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How beauty standards are communicated in america

Gender and Society Iesa Community College

Goals of This Assignment:

1. Formulate and articulate your understanding of a particular issue – DEFINE

2. Critically assess the research that has previously been done on this topic – RESEARCH

3. Consider methods you might use to study this subject — SURVEYS, INTERVIEWS, CONTENT ANALYSIS

4. Clearly state your hypothesis (what you expect to find)

5. Conduct your own elementary research project -See #3 above

6. Compare your results with the research you have read

7. Analyze your findings

8. Work with your group to find an informative way to PRESENT your conclusions to the class – 30 minute Maximum

1. learning to “Do Gender”

• Walk through toy stores or toy departments and look at how toys are marketed for boys and girls.

• Use print ads for children’s toys and clothing to show how gender stereotyping is reinforced.

• Tape some TV sitcoms and illustrate what messages are communicated about appropriate behavior for females and males.

• Interview parents to see how they view “playing” with learning to be a boy or girl. What toys, TV programs, books do they encourage or restrict for their children? What are their reasons?

2. Health, Fitness, and Beauty

• Look at how beauty standards are communicated in America. Choose print or TV ads and do an in-depth study. Are there different standards for different racial and ethnic groups? Look at how advertising is targeted to different groups in select magazines and TV programs. Other possible questions: What are the standards for men? How do men feel about the pressures on them to conform to a physical ideal? How have beauty standards changed over time?

• Interview young women as to their beauty rituals. Why do they start them, when? How much time and money do they spend attempting to reach certain standards? Do they feel pressure to continue such practices, from whom? How is fitness related to or antithetical to beauty rituals..

• Do a survey of 20 women ages 16-25, and 20 women ages 40-60 as to their top 5 health concerns. What are the differences and why? Discuss some of the concerns and methods for dealing with them.

3. Law, Policy, and Government

• Study one or several of the more recent high profile court cases related to women, gender equity, and/or other issues of gender and present information about them.

• Collect information on some of the women in the U.S. Congress and what bills related to women they have recently or are currently supporting. Give an overview of the career of each women and detail about the specific bills you wish to discuss.

• Survey college women to see if and how they are involved in the political process. Did they vote in the last election? What influenced their decision?

4. Gender, Communication & Self-expression

• Research the development and shift in awareness of non-sexist language during the 20th century.

• Explore words which have changed gender connotations over time such as gay, madam, and spinster. What caused the change in connotation? How long before it was widely accepted? How does language denote power, and authority?

• Do a survey of college-age students to determine their support of or opposition to the use of non-sexist language. Provide examples of different terms and ask if they think each is a reasonable alternative to the more traditional word usage. Are there gender differences in degree of support or opposition to non-sexist language?

Concepts of continuity and transformation

The concepts of continuity and transformation, examine and completely discuss the following: Through the ages, artistic activity has often been focused in particular cities or groups of cities.

Three of these concentrations stand out, each representative of a different time and era in the history of Western art: The Rome-Florence-Venice triangle (Renaissance and High Renaissance) Paris (Impressionism and Post-Impressionism) New York (Abstract Expressionism).

Consider all three locales and discuss artists, works of art, and historic periods associated with each locale. Include in your answer each locale’s noted artists and their art works, showing how each work is reflective of a specific period.

Thoroughly discuss these artworks and art historical periods in terms of continuity and transformation.

Write an essay on the industry of latin american music in us

There are two assigment, the first one should be 3 pages or more (no less than 3pages) , and from the materials i will be provided, and a second one should be 2 pages or more (no less than 2 pages) and it should include at least 5 references.

First one which is 3 pages and from the materials i will be provided topic is ( Discuss health inequality in the African American community.) materials for this topic is in the attachment and one is link which is this one ( http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/29/sport/colin-kaepernick-flag-protest-has-history-trnd/ ) second topic chose one from the following list : you must provide at least 5 references to this one.

Write a short essay on the industry of Latin American music in U.S.

Write a short essay on the recent events in Missouri University, addressing, among other points, the vital role played by Missouri football team.

Write a critical essay on the role the equal opportunity and affirmative action offices play in different American institutions. You may write an article based on an interview with Ms. Priscilla Leone Mills, who is leading this work on NAU campus.

Write a short essay on the voting patterns of different ethnic groups in 2016 U.S. Presidential elections.

Write a short essay on the sexual representation of different ethnic groups on pornography websites.

Write a short essay on the presence of Indian American programmers in U.S. software industry.

Write a short essay on the Ethnic Studies Program at NAU. You may want to conduct an interview of one of the professors, who teach in this program.

Write a short essay on the programs of the Native American Cultural Center at NAU. You may also write your essay on the Applied Indigenous Studies Program at NAU.

Write a short essay on Soul Food and its history in U.S.

