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Hayes, Elisabeth, and Scipio A. J. Colin. "Racism and sexism in the United States: Fundamental issues." New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education 1994, no. 61 (1994): 5–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ace.36719946103.
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Lytle, Ashley, Jamie Macdonald, Christina Dyar, and Sheri R. Levy. "Ageism and Sexism in the 2016 United States Presidential Election." Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy 18, no. 1 (February 19, 2018): 81–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/asap.12147.
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Lee, I.-Ching, Felicia Pratto, and Mei-Chih Li. "Social Relationships and Sexism in the United States and Taiwan." Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 38, no. 5 (September 2007): 595–612. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022107305241.
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Rapp, Kristen Schorpp, Vanessa V. Volpe, Tabitha L. Hale, and Dominique F. Quartararo. "State–Level Sexism and Gender Disparities in Health Care Access and Quality in the United States." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 63, no. 1 (November 18, 2021): 2–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00221465211058153.
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In this investigation, we examined the associations between state-level structural sexism—a multidimensional index of gender inequities across economic, political, and cultural domains of the gender system—and health care access and quality among women and men in the United States. We linked administrative data gauging state-level gender gaps in pay, employment, poverty, political representation, and policy protections to individual-level data on health care availability, affordability, and quality from the national Consumer Survey of Health Care Access (2014–2019; N = 24,250). Results show that higher state-level sexism is associated with greater inability to access needed health care and more barriers to affording care for women but not for men. Furthermore, contrary to our hypothesis, women residing in states with higher state-level sexism report better quality of care than women in states with lower levels of sexism. These findings implicate state-level sexism in perpetuating gender disparities in health care.
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Prina, Francesca, and Julie N. Schatz-Stevens. "Sexism and Rape Myth Acceptance: The Impact of Culture, Education, and Religiosity." Psychological Reports 123, no. 3 (February 26, 2019): 929–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0033294119826896.
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This study explores the influence of education and religiosity on sexist attitudes towards women and rape myth acceptance in two samples totaling 399 participants from the United States and Italy. Both samples completed a demographic questionnaire that assessed age, area of residence, and racial and gender identification. Three questions about religiosity and three about education were included, as well as the Attitudes Towards Women Survey and the Acceptance of Modern Myths about Sexual Aggression. In the Italian pool, 44 held at least a bachelor’s degree, 108 had completed some college, and 29 completed high school at most, while the United States pool consisted of 83, 123, and 12, respectively. Average self-reported levels of religiousness were M = 3.87 (SD = 3.05) in Italy and M = 5.10 (SD = 2.76) in the United States. In both samples, religiosity was a strong predictor of both sexism and rape myth acceptance, while education was only related to rape myth acceptance and with less strength than religiosity. Moreover, country of residence was an important influence for sexist beliefs along with both religiosity and education; however, for rape myth acceptance, country did not have a significant impact.
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Nagle, Amanda, and Goleen Samari. "State-level structural sexism and cesarean sections in the United States." Social Science & Medicine 289 (November 2021): 114406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114406.
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Homan, Patricia. "Structural Sexism and Health in the United States: A New Perspective on Health Inequality and the Gender System." American Sociological Review 84, no. 3 (May 28, 2019): 486–516. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0003122419848723.
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In this article, I build a new line of health inequality research that parallels the emerging structural racism literature. I develop theory and measurement for the concept of structural sexism and examine its relationship to health outcomes. Consistent with contemporary theories of gender as a multilevel social system, I conceptualize and measure structural sexism as systematic gender inequality at the macro level (U.S. state), meso level (marital dyad), and micro level (individual). I use U.S. state-level administrative data linked to geocoded data from the NLSY79, as well as measures of inter-spousal inequality and individual views on women’s roles as predictors of physical health outcomes in random-effects models for men and women. Results show that among women, exposure to more sexism at the macro and meso levels is associated with more chronic conditions, worse self-rated health, and worse physical functioning. Among men, macro-level structural sexism is also associated with worse health. However, greater meso-level structural sexism is associated with better health among men. At the micro level, internalized sexism is not related to physical health among either women or men. I close by outlining how future research on gender inequality and health can be furthered using a structural sexism perspective.
