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An 8 page research paper that has two parts. The first part addresses gender, racial and ethnic differentiations and the second part is on women and work. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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the nature of social life, rather than something inherent in genetic makeup (Lorber 276). Gender construction begins at birth when a baby is designated a sex based on the appearance
of genitalia. New parents will immediately dress their baby in a manner that indicates the babys gender (Lorber 277). The ascription of gender holds individuals to social norms of how
women and men are expected to act and interact with others (Lorber 279). As this suggests, "gender" is a term that refers to how a society views the roles
of men and women and these roles are determined by culture, societal and economic factors, rather than biology (Moghaddam 722). While sex differences determine whether an individual is biologically capable
of becoming a father or mother, gender roles are entirely learned, and, therefore, they can change over time and vary considerably between cultures (Moghaddam 722). Traditionally, the way in
which gender was conceptualized in Western society was quite different than it is today. Traits such as aggressiveness, self-reliance and independence were considered masculine, while women were considered to be
more emotionally oriented and their societal role was largely restricted to the domestic sphere (Reeder 115). As this suggests, gender systems frequently assign specific characteristics to one gender or the
other. For example, Tibetan Buddhism considered compassion to be "masculine," while "wisdom" is considered feminine in nature (Gross 8). Like gender, racial and ethnic differentiations are some of the
principal ways in which individuals are ascribed membership within a category of people (Lorber 277). A 1970 law in Louisiana dictated that any individual whose genetic inheritance was "at least
1/32nd Negro blood" must be considered to be African American (Omi and Winant 197). This law was challenged by Susie G. Phipps in the early 1980s. Phipps had lived her
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