Service with a (Surgically-Induced) Smile: Gender Norms at Work

Conventional design practices regard gender as a given precondition defined by femininity and masculinity. To shift these strategies to include non-heteronormative or queer users, queer theory served as a source of inspiration as well as user sensitive design techniques. As a result, a co-design workshop was developed and executed. Participants supported claims that gender scripts in designed artefacts uphold gender norms. The practice did not specify a definition of a queer design style. However, the co-design practice opened up the design process to non-normative gender scripts by unmasking binary gender dichotomies in industrial design.

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Navigating the Gendered Math Path

International Review of Qualitative Research ◽

10.1525/irqr.2012.5.2.153 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 153-174

Author(s):

Christina D. Weber ◽

Angie Hodge

Keyword(s):

Gender Norms ◽

Academic Disciplines ◽

Doing Gender ◽

Women In Stem ◽

Stem Fields ◽

Self Perception ◽

Good Science ◽

Men And Women ◽

Male Dominated ◽

Mathematics Coursework

Using dialogues with our informants, as well as with each other, we explore how the men and women in our research make it through their mathematics coursework and, in turn, pursue their intended majors. Our research focuses on how students navigate what we call the gendered math path and how that path conforms to and diverges from traditional gender norms. Common themes of women's lower than men's self-perception of their ability to do mathematics, along with the divergent processes of doing gender that emerged in men's and women's discussions of their application of mathematics, reminded us of the continued struggles that women have to succeed in male-dominated academic disciplines. Although self-perception helps us understand why there are fewer women in STEM fields, it is important to understand how different forms of application of ideas might add to the diversity of what it means to do good science.

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Kenotic Gestures

Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology ◽

10.1558/isit.36643 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (1-2) ◽

pp. 198-218

Author(s):

Michelle Voss Roberts

Keyword(s):

Gender Norms ◽

Spiritual Practice ◽

Aesthetic Theory ◽

Power Structures ◽

Christian Love ◽

Love Of God ◽

Shed Light

Christians sometimes take Christ's ken?sis, or self-emptying, as the pattern for Christian love of God and neighbor. Feminist critics suspect that this model reinforces unhealthy gender norms and oppressive power structures and contest the nature and extent of this template. Interreligious study can shed light on the debate. The Gau??ya Vai??ava tradition employs the categories of Indian aesthetic theory to explain how types of loving devotion (bhakti rasa) toward Krishna are evoked and expressed. The subordinate and peaceful modes of love for Krishna can serve as a heuristic for understanding Sarah Coakley's and Cynthia Bourgeault's retrievals of ken?sis in spiritual practice. A comparative reading suggests that objections to Coakley's version, which resembles the subordinate love of God, are more intractable due to the rootedness of its aesthetic in oppressive human experiences, while Bourgeault's reclamation of ken?sis aligns with a peaceful or meditative mode of love that feminists may more readily appreciate.

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Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Plasma and Tissue Fibrinolytic Activity in a Rat Model of Surgically Induced Menopause

Clinical & Investigative Medicine ◽

10.25011/cim.v37i2.21090 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 85 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ata Topcuoglu ◽

Mustafa Albayrak ◽

Hayriye Erman ◽

Huriye Balci ◽

Mesut Karakus ◽

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Keyword(s):

Hormone Replacement Therapy ◽

Oral Administration ◽

Replacement Therapy ◽

Plasminogen Activator ◽

Brain Tissue ◽

Fibrinolytic Activity ◽

Hormone Replacement ◽

17Β Estradiol ◽

Surgically Induced ◽

Pai 1

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of estrogen deficiency and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on fibrinolytic activity in a rat mode of surgically-induced menopause. Methods: Twelve-week-old, sexually mature female Sprague-Dawley rats, each weighing 200–250 g, were randomly divided into four groups: (1) sham-operated group, (2) ovariectomy group, (3) ovariectomy group followed by oral administration of daily 17β-estradiol (0.02 mg/kg/day) (E2) + norethisterone acetate (0.01 mg/kg/day), and (4) ovariectomy group followed by oral administration of daily 17β-estradiol (0.01 mg/kg/day) + drospirenone (0.02 mg/kg/day). Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) antigen, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) antigen, and PAI-1/tPA levels were measured as markers of fibrinolysis in plasma and liver and brain tissue. Results: Compared with sham-operated rats, ovariectomized rats showed higher levels of fibrinolytic activity; however, the increased fibrinolytic activity in plasma and liver tissue was significantly reduced by HRT regimens. No change was observed in the levels of fibrinolytic activity in brain tissue. Conclusions: HRT showed beneficial effects by decreasing fibrinolytic activity related to surgically-induced menopause. Short-term HRT treatment was associated with a shift in the procoagulant-anticoagulant balance toward a procoagulant state.

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Religion, Gender Norms and Campus Rape Culture: Building Resistance from Below

Politeia ◽

10.25159/0256-8845/4489 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Selina Palm

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Social Norms ◽

Gender Norms ◽

Rape Culture ◽

Public Attention ◽

Gendered Violence ◽

Agents Of Change ◽

Religious Formation ◽

Legal Forms ◽

South African Higher Education

In recent years, protests against campus rape culture at South African higher education institutions have attracted public attention. Despite strong constitutional provisions, a culture of sexual and gendered violence remains endemic in South Africa. In the light of the gap between legal forms and social norms, this article argues for building socio-political resistance from below that starts with exploring the lived experiences of young women. It therefore introduces the voice of one ordinary student who inhabits these spaces. She highlights the need for attention to be paid to the gendered social norms that underpin this culture of sexual violence, the possibilities of engaging men as allies and the important but ambiguous role of the Christian religion. Research suggests that bystanders like her can become important agents of change. The article concludes that the connections between hierarchical gender norms, religious formation and rape culture need further empirical engagement in South Africa if their power-laden roots are to be disrupted and reimagined.

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A New Kind of Monster, Cowboy, and Crusader?

Boyhood Studies ◽

10.3167/bhs.2020.130104 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 43-63

Author(s):

Elizabeth Al-Jbouri ◽

Shauna Pomerantz

Keyword(s):

Textual Analysis ◽

Gender Norms ◽

Critical Examination ◽

Male Characters ◽

New Man ◽

Gender Neutrality

Representations of boys and men in Disney films often escape notice due to presumed gender neutrality. Considering this omission, we explore masculinities in films from Disney’s lucrative subsidiary Pixar to determine how masculinities are represented and have and/or have not disrupted dominant gender norms as constructed for young boys’ viewership. Using Raewyn Connell’s theory of gender hegemony and related critiques, we suggest that while Pixar films strive to provide their male characters with a feminist spin, they also continue to reify hegemonic masculinities through sharp contrasts to femininities and by privileging heterosexuality. Using a feminist textual analysis that includes the Toy Story franchise, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Coco, we suggest that Pixar films, while offering audiences a “new man,” continue to reinforce hegemonic masculinities in subtle ways that require critical examination to move from presumed gender neutrality to an understanding of continued, though shifting, gender hegemony.

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