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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"sex and gender"”.
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Sex and gender in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Research on sex and gender in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has primarily focused on differences in pulmonary function. Detailed gender- and sex-based analyses of other aspects of COPD, including epidemiology, risk factors other than cigarette smoke, pathophysiology, and measurement …
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Consequences of the Conflation of ‘Sex’ and ‘Gender’ on Trans Healthcare
… the real effects of maintaining an inaccurate and conflated view of the relationship between ‘sex’ and ‘gender,’ and to provide possible solutions to this quandary by analyzing the sources in both philosophy and the social sciences. The terms ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ are often rife with …
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Sex and gender in World of Warcraft: Identities, love, and power
This thesis examines how gamers construct sex and gender in the online game World of Warcraft (WoW), with a particular focus on connections between intimate relationships and gendered power relations. Every year more people choose to play online games but despite this ‘gaming culture’ continues to …
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Sex and Gender Differences in Perceived and Actual Leadership Performance: Self- and Subordinate Views
The purpose of this study was to examine how male and female leaders view their own effectiveness as compared to their objective performance. This study also examined sex and gender differences in subordinate's views of male and female leaders. Forty-two mixed-sex groups led by appointed male and …
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The matter of sex and gender: A dialogue between trans bodies and feminist theory
Despite significant social and political gains derived from gender theory, feminist scholars, progressive thinkers, and those in the transgender community do not critically examine the pre-supposed meanings of sex in gender theory. Instead, they simply assume its significance, thus erasing its …
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Sex and Gender Differences in Patient Outcomes in Individuals Living with Chronic Kidney Disease
… than 48,000 Canadians live with kidney failure and require life-sustaining kidney replacement therapy, in the form of dialysis. The prevalence of dialysis continues to rise, increasing by 1.6% annually, with the majority of patients initiating in-centre hemodialysis (ICHD) compared to home-based …
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Sex and gender differences in job attribute preferences: Exploring the role of gender self-schemas
Recruitment strategies to promote gender diversity and equality seek to attract job applicants based on their sex. Individuals differ in terms of what they find attractive in jobs, called job attribute preferences (JAPs), and these preferences may vary according to sex. Job attribute preferences …
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Sex And Gender Roles In Gentle And Noble Families, c.1575-1660, With A Particular Focus On Marriage Formation
The thesis examines thinking about, and experiences of, gender roles and family relationships for the gentry and nobility, particularly through the process of marriage formation. The study draws on a range of sources, including collections of family letters, personal memoirs and prescriptive …
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‘Beyond the Binary’: Funerary Archaeology, Gendered Identity, and its Impact on Contemporary Society
Sex and gender are considered fundamental aspects of identity. Funerary archaeology is used as the access point to identity in the past, with these materials providing the basis for conclusions. Within interpretations, the sex and gender binaries are often relied upon, causing issues with …
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Philosophical exploration of transsexuality
… there is in the current medical model of transsexuality conceptual incoherence. Second, to establish an alternative model for understanding transsexuality: the model of authenticity. The current medical model is based on an assumption that the sexed body and gender identity are distinct, so …
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Biocultural strength: Understanding sex, gender, and performance in Olympic weightlifting
… are impacted by multiple, contradictory, and evolving sex- and gender-related knowledges. Adopting Frost’s theory of “biocultural creatures,” this study contributes to the sociocultural study of sport, gender, sex, and bodily difference by exploring the intertwining of biological, …
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Lusty Rebels and Lonely Men: Interrogating 1950s Masculinity in the Films of Nicholas Ray
… In a Lonely Place (1950), The Lusty Men (1952), and Rebel Without a Cause (1955) fall victim to the inherently performative nature of hegemonic masculinity. Each film deals with a different arena of masculinity relevant to 1950s audiences, namely World War II, the Old West, and the growing …
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Transgender identification: gender and sex estimation in forensic casework
Societal knowledge about issues faced by transgender and gender-diverse individuals has increased; however, the field of forensic anthropology has struggled to keep abreast with ever-evolving perceptions of sex and gender. Specifically, forensic anthropology lacks a codified approach to identifying …
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*Attributions and Emotions: The Impact of *Situation and Person Factors
… undergraduate students, I examined how situation and person factors influenced attributions and emotions. As predicted, both situation (i.e., life domain and control) and person factors (i.e., sex and gender) influenced attributions. Participants reported higher internal and lower external …
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Patient Understanding of Fetal Sex Versus Gender in the Context of Routine Cell-Free DNA Screening
… prenatal testing (NIPT) is the current standard of care to screen for fetal aneuploidy using cell-free DNA (cfDNA). NIPT screens for sex chromosome aneuploidies (SCAs) and in doing so, can predict fetal chromosomal sex. Despite sex and gender being distinct concepts, many patients refer to …
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Stigma, Surgery and Social Identity: Attitudes towards Cosmetic and Sexual Reassignment Surgeries
This thesis uses a combination of vignettes and interviews to explore social approval of cosmetic and sexual reassignment surgeries as a means of studying sex and gender in contemporary society. It draws from poststructuralist, queer, symbolic interactionist and intersectionality theories. This …
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How Should We Then Respond? A Christian Philosophical and Theological Response to Transgender Ideology
… for the rejection of the core tenets of transgender ideology. At their foundation, transgender identities result from an ideology that affirms (1) the existence of gender identity and (2) that gender can, and sometimes does, misalign with biological sex. I offer both a philosophical and …
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Aggression: Relationships with Sex, Gender Role Identity, and Gender Role Stress.
<p>Sex, gender-role identity, and gender-role stress were assessed in terms of their relationship to observed gender differences in self-reported aggression. Physical and verbal aggression were explored, as well as the affective component of anger and cognitive component of hostility. The role of …
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