Women's & Gender Studies

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The Process and Barriers to Legal Gender Transition: A Case Study Analyzing the Yogyakarta Principles

Christian Borkey - Trans people experience a wide range of social and legal disadvantages, including an inconsistent, patchwork system - where one exists at all - to attain legal recognition of their gender. In the absence of such legal recognition, transgender people face more difficulty... Keep Reading »
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Women's Erotic Consumption: Articulating the Sexual Self Under Late Capitalism

Ella Agoos - From a very young age, women are taught to suppress their sexuality. Sex, we are told, is deeply personal; a private act that must be sequestered within the four walls of a bedroom and never see the light of day. However, as we grow up we are steeped in a culture of... Keep Reading »

Gender-Based Violence in Refugee Camps: Understanding and Addressing the Role of Gender in the Experiences of Refugees

Mie A. Jensen - The discussion of 'women's rights' is often subsumed into the broader consideration of 'human rights,' but when it comes to understanding the experiences of the world's most vulnerable people — refugees — the issue of gender cannot be ignored. The experiences... Keep Reading »

Walking Gendered Lines: The Contradictory Expectations of Men Who Work in Early Childhood Education

Isabella Scurfield - Men who choose to work in Early Childhood Education (ECE) face both discrimination and a privileged status due to their under-representation in this gendered occupation. This lack of men working in ECE leads to their status as tokens, which in turn leaves them with... Keep Reading »
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Domestic Violence and the Indian Women's Movement: A Short History

Kaamila Patherya - Domestic violence in India poses an interesting paradox: in addition to being the most ubiquitous of basic human rights violations, it is also the least reported and discussed. The tightly patriarchal norms and structure of traditional Indian culture, and the sharp... Keep Reading »
 
 

