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Showing 1 to 20 of 54 for “"Intersectional approach"”.
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Understanding Sexed and Racialised Violence: An Intersectional Approach
… the relative effectiveness and usefulness of intersectionality as an elastic concept which can span more than the theoretical arena. To do this, the prevailing social problem of violence against ethnicised women is examined in all its complexities. Intersectionality works on two strategic …
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Unmuted: An intersectional approach to Latinx women with eating disorders
Eating disorders are a heavily saturated sight of inquiry in academia. The majority of the research focuses on white women yet there are some invaluable studies about nonwhite communities. Social support is provided to women with eating disorders. A proven model states that emotional support; being …
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The Gender Confidence Gap: A Life Course and Intersectional Approach
… of race to test theories of the gap. I adopt an intersectional and life course approach to test nature versus nurture theories of the gap. Analyzing data from the three-wave MIDUS, I provide evidence that the gap remains consistent across the life course (age groups) and race categories. I show …
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Witnessing Conspiracy Theories: Developing an Intersectional Approach to Conspiracy Theory Research
This dissertation proposes an intersectional approach to conspiracy theory research that engages conspiracy theories and conspiracy theorists by considering their proximity and affiliations with hegemonic power structures. Against challenges to conspiracy theories based on their lack of empirical …
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Inner Dilemmas of LGBTQ+ Movements in Brazil: A Queer Intersectional Approach
The thesis investigates intersectional dynamics within Brazilian LGBTQ+ movements and their influence on movements’ strategic choices and subsequent results. The main argument is that LGBTQ+ groups have been pushed to formalise their structures to access material, cultural, and political resources …
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Muslim women’s embodied geographies in Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand: An intersectional approach
… and place. A variety of feminist, emotion and intersectionality theories were used to inform this research on Muslim women’s everyday geographies in Hamilton. Between 2015 and 2018, a total of 44 semi-structured interviews were carried out, 11 with key informants and 33 with Muslim women. In …
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(Dis)entangling Gender Expression and Race in Antigay Discrimination: An Intersectional Approach
<p>Current psychological definitions and operationalizations of antigay discrimination conceptualize negative treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer (LGBQ) individuals as a response to their same-gender sexual orientations and not other factors. Because an individual’s sexual orientation is …
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Toward Understanding the Language Reclassification Experiences of Latino/a Learners with Disabilities: An Intersectional Approach
<p>During the past 50 years, scores of federal and state education codes have been created to ensure both special education and ethnically diverse students receive a rigorous but developmentally appropriate education. Nevertheless, evidence to support claims that progress is being made toward …
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Gender-based public harassment: An intersectional approach to exploring frequency and effects of harassment experiences
… harassment experiences with attention to an intersectional feminist framework. Employing an exploratory measure created specifically for the study, two dimensions of public harassment were examined: uninvited attention/appraisal and reactive intrusions. Women reported a wide variety of …
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Applying an intersectional approach on measuring gender as a social determinant of health in social epidemiology
… multidimensional concept. The emergence of intersectionality as a theoretical approach, originating from social activism and sociology, is allowing to better research the complexity of gender and related health inequalities. This synthesis deconstructs the conceptual, epistemological and …
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Breaking the silence: an intersectional approach to sexual violence and harm narratives of women living in Lebanon
… utilizes a qualitative methodological approach to uncover in-depth narratives detailing the experiences of violence among Lebanese women within a politically conflicted nation. The research examines the gendered social relations, exploring topics such as sexuality and the female body. …
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What Happened to Mexican Eugenics?: Racism and the Reproduction of the Nation
… century. This, in turn, allows for an intersectional approach that engages with issues of gender, race, sexuality, science and technology, risk and the management of disease.
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Racial Reproductive Control Logics and the Reproductive Justice Movement
… layers of oppression. This thesis uses an intersectional approach to develop the concept of racial reproductive control logics, which describes the relationship between racial logics and racial patterns of reproductive control. The study uses qualitative interviews and content analysis of …
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Working women and the Lilly Ledbetter Act: a case study on misleading rhetoric of equal pay
… rhetoric around equal pay has to change to an intersectional approach where women can make legal claims based on many experiences of discrimination. I use the Lilly Ledbetter Paycheck Fairness Act as a case study to examine the history of equal pay in the United States and to provide …
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Finding Your Pulse: Insidious Trauma, Psychological Distress, and Collective Action Among Sexual Minority Latinx
Using an additive intersectional approach, the present study examined the relations among racism in LGBT communities (LGBT racism), heterosexism in racial/ethnic minority communities (POC heterosexism) and foreigner objectification and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and psychological …
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Fat activism and collective accountability: from virtual community to embodied coalition
… fieldwork with post-structuralist and intersectional theoretical analysis, I interrogate fat positive identity formation, Tumblr as a site of resistance and the representational politics embedded in the fat activist Tumblr community. I conclude by offering the possibility of a …
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School's Out : a comparative study of workplace sexuality through the experiences of gay and lesbian teachers in California and Texas
… in California, two states with different legal approaches to gay rights and worker rights. This comparative study highlights the importance of social, political, and cultural context in individual decision-making about sexual disclosure and performance, explores the consequences of …
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Uncertain futures : young women in transition to adulthood in a post-industrial British city
… of reflexivity, the appearance of choice and intersectionality, the study aims to shed light on the role of individual agency and structural inequalities in shaping the research participants’ (RPs’) life chances. It examines how RPs interpreted their available 'choices', the structural …
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The "unique" experiences of domestic violence of immigrant Sikh women through films.
… of domestic violence. By utilizing a qualitative approach of content analysis, an analysis of two South Asian films, Heaven on Earth and Provoked, is conducted. Moreover, this research uses an intersectional approach of culture, gender, religion, public policy and immigration status to illustrate …
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Returning to post-Katrina New Orleans: Exploring the processes, barriers, and decision-making of African Americans
… research by examining these changes with an intersectional approach. It explores how African Americans frame obstacles as they attempt to return to a city with reformed housing, employment, education, and healthcare policies. To do this, I analyze three different cases 1) those that returned …
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