Sentences with phrase «gendered nature of»

The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to create a measure that can be used by clinicians to assess equality in couple relationships and account for the gendered nature of power.
Addressing the «silent crisis» of men's health will require a greater focus on the gendered nature of health attitudes and behaviours in current models of health psychology and behaviour change, and within the public health agenda and health services.
Equality can not and should not be «legislated» through reforms to child custody law that ignore the gendered nature of caregiving responsibilities that continue to prevail in Canadian society;
Accord, Jim Sidanius and Yesilernis Pena, The gendered nature of family structure and group - based anti-egalitarianism: A cross-national analysis, The Journal of social psychology, vol.
The gendered nature of the offense is considered along with the imperial role of the dominant Judeo - Christian belief structures in curtailing religious deviance and suppressing women's powerful positions in the community as healers, midwives, and holders of holistic herbal and agricultural knowledge.
Her opinion relied heavily on the statistics of the pervasive nature of sexual assaults, demonstrating the highly gendered nature of the offence, and emphasized how violence against women was itself a conception of human rights protected by ss.
The trial judge noted that the complainant only got angry after the alleged assault, and was far more upset when another person humiliated her that night (Crown factum, at para 65); for an excellent paper on the gendered nature of hysteria, see Jonnette Watson Hamilton, «The Use of Metaphor and Narrative to Construct Gendered Hysteria In the Courts» (2002) 1 Journal of Law 7 Equality 155.
But in addition, we'd also like to see conversations about the explicitly gendered nature of child - bearing in legal workplaces, about the fact that male associates don't take long leaves because they're (typically) not the partner who needs to provide direct care to a newborn, and / or because they simply know and assume that their female partners will take a full year of maternity leave if available to them.
Any effective public policy response to this problem must take into account the gendered nature of this violence and how it is embedded in power dynamics between men and women within the family.
Whilst Black denies the gendered nature of her sculptures, it is difficult not to interpret her work as overtly «feminine» in a traditional sense — materials associated with house - keeping, beauty and nursing recur within her work, along with formal motifs like bows, canopies and nests, in pretty fondant colours — suggesting an oppositional stance to the traditionally masculine, monumental and heroic idea of the history of sculpture.
Current shows include Nikholis Planck and Elizabeth Karp - Evans's sculptures and installation in the rear of the gallery, which comment on the gendered nature of the art world, among other things, and «Watchlist,» a program of films and videos from around the world whose title plays on the concept of government watch lists.
«As a starting point, we could ask ourselves if our schools are doing three things,» writes Bonnie Chiu: «taking away the gendered nature of school subjects; enabling students to question gender bias in curriculum; and enabling relatable role models for students to look up to.»
Currently she is completing her doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania and is working on a dissertation that examines the gendered nature of leadership in independent schools.
«These results may also contest the gendered nature of the industry because they suggest that men are not outperforming women in one of sport's more visible leadership positions — the head coach.»
Findings from a study in Springer's journal Sex Roles demonstrate the persistent gendered nature of how housework is divided, says lead author Rebecca Horne of the University of Alberta in Canada.
And Jones attributes that difference to the gendered nature of the work.

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In the case of gender diversity, the problem for our industry is clear: uniform blocks of thinkers by their very nature tend to think in the same ways.
Also, in 2013, she created the first index that monitors gender equality and women's empowerment in the environmental arena, the Environment and Gender Index (EGI) for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (gender equality and women's empowerment in the environmental arena, the Environment and Gender Index (EGI) for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (Gender Index (EGI) for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
You began talking about the essential nature of God, how God's relationship to us is mirrored more in (any) man than (any) woman, regardless of the gender of the person in question.
We need to develop deeper discussions about the meaning and nature of parenthood, gender, and biology.
By taking this eschatological turn Jones sidesteps the sticky feminist problem of hypothesizing about woman's essential nature or else about an original gender harmony from which humanity once fell.
So, in that case, the question is about how much of the gender difference is nature versus nurture, and I tend to fall on the side of nurture.
This rejection of nature is manifest in the now orthodox distinction between sex, which is «merely biological,» and gender, defined as a construct either of oppressive social norms or of the free, self - defining subject — one often finds protagonists of this revolution oscillating back and forth between those polar extremes.
Regardless of the degree or nature of gender differences, to propose that men and women share leadership and authority is not to say there are no differences between males and females.