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Tromble, Rebekah, and Karin Koole. "She belongs in the kitchen, not in Congress? Political engagement and sexism on Twitter." Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies 9, no. 2 (June 1, 2020): 191–214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/ajms_00022_1.
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Social media offer direct lines of communication to many democratic representatives, and, in some instances, they may provide policy-makers and journalists with a better sense of public views. But, are the voices expressed on social media worth heeding? Impersonal and anonymous communication often invites negativity and abuse, including racism and sexism. Indeed, evidence suggests that women face particularly high levels of abuse online. And yet we know relatively little about the role of sexism in citizens’ digitally mediated interactions with their political representatives. Do people direct more criticism and hostility towards female politicians? Using Twitter data comparing political engagement in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States, we actually find reason for optimism. In the United Kingdom and the United States, there are no differences in the tone of messages sent to male and female politicians, and Dutch citizens direct more positive messages towards women. Across all three countries, gendered insults towards women are rare.
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Everett, Bethany G., Aubrey Limburg, Patricia Homan, and Morgan M. Philbin. "Structural Heteropatriarchy and Birth Outcomes in the United States." Demography 59, no. 1 (November 15, 2021): 89–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00703370-9606030.
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Abstract Emerging evidence links structural sexism and structural discrimination against lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) populations to poor health outcomes, but studies have yet to examine the combined effects of these mutually reinforcing systems of inequality. Therefore, we developed a composite measure of structural heteropatriarchy—which includes state-level LGB policies, family planning policies, and indicators of structural sexism (e.g., women's political and economic position relative to men)—and examined its relationship to birth outcomes using data from Waves I to V of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Multivariate regression analyses demonstrated that higher levels of heteropatriarchy were associated with an increased risk of preterm birth and decreased birth weight, net of important covariates. There was no association between clinical low birth weight and heteropatriarchy, or interactions between heteropatriarchy and individuals' race, ethnicity or sexual identity, suggesting a negative effect of heteropatriarchy on birth outcomes for all pregnant people. This study demonstrates the importance of considering gender and sexuality as mutually reinforcing systems of oppression that impact population health. Future research should examine the impact of heteropatriarchy on additional health outcomes and in conjunction with other structural inequalities such as racism and transgender oppression.
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McKetta, Sarah, Seth J. Prins, Deborah Hasin, Megan E. Patrick, and Katherine M. Keyes. "Structural sexism and Women's alcohol use in the United States, 1988–2016." Social Science & Medicine 301 (May 2022): 114976. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114976.
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Hernandez, Erick Herrera, and Debra Oswald. "108 Experiences of benevolent sexism and the well-being of Latinx women: The moderating role of sexist attitudes." Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 8, s1 (April 2024): 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cts.2024.106.
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OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Sexism harms women’s well-being, affecting life satisfaction and self-doubt in complex ways (Shattell etal., 2008; Oswald etal., 2018). This study examines how hostile and benevolent sexist attitudes moderates the link between experiences of benevolent sexism, self-doubt, and life satisfaction in Latinx women. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Participants included 57 English-speaking Latinx women residing in the United States, with a mean age of 31.89 (SD=10.14) years. The majority (61.4%, n=35) identified as Mexican, and most identified as second generation or later (80.7%, n=46). Participants completed surveys assessing hostile and benevolent sexist attitudes (Glick & Fiske, 1996), self-doubt (Oleson etal., 2000), life satisfaction (Diener etal., 1985), and experiences with three aspects of benevolent sexism – protective paternalism (PP), heterosexual intimacy (HI), and complimentary gender differentiation (CGD) (Oswald etal., 2018). RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Moderation analyses were conducted to examine the moderating role of hostile and benevolent sexist attitudes between experiences of benevolent sexism (PP, HI, & CGD) and well-being measures (self-doubt and life satisfaction). An example finding revealed a significant interaction effect between benevolent sexist attitudes and experiences with CGD on satisfaction with lifeF(1,53)=8.34,p<.01. For participants who endorsed high benevolent sexist attitudes, experiences with CGD was associated with increased satisfaction with life (b=.78, p<.001), while the effect of experiences with CGD on life satisfaction was attenuated for those who endorsed low benevolent sexist attitudes (b=.30, p<.05). DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: These findings have important implications on the well-being of Latinx women as they indicate that those who reject sexist attitudes risk their well-being when confronted with benevolent sexism, unlike those who endorse to such beliefs, potentially gaining increased life satisfaction at the cost of embracing benevolent sexist behavior.
