All three of the examples presented here illustrate a problem with language. Each of the areas of human being explored in this chapter (transgender being; heteronormative female being; transnationalqueer being) demonstrates that language has shaping power, and that language gives or disables agency. ...
Digital learning games have been increasingly adopted in classrooms to facilitate learning and to promote learning outcomes. Contrary to common beliefs, ma
The gender score was shown to contain gender related characteristics such as “assault by spouse or partner” and “physical abuse,” among others turned to be stronger predictors of discharge location than biological sex. Considering an evolving society with closing gender inequity gaps in the ...
This study explores determinants of attitudes toward gender inequality among Chinese people using five waves of the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) and East Asian Social Survey (EASS, 2016). The study uses five survey questions regarding the relativ
and hormones. Sex impacts how we are labeled in society, and in research, it is common to adopt a binary understanding of man/woman, which can compromise the validity and generalizability of findings [8]. In our previous research, only three studies mentioned the intersection of gender and ...
More and more, celebrities are shining a spotlight on the subject. But more quietly, our children, parents, teachers, medical professionals, and officials every day confront an array of issues with gender at the center. Everywhere we looked, in the U.S. and around the globe, individuals and...
If at least some women in the control group compare themselves with men and if women’s SWB decreases with the perceived income of the reference group, women in the treatment group should report higher income satisfaction than those in the control group. This is because the reference group of...
145) that offer individuals various—and often contradictory—subject positions or ways of being in the world. Although these conflicting discourses beget a plurality of gender performances, successful masculinity and femininity are firmly ensconced within the heterosexual matrix, which Butler (1990) ...
the legitimacy theory: legitimacy occurs when stakeholders accept a company as a corporate subject characterised by moral citizenship.Footnote97In this regard, a diverse board structure can contribute to legitimacy, witnessing sensibility towards women’s potential and equal opportunities;Footnote98 ...
the American College of Women’s Health Physicians and Society for Women’s Health Research to address the gaps in medical education with regard to sex and gender competency in the care of women. The SGWHC initiated and continues to build a novel digital resource library of sex and gender spe...