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Feminism
2020, Vol. 12 No. 07
Toxic Royalty: Feminism and the Rhetoric of Beauty in Disney Princess Films
By Stephanie X. Hu
At Disneyland’s Magic Kingdom, light cascades across the night sky before spiraling down through the stars. The castle that towers within the dark shines bright amongst the fireworks’ sparkling ceruleans and violets. Once the night show... Read Article »
Feminism Disney Rhetorical Analysis Gender Roles Film Gender Studies
Gender Studies
2020, Vol. 12 No. 07
The Process and Barriers to Legal Gender Transition: A Case Study Analyzing the Yogyakarta Principles
By Christian Borkey
Trans people experience a wide range of social and legal disadvantages, including an inconsistent, patchwork system - where one exists at all - to attain legal recognition of their gender. In the absence of such legal recognition, transgender people... Read Article »
Transgender Legal Gender Transition Yogyakarta Principles Gender Studies
Sexuality
2020, Vol. 12 No. 07
Women's Erotic Consumption: Articulating the Sexual Self Under Late Capitalism
By Ella Agoos
From a very young age, women are taught to suppress their sexuality. Sex, we are told, is deeply personal; a private act that must be sequestered within the four walls of a bedroom and never see the light of day. However, as we grow up we are steeped... Read Article »
Capitalism Women's Studies Sexuality Consumer Culture Sexual Behavior
Women's Studies
2019, Vol. 11 No. 10
Why are Women More Religious than Men?
By Mie A. Jensen
Scholars have since the 1980s tried to explain why women are more religious than men, but contradictory evidence complicates a precise answer (Pew Research Center 2016:54), so this essay evaluates some theories to explain women’s increased... Read Article »
Religiosity Religion Women's Studies Judaism Feminism Jewish Women
Women's History
2019, Vol. 11 No. 10
The Status of Women in Late Antiquity: Examining the Sociopolitical Climate, Societal Values, and Gender Roles
By Taylor A. Marcusson
The status of women and their role in Late Antiquity has been a topic of inquiry among historians. It is a particularly challenging study to achieve a degree of certainty because of the biases present in historical evidence. This paper shall explore... Read Article »
Women's History Late Antiquity Gender Equality Byzantine Art Women's Studies
2019, Vol. 11 No. 02
Gender-Based Violence in Refugee Camps: Understanding and Addressing the Role of Gender in the Experiences of Refugees
By Mie A. Jensen
The discussion of 'women's rights' is often subsumed into the broader consideration of 'human rights,' but when it comes to understanding the experiences of the world's most vulnerable people — refugees — the issue of gender cannot be... Read Article »
Gender-Based Violence Refugees Human Rights Women's Rights Sexual Violence
Transgender Communities
2019, Vol. 11 No. 01
The Criminal Justice System's Mistreatment of Transgender Individuals: A Call for Policy Reform to Assist a Marginalized Prisoner Community
By Stephenie King
While media coverage and politicians constantly acknowledge the inadequacies of the criminal justice system in managing victims and offenders of color and low socioeconomic status, the discussion about the failure of the criminal justice system... Read Article »
Criminology Transgender Criminal Justice Policy Transgender Community
Feminist Literature
2018, Vol. 10 No. 03
Challenging the Gender Dichotomy in the Victorian Era: Reading Hemingway's Up in Michigan and Mansfield's Frau Brechenmacher Together
By Kimberly Taylor
Sexual violence and coercion became hot topics in 2017, with endless headlines. However, these problems and issues are not new, nor are they confined to a single segment of society. Rather, they have longstanding roots within patriarchal society... Read Article »
Ernest Hemingway Katherine Mansfield Feminist Literature Modernism American Literature Victorian Literature
Gender
2018, Vol. 10 No. 02
One Pronoun at a Time: Gender-Specific Pronouns Improve Reading Comprehension
By Morgan S. Burke
The current study focuses on the effect of gender-specific (he, she) and gender-neutral (they) pronouns on male and female recognition ability. Crawford and English (1984) showed male pronouns (he) better aid male recall and gender-neutral pronouns... Read Article »
Gender Gender Studies Pronouns Reading Comprehension Stereotyping
Gender Roles
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
Come, Sir Boy: Subverting Masculinity Through Cross-Gender Performance
By Rachel Chung
I was the wounded soldier in the opening scene of Macbeth, lying spread-eagled on the stage, flaunting my unsightly gashes. I closed my legs self-consciously. Even portraying a hyper-masculine character, I found myself subject to the parameters... Read Article »
Gender Roles Feminism Theatre Shakespeare Cross-Gender Casting
Gender Roles
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
Walking Gendered Lines: The Contradictory Expectations of Men Who Work in Early Childhood Education
By Isabella Scurfield
Men who choose to work in Early Childhood Education (ECE) face both discrimination and a privileged status due to their under-representation in this gendered occupation. This lack of men working in ECE leads to their status as tokens, which in turn... Read Article »
Gender Roles Masculinity Male Caregivers Institutional Structure Education Early Childhood Education Traditional Female Roles
India
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
Domestic Violence and the Indian Women's Movement: A Short History
By Kaamila Patherya
Domestic violence in India poses an interesting paradox: in addition to being the most ubiquitous of basic human rights violations, it is also the least reported and discussed. The tightly patriarchal norms and structure of traditional Indian culture... Read Article »
Domestic Violence Feminism India Women in India Women's Movement Human Rights
Social Movements
2017, Vol. 7 No. 2
Arab Feminism in the Arab Spring: Discourses on Solidarity, the Socio-Cultural Revolution, and the Political Revolution in Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen
By Stephanie Maravankin
Published by Clocks and Clouds
Over the last couple of decades, women-spearheaded social movements have mobilized to leave a lasting impression on civil societies across the globe. The Arab Spring challenged old ideas of oppressive regimes and signaled possibilities for change... Read Article »
Social Movements Arab Spring Arab Feminism Collective Action Cultural Revolution
American Culture
2017, Vol. 13 No. 1
A Tale of Mattel's Two Dolls and the Politics of Dollplaying: A Critical Examination of Barbie and American Girl's Roles in Educating Young American Girls
By Xiaoyi Xu
Published by Discussions
A quintessential aspect of many American girls' childhood involves plastic bodies (Rogers, 1999, 112). Pieced together by molded plastic heads, plastic arms, and plastic legs that are efficiently mass-produced by our formidable technology today,... Read Article »
American Culture Childhood Barbie American Girl Childhood Education Politics Of Play
English Literature
2017, Vol. 9 No. 03
Sex and Sexual Violence in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
By Rachel Chung
Anyone in pursuit of knowledge is bound to encounter sex somewhere along the way. In the early 19th century, a period during which sex was unspeakable, fiction writers developed a distinct penchant for the unknown.[2] Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein... Read Article »
Frankenstein Mary Shelley Sex Homosexuality Sexual Violence English Literature Fan Fiction Queer Theory
 
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