Essays on Gender Diversity

England, Descartes and Collier-Meek (2011) defines gender as a built up of influences, both social and cultural as a person grows and experiences the world in which it is born. They state that gender is dependent on numerous factors that can play a vital role in how it is shaped and defined. In the present,...

In Dead Poets Society, women are seen to be objects. This blatant objectification of would lead to the conclusion that women exist solely to support or pleasure the male characters. The patriarchal culture of society creates a world where women are seen as a way of continuing your bloodline, nothing more. Notable examples of this...

Homer’s The Odyssey and Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain are works of historical fiction about a homeward journey that explores the different perspectives of gender. Set during the American Civil War, Frazier’s narrative explores a deserted soldiers perilous journey home to his wife, encountering numerous obstacles along the way. Homer’s epic explores war hero, Odysseus’s, numerous...

Social Inclusion and Social Cohesion are very important factors of today’s world that are becoming more and more acknowledged as crucial to the wellbeing and happiness of all the citizens of a country. There are many problems in modern society that are caused by the lack of social inclusion and cohesion in the modern world...

You and I are just a tiny fraction of people all around the world that consume Hollywood media products, namely films on a daily basis. Such films seeking to persuade us to accept profound roles and help shape our ideas about social and cultural issues. These films are peppered with messages that reach audiences far...

Introduction While abortion signifies one of the commonest gynecological processes globally, no movement has stirred such ache and controversy like the right to an abortion. The fundamental social and political paradox raised by abortion is two-fold: the legitimate domain to which decision about abortion is to be made, and the salient determinant factors behind the...

The “New Woman” as a term was first coined by the writer Sarah Grand in 1894. She drew attention to the double standards found inherently in Victorian marriages which allowed men to have relationships outside of the marriage institution, but excluded women to do so as they were expected to be sexually and morally virtuous....

Unfortunately, despite the many remarkable advancements made in the acquisition of women’s rights around the world, millions of women still suffer egregious inequalities and violations of their fundamental human rights. Intersecting forms of discrimination based on religion, ethnicity, nationality, education, marital status, health status, and employment are entrenched in domestic laws, customs, regulations, and practices...

Abortion is a contentious subject that continues to alter the course of American culture as it did since its conception. Throughout United States history, abortion laws have fluctuated between leftist and rightist views constantly, either legalizing safe abortions or prohibiting them. Regarding more progressive views, the main concern with this political topic is that laws...

This statement echoes several social issues involving women but unfortunately aren’t addressed and tackled enough. Some say that gender equality has already been established but one look at reality will show that different factors, such as career, affect the situation. Perhaps one of the most upsetting issues nowadays focuses on the few and the diminishing...