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- 141: So Your Called A Bitch
- "So you're called a Bitch!" These days, in society, we give labels to people's attitudes, personalities or even by their dress code. It has been shown that most stereotypes are negative ones and furthermore are geared towards woman. There are more swear words directed to females than males. For instance, words like tramp, slut, whore, these all categorise woman to be promiscuous. Another example ... Since then, as woman got more in control of their lives, careers and relationships, the word has become a symbol of power and authority. I recently had a class in sociology and we were discussing stereotypes that men give to woman and vice versa. When the word bitch came up, the female students in the class responded with the statement that they enjoy being called that name. They elaborated on their ...
- 142: English Only
- ... languages spoken in the U.S. (LIA). Many people support multilingualism and oppose having English as an official language because it is unfair to individuals who are not fluent in English. Also, they create false stereotypes of immigrants and non-English speakers. They conclude that it violates the diversity embodied in our Constitution, creating restrictions and limits instead of protecting individual rights, and it does not help the integration of language ... who can not read English and with the right of workers to be free of discrimination in certain workplaces. Today, as in the past, English Only laws in the U.S. are founded on false stereotypes of immigrant groups. Such laws do not simply disparage the immigrants' native languages but assault the rights of the people who speak the languages (ACLU). With the debate over English Only laws, a topic of ...
- 143: Huckleberry Finn 6
- ... the fact that it was illegal to educate a slave. The typical stereotype of a slave was a dark black man with exaggerated facial features running around saying lordy lordy. That is a stereotype, and stereotypes are false. Mark Twain did not play off of stereotypes; he remained accurate throughout the entire novel. He did not belittle Jim because he was not educated; he just told a story. In the book, if Jim spoke with an educated tongue, Mark Twain would ...
- 144: Sex In Society
- ... by many social historians, caused by the re-emergence of the women's movement. (p.13) Though a positive alteration of roles has occurred, how is it that children of this century still may obey stereotypes? "A baby is born knowing nothing, but full of potential." (p.19) Oneill and Leone believe that the process by which an individual becomes a creature of society, a socialized human being, reflects culturally defined ... images constitute a limiting or narrowing of women's, men's, and children's perceptions of themselves and their roles in society." (pp.4-5) Sheila Copps made public her comments that "sexist and racist stereotypes were prominent in advertising." (Curtis, 1996, p. 6) A member of the Canadian Advertising Foundation (CAF), Patrick McDougall, fired back by saying Copps had no clue what the CAF does and adds that Canadian advertising ...
- 145: Cry, the Beloved Country: Stimulating a Change
- ... help from an older man, who kindly escorts him to the Mission House. The contrast that Paton creates here is the fact that not all blacks think with the same purpose, a common characteristic of stereotypes, which Paton feels the people should rise above. He seeks to imply that judgement of a person should be based more on the content of character, rather than the general assumptions of a society. This ... contrary in that not all whites seek to oppress, and that there are people who wish to create an equal society. This is another example of Paton's wish to ascend above the use of stereotypes. Arthur's murder by Absalom, a black man, is a powerful statement that Paton wants to express. The fact that Arthur wished to help the blacks, and is later murdered by one, is Paton's ...
- 146: The Media and Its Effect on Women and Their Views of Their Bodies
- ... in which the mass media encourages young women to disfigure and mutilate their bodies. When an obsessive media targets and forces young women to hate their bodies it makes them more vulnerable to emulating media stereotypes and prone to compulsive dieting. "Perfection looks like magic to those who stand aside and do not know any better. The main problem with perfection in a society so obsessed with perception is that it ... like, rather than what they think or what they do. A women's accomplishments are often based upon her physical appearance as opposed to her personality or possible mental capability. It is clearly apparent that stereotypes are not limited to the prejudiced or the bigoted, to racial categories or to the unschooled. It is to be said that those who are considered more "attractive" beginning at a young age are led ...
- 147: Black Female Bodybuilders
- ... you are representing the race. Black females have historically not been in the position to determine either their individual or collective images in the popular consciousness. The black female image has generally been polarized into stereotypes of the oversexed Jezebel and the asexual, castrating mammy,4 with only biology, not self-determination as a contributing factor. In certain arenas, however, black females have established a strong voice with regard to bodily ... the Construction of Identity among Professional Female Bodybuilders," in Moore, 155. 22.Dobbins, 8. 23.Fisher, 156. 24.Sander Gilman, "The Hottentot and the Prostitute: Toward an Iconography of Female Sexuality," in Difference and Pathology: Stereotypes of Sexuality, Race and Madness, Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press (1985), 89. 25.Paul Oliver, Blues Fell This Morning: Meaning in the Blues, Cambridge University Press (1994), 100, and Steven Watson, The Harlem Renaissance ...
- 148: Telepathy
- ... a success because Daniel Thompson was an actor and Dr. French expected the majority of people to choose 37. In fact the experiment was designed not to test telepathy, but to test for the population stereotypes that fake telepaths use to fool their audience. Thirty-seven is a popular stereotype every time the test is performed the majority of people choose 37 in the same way that most people think carrot when asked to think of a vegetable, or red when asked to think of a color. Fake telepaths use their knowledge of these stereotypes to convince people that they can really transmit a message(5). Psychokinesis is the hypothetical influence of the mind on matter without the use of any known physical or sensory means. This directly relates to ...
- 149: Huckleberry Finn - Critical Essay
- ... sympathetic Huckleberry Finn, by the direct candid manner of writing as though through the actual voice of Huck. Every word, thought, and speech by Huck is so precise it reflects even the racism and black stereotypes typical of the era. And this has lead to many conflicting battles by various readers since the first print of the novel, though inspiring some. Says John H. Wallace, outraged by Twains constant use ... way he knows how and was taught according to the society then to stylize a specific treatment at black slaves. However, his sympathies towards Jim throughout the river odyssey has taught Huck to overcome certain stereotypes, such as black stupidity and apathy, but not quite thoroughly to rebel against societal prejudices. Huckleberry still believes Jim to be irrelevant and pig-headed at times, as in their exchange over the Biblical story ...
- 150: Affirmative Action
- ... v. Pena in 1995 . No democratic society can function or even be called democratic if a certain group have privileges over other groups. To put an end to affirmative action would only further develop the stereotypes and stigmas cast upon them by others. ALTERNATIVES TO AFFIRMATIVE ACTION 5.3 There are few alternatives for Affirmative action, nonetheless, one alternative could be reconstruction of society in minority groups, if the same capital ... various cultures are truly melted together. It seems there are rather things that diverse people and segregates them than brings them together. It is rather that people stay in their own groups and therefore the stereotypes will persist. One does not generally bother or even have the possibility to see how it works on another side. I can fully understand people who are against Affirmative action and see many flaws in ...
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