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Being a male or a female is the most important determinant of the person’s directions and interests in his/her life. To possess and exhibit the suitable gender characteristics is not an easy mission. The rules of this mission are either inherited or placed by the society. Even though no specific person organizes those rules, the society expects everyone to obey. Gender rules may be strict, and they may put the person under unfavorable pressure. Nevertheless, most people accept them, and maintain their gender characteristics involuntarily. Males and females differ in almost all characteristics. They are different in the way they express their feelings, and in the way they react in response to most situations. Gender differences can be†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"Hills like White Elephants† depicts the two genders as two people who are strangers to each other; each one lives in his own world, and each one has his own language that the other cannot understand its implication. In this story, the American man’s character is presented as having typical male features. First of all, he is insensitive. The American man does not feel how important that child might be to Jig. He does not think how cruel it is to abort a baby, especially, for the woman who really wants to be a mother. As the American man describes the abortion in the story, â€Å"I know you wouldn’t mind it, Jig. It’s really not anything. It’s just to let the air in† (526). The man insensitively thinks of the abortion as a simple operation. He does not think of the abortion as a big issue. For males, it might be simple, but it is not as simple for females. Also, the previous quote shows another characteristic of the male in this story. He is uncaring and selfish; the American man cares neither about the baby nor about Jig. He knows that by having this baby, a marriage should occur and he will shoulder more responsibilities, so he thinks about what he is going to lose by having this baby. He hates to be committed to this type of life. Even though he tries to persuade Jig that he cares about her, it is clear that he cares about no one but himself. On the other hand, the man is depicted in this storyShow MoreRelatedFactors Influencing the Propensity to Have Extramarital Affairs5218 Words   |  21 Pagesmorality and wellbeing therefore warrant the economic study of their causality (Fair, 1978). Not only this, but the issue is of such interest it has captured the attention of many psychologists, economists and sociologists (Chernozhukov, Hong, p.877). On the premises mentioned above, the purpose of this econometric analysis is therefore to analyze the determinants of extramarital affairs. This study has been conducted using data from a survey by Psychology Today which involves surveying 601 individualsRead MoreInfluence Of Cognitive Development On Gender Identity3129 Words   |  13 Pagesinner sense of being either male or female (Carlson Heth, 2010). 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