensation in the same way that men do. To his surprise, this presents Horner with an "alternate economy of feminine desire” (Burke 237).

The idea that females need men to step up and be an active voice for them seems a bit hypocritical. Feminism is more than a single issue, there are problems and stereotypes that affect solely women of color rather than just the white population. Her acknowledgement of her privilege must be appreciated but, the result of the project could possible only benefit a part of the female

Have you ever realized how society put us in categories, on how we should act according to our gender? Or have you ever watched commercials that actually try to break free from the gender stereotypes? If not then you should pay attention. Gender is something that strongly influences the world around us, whether it influences our behavior or how people treat us, it is still something with great power. Investigating how we are socialized in regards to gender is interesting because it is such a broad topic on how society characterizes everyone by gender.

Women believe that, like men, speaking in a lowered tone (with creaky voice) will make them appear more authoritative in a professional environment. Yuasa described this as, “another consequence of American women’s unconscious efforts to adopt typically male characteristics” (Yuasa, 2010, p.319). However, Yuasa’s study reveals that women do indeed benefit from speaking with a creaky voice. Participants in her study perceived the women who spoke with a noticeable creak as being well-educated, upwardly-mobile, and, in some instances, more sexually desirable.

Women may receive more assistant and help post prison compared to men since women typically are not as psychologically as stable compared to men. Men should also be offered this same options as the women are instead of being stereotyped into one category as everyone being the same as one another. People believe that more women are offered more assistance after being released from jail compared to men because men typically want to play the “tough man” role to prove that they do not need any help compared to women once being released from jail. Another factor to as why women receive more options compared to men is that women are usually more targeted by those who they may have gotten to know in jail or even prior to being in jail and also tend to be a victim rather than being a recurring

They said that it meant Able; so strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman’s strength” (Hawthorne, 134). The “A” was supposed to weaken Hester and make her feel shame and guilt, but Hester actually becomes stronger because of the letter. Even with the strength of woman, which was understood to be much more limited than that of men’s, she is able to overcome the supposed shame and pain of the Scarlet Letter. This defiance of societal expectations, reveals Hawthorne’s feelings that women should be given more power, and their status should be equal to that of men. He argues that women were able to handle hardships and were just as capable and well-equipped to handle them as men, if not more so.

Women just simply have shown tendencies to be better at men in verbal-production episodic memory tasks and it has been observed that men have been better than women at visuospatial tasks. The couple will then have a better understanding how gender differences work in memory and this will hopefully lead them to do some research as to whether or not there are other gender differences that can have an affect on their

First of all the lack of women at high ranged jobs leaves the women who are situated in middle management to turn to male mentors. Cross-gender mentor relationships are more challenging than same-gender mentor relationships. This can be explained by the perceptions men, and women have to each other (Ragins & Cotton, 1991). Women are more reluctant to start a mentor relationship with a higher positioned male because choosing an opposite sex for mentoring can be perceived as a sexual advance and can cause a lot of gossip and harm the public image of both partners (Ragins & Cotton, 1991). It is known that women and men are more at ease building a professional relationship with the same sex as they experience the same prejudices and can relate with one

In the short story, “A Jury of Her Peers”, by Susan Glaspell, the author shows how we should perceive gender roles. Susan focuses on the female side of gender roles more often than the male. Only to reveal and focus on the inequality a female is treated because of her gender role. Susan depicts a whole story where the men are the predators and the women are the victims, and how when more women begin to stand up for each other the more you begin to see the destruction of gender roles.

Research has shown that our gender and race are two factors that heavily shape our lives. While many people in our society tend to ignore how these two factors play a role in their life, I will be further exploring how they have impacted my life personally. With that said I will incorporate how gender norms and gender socialization have shaped my life and identity as a woman, as well as how my race of being a white person has shaped my life chances and opportunities. Gender norms and socialization structured many aspects of my life and allowed myself to have the gender identity of a woman. Over the past 19 years, I have followed certain gender norms that are commonly associated with identifying as a woman.

How social stereotypes influence young females’ self-identifies Social experiences play a very important role for people and these experiences shape people's thinking and personalities in the same time. People who influenced by the social experiences will think, make decisions and even judge others by the same way, this is so-called social stereotype. These stereotypes make a lot of negative impact and pleasure for the individuals in the group, especially for females. They are the biggest victims of these social stereotypes.