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Petterson, Aino, and Robbie M. Sutton. "Sexist Ideology and Endorsement of Men’s Control Over Women’s Decisions in Reproductive Health." Psychology of Women Quarterly 42, no. 2 (December 15, 2017): 235–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361684317744531.
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Feminist scholars have argued that men’s control over women’s reproductive autonomy is a central feature of male dominance. Building on recent research that shows sexist ideology informs support for restricting women’s reproductive autonomy, we examined the relation of sexism and the belief that men should be able to restrict the behavior of women. Study 1 ( N = 366 undergraduate psychology students in the United Kingdom) and Study 2 ( N = 281 Amazon Mechanical Turk workers in the United States) showed that controlling for various demographics and ideological measures (e.g., right-wing authoritarianism, support for abortion rights), hostile sexism was related to support for men having the right to prevent their pregnant partner from having an abortion. Further, hostile sexism was related to the endorsement of men’s right to withdraw financial support for the child if a woman chooses not to terminate her pregnancy. Hostile sexism was also uniquely related to support for men’s right to veto their female partner’s decisions during pregnancy and childbirth. The present studies show that hostile sexism is associated with perceptions that men have the right to constrain women’s reproductive choices. Our findings highlight the adverse pressures on women’s reproductive autonomy, including sexist ideology, and may suggest that practitioners should be mindful of this when assisting women in discussing reproductive questions. Further, by creating awareness about the different factors that shape the perception of men’s role in reproductive decisions, sexual health educators could potentially help affirm women’s autonomy in reproductive health. Additional online materials for this article (measures used in this study) are available on PWQ’s website at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/0361684317744531 . Data files, together with syntax detailing the statistical analyses, are available at https://osf.io/vwjus/ . Online slides for instructors who want to use this article for teaching are available on PWQ's website at http://journals.sagepub.com/page/pwq/suppl/index
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Rosenthal, Lisa, Sheri R. Levy, and Maria Militano. "Polyculturalism and Sexist Attitudes." Psychology of Women Quarterly 38, no. 4 (June 9, 2014): 519–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361684313510152.
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In cultural contexts in which sexist beliefs are considered traditional, shifts toward gender equality represent an example of cultural change. Polyculturalism is defined as the belief that cultures change constantly through different racial and ethnic groups’ interactions, influences, and exchanges with each other and, therefore, are dynamic and socially constructed rather than static. Thus, polyculturalism may involve openness to cultural change and, thereby, would be expected to be associated with lower sexist attitudes. Four studies (both cross-sectional and longitudinal) with undergraduate and community samples in the Northeastern United States tested whether endorsement of polyculturalism is inversely associated with sexism, above and beyond potentially confounding belief systems. Across studies, for both women and men, endorsement of polyculturalism was associated with lower sexist attitudes for two classes of sexism measures: (a) attitudes toward the rights and roles of women and (b) ambivalent sexist attitudes toward women. Associations remained significant while controlling for potentially confounding variables (colorblindness, conservatism, egalitarianism, gender and ethnic identity, gender and race essentialism, multiculturalism, right-wing authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation). Greater openness to criticizing one’s culture mediated polyculturalism’s association with attitudes toward the rights and roles of women but not with ambivalent sexist attitudes toward women. Studying polyculturalism may provide unique insights into sexism, and more work is needed to understand the mechanisms involved.
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Prameswari, Yasinta Widya, Agus Trihartono, and Abubakar Eby Hara. "Women's Representation in the 2018 United States Midterm Elections." Journal of Feminism and Gender Studies 3, no. 1 (January 31, 2023): 35. http://dx.doi.org/10.19184/jfgs.v3i1.30625.
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United States politics is a difficult arena to reach for women due to the high levels of gender discrimination and sexism. A new history came up on their midterm election on Tuesday 6th November 2018. Due to the record number of women who passed and running for office, also the surge in activism was higher than previos years. The number of female legislator is 23.4% for the House of Representative and 25% for Senate. This record number is the highest one in United State politic history of women representation. The process of increasing women’s representation in 2018 midterm election to some extent influenced by the paradigm shifting of the women’s movement.
