"Gender Roles and Fashion " How do clothing fashions aid in the social construction of gender? What does a woman or man say about herself or himself with various pieces of clothing?
Date Submitted: 01/02/2002 12:26:20
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 3 pages (915 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 3 pages (915 words)
<Tab/>Most people feel that the qualities and characteristics we perceive as specific to gender are inherent by nature. In America, physical strength is stereotyped to be masculine, while emotional behavior is stereotyped as feminine. Any straying from these expectations is sufficient grounds for alienation. However, historian Howard Zinn has documented that gender roles are a part of a system constructed by the ruling class during the formation of our nation. …
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…recognize the inequalities of genderization, the pervasiveness of gender roles in America remains perpetuated and profound.
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Zinn, Howard. A People's History of the United States. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.
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