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Postgender World: Is It Possible?, Sheridan Lantz
Postgender World: Is It Possible?, Sheridan Lantz
Sociology Student Work Collection
How can we make gender matter less? There is one approach that is steadily gaining popularity; the postgender approach is challenging the already steadfast gender stereotypes.
[Introduction To] I Got Something To Say: Gender, Race, And Social Consciousness In Rap Music, Matthew Oware
[Introduction To] I Got Something To Say: Gender, Race, And Social Consciousness In Rap Music, Matthew Oware
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What do millennial rappers in the United States say in their music? This timely and compelling book answers this question by decoding the lyrics of over 700 songs from contemporary rap artists. Using innovative research techniques, Matthew Oware reveals how emcees perpetuate and challenge gendered and racialized constructions of masculinity, femininity, and sexuality. Male and female artists litter their rhymes with misogynistic and violent imagery. However, men also express a full range of emotions, from arrogance to vulnerability, conveying a more complex manhood than previously acknowledged. Women emphatically state their desires while embracing a more feminist approach. Even LGBTQ artists …
Masculinity And Femininity Culture Jam, Jaynetha Robinson
Masculinity And Femininity Culture Jam, Jaynetha Robinson
Sociology Student Work Collection
Everybody knows that “changing social definitions of womanhood and manhood affect self-perceptions, opportunities, and behaviors” (T SOC Sociology of Gender 2017 [course syllabus]). What everybody may not know is that when we buy femininity and masculinity as products we diminish our true identity and strengthen gender stereotypes.
Closing The Gender Pay Gap, Trevor Nhan
Closing The Gender Pay Gap, Trevor Nhan
Sociology Student Work Collection
An exploration of the gender pay gap issue within the United States, its causes, and possible solutions towards the overall objective of equality.
Social Change: Gender Neutral Restrooms, Kelly Tyrrell
Social Change: Gender Neutral Restrooms, Kelly Tyrrell
Sociology Student Work Collection
A comprehensive summary of gender neutral restrooms including the history, the opposition, and the importance of a movement that is ultimately a civil rights issue.
How Personal Names Shape The Way Society Sees People As Individuals In The United States., Rand Gabriel M. Buenaventura
How Personal Names Shape The Way Society Sees People As Individuals In The United States., Rand Gabriel M. Buenaventura
Undergraduate Research Posters
In a world where people are disadvantaged by first impressions and implicit bias, names factor a lot into a person’s successes in life. Whether it be first names, last names, the number of middle initials, the gender and racial implications of a person’s name, and societal standards surrounding names and naming systems, there are multiple ways names shape a person’s identity. Thus, it is important to ask how personal names shape the way people are seen as individuals in the United States and contribute to their identity. Names are a trait that people are born with, usually determined before anything …