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Winnubst, Shannon. "Vampires, Anxieties, and Dreams: Race and Sex in the Contemporary United States." Hypatia 18, no. 3 (2003): 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2003.tb00819.x.
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Drawing on several feminist and anti-racist theorists, 1 use the trope of the vampire to unravel how whiteness, maleness, and heterosexuality feed on the same set of disavowals—of the body, of the Other, of fluidity, of dependency itself. I then turn tojewelle Gomez's The Gilda Stories (1991) for a counternarrative that, along with Donna Harauiay's reading of vampires (1997), retools concepts of kinship and self that undergird racism, sexism, and heterosexism in contemporary U.S. culture.
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Ratliff, Kate A., Liz Redford, John Conway, and Colin Tucker Smith. "Engendering support: Hostile sexism predicts voting for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 U.S. presidential election." Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 22, no. 4 (December 29, 2017): 578–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1368430217741203.
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This research investigated the role of gender attitudes in the United States 2016 presidential election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The results of three studies (combined N = 2,816) showed that, as expected, Trump voters were higher in hostile and benevolent sexism than were Clinton voters. Even after controlling for political ideology and gender (Studies 1, 2, and 3) and minority group attitudes (Study 3), greater hostile sexism predicted more positive attitudes toward Trump, less positive attitudes toward Clinton, and retrospective reports of having voted for Trump over Clinton (Studies 2 and 3). Benevolent sexism did not predict additional variation in voting behavior beyond political ideology and hostile sexism. These results suggest that political behavior is based on more than political ideology; even among those with otherwise progressive views, overtly antagonistic views of women could be a liability to women—and an asset to men—running for office.
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Custers, Kathleen, and Jenna McNallie. "The Relationship Between Television Sports Exposure and Rape Myth Acceptance: The Mediating Role of Sexism and Sexual Objectification of Women." Violence Against Women 23, no. 7 (June 30, 2016): 813–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801216651340.
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Rape affects a large proportion of women in the United States but is one of the most underreported crimes. It is believed that rape myth acceptance contributes to low reporting rates. We tested whether television sports exposure was indirectly related to higher acceptance of rape myth beliefs. An online survey involving 465 undergraduate students showed that viewing TV sports was positively related to hostile sexism, benevolent sexism, and sexual objectification of women. Through these variables, TV sports was indirectly and positively associated with rape myth acceptance. These results suggest that sports programming contributes to the perpetuation of rape myths in society.
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Rothenberg, Paula. "The Construction, Deconstruction, and Reconstruction of Difference." Hypatia 5, no. 1 (1990): 42–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1990.tb00389.x.
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The construction of difference is central to racism, sexism and other forms of oppression. This paper examines the similar and dissimilar ways in which race and gender have been constructed in the United States and analyzes the consequences of these differences in construction for the development of social policy and the growth and nature of movements for social change.
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Dai, Linyan. "Analysis of Gender Discrimination in Fashion Media." Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media 4, no. 1 (May 17, 2023): 209–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/4/20220250.
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For most people in today's society, the changes in media approach brought about by the new media revolution have contributed to a rethinking of gender issues, especially in the field of fashion. This paper focuses on the phenomenon of sexism in fashion media platforms, like gender discrimination, and aims to explore the changing gender discrimination that has been influenced by the changes in fashion media. By comparing and analyzing the similarities and differences of sexism in traditional fashion magazine media and emerging social media in the United States, and based on data from previous studies on gender issues in fashion media, this paper concludes that the phenomenon of sexism in today's new media fashion differs from traditional media fashion in that the problem of gender inequality gradually decreases, gender identity becomes more universal, and has the development trend of equality and diversity
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KENNEDY, ALAN H. "Voters in a Foreign Land: Alien Suffrage in the United States, 1704–1926." Journal of Policy History 34, no. 2 (April 2022): 245–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0898030622000021.