Harassment includes but is not limited to: verbal, physical, or written conduct, conduct of a sexually inappropriate nature, physical or psychological abuse, repeated remarks of a demeaning nature, implied or explicit threats, demeaning jokes, stories, or activities, and intentional use of names and pronouns inconsistent with a person's presented gender.
And you'll note also the use of the word «natural» and «nature» — since se.xual orientation is innate, someone who is born gay would be doing what is natural for them by being with someone of the same gender.
Sexed and gendered nature is an important part of her case.
The matter is ontological because at base it is necessary to discern the true nature of gender and how essential it is in Church teaching.
As though by magic, the difference between Gender and sex serves a purpose: in confronting us with what we are not — homogenised states of mind — the ideology named Gender points us back towards the nature of sexual identity, sexual difference, language, and knowledge itself.
Money's supporters of «nurture over nature» continued to press the theory that «gender» is acquired by social conditioning.
Isn't this what is implied in the notion of gender: the refusal of otherness, of difference, and the demand to take on sexual behaviors independent of sexual difference, the first gift of nature?
Medical in nature, the linea nigra is a great way of telling the gender of a baby, but just like any other method, it's not 100 % accurate.
Women have become highly motivated because they have been left holding the bag in broken marriages and out of necessity in providing for their children have become «The Man» So Gloria Steinem was succesful in not only destroying the family unit but turning genders upside down and reversing their true roles and nature.
And these differences are just part gender differences (some of these brain differences are noted in «Nurture the Nature».
Research suggests Play Therapy is an effective mental health approach, regardless of age, gender, or the nature of the problem, and works best when a parent, family member, or caretaker is actively involved in the treatment process.
But I do not think this support actively brought into question the nature of men as a gender and the patriarchal culture that underpinned men's power.
If women are already being paid less for working the same jobs and being just as productive as men, this will halt the compounding nature of the gender wage gap.
Quite apart from centuries - old political stances being irrelevant to the current campaign - the Labour Party once stopped Emmeline Pankhurst from joining on the grounds of her gender, but I'm not aware of that governing the nature of their equalities policies since - Mr Huhne is being selective with his history.
For example, the proposals seek to limit the definition of sexual harassment to «conduct of a sexual nature,» excluding forms of gender - based harassment that often impact blue - collar women, such as stealing and ruining uniforms, according to employment attorney Kevin Mintzer.
To get some closure on the nature versus nurture debate in human aesthetics, researchers asked 547 pairs of identical twins and 214 pairs of same - gender fraternal twins to view 200 faces and rate them on a scale of one to seven, with one being the least attractive and seven the most attractive.
«Findings from this study suggest that gender development is more complex than a simple matter of socialization and are consistent with the idea that nature and nurture interact to explain gender development, and they illuminate one such interactive process.»
To determine if the gender gap in career centrality is affected by specific circumstances, Sweet examined structural forces such as job demands, working conditions, hours worked, degree of job security, nature and variety of tasks performed, and access to flexible work options.
However, the relationship between PPFDM and fear did not vary in relation to risk situation, perpetrator gender, or crime type, suggesting that the psychological mechanisms underlying the relationship between perceived risk of victimisation and PPFDM are general in nature.
Co-author Prof Michelle Ryan noted: «Understanding the nature of gender differences in risk taking is particularly important as the assumption that women are risk averse is often used to justify ongoing gender inequality — such as the gender pay gap and women's under - representation in politics and leadership»
The finding, which appears in the April edition of «Nature Neuroscience,» demonstrates how men and women process visual sexual stimuli differently, and it may explain gender variations in reproductive behavior.
While the exploration of human sexuality is always an area of great interest, this study in particular speaks volumes about the progress we've made in gender equality and reminds us how much there is still to learn about the nature of female pleasure.
The only thing separating this film from 2012: Ice Age or Apocalypse Pompeii is the nature of the disaster and the gender of the main character.
Caste, creed, gender, race, background, ethnicity, culture, or skin color does not have any importance for them and they just want get into a relationship by looking at the nature of the other person.
Putting the grim back in Grimm Brothers, this deceptively simple animated effort turns a lesser - known fairy tale into an edgy meditation on gendered views of nature and society.
This eye - opening exposé raises some important questions about the nature of gender roles and the commercial imperative in the art market.
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