Essays about: "Cultural behaviors"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 72 essays containing the words Cultural behaviors.

  1. 6. A culture of consent - but to what extent? A qualitative interview study in Sweden on how the legislators' ambitions to create a consent culture could be achieved and manifested in practice.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Jessica Seitz; [2022]
    Keywords : Consent; Consent Culture; Changing Norms and Culture; Communicative Action; Lifeworld and System; Legislation; Swedish Sexual Offense law; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In May 2018, the Swedish Parliament voted in favor of a Sexual Offense legislation based on voluntariness and the new law came into force on the first of July. In the proposal to change the legislation, the government claimed that a new consent culture must be established. READ MORE

  3. 7. Coliving - Transition towards sustainability : A comparable case study of coliving and single-living

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Jonathan Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable Lifestyles; Coliving; Practice theory; Clan control theory; Institutional theory; Sharing economy;

    Abstract : Background Modern capitalist societies have consumption at the core of their social and economic activities. This is one of the underlying problems that sustainability is facing. READ MORE

  4. 8. Men & Cosmetics: A Problem of Consumer Understanding? : Perception of French Consumers about male cosmetics

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Aline Smeeckaert; Baptiste Martin; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender; Cosmetics; Men’s Grooming; Male Cosmetics; Men Consumer Behavior; Self-concept; Body Image; Brand Personality; Masculinity;

    Abstract : Background: The cosmetics industry has historically been associated with women, and much research has focused on them. However, the male cosmetics market has been growing rapidly for several years around the world. Nevertheless, little attention has been paid to men and their new way of life and consumption. READ MORE

  5. 9. Silenced Detainees in Repressive Hijab : A Marxist Analysis of the Hijab of Afghan women in Sweden, the patriarchal coercion to veil, and the responsibility of the Swedish government

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Alireza Asgari; [2022]
    Keywords : Veil; Sweden; Slöja; Afghan women; repressive Hijab; Muslim women; violations; Human Rights; multiculturalism; patriarchal structure; Marxist feminist; Swedish government;

    Abstract : This empirical research focuses on the subject of Hijab in Sweden. It demonstrates that Afghan (Muslim) women residing in Sweden do not consider the Hijab as an element of their culture/identity. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Culture of Sexual Violence at Festivals: Through the Eyes of Festival Attendees

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Fanney Rún Jónsdóttir; [2022]
    Keywords : Collective effervescence; carnival; liminality; sexually violent effervescence; festivals; sexual violence; culture; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines sexual violence at festivals based on eleven interviews with people that have been to two popular festivals in Iceland, Eistnaflug, and Þjóðhátíð. The thesis seeks answers to three research questions; How are festivals characterized by festival attendees? How do festival attendees explain sexual violence at festivals? What preventive methods at festivals have festival attendees noticed, and what kind of prevention do they think would work? To be able to give concrete answers to those questions, the thesis relies upon the theoretical background of the carnival, liminality, collective effervescence, sexually violent effervescence, and social network theory. READ MORE