Less Talk, More Action: Why gender mainstreaming is so difficult to
... average, only 25 percent of the international and local staff were women. The EU Border Assistance Mission in Rafah (Gaza strip) has no women in any position (ISIS 2012). These numbers are a tremendous improvement compared to the figures from the Council’s own assessment in 2011 999o/11 which report ...
... average, only 25 percent of the international and local staff were women. The EU Border Assistance Mission in Rafah (Gaza strip) has no women in any position (ISIS 2012). These numbers are a tremendous improvement compared to the figures from the Council’s own assessment in 2011 999o/11 which report ...
Women with shaved heads: Western Buddhist nuns and Haredi
... see men with shaved heads. But the situation seems very different for women: a female shorn head seems to stick in the craw for most observers. The negative representations it provokes have evolved throughout the twentieth century: right after World War II, its main evocation was that of concentrati ...
... see men with shaved heads. But the situation seems very different for women: a female shorn head seems to stick in the craw for most observers. The negative representations it provokes have evolved throughout the twentieth century: right after World War II, its main evocation was that of concentrati ...
Stereotypical Barriers for Women in Management
... Since the beginning of time, there have been clear defined roles for females and males in society. Due to females reproductive abilities, they were the ones to bear and have children and this made many of their tasks domestic. Males, on the other hand, were the providers and protectors of the family ...
... Since the beginning of time, there have been clear defined roles for females and males in society. Due to females reproductive abilities, they were the ones to bear and have children and this made many of their tasks domestic. Males, on the other hand, were the providers and protectors of the family ...
purity in seclusion: exploring the anchoritic lifestyle
... recruited and treated the “wayward” women varied greatly. However, its main purpose throughout the years was to reform women of the lower and lower-middle classes who had or would likely turn to prostitution to support themselves. The inmates, throughout the home’s history, were women who had engage ...
... recruited and treated the “wayward” women varied greatly. However, its main purpose throughout the years was to reform women of the lower and lower-middle classes who had or would likely turn to prostitution to support themselves. The inmates, throughout the home’s history, were women who had engage ...
Public Relations: A role for women?
... students thought of the public relations career as an easy major, perhaps, because 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 communica ...
... students thought of the public relations career as an easy major, perhaps, because 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 communica ...
VICTORIAN COUGAR: H. RIDER HAGGARD`S
... it’ (p. 94), the implications of Darwinian sexual selection become clearer: female choice does not support a patriarchal society. Holly explains that he has learned that women among the Amahaggar are not only upon terms of perfect equality with the men, but are not held to them by any binding ties. ...
... it’ (p. 94), the implications of Darwinian sexual selection become clearer: female choice does not support a patriarchal society. Holly explains that he has learned that women among the Amahaggar are not only upon terms of perfect equality with the men, but are not held to them by any binding ties. ...
The Effects of Socialization on Gender Discrimination and
... about the role that they will be expected to play in the future. As a result, violence is likely to be perceived as a defence used by men to protect their vanishing role. A way to combat VAW would therefore be to break the genderrole stereotypes and encourage individuals to assume the social roles t ...
... about the role that they will be expected to play in the future. As a result, violence is likely to be perceived as a defence used by men to protect their vanishing role. A way to combat VAW would therefore be to break the genderrole stereotypes and encourage individuals to assume the social roles t ...
Sample Chapter
... consumer culture, where the notion of a “developed” world stands in stark contrast to the less-, under-, or undeveloped countries in which the economic situation does not facilitate such blatant consumer cultures. Moreover, considering gender in modernity leads in potentially contradictory direction ...
... consumer culture, where the notion of a “developed” world stands in stark contrast to the less-, under-, or undeveloped countries in which the economic situation does not facilitate such blatant consumer cultures. Moreover, considering gender in modernity leads in potentially contradictory direction ...
Gender Binaries and the Politics of Organizational
... argues that we perhaps cannot dispense with humanism as a normative base if we are to have any way of resisting the discipline over our bodies and souls that Foucault (1977) describes. Also without some normative base, how can the totalizing panoptic of a society disciplined by its own commitment to ...
