Women's & Gender Studies

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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

Xiaoyi Xu - 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, dolls are inanimate... Keep Reading »
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Gender Equality in International Institutions: Progress and Challenges in Moving Toward Gender Parity

Lyndsay B. Thompson - The International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda, for the first time in international law, recognized sexual violence in conflict as crimes against humanity and grave breaches of international law. Subsequently... Keep Reading »

Juxtaposing Sexist and Feminist Understandings of Pro-Life: An Analysis of Reproductive Rights Rhetoric

Caroline B. Connor - Near the end of 2015, in the midst of recent presidential and congressional debates, House Republicans proposed a bill to defund Planned Parenthood, blocking all of the organization’s federal funding, after the release of videos discussing Planned Parenthood... Keep Reading »

The LGBT Movement in China: Public Perception, Stigma, and the Human Rights Debate

Arber Mavraj - Ever since its elimination from the list of mental illnesses in 2001, and decriminalization in 1997, homosexuality in China continues to be at the forefront of China’s growing human rights debate. The estimated 40 million lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered... Keep Reading »
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The Role of Female Quotas and Female Activism in Passing Gender Based Violence Legislation in Sub Saharan Africa: South Africa as a Case Study

Gina Starfield - "One thing governments have got is legislation. Legislation has an impact. It affects millions of people in a country just by a stroke of a pen."  – Executive Director of UN Women, Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, "Gender and Violence" Lecture, Yale University... Keep Reading »
 
 

All Women's & Gender Studies Articles (by date)

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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
International Institutions
2017, Vol. 9 No. 02
Gender Equality in International Institutions: Progress and Challenges in Moving Toward Gender Parity
By Lyndsay B. Thompson
The International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda, for the first time in international law, recognized sexual violence in conflict as crimes against humanity and grave breaches of international... Read Article »
International Institutions Feminism Women's Rights United Nations Gender Equality Gender Norms International Law
Feminism
2016, Vol. 8 No. 12
Juxtaposing Sexist and Feminist Understandings of Pro-Life: An Analysis of Reproductive Rights Rhetoric
By Caroline B. Connor
Near the end of 2015, in the midst of recent presidential and congressional debates, House Republicans proposed a bill to defund Planned Parenthood, blocking all of the organization’s federal funding, after the release of videos discussing... Read Article »
Feminism Rhetorical Analysis Planned Parenthood Reproductive Rights Pro-choice Pro-life Abortion Women's Rights American Politics
Chinese Politics
2016, Vol. 8 No. 12
The LGBT Movement in China: Public Perception, Stigma, and the Human Rights Debate
By Arber Mavraj
Ever since its elimination from the list of mental illnesses in 2001, and decriminalization in 1997, homosexuality in China continues to be at the forefront of China’s growing human rights debate. The estimated 40 million lesbian, gay, bisexual... Read Article »
China Chinese Politics LGBT Rights Homosexuality Human Rights Discrimination Sexuality Gender
Gender Studies
2016, Vol. 10 No. 1
The Role of Female Quotas and Female Activism in Passing Gender Based Violence Legislation in Sub Saharan Africa: South Africa as a Case Study
By Gina Starfield
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
"One thing governments have got is legislation. Legislation has an impact. It affects millions of people in a country just by a stroke of a pen."  – Executive Director of UN Women, Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, "Gender and Violence... Read Article »
Gender Violence Violence Against Women Domestic Violence South Africa Social Policy Sub-Saharan Africa Gender Quotas
Political Economy
2016, Vol. 10 No. 1
Child Care Policy and Female Labor Force Participation: A Comparison of Germany and Sweden
By Analia Cuevas-Ferreras
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
Labor markets have traditionally been regarded as the product of a demand and supply of labor.2 In Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage, political economists Peter A. Hall and David Soskice put forth two... Read Article »
Labor Markets Political Economy Female Labor Force Child Care Gender Inequality Social Policy
Industrial Psychology
2016, Vol. 8 No. 11
Sexual Harassment in the Federal Workplace: Bridging the Gap Between Genders
By Sandra F. Masci
A meta-analytic review was conducted on the adverse outcomes and prevalence of sexual harassment in a federally operated workplace. Both males and females were included in the analysis which fills a gap in prior research. Researchers report a total... Read Article »
Sexual Harassment Federal Workplace Industrial Psychology Workplace Workplace Psychology
Critical Theory
2016, Vol. 8 No. 10
Intersections of Gender, Race and Nation in Cloud Nine and M. Butterfly
By Miriam Cummins
This article contributes to the debate as to whether Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill and M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang are ultimately essentialist or anti-essentialist, accentuating or disavowing difference. It argues that both plays are successfully... Read Article »
Gender Race Nationalism Theatre Orientalism Cultural Identity Feminism Edward Said
Women in the Arab World
2016, Vol. 8 No. 10
Awareness of Emirati Women's Economic Roles Before the Oil Boom: Changing Perceptions of Gender Roles?
By Rana AlMutawa
In the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states in general, women played an important economic role in the pre-oil era (before the 1960s) in addition to their “traditional” domestic role. Fatima Al-Sayegh... Read Article »
Gulf States United Arab Emirates Women Traditional Female Roles Employment Women in Arab World Women's Rights Gender Roles
Film Studies
2016, Vol. 8 No. 09
A Contemporary Analysis of Action Films with Female Leads
By Myranda A. Dapolito
A doorbell rings. Off screen, we hear a sing-songy “Coming!” A woman dressed in a cerulean track suit rushes to the door, expecting to find her daughter home from school. Instead, she finds another woman, blonde and leather jacket-clad... Read Article »
Film Studies Gender Roles Sexuality Feminist Theory Action Films Male Gaze
Film Studies
2016, Vol. 8 No. 06
The Danish Girl (2015) and the De/Construction of Gender Identity
By Annalena Lorenz
By and large, today’s Western audience is unlikely to be roused by the story told in The Danish Girl (2015, directed by Tom Hooper), although it is based on true events. The artist Einar Wegener is in gender trouble:[1] he was born in a male... Read Article »
Film Studies Queer Studies Identity Gender Transgender Popular Culture Gender And Sexuality LGBT
Gender Roles
2016, Vol. 12 No. 2
Analyzing Female Gender Roles in Marvel Comics from the Silver Age (1960) to the Present
By Katherine J. Murphy
Published by Discussions
Comic books, a form of American popular culture, offer a window into the past, allowing researchers to track societal changes over several decades. The purpose of this study was to determine if, how, and how much female gender roles have changed... Read Article »
Comics Marvel Gender Roles Comic Strips Popular Culture Print Magazines
Japanese History
2016, Vol. 8 No. 02
Women in Meiji Japan: Exploring the Underclass of Japanese Industrialization
By Saarang Narayan
With the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate in the late 1860s, there emerged (or re-emerged) a new center for power in Japan—the Emperor Meiji. With a long drawn restoration of the imperial stronghold, a complete restructuring of the economy,... Read Article »
Japan Japanese History Meiji Era Women's History Industrialization Prostitution Women in Japan
 
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