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AbstractAs early as 1704, noncitizen immigrants were legally allowed to vote in what would become the United States. By the end of the eighteenth century, noncitizens could legally vote in most states. State lawmakers offered the franchise as an incentive for white, male, Europeans of working age to migrate. However, rising immigration and nativism led states to reconsider alien suffrage, as noncitizen voting was known, and alien suffrage nearly disappeared by the 1840s. Revived by territorial expansion, demands for cheap labor, urbanization, racism, and sexism, alien suffrage expanded in the mid-to-late nineteenth century, peaking a century after the nation’s founding. However, resurgent nativism, wartime xenophobia, and corruption concerns pushed lawmakers to curtail noncitizen voting, and citizenship became a voting prerequisite in every state by 1926.
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Fink, Janet S., John F. Borland, and Sarah K. Fields. "Sexist Acts in Sports: Media Reactions and Forms of Apologia." International Journal of Sport Communication 4, no. 2 (June 2011): 198–216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ijsc.4.2.198.
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Critical analysis of media coverage is vital as scholars have long suggested that what the media choose to cover and how they choose to cover it have incredible influence on audience perceptions. Therefore, how the media cover negative incidents and sexist comments relative to women in sport can illuminate the manner in which they reinforce or challenge the hegemonic nature of sport. This study critically examined the media’s reaction to 5 specific sexist incidents in sport from 2004 to 2007 and the reactions of the perpetrators themselves and their defenders as represented in the media. Articles (N = 278) covering the incidents from 5 large newspapers representing different areas of the United States were analyzed. Results indicated that there were 4 strategies of apologia (i.e., denial, bolstering, transcendence, and differentiation), and 2 other themes, silence and marginalized sexism, emerged. Theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.
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Mogul, Joey L. "The Dykier, the Butcher, the Better: The State's Use of Homophobia and Sexism to Execute Women in the United States." CUNY Law Review 8, no. 2 (October 1, 2005): 473. http://dx.doi.org/10.31641/clr080221.
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Feng, Shuoqi. "The Impact of Feminism on Womens Political Participation in the United States." Communications in Humanities Research 14, no. 1 (November 20, 2023): 192–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.54254/2753-7064/14/20230457.
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Over the past few decades, there has been a significant increase in the number of women in politics in the United States (U.S.), which has gradually enhanced the status and opportunities for women in the political arena. The emergence of this phenomenon means that womens political status has gradually been recognised by society, and womens aspirations for political ambitions have shown a trend of increasing value. However, most of the related literature has adopted the quantitative analysis of the number of womens participation in politics by means of regression equations. This paper will examine the impact of the feminist movement on womens political participation in the U.S. by qualitatively analysing the political phenomenon from a feminist perspective. Through this analysis, the study establishes that feminism has played an active role in eliminating sexism in politics by calling for womens political participation and campaigning for their rights, encouraging increasing numbers of womens participation in political elections in the U.S..
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Siegele, Jessica L., Robin Hardin, Elizabeth A. Taylor, and Allison B. Smith. "“She is the Best Female Coach”: Female Swimming Coaches’ Experiences of Sexism." Journal of Intercollegiate Sport 13, no. 1 (September 8, 2020): 93–118. http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/jis.v13i1.11676.
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Sport participation for women and girls is at an all-time high in the United States, but women are still widely underrepresented in leadership positions and coaching (Acosta & Carpenter, 2014). Women hold approximately 50% of head coaching positions of women’s teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and only 18% of the head coaching positions of women’s swimming and diving teams (LaVoi & Silva-Breen, 2018). Numerous barriers have been identified through previous research on the factors that inhibit upward career mobility for female coaches. Semi-structured interviews were used to examine the career experiences of 21 current or former female swimming coaches at the NCAA Division I level. The theme of sexism in coaching was pervasive and identified in five different categories: (a) misidentification, (b) differential treatment, (c) isolation, (d) tokenism, and (e) motherhood. The sexism that female coaches experience hinders upward career mobility which can lead to career dissatisfaction and early exits from the field, contributing to the underrepresentation of women in the profession.
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Weys, Dian. "Witnessing sexual harassment in Microbus: A conversation with filmmaker Maggie Kamal." Short Film Studies 13, no. 2 (September 1, 2023): 101–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/sfs_00096_7.
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Maggie Kamal is an Egyptian filmmaker based in New York City. Culminating in a scene of sexual harassment, her short film Microbus (2021) serves as a microcosm of patriarchal society and the precarious situations that women often have to navigate. During its festival run from March 2021 until August 2023, the short film drew passionate yet diverging responses from across the United States, Europe and the Middle East, suggesting how audience reception can reveal the different yet subtle ways in which sexism operates.
