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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Gender Expectations"”.
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CAREGIVING AND THE WORK-LIFE BALANCE; THE IMPACT OF GENDER EXPECTATIONS ON EMPLOYED PARENT CAREGIVERS
… Previous literature states that gender differences in caregiving exist due to the structure of the workforce and family. The workforce is often inflexible concerning employees’ personal schedules and is more welcoming for individuals who do not have to compromise career with …
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Using visual culture to address gender expectations in middle school art education: Visual art curriculum design based on the Manga Ranma1/2
… school art curricula that address the cultural expectations of gender in visual culture media. I use images from the Japanese comic Manga: Ranma1/2 to develop units of instruction with goals of engaging students in relating the study of art to their visual culture outside the classroom. The unit …
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Predictors of Self-Injurious Behaviors: A Person by Situation Analysis of Health-Compromising Behavior
… this disparity is the conformity to masculine gender expectations. As masculine gender expectations are often characterized by displays of toughness and invulnerability, it is important to establish under which conditions these expectations effect health behavior. Study 1 examined the combined …
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Exploring the Namibian inclusive education policy’s responses to gender nonconforming learners: A case of Erongo region
… Inclusive Education policy‟s responses to gender nonconforming learners in Namibian schools. Gender nonconformity within the scope of this study refers to nonconforming to societal gender expectations through behaviour, presentation, sexual identity or any other means construed as normal by …
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Challenging the Female /Athlete Paradox: Gender Performances of Elite Women Athletes
… changes, traditional notions of appropriate gender behavior may continue to constrain women athletes based upon socially consensual expectations of appearance and behavior. This dissertation examines social meanings and realities constructed by present-day college women athletes competing in …
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Internal Migration, Networks and Gender Roles among Domestic Workers in Vietnam
This thesis examines social networks and gender roles among domestic workers who are rural-to-urban female migrants in Vietnam. Using qualitative data collected from 10 in-depth interviews and one focus group with 17 domestic workers and one interview with a NGO staff member, I argue that networks …
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Women's Experiences of Internalized Sexism
… & socialization across a range of environments, gender expectations, family of origin, intergenerational sexism, relationship conflict, sexism at work, career expectations, loss of income, intersectional experience of discrimination, appearance & objectification, conditions of worth, resilience, …
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An Exploration of Dual Identity in Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street
… with poverty, discrimination, classism, and gender expectations. Esperanza wants to overcome the oppression outside her community and the patriarchal society in her community by moving away from Mango Street and becoming a writer. She has to find a way to bridge the gap between both her …
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"From the smoke of the town, to the fields and the groves": gender, class and the pursuit of leisure in London's eighteenth-century pleasure gardens
… ranks", but they often neglect to address how gender shaped the growing middle-class identity. The importance of gender in the formation of a middle-class identity is often not apparent because the arenas in which gender was regularly debated, like pleasure gardens, are not studied. Examining …
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Exploring differences in approaches to conflict and satisfaction among Mexican American and European American romantic partners within the United States
… frequently occurring themes discovered were: (1) gender expectations, (2) family obligations, (3) finances, (4) experience of being the minority, and (5) language barriers and exclusion. Implications and suggestions for future research are provided.</p>
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Seen and Heard: A Visual Testimony of Purity Culture Using Qualitative Photovoice Methodology
… relationships, and perceptions of sexuality, gender, and faith. While popular culture is talking about the effects of purity culture, scholarly literature is lacking. This study employed photovoice methodology to center the voices of those who grew up in purity culture, using photography and …
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Ukushela: Men's ways of initiating romantic relationships
… practices. Despite these evolving methods, gender roles continue to shape relationship formation, with societal expectations positioning men as initiators and women as responders. This qualitative study explored how men navigate the initiation of romantic relationships to see whether their …
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Made in Machismo: Discovering Gender Patterns in Migration Process
Individuals experience gender uniquely, shaped both by their internal sense of self and external influences from societal institutions such as education, family, religion, government, and economy. Gender impacts one's self-perception, societal treatment, and life roles. The textbook definition of …
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Risk and Protective Factors of Intimate Partner Violence in India: Evidence From the 2015-2016 National Family Health Survey
… increased risk of violence given the traditional gender expectations that dominate their existence. Prior literature explores socio-demographic risk and protective factors such as the intergenerational transmission of IPV and attitudes towards IPV. This research expands upon previous literature …
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Female cross-dressing and fragile masculinity in Le Roman de Silence and Twelfth Night
… from Count Orsino. By disrupting the traditional gender expectations for women and succeeding in masculine spaces, Silence and Viola reveal the malleability of the constructed gender binary, the complexity of the concept of “nature,” and the fragility of other cultural categories, particularly …
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Going with the flow: Using menstrual education as a tool for empowering post pubescent Nepali girls
… strategy of breaking the cycle of poverty, gender inequality, and overpopulation. Moreover, there is a growing interest in closing the gender gap in education, but there has been insufficient attention to the specific needs of girls experiencing menses or menarche within schooling …
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Catholic Latina Identities and Romantic Relationships
… Rather than passively accepting familial expectations, religious dictates, and ethnic prescriptions of gender, my respondents actively and creatively construct their own pragmatically useful understandings of what it means to be Catholic and Latina and how those meanings are to influence …
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Gender at the Margins: Contradictions of Masculinity and Femininity in a Bolivian Barrio Marginal
"This dissertation examines the gender roles and expectations of men and women in two working-class neighborhoods of Cochabamba, Bolivia. I find that understandings of masculinity and femininity consist of multiple, often contradictory, models. The fundamental contradiction of masculinity lies in …
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EMPOWERING NARRATIVES OR MARKETING STRATEGY? NIGERIAN AUDIENCE REACTIONS TO FEMVERTISING IN THE “JOY SOAP ‘MY LIFE, MY SCRIPT’ CAMPAIGN”
… campaign reflect, reinforce, or resist dominant gender norms in Nigerian society. Positioned as a form of femvertising, the campaign aims to challenge traditional expectations placed on women and promote narratives of empowerment. However, audience reactions reveal a complex negotiation of …
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German Masculine Fashion Culture during National Socialism and the Postwar Era: Constructing and Reconstructing the Ideal Man through Illustration
… regime, German visual culture prescribed rigid gender roles of militaristic masculinity to parallel the nation’s rearmament and complement its ideals of domesticated femininity. After twelve years of witnessing and, for most, participating in the political, personal, and racialized dimensions of …
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