Essays about: "gender norms"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 538 essays containing the words gender norms.

  1. 11. QUEER PARENTHOOD ACROSS TEMPORAL AND SOCIAL LINES; An anthropological study on queer individuals experiences of parenthood in Swedish society

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Emma Eliardsson; [2023-09-27]
    Keywords : Queer parenthood; parental line; temporality; emotionality; kinship;

    Abstract : This study aims to examine the everyday experience of queer parenthood, relating to aspects of gender and sexuality, family relations, and social norms in Swedish society. The study reveals that being a queer parent in contemporary Swedish society means being in an ambivalent position where factors of time and space, as well as gender identity and expression proves to be a leading force in how the parents practice parenthood and whether the political aspect of queerness comes to be consciously or unconsciously expressed within parenthood. READ MORE

  2. 12. A GENDERED ANALYSIS OF HUMAN-AI RELATIONSHIPS AI - entities in Her and Ex Machina

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Nisrin Ahmad Sheikh Sleiman; [2023-09-12]
    Keywords : Gender norms; Human-AI relationships; Male Gaze; posthuman; Anthropomorphism; equitable representations;

    Abstract : AI representations in contemporary media provide interesting illustrative examples that show wider perspectives on the complex relationship between humans and AI. This study aims to analyze the portrayal of female AI entities in the following movies: Her and Ex Machina. READ MORE

  3. 13. ”CEDAW IS OUR HOLY TEXT, OUR HOLY BOOK” Combating gender-based violence in a de facto state: The case of Iraqi Kurdistan

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Såma Salih; [2023-08-31]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The Kurdistan region in Iraq, also known as KRI, has gained semi-independence over the decades and is today recognized in the Iraqi constitution as an autonomous part of the federal country. While still belonging to Iraq, it has been declared that the KRI performs better than its parent state in terms of security, stability and promoting international norms such as gender equality. READ MORE

  4. 14. ”The greater dysphoria I’ve had, the greater dysmorphia - they work together” - An interview study on trans and nonbinary experiences of seeking and participating in Swedish eating disorder treatment

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Hannah Alvå; [2023-07-05]
    Keywords : Eating disorders; Trans; Nonbinary; Cisnormativity; Healthcare;

    Abstract : The accessibility of eating disorder treatment for trans and nonbinary individuals has for long been an overlooked approach within research as well as in practice both internationally and in Sweden. By analysing four interviews with care seekers who identify as trans and/or nonbinary, the purpose of this study is therefore to map out the norms and discourses that shape the accessibility and applicability of Swedish eating disorder treatment. READ MORE

  5. 15. BODY NORMATIVITY AND THE HYPER(IN)VISIBILITY OF ABJECT BODIES Living with Oppression in the Body Liberation Movement

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Kristin Binder; [2023-04-06]
    Keywords : Hyper in visibility; body normativity; oppression; intersectionality; transgender; disability; fatness; body liberation movement; resistance;

    Abstract : In feminist studies that attempt to theorize embodiment, fat bodies have largely been ignored and excluded from research even though scientific knowledge on weight-based stigma and discrimination shows the importance of studying fatphobia as a system of oppression. Hence, this thesis provides an analysis on the lived experience of fat bodies in relation to body normativity and visibility politics. READ MORE