Essays on Gender Studies

Introduction             Not so long ago, negotiation was viewed as a rather sordid affair, associated with haggling, dickering, bartering, niggling, swapping, and backroom deal making. It is now recognized as a widespread, serious social activity for solving problems on a grand and modest scale.  Interest and research on the topic have exploded as negotiation has…

Ernest Hemingway’s “Cat in the Rain” and “Hills Like White Elephants” describe a theme of difference between husband’s desires and wife’s desires. Both stories have the same conflict about an inconsiderate husband who always ignores his wife’s desire. The husband is not a family man. He indirectly shows that he doesn’t enjoy being with his…

DefinitionWhen studying “gender,” the first task is to clearly define what it isnot. Gender simply can not be defined by one’s anatomy. In other words, genderis not categorized as male or female. Stating this fact is of the utmostimportance, because most people would define gender in such a way. In fact, somedictionaries actually define gender…

Women are thought to be gentler sex and the softer side of our humanity. But some women do commit crimes, and when they do, we want to know why. What drove them to commit those crimes? Was it an abusive husband? Was it drugs? Was it envy… fear… lust? With all questions still unanswered more…

There are many arguments to whether gay people should or should not be accepted in society. By giving a balanced argument on this topic, I hope to inform and raise your awareness of the treatment gay people suffer and why they endure such sufferance. As many people know, homosexuality refers to the sexual preference of…

Embedded tradition such as patriarchy has contributed to the establishment of gendered roles in society (Hu, 2018). In this sense, the masculine gender is expected to assume superior responsibilities while their feminine counterparts are tasked with responsibilities perceived as inferior. The main intention in this sense, is to create a social system that advocates for…

In my project, I wish to highlight the gender inequality issues from global to national perspective, through the lenses of my home country India. Also, I will be detailing my personal views of the same issue. Is Gender inequality, the prime reality of women’s life? This is the question I asked myself several times in…

In the field of gender studies, an issue that has recently become quite controversial, is the debate over when a child establishes their own sense of gender identity. John Money argues that both nature and nurture, together, play a role in establishing one’s gender. Money is completely correct; there is not one specific instance in…

At the end of the nineteenth century and into the early part of the twentieth century there were two predominant styles of dress and manner for women. The Gibson Girl was popular from about 1890 until the end of World War I which then gave rise to the Flapper Girl of the 1920’s. They were…

At the approach of the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM) planned an exhibit with its centerpiece, the Enola Gay, the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb at Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. 1 The Enola Gay, the giant four…