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Language Differences between Men and Women, 2006.
A paper looking at how males and females communicate and how verbal and non-verbal messages are developed and sent.
1,580 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 12 sources, APA, £ 35.95
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This paper examines several studies concerning the differences between male and female communication. The paper concludes that there are both differences and similarities in how men and women communicate but the differences, while they may be subtle, have judgemental consequences. Such consequences, the paper notes, can be seen in the way that female speakers are rated higher on socio-intellectual status and aesthetic quality while males are rated higher on dynamism.
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"Status is also designated in this power scheme. Many of the "women's language" such as politeness and raising the ends of sentences is found more in low- versus high-status individuals. "Women's language" seems to be more often used when individuals are unemployed, housewives or have lower jobs than well-educated people and professionals (O'Barr & Atkins, 1980). Subordinates share higher rates of speech associated with women than they do their managers. Single male parents use language more similar to single mothers than married fathers. It is recognized, then, that language is not just a matter of gender dominance, but goes hand-in-hand with status as well."
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Discourse Differences between Men and Women, 2004.
A look at how men and women interact with each other through language.
1,738 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 39.95
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This paper discusses the different topics that men and women talk about. It shows the way they use words, phrases, statements, and questions in discussion. The paper then looks at how men and women construct their questions. This paper delves into that topic with multiple authorities illustrating it.
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"Communication is one of the most evident differences between men and women. There are several differences between how men and women communicate. Some ways that men and women differ is in their topics of discourse, in the way they use vocabulary, in the topics they engage in, and in their filler words, phrases, questions, phonology and style in speech. Since men and women speak so differently from one another, gender influences the way people speak."
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Men and Women Conversational Styles, 2005.
A research of the difference between men and women in language including a synopsis of the dominance and difference approach.
1,469 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 20 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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This paper examines how socio-linguistic study shows that men and women use language in different ways, which all too often leads to male-female mis-communication. It looks at how, although the dominance approach and the difference approach are the two main viewpoints in analysing gender and language, some linguists have taken a position somewhere in between the two. It explores these theories and concludes with the author's viewpoint on the subject.
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"The dominance theory emphasizes the idea that linguistic differences in women and men's language exist as a result of men's power and women's subordination. The dominance approach considers linguistic differences to be a result of traditional social differences i.e. that of man in the role of power, and woman in the role of submission. Man's authority and woman's inferiority are mirrored through their linguistic behaviour. This research focuses mainly on a variety of features, such as the use of tag questions, interruptions, questions, standard forms and minimal responses."
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Grieving Differences Between Men and Women, 2008.
A descriptive essay investigating the grieving differences between men and women.
3,571 words (approx. 14.3 pages), 20 sources, APA, £ 68.95
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The paper is a study of grieving behaviour between men and women. The paper states that there has been relatively little research on the ways in which biological differences between men and women interact with the psychological/sociocultural influences relevant to bereavement. This paper correlates these two areas of research into a biopsychological model by examining disruption in biological regulatory processes following traumatic events and the significance of these events for physical and psychological functioning as they differ between males and females.
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Introduction
Background
Cultural Differences in Grieving
Gender Differences in Grieving
Conclusion
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"The psychological correlates specific to twin and sibling loss have been less well studied by bereavement researchers than those associated with parental, child, and spousal loss. Some analyses have, however, underlined the impact of twin and sibling loss as significant and enduring (Bank & Kahn, 1982; Segal, Wilson, Bouchard, & Gitlin, 1995). Increased focus on opposite-sex twins and siblings promises to yield informative findings of both theoretical and practical significance with respect to gender differences in grief, as well as differences in age at loss and cause of death. Greater attention to personality characteristics, the previous sibling relationship, and life crises that may have preceeded the death is also needed."
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How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently, 2002.
A review on Deborah Tannen's article on "How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently" which argues that males and females have different styles of communication.
730 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 18.95
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The following brief review examines Deborah Tannen's article on "How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently" and asserts that the style of classroom communication supports how males learn rather then how females learn. This review argues that Tannen's argument itself is biased towards wanting to show an unfair situation for females.
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"Tannen makes some excellent points in this article. Considering the current focus on equal opportunity, the point that one situation for everyone is not necessarily the best way is an important one.
Tannen effectively describes some of the ways that males and females are different, showing how the classroom is tailored to the needs of males. In this description, though, there appears to be a bias. For example, debate and participation are only two aspects of the classroom. Other aspects include written tests, reading assignments and presentations to class. These aspects that may be more suitable to female learning are not discussed."
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Differences Between Men and Women, 2002.
An analysis of the play "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell in order to understand the differences between men and women.
995 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 0 sources, £ 24.95
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This paper introduces and discusses how men and women do not understand each other, and how this can lead to miscommunication and even madness. To understand and prove this point, the paper analyzes the short play "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell.
