Essays on Identity

Research shows that what one earns in the US is hinged on his or her education, industry, ethnicity, geographical location, occupation and gender among other factors (Abousamak, 2018). Various calculators consider innumerable measures when determining wage differences, which gives rise to variance in wages differing from calculator to calculator, besides...

The Allegations Against Microsoft The article by Fiegerman discusses the allegations against Microsoft on the issue of gender discrimination and sexual harassment. The author notes that employees of Microsoft have reported 108 cases of sexual harassment and 119 incidences of gender discrimination between 2010 and 2016. Apparently, the company has allowed...

Amy Zimmerman, the author of It Ain’t easy being bisexual on TV, is an entertainment reporter at the Daily Beast. She wrote the article in the year 2014 when the subject of gay marriages and gay relationships was most prevalent. Hence her timing was perfect because her article got the...

Identity and Nationalism Identity refers to a set of shared values and beliefs. Australianness is what constitutes the Australian identity. The identity does not stem from the geographical boundaries but the shared beliefs. Identity can be termed as a proxy of Nationalism (Coady, 2017). A nation is an imagined group of...

The documentary “the codes of gender” applies Erving Goffman’s analysis of advertising through striking visual details, the documentary explores some of Goffman’s central idea that gender ideals emerge from ritualized cultural performance, as a result, it uncovers a remarkable pattern of not only feminine but also masculine displays and poses...

            Gender representation in the contemporary art is vital in the shaping of the societal perceptions and self-image development by individuals in a particular society. Stereotypes often lead to distorted images and expectations with a section of the community especially the youth always struggling with issues such as self-esteem and...

Cyberbullying: Types and Consequences Cyberbullying is and has been part of childhood, adolescence and sometimes continues into adulthood. Cyberbullying manifests in different ways as has been brought out in this article. It can be in the form of harassment, impersonation, flaming, outing and trickery, exclusion and ostracism, denigration, cyberstalking and defamation....

The Relationship between Performativity and Language The two readings are linked by the "keyword," performativity. They both showcase a language that affects change in different contexts in the form of social action. In totality, the language, the language comes with different applications in various fields like philosophy, gender studies, law, anthropology,...

In this paper, Leti Vollp seeks to answer the question of identity and citizenship of the Middle-Eastern people. She states that the September 11 attack on the United States brought about the creation of a new stereotype against the people who appear Middle-Eastern, Muslim, or Arab as terrorists and their status...

Brene Brown enlightened me on various aspects of vulnerability. My initial misconception was that vulnerability was a weakness. This notion seemed to be consisted with Brown’s audience’s reaction, as most of her listener had the same misconception.  The speaker made me understand that vulnerability is all about taking emotional risks...

The person I interact with most when using this identity is my student colleagues when we discuss pertinent political and social issues. The reason is that it is a moment of competitive back and forth juggling arguments and ideas less conventional. Most of these interactions occur face to face when...

This essay will analyse several texts in two languages, which is English and French in different websites. Each text's different aims will also be discussed in spite of being written in two different languages. In the analysis, background, target audience, structure, genre, purpose and the strategies used in achieving it,...