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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

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

Summary One/10 In her essay “Why sexist language matters” (Qualitative Sociology, 2002), Kleinman argues that sexist language is a social problem because masculine generic language has many stereotypically masculine terms and expressions that affecting ways that people are speaking that has consequences and can be eliminated. One of the examples, is when masculine term is used in language by many people to refer to women’s occupation titles, like, “chairman” and “postman.” When women are called

Use of First Person Form in Academic Writing: The use of first- and second-person pronouns like I, you, me, my, and your is normally discouraged in academic writing for various reasons. This is despite of the fact that these pronouns can sometimes be used effectively in academic writing to provide certain benefits that improve an individual's writing. One of the major reasons why the use of these pronouns is discouraged is because academic and college writing situations normally vary based on

into it, I have discovered that while Cyra McFadden is primarily arguing against the usage of gender-neutral pronouns. That argument is separated into multiple categories. For example, the author first expresses her distaste for using "person" as the suffix to job positions, such as "waitpersons" or "childcare-persons." Furthermore, she goes on to describe situations where the "he/she" pronoun is used. Lastly, she discusses women that modify their last names to be gender-neutral, either by changing

Saint Antoine is a legitimate character in Tale of Two Cities. First, Dickens’ writing clearly personifies the city. Secondly, Saint Antoine is treated as a character through the pronouns which refers to it. To begin with, Saint Antoine is personified in the text, which is shown in this sentence: “The loudly echoing footsteps of Saint Antoine escort through Paris streets in mid-July” (33). There are many other examples of this in the text, and while sometimes things are personified to give them

summary for the seventh chapter of the second edition of the 2000 revision. Haussamen begins the seventh chapter with a brief introduction into the subject, which is the use of pronouns “he” and “they” and the controversy of their usage. Within the chapter, Haussamen informs the reader of the historical usage and how each pronoun is used presently. He cites examples from various media, and ultimately, determines whether “he” or “they” should be used for singular gender-neutral or indefinite antecedents

those who identify outside of the socially constructed gender binary, and prefer the use of pronouns outside of those attributed to their perceived gender performance.This issue has garnered considerable media attention, most recently in September when University of Toronto Professor Jordan Peterson released a video lecture in which he discussed his frustration with being asked to use alternative pronouns, such as they/them, by trans and gender-neutral students and staff members (Murphy, 2016). This

Question : Please choose the proper pronoun for the sentence below:   Father Christmas is a character best known for _______ long, white beard.   Student Answer: her   his   its   their   Instructor Explanation: For information on how to correct lack of pronoun-antecedent agreement, visit https://awc.ashford.edu/grammar-twenty-common-writing-errors.html   Points Received: 1 of 1   Comments: Question 2. Question : Please choose the proper pronoun for the sentence below:   All children