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Jacobs, Fayola. "Black feminism and radical planning: New directions for disaster planning research." Planning Theory 18, no. 1 (March 15, 2018): 24–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1473095218763221.
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After Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of the United States’ Gulf Coast, conversations about flooding became focused on the interconnections between so-called “natural” disasters, poverty, gender and race. Although research has long shown that women, people of color and low-income communities are more vulnerable to natural hazards, the disproportionate effects of Hurricane Katrina and subsequent federal and state disaster response efforts forced the national spotlight on the institutional and systemic nature of racism, classism and sexism. Using Black feminism and radical planning theory, two lenses that provides a comprehensive framework for understanding racism, classism and sexism, this article examines the concept and literature of social vulnerability. I argue while social vulnerability research has made significant contributions to planners’ understandings of disasters and inequity, it fails to center community knowledge, identify intersectional oppressions and name them as such and encourage community activism, all of which are keys to making meaningful change.
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McKeen, Juliana Pinto. "Mind the Gap: Addressing Childcare Inequalities for Children and Caregivers." Columbia Social Work Review 19, no. 1 (May 4, 2021): 44–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.52214/cswr.v19i1.7591.
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Formal childcare has been in crisis since its inception. Attempts at regulation and uniformity have been inadequate and culturally insensitive. Seen as a women’s issue, it is rarely at the forefront of policy. The topic has recently gripped the national stage due to the ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the childcare industry and its effect on the middle class. While white families who struggle for childcare are currently receiving more attention, Black women and other women of color have been unsupported by the industry. The inadequacy of childcare in the United States upholds racism and sexism. The intersectionality of gender, race, and socioeconomic status plays a large part in the inequitable experiences for Black and Brown children and childcare workers in the United States. The lack of progress in this arena has stifled generations of children, given that research shows quality early childhood education is an optimal vehicle for upward mobility and is correlated with more stable and prosperous adulthoods.
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Stoll, Laurie Cooper. "Fat Is a Social Justice Issue, Too." Humanity & Society 43, no. 4 (March 14, 2019): 421–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0160597619832051.
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Empirical evidence continues to show that like other historically marginalized groups, fat people experience discrimination in employment, education, the media, politics, interpersonal relationships, and especially health care. Yet, despite the fact that fatphobia in the United States has always been intimately connected to other systems of oppression like sexism, racism, and classism, those of us who identify as critical sociologists so often exclude it from our analyses. We fail to acknowledge that fat is a social justice issue, too. In this article, I argue that fatphobia is a system of oppression worthy of greater theoretical and empirical consideration in humanist sociology. I begin by providing a brief history of the ways fat has been pathologized and medicalized in the United States. I then discuss some of the ways fat is connected with gender, race, and class in particular. Finally, I offer some strategies for how critical sociologists can move forward, including suggestions for engaging in fat activism.
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Does, Serena, Seval Gündemir, and Margaret Shih. "The Divided States of America: How the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Shaped Perceived Levels of Gender Equality." Social Psychological and Personality Science 10, no. 3 (February 16, 2018): 374–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550618757033.
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When Barack Obama became the first Black American to be elected president of the United States, many claimed that a “postracial” society had been achieved. Analogously, we predicted that the election of a first woman president—that is, a Hillary Clinton victory—would increase perceptions of gender equality in the United States. In contrast, we predicted that a Donald Trump victory would decrease perceived gender equality. Pre- and postelection data revealed that perceived gender equality indeed decreased immediately after Election Day, but only for those who preferred Clinton over Trump—thus increasing polarization between Trump and Clinton supporters on gender-related issues. In an experimental study using a fictitious election, we found that both the winner’s gender and sexism of the man candidate contributed, independently, to perceived gender inequality. These two studies demonstrate how prominent events, such as political elections, can shape people’s perceived levels of systemic inequality. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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Kuradusenge-McLeod, Claudine. "Multiple Identities and Scholarship: Black Scholars’ Struggles for Acceptance and Recognition in the United States of America." International Studies Review 23, no. 2 (February 1, 2021): 346–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isr/viaa098.
