Essays on Identity

A man box is a socially constructed gender identity to which men and boys are required to conform with regard to their actions, feelings, and adherence to norms and limitations. The expectation of society is that as boys and men mature, they will learn the "proper" gender roles in line...

The study of women's reproductive options is not new, as may be seen in the 21st century, but the contentious ideology between the sexes dates back as far as Methuselah. Through history, culture has viewed women as passive, child-bearing beings incapable of exercising their conscience to make important choices that...

The issue of gender disparity has long existed. The male gender is consistently regarded as being superior to the female gender. Since Gilman's time, there have been some developments in the area of gender equality. First, women now hold more influence in one way or another. In our society today,...

The Igbo Ethnic Group The Igbo ethnic group is the second-largest ethnic group in Nigeria. Given that they are dispersed throughout several villages, their enormous population helps to explain their diversity of cultures. Nevertheless, all of the subgroups speak the same language. According to some historians, they were originally immigrants from...

The issue of income disparity The issue of income disparity persists despite the United States being one of the richest and most developed nations in the world. Income inequality refers to the degree to which income is distributed unevenly among various classes of the population when the issue is discussed in...

In the modern world, technology has transformed the way people communicate. Although there are numerous advantages to using technology, one of the most prominent disadvantages has been cyberbullying. It occurs as a result of electronic technology when devices like phones, tablets, laptops, and communication tools including social media platforms, messaging,...

Women are moving to other countries in greater numbers to work as independent labor migrants, particularly from the Global South. Recent studies that surveyed 139 Filipino migrant domestic employees revealed that family favored women who adopted the "gender" script (Paul, 2015). It has been noted that these women break down...

Modern society has made substantial expenditures in technology. One of the most widely used devices in personal use is the smartphone. It has evolved to take the place of many gadgets in people's lives. The smartphone can now effectively do the tasks once carried out by calculators, calendars, clocks, alarm...

Malaysian Culture Because of the wide range of people living there, Malaysia has an extremely diversified culture. Taking the Malays as an example, who are an ethnic subgroup of the Austronesian people. The Malay peninsula, coastal Borneo, and eastern Sumatra are all home to the main ethnic groups from the Philippines and...

Introduction Carl Sagan's 1977 book The Dragons of Eden: Speculation on Human Evolution is a work of science fiction. A variety of sciences, including anthropology and evolutionary biology, are used to try to explain the evolution of human intellect (Sagan 3). The author addresses the question of quantifying human intelligence capabilities....

The modern human is descended from ape-like creatures that evolved in complexity and structure over the course of time. One of the first known human ancestors, Australopithecus africanus lived between the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs between 3.3 and 2.1 million years ago. To the disapproval of the scientific community, Raymond...

Mary Thompson's Dilemma Mary Thompson saw Tom being cut down with a machete. She lied to the authorities when they questioned her about the incident and the unfortunate occurrence. She insisted that she remained silent.An Anthropologist's Moral Responsibility An anthropologist named Thompson was present to study a South-East Asian civilization. She asserted...