Encyclopedia - Masculinity: Encyclopedia - Masculinity
Masculinity is the trait of being associated with the male in various contexts. The word masculine can refer to: the property of being b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masculinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Masculinity - Sociology
Sociologist Janet Saltzman Chafetz (1974, 35-36) describes seven areas of traditional masculinity: Physical--virile, athletic, strong, b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masculinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Masculinity - Men's Health Risks
Many assert that social pressures to be masculine frequently have a negative affect on men's health, as represented by higher accident ra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender: Encyclopedia - Gender
In a variety of different contexts, gender refers to the masculinity or femininity of words, persons, characteristics, or non-human organ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pierre Bourdieu: Encyclopedia - Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu (August 1, 1930-January 23, 2002) was a French sociologist whose work ranged widely from philosophy to anthropology. In h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beatrix Of The Netherlands: Encyclopedia - Beatrix Of The Netherlands
Beatrix of the Netherlands (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard van Oranje-Nassau) (born January 31, 1938), Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality: Encyclopedia - Homosexuality
Biological factors / Choice / Environment Demographics / History Gender role / Gender identity Human sexual behavior / Animal sexuality C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia - Rape
Rape is a crime where the victim is forced into sexual activity, in particular sexual penetration, against his or her will. The word orig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyberpunk: Encyclopedia - Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk (a portmanteau of cybernetics and punk) is a sub-genre of science fiction that focuses on advanced technology such as computers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asperger Syndrome: Encyclopedia - Asperger Syndrome
Asperger syndrome (sometimes called Asperger's syndrome, AS, or the more common shorthand Asperger's), is characterized as one of the fiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoophilia: Encyclopedia - Zoophilia
Zoophilia (from the Greek Zoon, "animal", and Philia, "friendship" or "love") is a paraphilia, defined as an affinity or sexual attractio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God: Encyclopedia - God
God is the term used to denote the Supreme Being ascribed by many religions to be the creator, ruler and/or the sum total of, existence. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metrosexual: Encyclopedia Ii - Metrosexual - Narcissism And Changing Masculinity; The Metrosexual
Narcissism is an important element of the metrosexual concept. The metrosexual in its original form, as Simpson intended, is a person who...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminist Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Feminist Theory - Feminist Theory
is the extension of feminism into theoretical, or philosophical, ground. It encompasses work done in a broad variety of disci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Talcott Parsons' Views Of Gender Roles
Working in the United States, Talcott Parsons5 developed a model of the nuclear family in 1955. (At that place and time, the nuclear fami...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender - Social Category
Since 1950 an increasing part of the academic literature, and of the public discourse uses gender for the perceived or projected (self-id...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Culture And Gender Roles
Ideas of appropriate behaviour according to gender vary among cultures and era, although some aspects receive more widespread attention t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Changing Roles
Gender role is composed of several elements. A person's gender role can be expressed through clothing, behaviour, choice of work, persona...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Societal Attitudes Towards Homosexuality - Stereotypes
In Western culture, gay men are often stereotyped as effeminate or sometimes as hypermasculinized (see homomasculinity). The severely hom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heteronormativity: Encyclopedia Ii - Heteronormativity - Heteronormativity And Patriarchy
Heteronormativity is often strongly associated with (and sometimes even confused with) patriarchy. However, a patriarchal system does not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender - Etymology And Usage
Gender comes from Middle English gendre, from Latin genus, all meaning "kind", "sort", or "type". Ultimately from the proto Indo European...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender - Etymology And Usage
Gender comes from Middle English gendre, from Latin genus, all meaning "kind", "sort", or "type". Ultimately from the proto Indo European...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Sexual Orientation And Gender Roles
Traditional gender roles include male attraction to females, and vice versa. Gay, lesbian, bisexual people, and others usually don't conf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender - Grammatical Gender
Main article: grammatical gender In linguistics, grammatical gender is a type of inflection. We say that a language has grammatical gende...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fashionable Nonsense: Encyclopedia Ii - Fashionable Nonsense - The Book's Thesis
Fashionable Nonsense examines two related topics: the allegedly incompetent and pretentious usage of scientific concepts by philosophers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender - Other Uses
Gender - Fasteners and connectors. In electrical and mechanical trades and manufacturing, each of a pair of mating connectors or fasten...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Identity: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Identity - Relationship To Gender Role
