Play is a key element to the social/physical growth and development in young children's lives. On October 13, 2011 I was given the opportunity to observe 3 children at play, and in my observations I noted several interesting trends, moments, and processes identified within common male/female ge...

Who constitutes what roles a woman and a man, or a girl and a boy for that matter, should partake in order to conform to societal standards? Both Alice Munro's "Boys and Girls" and Kate Chopin's "Desiree's Baby" explore the different gender stereotypes set forth between the sexes in a femini...

While I was driving in the car a few months ago, my mother and I were talking about the various stereotypes of students, which lead into a discussion of gender inequity. Who is better-males or females? That is something that many people are still arguing throughout the world today. My mother st...

Men at the Focus of Concern Throughout history boys and men in general have been expected to maintain a certain degree of formidability and provide financial security for the family's well being. This ideal man has begun to take on a different role as changes in society's needs hav...

Masculinity is a topic that has been debated in our society extensively, through research as well as in informal settings. Many wonder what it means to be masculine, and if we can really assign a definition to such a term. After all, shouldn't ones own perception determine what is masculine. This wo...

SCOUTING MASCULINITY The South represents a region of the United States which demonstrates relatively traditional values. For example, southern societies suggest men act like gentlemen, and women act in a polite manner and wear dresses. Such characteristics mainly emerge in small southern towns ...