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... support of international organizations. These theories, taken together, present conflicting views as they draw attention to distinct actors and motivations for quota reform.23 They also suggest that none of these accounts, on their own, explain all cases of quota reform.24 Some accounts characterize ...
... support of international organizations. These theories, taken together, present conflicting views as they draw attention to distinct actors and motivations for quota reform.23 They also suggest that none of these accounts, on their own, explain all cases of quota reform.24 Some accounts characterize ...
Gender and Power Relationships in the Language of Proverbs
... Since proverbs are very closely associated with cultures, it would be appropriate here to see how proverbs are defined in the cultural context. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (Third Edition, 2002) defines proverbs as “short, pithy sayings that reflect the accumulated wisdom, prejudices, and ...
... Since proverbs are very closely associated with cultures, it would be appropriate here to see how proverbs are defined in the cultural context. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (Third Edition, 2002) defines proverbs as “short, pithy sayings that reflect the accumulated wisdom, prejudices, and ...
Assessing the feminist revolution: The presence and absence of
... structures and disciplinary biases that reproduced gender inequality. Sociologists were among those who mobilized to change gender relations in and outside academia, and sociology was one of the many social institutions that they changed. In this paper, we trace the process of these transformations ...
... structures and disciplinary biases that reproduced gender inequality. Sociologists were among those who mobilized to change gender relations in and outside academia, and sociology was one of the many social institutions that they changed. In this paper, we trace the process of these transformations ...
Lying in a Room of One`s Own
... as dupes when it comes to issues such as job flexibility. “To meet home demands, [women] may settle for part-time shifts (such as ‘Mommy Tracks’), poor hours, or local jobs, all of which can be terribly exploitative.” Yet, as years of opinion research reveal, women do not find flexible work arrangem ...
... as dupes when it comes to issues such as job flexibility. “To meet home demands, [women] may settle for part-time shifts (such as ‘Mommy Tracks’), poor hours, or local jobs, all of which can be terribly exploitative.” Yet, as years of opinion research reveal, women do not find flexible work arrangem ...
Public Restrooms - Moritz College of Law
... California where local law requires all single-stall restrooms to be gender neutral. ...
... California where local law requires all single-stall restrooms to be gender neutral. ...
Gender in Pre-Hispanic America
... lation.4 Explanations for the production of these items emphasize their utility: f igurines were used in small-scale life-cycle rituals, perhaps controlled by elders, or in veneration of ancestors or rulers; monumental images, to demarcate large-scale spatial settings for political rituals and to as ...
... lation.4 Explanations for the production of these items emphasize their utility: f igurines were used in small-scale life-cycle rituals, perhaps controlled by elders, or in veneration of ancestors or rulers; monumental images, to demarcate large-scale spatial settings for political rituals and to as ...
Bringing Equality Home: Implementing the
... treaty to systematically and substantively address the needs of women. However, these gains made on paper at the international level simply set the stage for the real work: the implementation of CEDAW and other human rights instruments at the national level. This is where CEDAW really has meaning fo ...
... treaty to systematically and substantively address the needs of women. However, these gains made on paper at the international level simply set the stage for the real work: the implementation of CEDAW and other human rights instruments at the national level. This is where CEDAW really has meaning fo ...
doing gender
... two sexes (Hill 1935; Martin and Voorhies 1975, pp. 84-107; but see also Cucchiari 1981, pp. 32-35). More central to our argument is Kessler and McKenna's (1978, pp. 1-6) point that genitalia are conventionally hidden from public inspection in everyday life; yet we continue through our social rounds ...
... two sexes (Hill 1935; Martin and Voorhies 1975, pp. 84-107; but see also Cucchiari 1981, pp. 32-35). More central to our argument is Kessler and McKenna's (1978, pp. 1-6) point that genitalia are conventionally hidden from public inspection in everyday life; yet we continue through our social rounds ...
