Essays about: "Woman question in science"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Woman question in science.

  1. 1. What Would The Doctor Do (WWTDD)? : Dialogues with Feminist Whovians: Exploring Feminist Inspirational Potential in Doctor Who

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Marie Jaquemin; [2022]
    Keywords : Feminist Inspirational Potential; fandom; agency; emotions; values; role models; inspirations;

    Abstract : What Would The Doctor Do?  This is a question at the heart of the famous BBC science-fiction show Doctor Who led by the eponym character: the Doctor. As a fan of the show myself, a Whovian, this question matters to me as I look up to the Doctor, this hero who is described as an alien ethical guide for their human companions. READ MORE

  3. 2. Frankenstein's Mother - Mapping structures, and researching ways of creating new ones, within the interrelated entanglement of artistic practice and motherhood

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och design

    Author : Clara Aldén; [2021-01-11]
    Keywords : Motherhood; Clanarchist; Hegemonies; Feminism;

    Abstract : American artist Judy Chicago once told another artist, Helen Million Ruby, that she had to choose between her children and artistic practice. When asked about this, she commented that she was not giving an ultimatum but merely stating a fact. READ MORE

  4. 3. Gender Norms at Play - A sociological study on new, first-time parents’ attitudes towards the EU directive on earmarked paternity leave

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Ida Sofie Bay Rasmussen; [2021]
    Keywords : Earmarked paternity leave; parenthood; gender norms; gender discourses; performativity; Butler; Bourdieu; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to examine gender norms in parental leave praxes and attitudes towards earmarked paternity leave. The starting point is a forthcoming EU directive on work-life balance for parents and carers that will implement earmarked paternity leave in Denmark by 2022. READ MORE

  5. 4. Cyclical Women : Menstrual Cycle Effects on Mood and Neuro-Cognitive Performance

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Juliana Borgström; [2019]
    Keywords : menstrual cycle; estrogen; progesterone; cognition; mood; neuroscience;

    Abstract : During roughly forty years of a woman’s life-span, the fertile female human body prepares itself monthly for the possibility of pregnancy. Science has shown that the fluctuation of the sex steroids progesterone and estrogen have a crucial role in the female body's physiology, determining the menstrual cycle and its general phases. READ MORE

  6. 5. Vision and visibility of women in technoscience : On the participation of women in the social imaginary of technoscience and popular media

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Yvonne Margaret Parrey; [2019]
    Keywords : Woman question in science; the science question in feminism; technoscience; STEM; visibility; faceicity; affect; the gaze; BBC; European Commission; Science it’s a girl thing!; visagéité;

    Abstract : After situating my interest in issues of women’s participation in technoscience, starting withmy experiences in the 1970s, this thesis turns to consider women’s visibility in more recenttechnoscience, in the light of European Commission figures indicating a slower progressionfor women into the more prestigious positions in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineeringand Mathematics) than the Commission had hoped.Two media case studies are presented focusing on the visibility of women in the EuropeanUnion (including the United Kingdom). READ MORE