Essays about: "‘Doing Gender’, Gender and Society"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 essays containing the words ‘Doing Gender’, Gender and Society.
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1. Female Former Child Soldiers Perception of Power : Females captured by the LRA's attitudes towards the people in power in the bush and its effects on them as women
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : The research aims to understand how female former child soldiers describe the ones who had power over them in the bush of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) to understand how patriarchal beliefs in a society affect vulnerable women. The researcher wishes to enhance the importance of working against patriarchal beliefs and stopping child abductions for the sake of young women’s empowerment. READ MORE
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2. Digital Services of Banks - Increasing Customer Satisfaction or Growing Digital Divide? A study on elderly Swedish bank customers' acceptance of bank's digital services
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategiAbstract : The digitalization in the banking sector has rapidly transformed the way bank customers interact with their bank and benefit from its banking services. As a result of this quick transformation, many older people feel they have been left behind and are struggling to adapt to the new way of doing the essential bank errands that needs to be done in order to still be a part of modern society. READ MORE
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3. The Joy of Not Fitting In – An Essay on How Non-binary People Accomplish Gender Euphoria
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This thesis aims to understand how gender euphoria is constructed by non-binary people, and how these experiences are embedded in ideas of masculinities and femininities. The theoretical point of departure involves the theorization of “doing gender” by West and Zimmerman, concepts from ethnomethodology inspired by Liberman, and finally “performative acts” by Butler. READ MORE
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4. Försvarsmakten – The force for everyone
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikationAbstract : This thesis aims to investigate and analyse Försvarsmakten's use of semiotic resources in their recruiting campaigns through a semiotic multimodal analysis. Försvarsmakten has been dominated by men for many years and now, in an attempt to change that, Försvarsmakten is targeting women to join the force. READ MORE
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5. Genusroller på diversifierade lantbruk : stereotypa roller på lantbruksbranschen
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : Idealet om den stereotypiska lantbrukaren är djupt rotad i samhället vilket leder till att rollfördelningarna i lantbruksbranschen kan vara svåra att bryta (Elvin-Nowak & Thomsson, 2006). Detta bidrar till att kvinnan tvingas konkurrera med de föreställningar som finns om lantbrukets rollfördelning och behöver ta sig an en manlig roll för att tas på allvar som lantbrukare. READ MORE