Gender studies

Studies around the United States, Canada, and Europe have all found evidence regarding higher levels of depressive symptoms among girls. Previous research all suggest gender differences in depression across cultures and race. Female adolescents are exposed to high levels of stress and even lower levels of self-esteem, psychological resources, and responsiveness to life stress. Also, parent- child relationships account for gender differences is depression. The researchers believe that…

Gender-specific social norm interventions targeting tailgating drinking may be more effective when using personalized normative feedback as this approach has been found to be effective in previous investigations using gender-specific information (Lewis & Neighbors, 2007). Personalized normative feedback differs from a traditional social norm intervention in that…

The effects of gender on an individual’s level of conformity: a modification of the Asch experiment Abstract Both males and females readily conform their judgments and actions to peer groups, which has been recognised as advantageous (Haun & Tomasello, 2011). What we wanted to know, however, was whether males or females conformed more often. In this experiment, we replicated the Asch conformity experiment whilst focusing on differences in gender. We examined these inter-gendered differences…

In addition, women’s inferior position in the professional kitchen has been associated with gender stereotypes in terms of workplace requirements, women’s familial responsibilities, and their lack of leadership skills, the physical and emotional preparedness to work as a chef (Harris & Guiffre, 2015). Furthermore, some research illustrated that…

The in depth studies discussed in this paper explored the stereotypic as well as counter-stereotypic effects on students in high school and how it affected the way they feel about math and science, as well as if they would want to pursue a career in these fields. Researchers discovered a gender gap in their interests, which can also be concluded from their test scores. A staggering amount of information was collected from these studies to conclude that males excel in, and also enjoy these…

would be affected by gender and sex hormone levels. The tests included both healthy women and men that followed strict guidelines in order to provide accurate results and eventually a valid conclusion. Women were focused more by the researchers than the men because the analysts were interested mainly in the effects the menstrual cycle had on the sympathetic response system. Sleep apnea was also a studied during this experiment to observe hypoxia and hypercapnia in both genders and measure the…

Phyllis L. Carr, Christine M. Gunn, Kara M. Freund, Anita Raj, and Samantha A. Kaplan collaborated to research the subtle gender discrimination women receive at their workplace, more specifically at an academic medical setting, and named their case study “Inadequate Progress for Women in Academic Medicine: Findings from the National Faculty Study.” Their research was published in the Journal of Women’s Health on March 1, 2015. Using several feminist social theories, the authors sought to gain…

women are faced with today and in the past. Gender is a social construct designed to keep males superior and women inferior. Women 's studies give others the intersectional lens that one need to move towards the liberation for women all around the world. Women studies are essential because it reveals and analyses sex, gender sexualities, and race and class in cultural perspectives. Women studies introduce one to the diversity of feminism. Women studies explore the major issues within one 's…

importance of their employees support (2012). Gender Discrimination When gender stereotypes occur in the workplace it shows predictable ways of gender stereotyping and the sex composition of the business and the organizational policies affect the discrimination (Bobbit-Zeher, 2011). Workplace policies are important because of workplace discernment. The corporate decision makers put gendered rulebooks into the policies they create (Bobbit-Zeher, 2011). Gender discrimination occurs in many…

Traditionally, “gender” can be used interchangeably with “sex”, and consists of the options of “girl” or “boy”. In the field of Women and Gender studies, gender consists of multiple different aspects, and is in no way a straightforward binary. The three principal facets of gender are gender assignment, gender expression, and gender identity. Gender assignment is the label placed on an individual when they are born, dependent on primary sex characteristics, and is usually either “male” or…