Sentences with phrase «masculine name in»

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And as I knelt in the chapel under the statue of Our Lady, I thought about a recent controversy in which a popular Protestant pastor, theologian, and writer named John Piper claimed that Christianity has «a masculine feel.»

The masculine name Junias does not occur in a single inscription, letterhead, work of literature, or epitaph in the Greco - Roman world, while the feminine name Junia is everywhere.

Interest in the goddess cults and imagery has heightened the masculine connotations of «god» to the point that I wonder why it is the preferred name for the deity.

Brahm is another simple, strong, masculine boy's name that will continue to surge up the ranks, thanks in part to the popularity of the fantasy genre.

We prefer Branwell to the M in the name which gives it a sturdier and more masculine sound to it and of course the nickname Bran is a perfect addition if you want to go for a name in honour of Game of Thrones!

Russell was once a strong and masculine choice that was in the top 200 names from 1889 all the way to 1998.

The two syllable name is a wonderfully soft but masculine name that is clearly popular in its native Scotland.

The feminine version is much more popular than the masculine but the boys name has increased in popularity this century with parents looking towards those names that are hidden gems.

Iñigo's strong accent in its vowels makes it a very masculine option for parents with who wants a name out of the ordinary.

While surveying shoppers, the researchers simply changed the name of the car from the traditional, environmentally friendly name to «Protection,» which is a masculine term in China.

The findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in June 2014, noted that on average, a hurricane with a masculine name resulted in 15 deaths, while a comparable hurricane with a female name would result in 42 deaths.

Though the name sounds a bit masculine, Wood family of perfumes helps in bringing out the sex appeal of a lady.

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So I typically use «actor» to describe a person who acts (it does complicate things that «actor» was masculine in the original Latin, but that, for me, is akin to how my last name is made up of my father's and my husband's, respectively, so let's just get on with it).

Each page has a picture depicting a profession and its name in both the masculine and the feminine.

When the Beetle was redesigned in 2011, VW dropped the «New» from its name and claimed that the new (but not New) Beetle was sportier and more masculine.

I have often found myself looking askance at her husband, «H.» Though «H» is basically pretty masculine, having neither a ponytail nor a tight feminine derriere like «K,» still I wonder: «H,» when you are having marital relations with «L,» and she calls out your name in that deep, booming, nearly male voice, and you continue having marital relations with her (i.e., you are not «turned off»), does this not imply that you, «H,» are, in fact, still «turned on?»

The owners had acquired the tortoise in 1980 and never knew the sex, so it was given a masculine name.

A perfect example of this is Rap star, Armando Christian Pérez, professionally known as Pitbull, uses the stage name of pitbull and pitbull breed dogs in his videos to make a more masculine appearance.

In Quebec, you were still playing on un Nintendo 64 and un Gameboy Advance because they were slight variations on existing masculine names; old habits die hard.

Of course, Judy Chicago's is an iconic name in the rapidly shifting art history of the second half of the twentieth century, as it moved from the rowdy machismo of the New York School to Donald Judd and company's coolly masculine Minimalism.

Holberton's Dust to Dust are two works of the same name that explore the Californian ideology of masculine entrepreneurialism and oft predatory behaviors, which began with the Gold Rush, carry on in the Silicon Valley tech boom, and are now seen in the burgeoning cannabis industry.

«Running SueEasy Turned Out to Be Not So Easy Main Study Shows Masculine Name Can Better Odds of Success in the Legal Field»

The Vancouver Sun reports on a study by the American Law and Economics Review that shows «females with masculine names fare far better in legal careers than females with feminine names.»

The Portia Hypothesis tested in this paper is that females [sic] with masculine names fare better in legal careers than females with feminine names.

The gist of the article, if there can be such a thing in a heavily statistics - based study, is that in South Carolina a woman lawyer has a better chance of advancing in her career and of becoming a judge if she has a «masculine name.»

Changing a girl's name from something fairly feminine, like «Sue» (which is less masculine than the mean female voter's name), to a more gender - ambiguous name, like «Kelly,» increases her probability of becoming a judge by roughly 5 %.16 This effect may appear small, but it is highly nonlinear in nominal masculinity; changing a girl's name from «Sue» to a predominantly male name, like «Cameron» (75 % of those named «Cameron» in South Carolina's voting population are male), increases her probability of becoming a judge by a factor of 3 (roughly).

«Doctoral student of sexual neuroscience Deborah Soh raises alarm that many feminine boys and masculine girls are being encouraged by their parents and therapists to undergo social transitions, changing their names and pronouns to live full - time in the other gender.