Whereas biological sex referred to males and females, gender refers to the socially constructed meanings that are attached to those sexes. Gender varies from culture to culture, within any culture over time, among various subgroups, and over any individual's lifetime. Gender is socially constructed...
This study examined if the relation between momentary positive and negative affect varies with culture and gender. In eight samples covering five languages (English, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) with 3084 respondents (1305 males and 1779 females), I tested this proposal through structural...
Kessler and McKenna convincingly argue that gender is not a reflection of biological reality but rather a social construct that varies across cultures. Valuable for its insights into gender, its extensive treatment of transsexualism, and... SJ Kessler,W Mckenna - 《Contemporary Sociology》 被引量:...
The matrimonial price tag varies bygenderand age. 婚姻的价码因性别和年龄而异. 期刊摘选 This device can help pregnant women predict their baby'sgender. 这个设备能帮助孕妇预测胎儿的性别. 期刊摘选 Support women seeking to reframe laws and programmes to promotegenderequality and reduce stigma. ...
The project of this book is to explore the contention, by way of a specific example, that in Western culture the position of being a desiring subject speaking in public is gendered male. Women who speak in this way — desirously, publicly — have to engage with the implicit gendering of...
It varies from society to society and can be changed. While most people are born either male or female, they are taught appropriate norms and behaviours—including how they should interact with others of the same or opposite sex within households, communities and work places. When individuals or...
With socialization beginning the instant a child is born, the process is continuous through out adolescence and varies dramatically across the two genders. With guidance from institutions and arenas such as education, sports, music and the mass media gender seems to be coerced, as it comes with ...
In sum, there are numerous studies analysing specific aspects of working conditions from a gender perspective, but very few that consider such differences in a comprehensive and integrated manner, which is precisely the aim here. Our results suggest that the gender gap varies substantially across the...
Gender refers to the characteristics of women, men, girls, and boys that are socially constructed. This includes norms, behaviours, and roles associated with being a woman, man, girl, or boy, as well as relationships with each other. As a social construct, gender varies from society to ...
Disease prevalence among women attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic varies with reason for visit. Prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and selected behavioral and demographic variables were evaluated in 279 women attending a Baltimore STD c... KM Pabst,CA Reichart,CR Knud-Hanse...