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" "Trifles" is the story of a woman driven to the "end of her rope" by a spiteful, mean-spirited man, but it is also a story of women, and how they can come together in a crisis. The two women in the story know immediately what Mrs. Wright had to put up with, and immediately stand up for her when the men begin to criticize her housekeeping skills. "MRS. HALE. No, I don't mean anything. But I don't think a place'd be any cheerfuller for John Wright's being in it" (Trifles). "
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Cognitive Differences Between Men and Women, 2005.
Examines the theory that men and women think differently from one another.
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 23.95
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While external physical differences of men and women are largely accepted throughout contemporary society, more inward differences are often hotly contested. One of the most often studied of these differences surrounds the ways that the respective genders think. This paper examines research which delves into these differences. The paper concludes that ultimately, regardless of the ways that men and women think differently, and regardless of the reasons for these differences, society must examine the philosophical implications of the differences and decide whether it is worth the effort to minimize the impact that the differences have on gender roles across greater society.
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"Still, while it is obvious that there are differences in the ways that men and women think, questions also remain about which factors attribute to these differences. Some researchers indicate that these differences are due to nature, while others blame education, and still others are convinced that the differences are the result of free choice."
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Differences Between Men And Women, 2002.
Examines the biological and physical differences and stereotypes that emerge from them.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, £ 16.95
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Biological and physical differences and stereotypes that emerge from them. Perceived behavior traits of women and men. Societal view. Role of testosterone. How the hormone creates diffeences between the sexes. Biology vs. bias. Societal demands of beauty and the female body. Connection between body ideal and correct attitude or traits.
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"The Difference Between Men and Women
One of the most obvious differences between men and women is primary and secondary genitalia, but there are other as well. Men are usually larger in stature than women and have more body hair. Men are considered more extroverted, aggressive, physically active, "dense", and sexually oriented than women. Women, on the other hand, are stereotypically seen as "high maintenance", more sensitive, interactive, sensual, and submissive. Although many of these stereotypes hold true for many people, they do not always account for individual differences.
In "The He Hormone" by Andrew Sullivan, the author opens his article by describing the mysterious liquid that he injects, his "He Hormone", which is testosterone. He then goes onto describe how ..."
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The Differing Moralities of Men and Women, 2002.
An overview of the three main differences between men and women, as described in "How Good People Make Tough Choices" by Rushworth M. Kidder.
2,255 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 48.95
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This paper examines how, in "In How Good People Make Tough Choices", Rushworth M. Kidder argues that men and women have differing moralities based on three specific differences. It shows how men focus on ethics of justice, while women focus on ethics of care; how men focus more on equality, while women focus on ensuring nobody gets hurt; and finally, how women focus more on networks of lateral relationships, while men focus more on hierarchical structures. By researching each of these three specific factor,s it shows that men and women do have different moralities, while also showing the basic differences in the genders that account for these differing moralities.
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"The first difference is that men focus on ethics of justice while women focus on ethics of care. Ethics of justice refers to a focus on rights, while ethics of care refers to a focus on responsibilities. The main difference between the two approaches is that the ethics of justice makes the decision black and white. When looking at a situation based on justice, a person can determine clearly and definitely whether a decision is right or wrong. In contrast, the ethics of care makes the decision much less certain. When considering responsibilities, the decision becomes gray with it difficult to justify the decision being made. A person making a decision based on ethics of care is likely to say that they did what felt right."
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Sex Differences in Language, 2005.
Examines the difference between the linguistic capabilities of men and women.
1,303 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 30.95
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Numerous studies conducted over the years have suggested that females are more adept than males with regard to their vocal ability. This paper proposes that females have better linguistic abilities because they are both biologically more suited to language capability and because society has influenced women in a manner that dictates that they should have more linguistic ability.
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"For years researchers have sought to explain the sex differences that occur in language and human behavior (Joseph, 2000). Human females time and time again have proven to excel over their male counterparts with regard to language tasks and verbal abilities (Joseph, 2000). Females are generally credited with having more ability to express themselves from a social-emotional perspective and tend to vocalize more often among one another than males in groups or pairs (Joseph, 2000)."
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Evolution of Men and the Differences between Races, 2002.
Examines why the long-supported thesis that different races have different capabilities and that white people are superior to colored people is not true.
2,306 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 49.95
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Through careful analysis discussing Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs, and Steel," the paper proves that race has nothing to do with a nation's level of development. The author finds that if Europe advanced to be the main power in the Middle Ages, and North America reached its current prosperity, while Africa is still considered the Third world, although homo sapiens originated there, it is all because of chance, not innate differences between races.
