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Compliments and politeness among Mexican and Puerto Rican couples.
(2011-05-12)
This paper explores the speech act of complimenting among Mexican and Puerto Rican couples. The study applies Brown and Levinson’s Politeness Theory (1987) in analyzing spontaneous, face-to-face compliment giving between ...
Closeness in the same-sex friendships of men in long-distance and geographically close platonic relationships.
(2011-05-12)
The present study sought to find how men negotiate closeness in their same-sex long-distance friendships. Findings from Fehr (2004) were used to guide the hypotheses. Men were believed to prefer the use of shared activity ...
"Verie needfull for this time" : representations of women in sixteenth-century English prayer manuals.
(, 2014-06-11)
Using three texts written by different authors, this thesis argues that sixteenth-century English prayer manuals set rigid boundaries for women by representing them in limited ways. Analyzing and comparing Thomas Becon's ...
Religion, sexuality, and gender : an individual and organizational analysis.
(, 2012-08-08)
Homosexuality has been the object of much debate, research, and political struggle over the last 40 years. Since the Stonewall riots of 1969 the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender movement (LGBT) continues to grow ...
Does gender matter? Transfer students' perceptions of their transition experiences.
(, 2014-06-11)
This study focuses on the role of gender in the meaning-making processes of
transfer students and their selection and use of institutional and non-institutional
resources during their transitions to a new university. ...
Bane of Adam's rib : religious priming effects on sexism.
(, 2013-05-15)
Previous research has indicated that sexism can be separated into factors of ambivalence – hostile and benevolent – to address the many issues that arise with discrimination against women. Whereas hostile sexism is openly ...
Exposure effects of hegemonic masculinity in men's magazines.
(, 2012-11-29)
While the effects of viewing narrowly-defined female roles in the media on women’s reported moods and attitudes have been studied for decades, similar studies on men have a shorter history. Hegemonic masculinity prevails ...
Health disparities in India : the role of gender, family, and culture.
(, 2013-09-16)
This dissertation examines how cultural contexts play a role in gender differences in health in India. After an introductory chapter, chapter two asks whether the extent of dowry practice perception in local communities ...
Adherence to gender roles as a predictor of compassion and self-compassion in women and men.
(, 2012-11-29)
Previous research has demonstrated consistent differences between men and women in self-reported compassion, but has yielded inconsistent results regarding sex differences in reported capacities for self-compassion. The ...
Romantic partner selection in a religious marriage market.
(, 2014-09-05)
Partnering is an inherently social process. Not only do social status characteristics provide markers of compatibility in the partner search, but the broader romantic proclivities, opportunities, and capacities that ...