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Gender ideologies of society have greatly affected a woman’s position in the labor force and her body image. An illustration of the is made in Carol Tavris’ article “The Universal Male” and in Judith Lorber’s article, “`Night to His Day’: The Soci ....

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.... “gendering,…or successfully [placing] the other person in a gender status,” is a means to not “feel socially dislocated.” (14) Unfortunately, the gender norms that have developed over history are unequal. Women are looked at as the “abnormal” (17 Tavris) of the genders. However, there is no essential difference between males and females. The difference lies in how individuals are raised and rewarded for certain actions. A little boy playing with dolls will immediately be told to consider guns or to climb a tree. Tavris illustrates this view of “nothing [being] essential - in the natures of men and women…” by an example ....