Essays on Gender Page 29

The term ‘sexual response cycle’ was first used by William Masters and Virginia Johnson (1966) to describe the bodily responses or the changes in the body of men and women when they become sexually aroused. There are four identified stages that occur in the sexual response cycle – the excitement stage, plateau, orgasm, and the…

Throughout various cultures, especially in European society, women have traditionally held the role of primary caregiver within the household. This role has been accompanied by other restrictive beliefs and expectations placed upon them. Women were tasked with managing social gatherings, maintaining the family’s reputation, cooking, and occasionally receiving assistance from their children for cleaning tasks….

The intriguing detail in the short story “Boys and Girls” is the deliberate choice of the narrator’s brother’s name as Laird. Laird, essentially a synonym for “lord,” carries significant meaning, highlighting the pivotal role where a young girl is subjected to society’s unspoken norms. During that era, gender equality was not widely acknowledged, and this…

In her book “Gender Trouble” (1990), Judith Butler, a feminist theorist, argues that gender is not only a social construct but also a form of performance. According to Butler, gender is like a show or a disguise that individuals put on. In William Shakespeare’s Othello, this understanding of gender as a performance greatly influences the…