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Abstract This article explores the stories of African and African American scholars in predominantly white institutions. It sheds light on the challenges of underrepresentation, sexism, and racial identity in an area of white fragility: academia. The lack of representation among International Studies scholars in the United States and Europe has not only had an impact on academia, but has also put heavy pressure on minority scholars, since they are often asked, by their institutions and students, to advise and mentor students who too often feel out of place or misunderstood by the faculty available to them. Therefore, it is imperative that we embrace minority faculty members, whether they are from the United States, Europe, or the Global South. Using narrative analysis, I examine conversations that I had with thirteen Black women who work at prestigious white universities and ten students who took classes with at least one Black, female professor. Although our field has expanded and accepted new members, many minority scholars still see it as a very selective, almost all Western, boys’ club.
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Swank, Eric, Breanne Fahs, and Holly N. Haywood. "Evaluating Appalachian Distinctiveness for Gender Expectations, Sexual Violence, and Rape Myths." Journal of Appalachian Studies 17, no. 1-2 (April 1, 2011): 123–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/41446938.
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Abstract Scholars and pundits have asserted that the United States has regions and pockets that serve as hotbeds of traditional gender roles. Through quantitative techniques, this analysis explores whether Appalachian college students differentiated themselves from others on a litany of different gender role measures (n = 508). Ultimately, Appalachian college students failed to distinguish themselves in the Feminist Perspectives Scale, the Modern Sexism Scale, Attitudes toward Rape Victims Scale, and the Sexual Experiences Scale. In fact, the only statistically significant measures found that Appalachians were less likely to know school acquaintances who were the survivors of sexual violence, thus implying that Appalachians did not distinguish themselves by their "rural distinctiveness" with regard to gender roles.
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Baram, Uzi. "Teaching Race with Optimism and Hope." Teaching Anthropology 12, no. 2 (November 29, 2023): 92–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.22582/ta.v12i2.694.
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Teaching that includes exposing systematic inequalities, racism, and sexism is facing challenges in Florida, USA. While the news media covers the new legislation in Florida, laws that are being replicated across the United States and dovetail with similar political intrusions into academia across the globe, the implications are found with how practices have changed. Reflecting on two decades of teaching on race and ethnicity in global perspective, this article describes the anthropology course offered at an honors college in terms of the teaching style, structure, and content. An anthropology of optimism and hope animates the pedagogy. Yet the course faces scrutiny under 2022 state legislation and is no longer being offered at New College of Florida.
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Haynes, Ray, and Meera Alagaraja. "On the Discourse of Affirmative Action and Reservation in the United States and India." Advances in Developing Human Resources 18, no. 1 (December 28, 2015): 69–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1523422315619141.
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The Problem Discriminatory practices appear to be part of the human condition and these practices negatively impact historically oppressed and marginalized groups. The United States developed the system of Affirmative Action (AA), and India developed the system of Reservation to end discriminatory practices and increase diversity; particularly in the areas of employment and education. The sustainability of both systems is an open question because the dominant discourses about AA and Reservation generally are negative. AA and Reservation are viewed as public goods by some as well as public nuisances; and are criticized as thwarting meritocracy and creating innocent victims. Organizations as microcosms of society experience this controversy which impacts the utility of AA and Reservation, and the implementation of diversity management (DM) programs. In some instances, misunderstanding and opposition to AA, Reservation, and DM programs can be attributed to the human maladies of racism, sexism, and casteism. These conditions require dynamic and complex interventions that go beyond simplistic training and development interventions. The Solution Human resource development (HRD) practitioners should adopt an expansive definition of HRD which include the design and implementation of developmental interventions for an increasingly diverse workforce. Given the growing adoption of HRD practice internationally, we provide two units of discourse about AA and Reservation to demonstrate the importance of dialogue and inclusion when developing DM interventions. Importantly, we illustrate how conversations representing majority and minority perspectives can foster Dialogic HRD (DHRD) practice. The Stakeholders The stakeholders are organizational leaders, policymakers, DM program managers, and HRD practitioners.
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Pérez, Michelle Salazar. "Children’s media as a conduit for “unbiased” news: Critical reflections on the coverage of Trump’s presidential campaign." Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood 20, no. 4 (December 2019): 350–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1463949119888481.
