Essays on Identity

Gender, sexuality, queerness, and other forms of difference largely impact how different people around the world perceive Asia and Asian bodies. There are many notions and misconceptions about the origin of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals in Asia. The rest of the world believe that LGBTQ is...

The Portrayal of Egyptians and the American University in Cairo The release of the Egyptian film a southern Egyptian at the American university not only brought chuckles to may Egyptians by representing the depth of their backward but also portrayed peak of the westernized modernity. The film portrays Egyptians are as...

Cultural Diversity and the Threat of Globalization Cultural diversity is one of the fundamental principles that explain the origin of different communities all over the world. The author equates culture to the roots of a plant, which replenish the individual with information on cultural background and values treasured by the society....

Cultural factors have profound impacts on the police investigation and the entire criminal justice system in the United Arab Emirate (UAE). The influence of this factors can lead to a biased investigative process leading to miscarriage of justice (Moghadam 138). Ideally, the police officers can take several steps to conduct...

Throughout history, gender inequality in the United States has been diminishing due to the significant advancements of equality since the 1900s (Yavorsky et al. 669). Nevertheless, gender inequality continues to persist in the United States in different forms with its effects being prevalent in the American society. Gender inequality refers...

Technology and Social Media: The Construction of Identities Technology has led to the development of social networking sites enabling social interactions, where people can easily have conversations, share photographs, videos, and basically all the moments of their lives. The social media is a popular platform among the youths, fostering unprecedented online...

The Benefits of Using RFID in the Community The fact that the use of RFID by this community is legal makes it a suitable technology to solve the recently reported issues. Keeping track of all people and animals moving in and out of the community improves security. Research shows that people...

The Impact of Femininity and Masculinity on Politics The political space is affected by the femininity and masculinity that defines the electoral processes, governance of the political parties. Masculinity is associated with perseverance and competitiveness while femininity is associated with softness and compassion in the social and political spheres. The electoral...

Americanah is a 2013 novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that revolves around the concepts of race and how social constructs about the issue affects people. In the novel demonstrates how gender and race completely change and shape the identity of an individual.  Through the plot and the themes present in...

One of the significant policies that encompass many closed campuses in the United States of America is the utilization of school identification cards. Closed schools are systems that do not allow students to leave campus any time of the day from lunch break or going to the hospital without the...

Culture and Understanding Culture is the tool that is used to measure the way of living of people (Norris 18). Various societies use different cultural values to assess what is right or wrong. Typically, people use their cultural values to judge cultures of other communities. Nevertheless, through close interaction with various...

The Importance of Being Earnest and the Issue of Social Class The Importance of Being Earnest is a play authored by Oscar Wilde. The most dominant theme in the play is the issue of social class. Apparently, three categories of classes are portrayed in the play, though only two of them...