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"In the Prologue of his best-selling book, "Guns, Germs, and Steel," Jared Diamond states the main theme or that narration: Yali's question. As he worked in New Guinea for a while, he met many locals. One of them was Yali, who asked him a simple question: "Why is that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people had little cargo of our own?" (Diamond 14). Diamond spends more than four hundred pages in a quest for an answer to that question. In recent publications, as well as in the past, many people believed that Europeans developed better societies (meaning technology, writing, and weapons), based on their innate superiority. It was believed that Europeans were more intelligent, had the Lord's support to conquer new territories and thus spread the Christian faith, and were physically stronger that the peoples of Africa, the Americas, or Australia and New Guinea. Diamond, after an elaborate research, dares to oppose all of these prejudiced statements, and prove them wrong."
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French Feminism - Woman in Language, 2004.
A discussion on how the political and theoretical work of French feminists has been much misunderstood owing to the reader?s failure to distinguish between their use of the terms ?feminine?, ?woman? and ?women?.
3,576 words (approx. 14.3 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 69.95
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This paper begins with an overview of the problems facing feminist theorists regarding terminology, such as the persistent risk of 'essentializing' woman's culturally specific situation into an immutable truth. It then discusses Kristeva's conception of the culturally and temporally specific woman in "Le Temps Des Femmes" (Women's Time) and compares it with Cixous' work in 'La Jeune Mee' (The Newly Born Woman) in terms of the theorists' similar approaches to the constructed, 'symbolic' woman. It then looks briefy at Simone Beauvoir's early work, "Le Deuxieme Sexe" (The Second Sex), adding her conception of ontology as a perpetual state of becoming and political analysis of woman's situation to the constructivist debate. Finally, it examines Irigaray's more post-structuralist work (including "Speculum" and "Ce Sexe Qui N'en Est Pas Un") in order to discuss the further complication of housing the material aspect of woman within langage.
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"Kristeva?s thought on feminism provides a useful point of departure for a discussion of how a useful feminist understanding of the term woman, especially if taken from an ?essentialist? point of view, is far from simple. In her 1982 essay Le temps des femmes , Kristeva postulates that the concept of ?woman? desiring men and desired by them is created in the symbolic by the concept of desire founded on a lack with the penis as its major referent. She believes that the ?meaning? of the woman object, the female body only exists in the symbolic and that any attempt to deny, or re-traverse the separation between this symbolic nature and something contained within the physical nature of ?woman? merely magnifies this separation and perpetuates the myth which allows oppression to occur."
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Hlonipha: Women's Language of Respect, 2005.
An analysis of the origin, function and characteristics of Hlonipha.
1,480 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 17 sources, MLA, £ 33.95
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This paper examines how there adequate support to deduce that there still is a traditional language of respect, which is used by women in Nguni and Sotho cultures. It looks at how among the older women there is still a positive attitude towards the custom, although urbanisation and political and social change are responsible for a decline in the use of Hlonipha.
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"Hlonipha - which derives from the root -hloniph- means 'respect', and it covers both linguistic and behavioural aspects. It is claimed that Zulu King Shaka arrived at a well after travelling a long distance. He wanted to name the place 'amanzi amnandi' or 'fresh sweet water'. Out of respect for his mother, whose name was 'Nandi', he named the place 'Amanzimtoti', inventing a new word. 'Toti' had thus become the hlonipha word for 'mnandi'. King Shaka may have been one of the first to use hlonipha, but this language of avoidance is predominantly used by married women. Men and children use hlonipha but to a lesser extent. The Nguni woman, on the other hand, is expected to hlonipha her whole life."
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The Language of "The Lightning-Rod Man", 2001.
A look at religious symbolism, diction, and a description of Herman Melville's short story, "The Lightning-Rod Man".
2,970 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 12 sources, £ 60.95
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This research paper focuses on the language of Herman Melville?s "The Lightning-Rod Man". The author examines diction, characterization, and description, and how Melville uses these aspects to portray the theme and religious symbolism of the story. Also includes short comparison to John Milton?s "Paradise Regained".
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"Herman Melville?s short story, ?The Lightning-Rod Man,? first appeared in Putnam?s Monthly Magazine in August of 1854 and was later published in Melville?s The Piazza Tales in 1856 (Verdier, 273). It seems all critics have a different opinion of the story. One anonymous critic said,? ?The Lightning-Rod Man??a story which excited great attention when originally published in Putnam?s Monthly? (Parker, 83). One the other hand, another anonymous critic said, ? ?The Lightning-Rod Man? is a very flat recital which we should never have suspected Melville of producing, had it not been put forth under the sanction of his name? (Parker, 81). Critics also differ in what they think is the theme of the story, but most will agree that Melville creates religious symbolism through his diction and characterization. Verdier says, ?the tale may be seen as a confrontation between Good and Evil? (274), which the story, on an emblematic level, most definitely is. Through description and diction, the narrator is understood as a follower of God, someone who believes in The Almighty watching over him. On the other hand, the lightning-rod man is seen as a negative character, someone who only has faith in the product he?s peddling. Symbolically, the lightning-rod man is representative of Satan himself. "
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