Gender Roles  (tagged articles)

Explaining the Gender Gap in the Criminal Justice System: How Family-Based Gender Roles Shape Perceptions of Defendants in Criminal Court

Katharina Geppert - Numerous studies have investigated why women are vastly underrepresented in prisons across the United States. In explaining this “gender gap,” scholars have found that women are treated more leniently than men at various stages of the judicial process.... Keep Reading »

The Illusion of Empowerment: A Feminist Analysis of Disney's Hercules

Kasandra J. DiSessa - Disney’s Hercules, which features both a strong male lead and a strong female lead, has the potential to appeal to, and therefore influence, a larger group of child viewers than the more gendered movies, such as the traditional Princess movies. Meg, the female... Keep Reading »

Toxic Royalty: Feminism and the Rhetoric of Beauty in Disney Princess Films

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 rises to a crescendo... Keep Reading »

Gender Dynamics in The Sheik as Novel and as Film Adaptation

Sophie Hammond - The 1921 Hollywood film The Sheik tells the story of Lady Diana Mayo, a spirited English peeress who, on a trip to the French Sahara, is kidnapped by and eventually falls in love with the Arab sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan. The film made Rudolph Valentino an international... Keep Reading »

Class, Gender and the Anxieties of Meritocracy in Jacobean England

Joshua B. Black - The staged plays of the early Jacobean period are valuable textual products for the literary critic, the cultural researcher and the historian alike. These plays are significant containers of knowledge about the mutually reinforcing social and political tensions of... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Gender Roles is tagged in the following 17 articles.

Criminal Justice
2022, Vol. 14 No. 02
Explaining the Gender Gap in the Criminal Justice System: How Family-Based Gender Roles Shape Perceptions of Defendants in Criminal Court
By Katharina Geppert
Numerous studies have investigated why women are vastly underrepresented in prisons across the United States. In explaining this “gender gap,” scholars have found that women are treated more leniently than men at various stages of the... Read Article »
Gender Roles Gender Gap Family Criminal Justice Inequality American Law
Feminism
2020, Vol. 12 No. 11
The Illusion of Empowerment: A Feminist Analysis of Disney's Hercules
By Kasandra J. DiSessa
Disney’s Hercules, which features both a strong male lead and a strong female lead, has the potential to appeal to, and therefore influence, a larger group of child viewers than the more gendered movies, such as the traditional Princess movies... Read Article »
Feminism Disney Hercules Gender Roles Children's Movies
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 Dynamics
2020, Vol. 12 No. 02
Gender Dynamics in The Sheik as Novel and as Film Adaptation
By Sophie Hammond
The 1921 Hollywood film The Sheik tells the story of Lady Diana Mayo, a spirited English peeress who, on a trip to the French Sahara, is kidnapped by and eventually falls in love with the Arab sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan. The film made Rudolph Valentino... Read Article »
Film Studies Colonialism Feminism Racism Gender Roles Stereotypes
English Literature
2019, Vol. 11 No. 01
Class, Gender and the Anxieties of Meritocracy in Jacobean England
By Joshua B. Black
The staged plays of the early Jacobean period are valuable textual products for the literary critic, the cultural researcher and the historian alike. These plays are significant containers of knowledge about the mutually reinforcing social and political... Read Article »
Social Class Gender Roles Political Culture John Webster Jacobean Literature
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
Film Studies
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
The Feminine Threat: Reconsidering the Damsel in Distress in Early Disney Films
By Hugo Ljungback
“Disney perpetuated a male myth through his fairy-tale films,” argues Jack Zipes (1995, p. 37). He writes that Walt Disney framed “women’s lives through a male discourse” in his films (p. 36), and that he reinforced... Read Article »
Disney Gender Roles Film Studies Sociology Popular Culture Walt Disney Femininity Masculinity
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 Quentin Tarantino Gender Roles Sexuality Feminist Theory Action Films Male Gaze
Women's Health
2016, Vol. 12 No. 2
Gendered Literacies: A Qualitative Study of Literacy Practices in an All Female OB/GYN Clinic
By Ira Memaj
Published by Discussions
In this ethnographic case study, field observations were conducted of an all-female obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) clinic located in Livonia, Michigan. While interacting with professionals as a student volunteer at the clinic, I took the role... Read Article »
Women's Health Healthcare Health Clinics Gender Roles
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
Military Culture
2015, Vol. 2015/2016 No. 1
How Important are Masculinity and Femininity in the Culture of Militaries?
By Ciaran Kovach
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
In 1999, The New York Times Magazine ran a cover story which asked: Does “being a good soldier [depend] on being an aggressive male?” “Is there something uniquely male about the warrior? Can the warrior survive the feminisation... Read Article »
Military Culture Gender Roles Women in War Feminism PTSD
Women in Politics
2014, Vol. 4 No. 2
The Effects of Electoral Systems and Gender Quotas on Female Representation in National Legislatures
By Amy Manning
Published by Clocks and Clouds
Women make up anywhere from 0% to 56% of the national legislatures around the world. Research has attributed this wide spectrum to political, socioeconomic, and cultural or ideological factors. After testing these existing theories on a sample of... Read Article »
Women in Politics Gender Quotas Elections Political Representation Gender Roles Gender Inequality
Poetry
2011, Vol. 3 No. 09
Emily Dickinson's 'My Life had stood-a Loaded Gun-': Revealing the Power of a Woman's Words
By Kathleen E. Gilligan
Born in 1830 to Calvinist parents in Massachusetts, Emily Dickinson is renowned as one of America’s greatest poets. Though her poems often focused on death, she in fact wrote on many subjects. Life, nature, love, science, heaven, hell, religion... Read Article »
Poetry Emily Dickinson American Poetry Feminism Gender Roles
Female Characters
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
Comparing Female Characters in "Christabel" and "The Eve of St. Agnes"
By Alina Saminsky
Despite both being the leading female characters in their respective pieces, Christabel from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Christabel and Madeline from John Keats’ The Eve of St. Agnes have many striking similarities. Throughout both poems... Read Article »
Coleridge Keats Christabel The Eve Of St. Agnes Gender Roles in Literature Female Character
English Literature
2010, Vol. 2 No. 01
Women as the Submissive Sex in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
By Stephanie S. Haddad
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the author characterizes each woman as passive, disposable and serving a utilitarian function. Female characters like Safie, Elizabeth, Justine, Margaret and Agatha provide nothing more but a channel of action... Read Article »
Frankenstein Mary Shelley Women in Literature Sex Gender Roles

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