The related term, "gender role," has two meanings that in individual cases may be divergent: First, people's gender roles are the totalit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Socialization
The process through which the individual learns and accepts roles is called socialization. Socialization works by encouraging wanted and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender - Sex
Main article: Biological sex Gender can refer to the (biological) condition of being male or female, applied to humans, animals, plants, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Criticism Of Biologism
Gender roles have long been a staple of the Nature/Nurture debate: Traditional theories of gender usually assume that one's gender identi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Gender Roles And Feminism
Most feminists argue that traditional gender roles are oppressive for women. They assume that the female gender role was constructed as a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Brief Description Of Gender Roles In Prison
Gender roles in prison go further than the "Don't drop the soap" joke. The truth is that some prisoners, either by choice or by force, ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Gender Roles And Feminism
Most feminists argue that traditional gender roles are oppressive for women. They assume that the female gender role was constructed as a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Brief Description Of Gender Roles In Prison
Gender roles in prison go further than the "Don't drop the soap"-joke. The truth is that some prisoners, either by choice or by force, ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asperger Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Asperger Syndrome - Criticisms And Controversies
Asperger syndrome - Asperger syndrome as a social construct. Some people, including some people diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, argue...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beatrix Of The Netherlands: Encyclopedia Ii - Beatrix Of The Netherlands - Titles And Prime Ministers
Queen Beatrix's titles are: "Beatrix, by the Grace of God Queen of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, etc. etc. etc." The triple...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Sociobiological Analysis Of Rape
Some animals appear to exhibit behaviors which resemble rape in humans, in particular combining sexual intercourse with violent assault, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heteronormativity: Encyclopedia Ii - Heteronormativity - Social And Political Manifestations Of Heteronormativity
There are many things that are often pointed to to illustrate the concept of heteronormativity, both historically and in contemporary soc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Transgendered And Intersexed People
As long as a person's perceived physiological sex is consistent with that person's gender identity, the gender role of a person is so muc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Sociobiological Analysis Of Rape
Some animals appear to exhibit behaviors which resemble rape in humans, in particular combining sexual intercourse with violent assault, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality - Societal Attitudes
Societal attitudes towards same-sex relationships, reflected in the attitude of the general population, the state and the church, have va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Law
Rape - Common law. In the common law of the United Kingdom and the United States, "rape" traditionally describes the act of a man who f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - History
The concept of rape, both as an abduction and in the sexual sense, makes its first appearance in early religious texts. In Greek mytholog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Non-sexual Usage Of Term
In its original sense, dating back to antiquity, "to rape a person" meant to capture the person for the purpose of enslavement, and was c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - The Role Of Control And Loss Of Privacy In Rape
Rape has been regarded as "a crime of violence and control" since the 1970s. According to psychological analysis literature, "control" is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Quotes
The Supreme Court of California had this to say on a case involving a woman who was raped by a police officer: "Along with other forms o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Passing: Encyclopedia Ii - Passing - Sex
Passing describes a transgender person's ability to be accepted as their preferred sex, to have an appearance that causes one to be assum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - The Role Of Control And Loss Of Privacy In Rape
Rape has been regarded as "a crime of violence and control" since the 1970s. According to psychological analysis literature, "control" is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Quotes
The Supreme Court of California had this to say on a case involving a woman who was raped by a police officer: "Along with other forms o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - History
The concept of rape, both as an abduction and in the sexual sense, makes its first appearance in early religious texts. In Greek mytholog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Non-sexual Usage Of Term
In its original sense, dating back to antiquity, "to rape a person" meant to capture the person for the purpose of enslavement, and was c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Law
Rape - Common law. In the common law of the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States, "rape" traditionally describes the act of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Rapists
Rape - Rapist profiles. Dr. A. Nicholas Groth, author of Men Who Rape: The Psychology of the Offender, described four types of delibera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Rapists
Rape - Male rapist profiles. Dr. A. Nicholas Groth, author of Men Who Rape: The Psychology of the Offender, described four types of del...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Zoophilia - Books Articles And Documentaries
