Essays about: "heteronormativity"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 80 essays containing the word heteronormativity.

  1. 21. Mother’s milk? : The gendering of feeding infants and young children in research published by the World Health Organization

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Alana Waghorn; [2022]
    Keywords : parenthood; breastfeeding; gender; queer linguistics;

    Abstract : The World Health Organization recommends feeding children human milk for the first six months after birth due to its known efficacy in ensuring their health and survival. The WHO’s research is intended to educate a broad audience of caregivers, whose identity must be understood in order for them to be reached. READ MORE

  3. 22. Attitudes Toward Homosexuality : A Quantitative Study of Evaluative Adjectives in Digital Newspaper Articles

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Jonna Sköld; [2022]
    Keywords : Adjectives; evaluative adjectives; heteronormativity; hegemonic values; masculinity; gender studies; heterosexuality; homosexuality;

    Abstract : In this study, societal attitudes toward sexual minorities are investigated through analyzing journalists’ use of evaluative adjectives in newspaper articles regarding famous homosexual couples compared to famous heterosexual couples. In this study, differences in attitudes between male and female journalists are also investigated. READ MORE

  4. 23. LGBTQ+ People & Disasters - A Queer Human Rights-Based Critique of Vulnerability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Christopher Cowan; [2022]
    Keywords : mainstream vulnerability analysis; disaster risk reduction; LGBTQ ; sexual and gender diversity; queer theory; queer legal theory; heteronormativity; subordination; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Climate change and hazard events pose an existential threat to human rights. Hazard events were traditionally viewed as ‘natural disasters’ which were beyond our control and the people caught up in them were unfortunate victims to the unstoppable force of nature. READ MORE

  5. 24. Mass Effect: A utopia free from queer people?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Jasper Falk; Theo Flejmer; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : A small set of qualitative interviews were held to explore the thoughts and choices of queer players of the Mass Effect trilogy. The participants‘ discussions and answers were transcribed and analyzed with the support of texts about compulsory heteronormativity, queer theory, Huizinga’s magic circle, as well as the charmed circle. READ MORE

  6. 25. Gender and Queer in Swedish EFL Textbooks

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Melisa Demir; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The aim of the study is to investigate how gender and sexualities are represented in a sample of Swedish EFL textbooks in order to explore how EFL textbooks convey and include democratic values according to the curriculum. The analysis is done by a close reading of three selected EFL textbooks: Blueprint, Echo: Main Issues, Viewpoints 1 in order to study how gender and sexuality representation appears in implicit and explicit ways. READ MORE