Beyond an Epistemology of Bread, Butter, Culture and Power
... theory originated in the West, where men and women are conceived oppositionally and projected as embodied, genetically driven social categories...On what basis are Western conceptual categories exportable or transferable to other cultures that have a different cultural logic? This question is raised ...
... theory originated in the West, where men and women are conceived oppositionally and projected as embodied, genetically driven social categories...On what basis are Western conceptual categories exportable or transferable to other cultures that have a different cultural logic? This question is raised ...
Women, Peace, and Security: UN Resolution 1325 Put to the Test
... is often consciously targeted by the combatant parties. According to UN statistics, in today’s conflicts, 90 per cent of the victims are civilians. Therefore, proportionally more women, children, and infirm persons are becoming victims of armed conflict than ever before. Secondly, the so-called “sex ...
... is often consciously targeted by the combatant parties. According to UN statistics, in today’s conflicts, 90 per cent of the victims are civilians. Therefore, proportionally more women, children, and infirm persons are becoming victims of armed conflict than ever before. Secondly, the so-called “sex ...
Sharing A Doll`s House with Islamic Neighbours
... banned and film was (and still is) controlled by pre- and post-production censorship. The early nineties were a time of political uncertainty, following the Ayatolleh Khomeini’s death in 1989. The morality police, or komiteh, had enormous powers and used them indiscriminately, particularly against w ...
... banned and film was (and still is) controlled by pre- and post-production censorship. The early nineties were a time of political uncertainty, following the Ayatolleh Khomeini’s death in 1989. The morality police, or komiteh, had enormous powers and used them indiscriminately, particularly against w ...
The Issue of Gender and Woman`s Rights
... against the legal viewpoint and methodology of “sexist”, whereas the “gender” analysis requires putting problems and relationships of both sexes into a wider cultural background in order to draw understanding; studies on sex have provided analyzing thoughts on social relationship for both sexes, and ...
... against the legal viewpoint and methodology of “sexist”, whereas the “gender” analysis requires putting problems and relationships of both sexes into a wider cultural background in order to draw understanding; studies on sex have provided analyzing thoughts on social relationship for both sexes, and ...
The Collapse of the Nuclear Family
... necessary communication that comes with the sharing of men’s and women’s roles. The film’s portrayal of Mrs. Penmark’s slow descent into insanity emphasizes the expectations for women in the 1950s and the toll that such expectations took upon their mental health. The end of the film, which shows Mrs ...
... necessary communication that comes with the sharing of men’s and women’s roles. The film’s portrayal of Mrs. Penmark’s slow descent into insanity emphasizes the expectations for women in the 1950s and the toll that such expectations took upon their mental health. The end of the film, which shows Mrs ...
Blurred lines: Exploring contemporary attitudes to gender portrayal
... e.g. from misogynistic lyrics in pop songs (e.g. Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines) to rape jokes on social media to real world examples of sexual harassment on public transport ...
... e.g. from misogynistic lyrics in pop songs (e.g. Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines) to rape jokes on social media to real world examples of sexual harassment on public transport ...
"If you want to win, you`ve got to play it like a man.” Music, Gender
... highlighting issues of gender, I am not able to address "in what circumstances and by what means gender... emerged as an important issue," a concern that Diamond (in press) points out is largely omitted from current feminist research; however, I am able to examine the variety of ways that gender was ...
... highlighting issues of gender, I am not able to address "in what circumstances and by what means gender... emerged as an important issue," a concern that Diamond (in press) points out is largely omitted from current feminist research; however, I am able to examine the variety of ways that gender was ...
Equal pay legislation and the gender wage gap
... gender [4]. This study could find no evidence in the US that firms call women back for interviews less frequently than men. Indeed, it appears women are called about 12% more than men once a job application is submitted. An audit study of restaurant hiring found no gender effects in job offers or in ...
... gender [4]. This study could find no evidence in the US that firms call women back for interviews less frequently than men. Indeed, it appears women are called about 12% more than men once a job application is submitted. An audit study of restaurant hiring found no gender effects in job offers or in ...