Create an art-efact that tells a narrative of musical life

Figuring Musical Lives

Create an “art-efact” that tells a narrative of your musical life experiences. Submissions may be in the form of any artistic creation including, but not limited to: prose story, poem, drawing, painting, video, sculpture, song.

Submit a one- to two-page commentary explaining and/or clarifying your creation. This explanation should help your audiences to make meaning from your creation, and help them understand the meaning of the creation for you. You could include your sources of inspiration, the ways in which creating this piece helped you construct your narrative, readings from the course that you considered, etc.

Please consider whether you would like this project to be shared with the rest of the group, or if it contains private information that you would prefer not be shared.

Compare and contrast the four styles of creative intelligence

Compare and contrast the four styles of creative intelligence and their influence on organizational decision making. Discuss how the five forces influence mental models and mindsets. Include examples of how mental models and mindsets might limit the decision-making process. Word count doesn’t matter2 pages

Assess the positive and negative effects that peace and war

Use the Internet to research one (1) developing nation of Somolia. Your research should include an examination of the effects that war and peace have on the distribution of foreign aid, as well as the material covered by the Webtext and lectures in Weeks 1 through 3.

Write a three to four (3-4) page research paper in which you:

Assess the positive and negative effects that peace and war, respectively, have on the distribution of foreign aid in the developing country that you have selected. Support your response with concrete examples of each of the results that you have cited.

Analyze the specific actions that the leadership of the selected country has taken, through the use of its foreign aid from donor nations and international lending institutions, to relieve the severe problems caused by warfare.

Discuss whether or not the extension of foreign aid has successfully reduced poverty and the incidence of warfare in the selected country. Support your response with examples.

Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia, blogs, and other nonacademic websites do not qualify as academic resources. Approval of resources is at the instructor’s discretion. Resources must also be within the last seven (7) years.

Describe the effect that obesity has had on you personally

Assignment : Obesity in America

Obesity in America is considered an epidemic. There are many contributing factors to obesity (both childhood and adult), such as biological, environmental, social, or economic factors. Review the information on obesity on pages 419 to 421 in the textbook. You may also use the Internet or Strayer Library to research obesity and its causes.
Suggested Reading:

“What Are the Health Risks of Overweight and Obesity?” located at

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/obe/risks.html

Write a one to two page (1-2) page essay in which you:

Describe the effect that obesity (childhood and / or adult) has had on you personally or your community.

Select one (1) contributing factor to childhood or adult obesity. Recommend two (2) preventative measures related to the selected factor that people can take in order to reduce their chance of becoming obese.

Discuss one (1) sociological theory that relates to the selected contributing factor to obesity.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

To keep this essay short and manageable, your only sources for the essay should be the article from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the sections noted in your text. For this reason, APA citations or references are not required for this assignment.

Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Define the basic concepts used in the discipline of sociology.

Explain the major theoretical paradigms of sociology.

Use technology and information resources to research issues in sociology.

Write clearly and concisely about sociology using proper writing mechanics.

Compare and contrast the sociological and criminological

Chapter 1 (The Expansion of Criminological Theory)

1. Compare and contrast the sociological (Mills) and criminological (Williams imaginations).

2. Why do you think social science and criminological theories are less successful and prediction and focus more on description and low-level explanation?The written answers (1.5-2 pages each question, typed, double-spaced, one-inch margins all around, 10-point font

Describe the publication and codification of statutory law

Assignment 2: How a Law Becomes a Law

According to the Library of Congress, approximately 40,000 state and federal laws are ratified annually. For this reason, it is important to have an understanding of the manner in which a law is enacted. Imagine that your supervising attorney has approached you to research this topic.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

1. Identify the source(s) from which the authority to legislate is derived. Determine whether or not Congress has unreasonably and unlawfully expanded upon an identified source’s authority to legislate. Provide a rationale for your response.
2. Examine the value of dicta to the judicial decisions. Provide two (2) examples that illustrate the potential effect of dicta on judicial decisions.
3. Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Describe the publication and codification of statutory law, and the publication of case laws and judicial opinions.
• Research information using primary and secondary sources.
• Develop effective research strategies, and conduct effective and efficient research using conventional sources, the Internet, and computer-assisted legal research.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in legal research and writing.
• Write clearly and concisely about legal research and writing using proper writing mechanics.

How was renaissance art informed by the sciences

The Renaissance and Science

Respond in writing to the following questions after reading your text and viewing the Web Assignments.

1- How was Renaissance art informed by the sciences, and how were the sciences informed by Renaissance art?

2- You can provide examples from either the Italian Renaissance or Northern Renaissance or both. Please provide at least three specific examples.

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Landmarks in Humanities Smartbook (Ebook)

This is for my Humanity class however I was not able to select Humanity.