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Showing 1 to 20 of 431 for “"Gender identity"”.
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The Linguistic Expression of Gender Identity: Albania's 'Sworn Virgins'
… ‘social men’. Unlike other documented ‘third genders’ (Kulick 1999), burrneshat are not motivated by considerations of personal identity or sexual desire, but rather by the need to fulfill patriarchal roles within a traditional social code that views women as property. Burrneshat are thus seen …
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Gender, Identity, and Influence: Hong Kong Martial Arts Films
… The influence of classical Chinese culture on gender representation in martial arts films is examined in order to formulate an understanding of how these films use gender issues to negotiate a sense of cultural identity in the face of unprecedented political change. In particular, the films of …
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Gender Identity and the Family Story: A Critical Analysis
This research explored how transgender people and their partners experience the process of disclosing their gender identity, experiences of mental health, and how couple and family therapists can be helpful to relationships involving transgender people. The purpose of this study was to better …
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Buddy films and gender identity : representing the bonds of masculinity /
… implicit in male bonding. Theories of genre, gender and identity are used to analyze the construction of masculine identity within the films. By providing a qualitative analysis of films from the 1960s to contemporary times, the research establishes a relationship between social changes, …
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Psychological gender : the relationship between sex-role and gender identity
… on psychoanalytic theory of the development of gender identity. The basic premise is that there are at least two levels of gender-related identity, viz. gender identity and sex-role. Thirty-three male and thirty-nine female university students participated in the study. They were asked to …
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An Examination of the Relationship Between Gender Identity and Humor Preference
… study examined the effects of biological sex and gender identity on humor production and receptivity using The Bem-Sex Role Inventory (BSRI; Bem, 1974). Participants scoring as more masculine were hypothesized to show a higher preference for receptivity of humor in potential mates, while those …
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Primary school children's self-construction of gender identity, including heterosexual normativity
… is to explore to what extent the link between gender and heterosexist normativity is present in a Year 3 Maltese mixed primary class. In this qualitative research, ethnographic conversations with the teacher and the pupils about gender-identity construction are undertaken. Additionally, …
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Katniss and the Monomyth: Constructing Gender Identity in the Hunger Games
… Games. Additionally, it will look at the role gender plays in the female hero's journey and how it is different from the traditional male journey. I found that these differences are vast and should be incorporated into the study of the monomyth.
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Mentoring Latinas on Doctoral Journeys: Testimonios of Cultural and Gender Identity
… PhDs while negotiating their cultural or gender identities. A qualitative research design using Testimonio methodology was used to reposition Latinas with PhDs as central to the analysis. While each Doctora’s experience was unique, common themes across Testimonios included navigational …
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Gender Identity, Ethnic Identity, and Self-Esteem in Latino Adolescent Males
<p>The relationship between gender identity and psychological adjustment has long been investigated, but it is only in the 21<sup>st</sup> century that gender identity has been examined as a multi-faceted construct. According to Egan and Perry (2001), there are five dimensions comprising a person’s …
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The Portrait Potential Gender, Identity, and Devotion in Manuscript Owner Portraits, 1230–1320
… chapter demonstrates, owner portraits signify identity by inviting the self-identification of their viewers, who recognize their own performances of piety anticipated in the images. This understanding allows for further deconstruction of the markers of identity embedded within the portrait …
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Gender identity and influence in human-machine communication: A mixed-methods research program
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-08-01
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Stereotype Threat and Women Leaders’ Performance: The Moderating Role of Positive Gender Identity
… research focuses on how women leaders' positive gender identity (i.e., the favorable regard that a woman holds for her gender identity) may buffer against stereotype threat. We hypothesized that the more positive a woman's gender identity, the better she would cope with identity-threatening …
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Conscious Reconstruction: The Effects of Second Language Acquisition on Self-Perception of Gender Identity
<p>Gender interacts with other facets of English Language Learners’ social identity like race and ethnicity to guide their learning experiences, desires, and outcomes; however, much of traditional Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL) research has focused on how motivation and language …
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