Femininity/Masculinity
... temperaments of males and females. In this older context, measures of femininity/masculinity were often used to diagnose what were understood as problems of basic gender identification, for example, feminine males or masculine females (cf. Terman and Miles 1936). We now understand that femininity an ...
... temperaments of males and females. In this older context, measures of femininity/masculinity were often used to diagnose what were understood as problems of basic gender identification, for example, feminine males or masculine females (cf. Terman and Miles 1936). We now understand that femininity an ...
islamic feminism
... . Rejection of the theoretical framework through which the issue of women’s liberation was addressed: Muslim women are capable of liberating themselves without identifying with the Western model of the ideal woman. . The beliefs that patriarchal traditions inherited from the Jahiliya (the pre-Islami ...
... . Rejection of the theoretical framework through which the issue of women’s liberation was addressed: Muslim women are capable of liberating themselves without identifying with the Western model of the ideal woman. . The beliefs that patriarchal traditions inherited from the Jahiliya (the pre-Islami ...
No Response - Sociologists for Women in Society
... of overlapping group boundaries, particularly in The Dignity of Working Men. I think it will be important to spell out how the study of group boundaries can illuminate aspects of intersectionality (as described by Choo and Ferree (Sociological Theory 2010)). In another realm, my book on peer review, ...
... of overlapping group boundaries, particularly in The Dignity of Working Men. I think it will be important to spell out how the study of group boundaries can illuminate aspects of intersectionality (as described by Choo and Ferree (Sociological Theory 2010)). In another realm, my book on peer review, ...
Women in sport - University of Leeds
... Dominant institutions, those with power, are able to have their discourses reproduced through everyday language and practices, so that their knowledge becomes truth. Yet this fixing of reality is temporary, for knowledge must be constantly reiterated to retain power. Following this, powerful discour ...
... Dominant institutions, those with power, are able to have their discourses reproduced through everyday language and practices, so that their knowledge becomes truth. Yet this fixing of reality is temporary, for knowledge must be constantly reiterated to retain power. Following this, powerful discour ...
... which aid the analysis of roles, responsibilities, constraints and opportunities of both men and women. Gender which is commonly used interchangeably with ‘sex’ within the academic fields of cultural studies, gender studies and the social sciences in general; often refers to purely social rather tha ...
Manila Declaration for Global Action
... and international commitments, and legally binding instruments on gender equality, ...
... and international commitments, and legally binding instruments on gender equality, ...
Total work and gender: facts and possible explanations
... Our purposes here are to document in much greater detail a fact that has been essentially ignored by economists and that appears unknown to the public, and to offer and test some explanations for it. In the next section, we describe what we mean by market and household work and examine the gender br ...
... Our purposes here are to document in much greater detail a fact that has been essentially ignored by economists and that appears unknown to the public, and to offer and test some explanations for it. In the next section, we describe what we mean by market and household work and examine the gender br ...
Susan Okin - Westmont homepage server
... the major source of injustice and inequality in society is gender, by which she means a deeply entrenched and institutionalized social construction of sexual differences and roles that do not favor women. This stance is a rejection of the standard view that sexual differences and inequalities are th ...
... the major source of injustice and inequality in society is gender, by which she means a deeply entrenched and institutionalized social construction of sexual differences and roles that do not favor women. This stance is a rejection of the standard view that sexual differences and inequalities are th ...
Chapter 8, Gender Inequality
... • Another concern social scientists voice is the extent to which the media portray females and males in a limited and stereotypical fashion and the impact of such portrayals. For example, Levin and Kilbourne (2009), in So Sexy So Soon, document the sexualizing of young girls and boys. Advertising, b ...
... • Another concern social scientists voice is the extent to which the media portray females and males in a limited and stereotypical fashion and the impact of such portrayals. For example, Levin and Kilbourne (2009), in So Sexy So Soon, document the sexualizing of young girls and boys. Advertising, b ...
