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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Feminist Identity"”.
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Feminist Identity
Establishing a sense of identity is a central task in human development. This research pursued questions about how adult, self-identified feminist women conceptualize their identity, the role of feminism in that conceptualization, and the interaction of feminism with race and sexual orientation. …
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The Relationship Between Perceptions of Sexual Harassment and Feminist Identity Development
… of sexual harassment is mediated by her stage of feminist identity development and that the perception of sexual harassment is related to the labeling of sexual harassment. The first hypothesis is not supported by the data. The second hypothesis is shown to have strong empirical support, and is …
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Feminist identity and social tolerance of mental illness: The influence of gender-role deviance
<p>This study examined the influence of feminist identity on social tolerance of mental illness, specifically, the extent to which people with gender deviant mental illnesses (i.e. men with depression, women with antisocial personality disorder) are socially tolerated. Male and female subjects …
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Women's reactions to a realistic rape portrayal and the influence of feminst identity and rape myth acceptance
… rape scene. This study also examined if either feminist identity or rape myth acceptance was related to these reactions. Sixty college females enrolled at the University of Missouri were exposed to either a neutral film clip or one depicting a date/acquaintance rape. Anger, negative affect, and …
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But what about survivors? Exploring the impact of content related to sexual violence on social media
… (Keller et al., 2018). From a perspective of Feminist Identity Theory (Downing & Roush, 1985), the current study sought to examine factors which may predict the presence of negative reactions for survivors of sexual violence after being exposed to content related to sexual violence on social …
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A construção da identidade feminista de homens: um caso pioneiro no Brasil
… the Education Program has as its aim to explore feminist identity and get to know the trajectory of feminist men, based on bibliographical and empirical research. As such, it reports the trajectory of the feminist movement and its theory all the way until men‟s studies; conceptualizes the terms …
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FEMINIST ORIENTATION AND RIGHT WING AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE PERCEPTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT ACCUSATIONS
… examined criticisms in the media that women and feminists are ultra-sensitive to sexual harassment, making false accusations that may ruin an accused man's career by empirically examining gender and feminist identity in relation to SH judgments for scenarios that varied by evidence strength. This …
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The Structure and Dimensionality of Feminist Ideological Stances: Explorations With Long-Time Feminists
… themes relevant to research on feminisms and feminists. Limitations of the study, as well as implications of the findings for future research pertaining to feminist identity development, feminist conflicts and coalitions, and feminist diversity were offered.
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A pilot study of the effects of mentoring on disordered eating behavior
… eating behavior, objectified body-consciousness, feminist identity, and self-esteem in women and adolescent girls involved in a feminist mentoring program. It was hypothesized that participation in the mentoring program would decrease levels of psychological distress, disordered eating behavior, …
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A Daily Diary Investigation of Discrimination and Binge Eating Among Lesbian Women
… binge eating, social isolation, and lesbian and feminist identity. A sample of thirty eligible women (i.e., 18-30 year old lesbian women who reported binge eating in the past week) completed daily measures of sexism, heterosexism, negative affect, and binge eating for 10 days. Hierarchical linear …
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Bratz, BFFs, princesses and popstars: femininity and celebrity in tween popular culture
… of an “appropriately” feminine and (post)feminist identity through a rhetoric of “choice”. Such identities are predicated on revealing and maintaining an “authentic” self. The need to develop an “appropriately” feminine and (post) feminist identity whilst remaining “authentic” requires the …
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The influences of identities and social connectedness on self-objectification
… investigated the relationships between different feminist and sexual identities and trait self-objectification. A sample of 187 undergraduate women was administered a survey to measure affiliation with sexual and feminist identities, self-objectification, and well-being. While support for the …
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Holistic health: Shaping women’s experiences of positive body image
… (e.g. a focus on wellbeing, embodying self-care, feminist identity), other elements of holistic health culture (e.g. nutritional regimes, rigid and idealistic health standards) have the potential to reinforce self-objectification processes, which are antagonistic to the development of positive …
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Between silence and speech : mystical experience in contemporary women's writing
… female experience and lesbian and feminist identity, and to dismantle thepatriarchal theological language that has traditionally constructed women'srelationship to the divine.Note: Unless otherwise stated, all Biblical references are taken from the King JamesAuthorised Version of …
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An Exploration of Feminist Family Therapists' Resistance to and Collusion with Oppression
In this study, I explore the ways in which feminist family therapists encourage exploration of, resistance to, and collusion with, oppression. I explore qualitatively the critical dialogues, both inner, and with others, that feminist family therapists employ to address oppressive systems. My …
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Resistance and solidarity through feminist craftivism; a comparative study of Ireland and Mexico
The proposed research is a comparative study of feminist textile practices between Mexico and Ireland with the purpose of establishing transnational solidarity (Mohanty, 1991). From a feminist standpoint, this research used a feminist Participatory Arts-Based Research methodology to enable …
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The Outsider Within: Sense of Self in Jewish Feminist Women
… of interfering with development among Jewish and feminist people. Because religion, culture, and ideology contribute to adult identity in important ways, and because Judaism and feminism are poorly understood within the general population, research on the experience and meaning of Judaism and …
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This Is What a Feminist Tweets Like: "Women's Language" and Styling Activist Identities in a #YesAllWomen Twitter Corpus
… a study of linguistic practice in the context of feminist activism on Twitter. Twitter has become a primary medium for social and political activism and a rich venue for study of the relationship between digitally mediated language and identity production. The focus of this study is the viral …
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To Be or Not To Be a Feminist: A Qualitative Study
This research examined definitions of feminists and the relationship between self-identification as a feminist and willingness to engage in action to reduce inequality between men and women. Two focus groups were held to discuss these issues with undergraduate women. All but one of the members …