Gender and Race: (What) Are They? (What) Do We Want
... gender issues, not only is there no simple equation of sex and gender, but the seemingly straightforward anatomical distinction between the sexes has been challenged as well. What began as an effort to note that men and women differ socially as well as anatomically has prompted an explosion of diffe ...
... gender issues, not only is there no simple equation of sex and gender, but the seemingly straightforward anatomical distinction between the sexes has been challenged as well. What began as an effort to note that men and women differ socially as well as anatomically has prompted an explosion of diffe ...
The Contradiction of Masculinity in the Middle Ages
... and trained women to be afraid of provoking men and their sex drive. Another means of reasserting gender definitions was to promote marriage, giving the institution a sacramental status. Thus, social changes produced a binary society composed of celibate clergy and married laymen. By reinforcing not ...
... and trained women to be afraid of provoking men and their sex drive. Another means of reasserting gender definitions was to promote marriage, giving the institution a sacramental status. Thus, social changes produced a binary society composed of celibate clergy and married laymen. By reinforcing not ...
Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach Custom PDF eBook
... After the baby was born, the old man tried to shake his feelings, but they wouldn’t let loose. Isabelle was a pretty name, but every time he looked at the baby he felt sick to his stomach. He hated doing it, but there was no way out. His daughter and her baby would have to live in the attic. Unfortu ...
... After the baby was born, the old man tried to shake his feelings, but they wouldn’t let loose. Isabelle was a pretty name, but every time he looked at the baby he felt sick to his stomach. He hated doing it, but there was no way out. His daughter and her baby would have to live in the attic. Unfortu ...
Similarly Situated?: The Evolution of Gender
... the center of the home and family life.”8 Due to the fact that most women’s primary role was in the home, the Court found that allowing a woman to choose whether she participated in this civic responsibility was within a state’s constitutional power to act for the general welfare. This justification ...
... the center of the home and family life.”8 Due to the fact that most women’s primary role was in the home, the Court found that allowing a woman to choose whether she participated in this civic responsibility was within a state’s constitutional power to act for the general welfare. This justification ...
The Lao Matri-System, Empowerment, and Globalisation
... in social relations (with a historical perspective) as well as the changes on what the authors call “patterned gender inequalities.”22 They examine how the power of women (relative to that of men) and the resulting inequalities between women and men have changed due to alterations in the social inst ...
... in social relations (with a historical perspective) as well as the changes on what the authors call “patterned gender inequalities.”22 They examine how the power of women (relative to that of men) and the resulting inequalities between women and men have changed due to alterations in the social inst ...
PDF - safe steps Family Violence Response Centre
... About this submission ........................................................................................................................... 2 Summary of Recommendations ........................................................................................................... 2 Role of gender ...
... About this submission ........................................................................................................................... 2 Summary of Recommendations ........................................................................................................... 2 Role of gender ...
Word doc - The Open University
... lived and moved, much as we do’ (Anderson 1894: 214). The literate gentleman reaches out from nineteenth-century Britain and finds his counterpart in fifth-century Athens. The interest inspired is fuelled by a postulated sympathy between two different groups of educated men, and the concerns they sh ...
... lived and moved, much as we do’ (Anderson 1894: 214). The literate gentleman reaches out from nineteenth-century Britain and finds his counterpart in fifth-century Athens. The interest inspired is fuelled by a postulated sympathy between two different groups of educated men, and the concerns they sh ...
In India, patriarchal perceptions of women are often the
... women have traditionally been oppressed, and yet still have an effect on legal and social structures in the 21st century.7 Stereotypes directed at women can be demeaning, especially where they are a subject to the patriarchal view that they are subordinate to men which often manifests a devaluation ...
... women have traditionally been oppressed, and yet still have an effect on legal and social structures in the 21st century.7 Stereotypes directed at women can be demeaning, especially where they are a subject to the patriarchal view that they are subordinate to men which often manifests a devaluation ...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Women: Using the ICF as a
... Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments of 2008 as “(a) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of such individual; (b) a record of such an impairment; or (c) being regarded as having such impairment” (Section 4.1). This is significant in that s ...
... Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments of 2008 as “(a) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of such individual; (b) a record of such an impairment; or (c) being regarded as having such impairment” (Section 4.1). This is significant in that s ...
Developing a theory of Gendered Prejudice
... motivate aggression towards, and dominance over, other social groups. These psychological traits may take the form of emotions, attitudes, and cognitive biases whose ultimate function is to disadvantage or debilitate other groups relative to one’s own, particularly when the outgroup targets are male ...
... motivate aggression towards, and dominance over, other social groups. These psychological traits may take the form of emotions, attitudes, and cognitive biases whose ultimate function is to disadvantage or debilitate other groups relative to one’s own, particularly when the outgroup targets are male ...
Contemporary Civilization and Women
... Thirdly, one can come to appreciate the extent to which sexist attitudes have been constantly reproduced by reputable scholars --sometimes even importing a more intense sexism into their interpretations of thinkers (like Plato) than is in fact there. Here I am thinking particularly of Strauss’ and B ...
... Thirdly, one can come to appreciate the extent to which sexist attitudes have been constantly reproduced by reputable scholars --sometimes even importing a more intense sexism into their interpretations of thinkers (like Plato) than is in fact there. Here I am thinking particularly of Strauss’ and B ...
Evaluating Children`s Literature: Female characters in STEM roles
... parents, and young girls that gives them a list of books they can read to learn more about past, present, and even fictional women in STEM. I also would like to fill the gap in research about STEM literature. I am defining STEM literature as nonfiction, novels, biographies, and pictures books that a ...
... parents, and young girls that gives them a list of books they can read to learn more about past, present, and even fictional women in STEM. I also would like to fill the gap in research about STEM literature. I am defining STEM literature as nonfiction, novels, biographies, and pictures books that a ...
Votes for Women: A Political Guidebook
... fully participate in political office. So why doesn’t that interest translate into candidates, votes, and seats? How do we translate interest into election victories? Votes for Women was first produced by the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women in 1991 as a resource to Nova Scotia wo ...
... fully participate in political office. So why doesn’t that interest translate into candidates, votes, and seats? How do we translate interest into election victories? Votes for Women was first produced by the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women in 1991 as a resource to Nova Scotia wo ...
Developing a theory of Gendered Prejudice
... motivate aggression towards, and dominance over, other social groups. These psychological traits may take the form of emotions, attitudes, and cognitive biases whose ultimate function is to disadvantage or debilitate other groups relative to one’s own, particularly when the outgroup targets are male ...
... motivate aggression towards, and dominance over, other social groups. These psychological traits may take the form of emotions, attitudes, and cognitive biases whose ultimate function is to disadvantage or debilitate other groups relative to one’s own, particularly when the outgroup targets are male ...
1943 Guide To Hiring Women (U.S.)
... Cold war concerns about the spread of communism reached into the domestic sphere, particularly in the United States. Politicians, F.B.I. agents, educators, and social commentators warned of communist spies trying to undermine the institutions of U.S. life, and Senator Joseph McCarthy (1909-1957) bec ...
... Cold war concerns about the spread of communism reached into the domestic sphere, particularly in the United States. Politicians, F.B.I. agents, educators, and social commentators warned of communist spies trying to undermine the institutions of U.S. life, and Senator Joseph McCarthy (1909-1957) bec ...
The role of physical education and other formative experiences of
... distinct from female sexuality, thus celebrating the differences between men and women and emphasizing male superiority (Crossett, 1990). This fitted well, of course, with the social and cultural separation of the male and female spheres which accelerated during the Victorian period. Men were popula ...
... distinct from female sexuality, thus celebrating the differences between men and women and emphasizing male superiority (Crossett, 1990). This fitted well, of course, with the social and cultural separation of the male and female spheres which accelerated during the Victorian period. Men were popula ...