Gender Inequality in Saudi Arabia: Myth and Reality
... Respondents also spoke negatively about the right of custody (8 answers) and the right to divorce (8 answers), indicating there should be no difference between men and women in these areas. All the answers related to custody and divorce came from married students and employees. On the third question ...
... Respondents also spoke negatively about the right of custody (8 answers) and the right to divorce (8 answers), indicating there should be no difference between men and women in these areas. All the answers related to custody and divorce came from married students and employees. On the third question ...
“Several Paradise Ladies Are Visiting in Town
... household or community get re-examined and redefined. So do broader-scale processes, like industrialization, emerging capitalism, urbanization, or Western expansion, that have formed the causal framework for so much of American historical archaeology. In historical archaeology, as in other social an ...
... household or community get re-examined and redefined. So do broader-scale processes, like industrialization, emerging capitalism, urbanization, or Western expansion, that have formed the causal framework for so much of American historical archaeology. In historical archaeology, as in other social an ...
The Right to Define Gender Identity
... The Right to Define Gender Identity All human beings carry within themselves an ever-unfolding idea of who they are and what they are capable of achieving. The individual’s sense of self is not determined by chromosomal sex, genitalia, assigned birth sex, or initial gender role. Thus, the individual ...
... The Right to Define Gender Identity All human beings carry within themselves an ever-unfolding idea of who they are and what they are capable of achieving. The individual’s sense of self is not determined by chromosomal sex, genitalia, assigned birth sex, or initial gender role. Thus, the individual ...
GENDER WORK &
... Now some may question why this study is important to management scholars and practitioners working to advance women in corporate America. My answer to you is this: many of the women of color represented in the Lifting as We Climb study are working in the lower stratospheres of American companies. Th ...
... Now some may question why this study is important to management scholars and practitioners working to advance women in corporate America. My answer to you is this: many of the women of color represented in the Lifting as We Climb study are working in the lower stratospheres of American companies. Th ...
Public Relations: A role for women?
... of its stereotype as a female dominated major. Young women are basing their choice for an academic major on the few stereotypes that do exist; such as a career for those that like to communicate and excel at communicating. Mitrook (2005) suggests that men may be majoring in marketing or management b ...
... of its stereotype as a female dominated major. Young women are basing their choice for an academic major on the few stereotypes that do exist; such as a career for those that like to communicate and excel at communicating. Mitrook (2005) suggests that men may be majoring in marketing or management b ...
The Effects of Gender on First and Second
... just and so, hypercorrect grammar, super polite forms, avoidance of strong swear words, and emphatic stress (Holmes, 2001). While these characteristics are most likely not caused by any biological difference in females, they are most likely the result of psychological and socio-cultural influences. ...
... just and so, hypercorrect grammar, super polite forms, avoidance of strong swear words, and emphatic stress (Holmes, 2001). While these characteristics are most likely not caused by any biological difference in females, they are most likely the result of psychological and socio-cultural influences. ...
Less Talk, More Action: Why gender mainstreaming is so difficult to
... one policy or one voice emanating from Brussels, a common policy is the coordination of the 28 separate, but similar member state policies: in other words, a chorus of 28 singing from the same page. As a result, there is no single bureaucratic entity as in the case of the Commission, but a de facto ...
... one policy or one voice emanating from Brussels, a common policy is the coordination of the 28 separate, but similar member state policies: in other words, a chorus of 28 singing from the same page. As a result, there is no single bureaucratic entity as in the case of the Commission, but a de facto ...
Ecofeminist Concerns Sowmya Dechamma
... Dealing with ecological crises brings forth many questions in terms of its cultural, political and economic manifestations. Do we need to isolate the ‘ecological crisis’ or is it necessary to prioritise various facets of the same?Where does ecofeminst concerns figure in such a debate? Concerns of ec ...
... Dealing with ecological crises brings forth many questions in terms of its cultural, political and economic manifestations. Do we need to isolate the ‘ecological crisis’ or is it necessary to prioritise various facets of the same?Where does ecofeminst concerns figure in such a debate? Concerns of ec ...