Essays about: "gender socialization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the words gender socialization.

  1. 1. Childhood household composition and future economic outcomes : Are children of single parent families experiencing growing disadvantages as adults in Sweden?

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Mikaelsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Childhood household composition; Single parent households; Cumulative disadvantages; Socioeconomic background; Education; Family Sociology; Social stratification; Generations and Gender Survey GGS ;

    Abstract : Family is a unit of socialization and transmitter of social, cultural and economic resources. Thus family arrangements may result in unequal future outcomes for the children growing up in them. A case in point is children from single parent households. READ MORE

  3. 2. Being a farmer’s child : the silent making of a farmer

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Adjani Isabelle; [2023]
    Keywords : generational shift; socialization; gender; machinery; work-love balance; inheritor; farming; family;

    Abstract : As many farms in the European Union and within Sweden are family farms, farm inheritance becomes a relevant topic. Many children of farmers grow up in the agrarian world and stand to one day be farmers themselves. READ MORE

  4. 3. Unveiling Gender Differences - Students’ Socialization Behaviour and Social Networks : A Qualitative Study at Three Elite Business Schools in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lovisa Ek; Josephine Andersson; [2023]
    Keywords : university; elite business schools; elite business students; socialization; social networks; gender; gender differences;

    Abstract : Inequalities among top positions in the business sector are prominent and have been shown to partly be explained by social networks, which are prone to be built already during college. Social networks are a vital part of one’s socialization process, where gender and socialization, as well as gender and social networks within the fields of business, are insufficiently explored. READ MORE

  5. 4. Becoming a Woman Through Tomboyism : A Qualitative Study of the Female Gender Identity of the Tomboy

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Alvemark; [2021]
    Keywords : tomboy; gender identity; social psychology;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns the female gender identity generally known as the tomboy – a non-marginal gender identity. As a result of the non-marginality and complexity of this gender identity research on the subject is sparse. Moreover, previous research has not shown a limitation of tomboyism to homosexuality. READ MORE

  6. 5. Young women’s perceptions on safety in public spaces of Mumbai: negotiating the risk of sexual harassment and challenging patriarchy by transcending victimhood

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Anni-Elina Vänskä; [2019]
    Keywords : sexual violence; street harassment; Mumbai; public safety; patriarchy; gender roles; India; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis draws on ten in-depth interviews in order to analyze young and educated, middle-class women’s perceptions on public safety in Mumbai, regarding the risk of sexual harassment. It focuses on the ways these women negotiate with risk and the patriarchal norms of women’s appropriate behavior in public spaces, further, examines how these women address their oppression and act in order to empower themselves and other women. READ MORE