Essays about: "gender constructivism"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 35 essays containing the words gender constructivism.

  1. 21. Rape and Media Coverage in Hungary and in the United Kingdom Expanding on the FRA’s Violence against Women Survey

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Babett Csokán; [2015-12-01]
    Keywords : framing theory; FRA report; media coverage; rape; social constructivism;

    Abstract : The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) released its Violence against women report in March 2014. According to the report there are large differences among the EU member states in the prevalence of reported gender-based violence. This motivates the exploration of what the explanations behind such differences may be. READ MORE

  3. 22. Accessing Vulnerability – Investigating narratives of vulnerability at DIGNITY – Danish Institute Against Torture

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

    Author : Marie Raasthøj Hansen; [2015]
    Keywords : power structures; NGO; Vulnerability; normality; social constructivism; Erinn C. Gilson; Judith Butler; feminism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The question ‘What is Vulnerability’ is hard to answer. This thesis deals with this question by investigating narratives of vulnerability amongst staff members at DIGNITY – Danish Institute Against Torture. Drawing on the thoughts, theories and epistemology of understanding vulnerability by Erinn C. READ MORE

  4. 23. How to be Him : The male gender norm within ice hockey - A sociological study

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd

    Author : Aku Berglind; David Niss; [2015]
    Keywords : Masculinities:Ice hockey:Male gender studies:Gender:Men s health;

    Abstract : Ice hockey is a heavily male dominated sport generally considered rough and demanding. The purpose of this quantitative study is to examine and describe the residing attitudes and norms amongst young ice hockey players utilizing the social constructivism theory and a univariate method of analysis. READ MORE

  5. 24. The social struggle of being HIJRA in Bangladesh - cultural aspiration between inclusion and illegitimacy

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Tove Stenqvist; [2015]
    Keywords : hijra; discourse; online media; norms; gender; social constructivism;

    Abstract : The hijra subculture in Bangladesh remains one of the most marginalized and violated minority groups in Bangladesh. However, with recent legislative change in Bangladesh, the group has gained legal recognition in that a third official gender has been introduced. READ MORE

  6. 25. Presentations of Femininity in Patrick Marber's Closer

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Anna Olsson; [2014-02-07]
    Keywords : engelska; Closer; Patrick Marber; British theatre; Michel Foucault; gender; representations of femininity;

    Abstract : This essay explores the presentation of femininity in Patrick Marber's play Closer from perspectives borrowed from Michel Foucault and feminists inspired by post-structuralism and social constructivism. Foucault describes how self-policing subjects, or docile bodies, are created through the internalisation of dominant discourses in the performances of every-day life under the disciplinary powers of regulation, surveillance and classification. READ MORE