Zoophilia - Academic and professional. Andrea Beetz Ph.D.: Love, Violence, and Sexuality in Relationships between Humans and Animals, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Zoophilia - Books, Articles And Documentaries
Zoophilia - Academic and professional. Andrea Beetz Ph.D.: Love, Violence, and Sexuality in Relationships between Humans and Animals, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zoophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Zoophilia - Books Articles And Documentaries
Zoophilia - Academic and professional. Andrea Beetz Ph.D.: Love, Violence, and Sexuality in Relationships between Humans and Animals, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jean-luc Godard: Encyclopedia Ii - Jean-luc Godard - Cinematic Period
The Godard canon has never been able to escape the critical desire to distinguish between, and in turn label, its visible periods. The fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyberpunk: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyberpunk - Film And Television
The film Blade Runner (1982), adapted from Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, is set in a dystopian future in which m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Effects Of Rape
A proportion of violent sexual assaults end with the death or serious injury of the victim. Other consequences can include pregnancy or s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Rape And Punishment
Rape - Punishment of assailants. Most societies consider rape to be a grave offense, and punish it accordingly. Punishment for rape in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Reporting
Rape - Underreporting. According to the 1999 United States National Crime Victimization Survey, only 39% of rapes and sexual assaults w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality - Art And Literature
One of the main ways in which the record of same-sex love has been preserved is through literature and art. Homoerotic sensibilities are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality - Etymology And Usage
The word homosexual translates literally as "same-sex," being a hybrid of the Greek prefix homo- meaning "same" and the Latin root sex- m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Effects Of The Automobile On Societies: Encyclopedia Ii - Effects Of The Automobile On Societies - Cultural Changes
Prior to the appearance of the automobile, horses, streetcars and bicycles were the major modes of transportation within cities. Horses r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Law
Rape - Common law. In the common law of the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States, "rape" traditionally describes the act of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Effects Of Rape
A proportion of violent sexual assaults end with the death or serious injury of the victim. Other consequences can include pregnancy or s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Rape And Punishment
Rape - Punishment of assailants. Most societies consider rape to be a grave offense, and punish it accordingly. Punishment for rape in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Reporting
Rape - Underreporting. According to the 1999 United States National Crime Victimization Survey, only 39% of rapes and sexual assaults w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Transgender: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Transgender - The Semantic Problem
Defining a relationship or a sexual act between two physically unambiguously male persons with a male gender identity (or two female ones...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Transgender: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Transgender - The Semantic Problem
Defining a relationship or a sexual act between two physically unambiguously male persons with a male gender identity (or two female ones...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Types Of Rape
Rape - Violent rape. "Violent rape" occurs when violence beyond the rape itself is a part of the assault. This may include physical for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Some Aspects Of Rape
Rape - Drugging. Hypnotic agents such as flunitrazepam (Rohypnol) and GHB, colloquially referred to as "date rape drugs," have been use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Types Of Rape
Rape - Violent rape. "Violent rape" occurs when violence beyond the rape itself is a part of the assault. This may include physical for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Types Of Rape
Rape - Violent rape. "Violent rape" occurs when violence beyond the rape itself is a part of the assault. This may include physical for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Some Aspects Of Rape
Rape - Drugging. Hypnotic agents such as flunitrazepam (Rohypnol) and GHB, colloquially referred to as "date rape drugs," have been use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality - Academic Study
The manifestation of sexual orientation is subject to a considerable variability. Thus it is common for homosexual individuals in heteron...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality - Historical And Geographical Practices
Sexual customs have varied greatly over time and from one region to another. These, as well as the orientation of particular pre-contempo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frank Sinatra: Encyclopedia Ii - Frank Sinatra - Life
Frank Sinatra - Early life. He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. He was the only child of quiet Sicilian fireman father, Anthony Martin ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frank Sinatra: Encyclopedia Ii - Frank Sinatra - Life
Frank Sinatra - Early life. He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. He was the only child of quiet Sicilian fireman father, Anthony Martin ...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Vi - M
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VI - M . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article