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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Variations in the sociology of Islam and gender : a multi-level analysis of Islam and gender in majority Muslim contexts.
(2011-05-12)
This dissertation answers two main questions: First, what is the relationship between Islam and gender? In other words, where can we find the intersection of religion and gender in the beliefs and actions of Muslims in a ...
"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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...