... argues that we perhaps cannot dispense with humanism as a normative base if we are to have any way of resisting the discipline over our bodies and souls that Foucault (1977) describes. Also without some normative base, how can the totalizing panoptic of a society disciplined by its own commitment to ...
How have researchers measured gender up to this point
... every aspect of our lives, so any review of the literature on gender must be limited by some parameters. This particular inquiry focuses on empirical research on gender roles in the black community.1 Researchers often employ gender as simply an explanatory variable to predict “deviant” behaviors suc ...
... every aspect of our lives, so any review of the literature on gender must be limited by some parameters. This particular inquiry focuses on empirical research on gender roles in the black community.1 Researchers often employ gender as simply an explanatory variable to predict “deviant” behaviors suc ...
Population and changes in Gender Inequalities in Latin
... are associated with the greater empowerment of women. In this sense, the region serves as an example that reinforces the arguments made by Malhotra and Ridley (2009): “[…] we argue that population processes and gender issues are intimately connected, and that declining fertility levels have the pote ...
... are associated with the greater empowerment of women. In this sense, the region serves as an example that reinforces the arguments made by Malhotra and Ridley (2009): “[…] we argue that population processes and gender issues are intimately connected, and that declining fertility levels have the pote ...
Gender Stereotypes and Electoral Success
... Candidate selection is another factor that can help or hurt women in politics. Political parties have the power of discouraging women to run in elections (Sanbonmatsu 2010). The goal of political parties is to win election, and have their opinions represented. Since political culture has historicall ...
... Candidate selection is another factor that can help or hurt women in politics. Political parties have the power of discouraging women to run in elections (Sanbonmatsu 2010). The goal of political parties is to win election, and have their opinions represented. Since political culture has historicall ...
Moser Gender Analysis Framework (contd….)
... Ordinarily, gender-analysis frameworks do not tend to be used to plan interventions, which target men or boys. However, a gender analysis should take place for all interventions, because they all have potential impact on gender relations and therefore on both sexes Also understanding gender relation ...
... Ordinarily, gender-analysis frameworks do not tend to be used to plan interventions, which target men or boys. However, a gender analysis should take place for all interventions, because they all have potential impact on gender relations and therefore on both sexes Also understanding gender relation ...
Beth C., “Sexism in World of Warcraft,”
... can choose to play a character that is different from their own gender. Sharon Sherman looks at the console game of Super Mario Brothers 2 and explores the transformation of the female character into the hero when the game is played by girls. In Sherman’s research, every girl that played the game pl ...
... can choose to play a character that is different from their own gender. Sharon Sherman looks at the console game of Super Mario Brothers 2 and explores the transformation of the female character into the hero when the game is played by girls. In Sherman’s research, every girl that played the game pl ...
Generation M - Media Education Foundation
... This study guide is designed to help you and your students engage and manage the information presented in this video. Given that it can be difficult to teach visual content –and difficult for students to recall detailed information from videos after viewing them—the intention here is to give you a t ...
... This study guide is designed to help you and your students engage and manage the information presented in this video. Given that it can be difficult to teach visual content –and difficult for students to recall detailed information from videos after viewing them—the intention here is to give you a t ...
the sociology of gender - Rutgers University Libraries
... they prescribe our behavior and ease interaction with people who occupy different social statuses, whether we know these people or not. There is an insidious side to this kind of predictable world. When normative role behavior becomes too rigidly defined, our freedom of action is often compromised. ...
... they prescribe our behavior and ease interaction with people who occupy different social statuses, whether we know these people or not. There is an insidious side to this kind of predictable world. When normative role behavior becomes too rigidly defined, our freedom of action is often compromised. ...
Read the introduction
... sound, constitutes the essential mechanism for the construction of meaning. The book focuses on distinct periods and issues in the trajectory of Chinese cinema: early production, socialist cinema, the new wave, and women’s films. Each section introduces gender issues in a social context, followed by ...
... sound, constitutes the essential mechanism for the construction of meaning. The book focuses on distinct periods and issues in the trajectory of Chinese cinema: early production, socialist cinema, the new wave, and women’s films. Each section introduces gender issues in a social context, followed by ...
