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… Gay Al South Park episode in our recent discussion group I realized that there is much more to South Park then I originally realized. Usually when I watch this hilarious show, I am not trying to interpret and analyze the show with a sociological lens.…

… high levels of trade and relatively free capital flows between industrialized nations. Therefore it could be said that the process of globalization started along time ago and not recently as it is perceived for most of the people around the world.…

… i.e. assuming sex and gender are the same concept. The first person to make this distinction was America psychoanalyst Dr Robert Stoller (1968). He stated that 'sex' is the biological makeup which defines the differences between men and women,…

… that encourages people to use the natural, physiological process of laugher to release painful emotions like anger, fear, helplessness, depression and stress. Humour helps give us perspective to our problems and makes us have a positive and hopeful…

… society. It is well known that Chinese society emphasis the importance of the family and the hierarchy within the family. Men's superiority and women's inferiority are deeply rooted in the 2,000-year-old Chinese culture. The view of women…

… as a gendered institution and that knowledge is also gendered. I'll discuss the connection between these two and the feminist responds to the patriarchal nature of universities and conventional knowledge. The university is a gendered institution.…

… there still remains an entity that surpasses the rest in power. This entity is the family. It has stood the tests of time as the foundation of human life on this planet. However, there are strongholds forming against the strength of the family.…

… 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…

… institution and how legal judgements reflect the gendered nature of the institution. First, I will examine the nature of law. Second, I will examine feminists' perspectives of law in areas such as contracts, torts, lands, criminal, and family laws.…

… or the choice between? The answer to this question at the birth of a newborn baby will determine, in most cases, how the parents raise the child and what "roles" they will try to teach their new child. This new child will receive all of its teaching…