Gender Differences In Popular Culture Essay

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‘Like it or not … one cannot be gender-neutral in this culture ' (Bordo 2003: 242). With reference to your own examples, discuss the construction of gendered identities and differences in popular culture.

In a culture that is rapidly altering, and redefining the way that society recognizes our own identity. Gender, the state that differentiates our feminine and masculine qualities and characteristics, is socially constructed. This differs from the biological determination of a person 's physical attributes. With the idea that Gender is a social construct, individuals have tried to resist the roles that have been established, and try to defy the codes that define masculine and feminine. In this essay I plan to discuss the construction of gendered …show more content…

A key point made with this is that people can blend and conform to norms if they want to but choose to defy …show more content…

There has also been a change in the way that adults are raising their children while the western world moves forward with gender some controversially raising their children to be gender neutral.American store target has made an effort to be gender neutral by "phase out gender-based signage" allowing children to have a choice of the types of toys they want to to play with and making an attempt to remove the stereotypes that have been made in the past such as Barbie dolls for girls only and cars for boys.

There has also been a rise in the support for feminism, especially with the advocacy of celebrity 's such as Emma Watson promoting her he for she campaigns demanding still that there be more

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