Essays about: "Sexism"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 98 essays containing the word Sexism.

  1. 36. Linguistic sexism in a digitally native news outlet : A study on linguistic sexism at lexical and discourse levels in Buzzfeed News

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Johanna Hammarqvist Kristensen; [2019]
    Keywords : Sexism; digitally native; newspaper language; Buzzfeed; feminist stylistics; Sexism; digitalt inhemsk; digitally native; tidningsspråk; Buzzfeed; feministisk stilistik;

    Abstract : In 2018, most news articles are consumed online from a digitally native news outlet and it is therefore appropriate to examine the presence of linguistic sexism in the digitally native news site Buzzfeed News. The material is made up of 159 articles collected from Buzzfeed News. READ MORE

  3. 37. Persuasive Meaningful Play : Exploring the video game Behind Every Great One

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Vania Castagnino Ugolotti; [2019]
    Keywords : Benevolent Sexism; Persuasive Games; Meaningful Play; Game Design;

    Abstract : This thesis shines a light on tools that can be used in order to create persuasive and meaningful video games. This research was designed as an exploration of the game Behind Every Great One, with the purpose to determine if and how the game could attain a persuasive and meaningful representation of a benevolent sexist situation. READ MORE

  4. 38. Motivational Factors That Drive Russian Women Towards Entrepreneurship

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Iana Sibiriakova; Nikita Lutokhin; [2019]
    Keywords : Female entrepreneurship; Women entrepreneurship; Motivation; Gender; Self-employment; Drivers; Female entrepreneurship in Russia; Women entrepreneurship in Russia;

    Abstract : Purpose – The purpose of this master thesis is to offer a number of illustrations of Russian female entrepreneurs in order to identify potential motivational factors that make Russian women launch their own business start-ups. Design/methodology/approach – The qualitative research method is applied within the master thesis based on information received from secondary (case studies) and primary (semi-structured interviews) data collection methods. READ MORE

  5. 39. Poverty-based discrimination - Does International Human Rights Law care?

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

    Author : Julia Eriksson; [2019]
    Keywords : public international law; discrimination; equality; poverty; human rights; international human rights law; non-discrimination; substantive equality; socioeconomic status; indirect discrimination; affirmative action; poverty-based discrimination; discrimination grounds; status-based discrimination; suspect grounds; inequality; de facto equality; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : I en värld där inget tycks kunna stoppa de växande ekonomiska klyfterna ifrågasätts även relevansen av internationella regleringar av mänskliga rättigheter. Trots att jämlikhet och icke-diskriminering utgör grunden för mänskliga rättigheter så verkar dessa regelverk oförmögna att adressera ekonomiskt betonad ojämlikhet. READ MORE

  6. 40. Let's Speak about the Unspeakable : Using Anderson's Speak in the Swedish Upper Secondary Classroom to discuss Sexism and Sexual Assault

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Michaela Eriksson; [2018]
    Keywords : Speak; Sexism; Sexual Assault; Rape; EFL; Literature; Difficult Topics;

    Abstract : This essay examines how Anderson’s Speak can be used in the Swedish Upper Secondary classroom to talk about the difficult topics ‘sexism’ and ‘sexual assault’. The paper discusses several examples of where the power structures between the genders affect the main character of Speak. READ MORE