PERSPECTIVES OF TITLE IX 1 Abstract The purpose of the - K-REx
... determine if there [had] been a shift from negative social stereotypes traditionally associated with women’s sports participation” (p. 87). According to Kane (1988), the passage of Title IX “brought about a wave of optimism regarding a potential increase in the social acceptability of female sport p ...
... determine if there [had] been a shift from negative social stereotypes traditionally associated with women’s sports participation” (p. 87). According to Kane (1988), the passage of Title IX “brought about a wave of optimism regarding a potential increase in the social acceptability of female sport p ...
Interpreting angina: symptoms along a gender
... women; however, this term is framed on exclusion criteria with no clear definition even among clinical guidelines.28 29 As a result, this lack of clarity and erroneous assumptions in the historical construction of angina symptomology likely contributes to the contemporary sex/gender bias seen in the ...
... women; however, this term is framed on exclusion criteria with no clear definition even among clinical guidelines.28 29 As a result, this lack of clarity and erroneous assumptions in the historical construction of angina symptomology likely contributes to the contemporary sex/gender bias seen in the ...
Women in the Australian Defence Force
... Defence, and that many of the organisation’s scientists are women. Women scientists work in a variety of fields—such as physics,chemistry,biology, engineering and psychology. Many of us have come from private industry, and appreciate the excellent atmosphere and working conditions we have here. As w ...
... Defence, and that many of the organisation’s scientists are women. Women scientists work in a variety of fields—such as physics,chemistry,biology, engineering and psychology. Many of us have come from private industry, and appreciate the excellent atmosphere and working conditions we have here. As w ...
GENDER AND LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES EVALUATION: the
... between the managerial style of men and women (Eagly & Johnson, 1990; Eagly & Johannesen-Schmidt, 2007; Eagly, Johannesen-Schmidt, & van Engen, 2003; Helgesen, 1990). An argument in favor for no significant differences in the managerial style between men and women is that the leadership role influe ...
... between the managerial style of men and women (Eagly & Johnson, 1990; Eagly & Johannesen-Schmidt, 2007; Eagly, Johannesen-Schmidt, & van Engen, 2003; Helgesen, 1990). An argument in favor for no significant differences in the managerial style between men and women is that the leadership role influe ...
Total work and gender: facts and possible explanations
... holds at all times and places. It does not hold in middle-or lower-income countries today or in predominantly Catholic countries. Perhaps if more data were available on still other countries, the conclusion might change; but based on all the available evidence the results suggest strongly that iso-w ...
... holds at all times and places. It does not hold in middle-or lower-income countries today or in predominantly Catholic countries. Perhaps if more data were available on still other countries, the conclusion might change; but based on all the available evidence the results suggest strongly that iso-w ...
US Women`s status in labor market
... lower-skilled women would also be consistent with more favorable relative net supply shifts for lower-skilled women than high-skilled women. Other factors, in addition to relative supply or demand changes, potentially affect the rate of convergence of the gender gap within skills groups, including t ...
... lower-skilled women would also be consistent with more favorable relative net supply shifts for lower-skilled women than high-skilled women. Other factors, in addition to relative supply or demand changes, potentially affect the rate of convergence of the gender gap within skills groups, including t ...
Challenging and negotiating the myths: Gender
... myths are class based: their meanings are constructed by the socially dominant and accepted by the subordinate since they have been ‘naturalised’. Primitive myths are about life and death, men and gods, good and evil, while contemporary myths are about masculinity and femininity, about the family, a ...
... myths are class based: their meanings are constructed by the socially dominant and accepted by the subordinate since they have been ‘naturalised’. Primitive myths are about life and death, men and gods, good and evil, while contemporary myths are about masculinity and femininity, about the family, a ...
Women in sport - University of Leeds
... 2008 with six women active in recreational football in the south-east UK. The openended interview questions were developed around the following themes: the participants’ introduction to playing football, experiences on the pitch, social life, local football culture and representations of the body. A ...
... 2008 with six women active in recreational football in the south-east UK. The openended interview questions were developed around the following themes: the participants’ introduction to playing football, experiences on the pitch, social life, local football culture and representations of the body. A ...