Effect of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Glucose Transporter Expression in Breast Cancer Cells

Through research such as Laura Miller, Yoshiko Matsumoto, and Benedict Anderson, it has been argued that a convergence between the genders for Japanese speakers has occurred during the past 20 years. Japanese definition of femininity is evolving but not necessarily outwardly towards hyper-traditional femininity. Instead we see examples of how women have begun to incorporate masculine tagged phrases and incorporate them into their own speech patterns. Gender language in Japanese society are merging, creating different standards for what is considered feminine and what in turn is created masculine. Through this change we can observe the way that people’s concepts of societal norms are changing. Japanese language standards can actually indicate the cultural shift between the minimizing disparities between Japanese men and women. In my poster presentation I plan to present data about how overseas Japanese nationals are affected, if at all, by this transition to more neutral terms. By interviewing local Japanese immigrants, and by analyzing their sentence structure and use of language I will impart my findings the way that Japanese men and women who immigrated to the United States use their language to perform gendered identities. I believe that due to the foreign conditions that the Japanese find in the United States that the Japanese living in the United States will actually exhibit less gendered ways of speaking. The study will be conducted around 15-20 people. In this way they can assert their solidarity between the two genders which would not usually be witnessed in Japan. Due to the environment, where few Americans are able to relate culturally to those who immigrated, men and women will find more stability in their co-patriots through less gendered forms of speech. Testing of this theory through my research and determining actual Japanese linguistic patterns in relation to gendered stylistic sentence final particles employed will be presented on the poster.