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On 8 November 2016, Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. During his campaign, Trump put on display long held sexist, racist, and bigoted views on women; people of color; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning/queer, intersex peoples, and Others. Media coverage in the U.S. and around the world was not limited to news cycles intended for adult audiences only. Scholastic News Kids Press Corps, a free online publication for and ‘by kids’ ages 10 to 14, joined the conversation in 2015. This article shares analysis of Scholastic News Kids Press Corps’ coverage of Trump’s campaign, theorized through a critical, women of color feminist lens. Major themes that emerged include teaching children how to be unbiased reporters; the importance of being part of the political process and voting; social and policy issues; and Trump’s disposition/sexism. While news content broached issues from varying perspectives, it often stopped short of providing critical reflections and historical context of the issues being reported. Possibilities are discussed for expanding how news media for and by children can be conceptualized, in addition to how educators can engage in critical media literacy with children across multiple age groups, including the early years.
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Mallinger, Gayle, Saundra Starks, and Kirsten Tarter. "Women Social Workers." Affilia 32, no. 1 (July 27, 2016): 81–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886109916647766.
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Research continues to demonstrate that female social workers earn less than their male counterparts and experience significant barriers to professional advancement. Yet, little has been written about factors promoting women’s progress within the structural barriers that disadvantage women social workers. The combination of ethic of care, risk and resilience, and ecological theories informs the conceptual model outlined in this article. This model provides a roadmap for understanding national and organizational impediments to the success of women social workers and offers strategies for empowering women in the profession in the United States. Social work practitioners and administrators must engage in frank discussions about sexism, nurture leadership skills, and advocate for the elimination of gender discrimination and for the promotion of equal opportunity in social service organizations.
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Mayweathers, Dr Denise Gates. "Leveraging Organizational Socialization to Enhance Employability." International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science VII, no. XI (2023): 1519–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.47772/ijriss.2023.7011119.
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The purpose of this paper was to make sense of the lived experiences of 140 professionals as they related to organizational socialization and employability. It offered the salient themes that emerged from interview, questionnaire, and focus group data collected from organizational members residing in the United States. Findings revealed that employability was enhanced when organizational members were able to manage or overcome traumatic workplace betrayals such as: 1) sexism, 2) racism, 3) sexual harassment, 4) pay disparities, 5) threats to safety, and 6) fraudulent complaints and/or disciplinary actions, etc. This work encompassed strategies to promote effective organizational socialization, which may help enhance employability. Supporting an existing framework on organizational socialization, this research has implications for member retention and human resources management.
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Yep, Gust A., Gerianne M. Merrigan, Jon B. Martin, Karen E. Lovaas, and Amy B. Cetron. "HIV/AIDS in Asian and Pacific Islander Communities in the United States: A Follow-up Review and Analysis with Recommendations for Researchers and Practitioners." International Quarterly of Community Health Education 21, no. 3 (October 2002): 199–227. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/b653-fcvw-u8xu-cnh1.
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A steady increase in the spread of HIV in Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities in the United States has been reported in the new millennium. This article provides an update on Yep's earlier synthesis of research on HIV/AIDS in API communities in the United States [1], and offers recommendations for further theoretical work and community interventions. First, the AIDS Risk Reduction Model (ARRM) is introduced and described. Second, using ARRM as an organizing framework, behavioral research on API HIV/AIDS published since 1992–93 is reviewed and synthesized. Third, the ARRM is examined for its appropriateness for API communities. Finally, recommendations are offered for researchers and practitioners doing HIV education and prevention work in U.S. API communities in the coming decade. AIDS in any community of color involves a thorough discourse on AIDSphobia, racism, homophobia, sex(uality), sexism, classism, and other social diseases that compose the total realities of the pandemic…. The AIDS crisis in Asian America is riddled with complexities [2, pp. 201–202]. The development of Asian American responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic has been a struggle for visibility and particularity within an epidemic in which Asians and Pacific Islanders were first invisible and then seen as monocultural by dominant institutions [3, p. 63].
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Wahlen, Samantha. "Shrugging off the tiger: Examining the state of contemporary feminism in the Trumpian era through Maria Berrio’s El Cielo Tiene Jardines." Visual Inquiry 9, no. 3 (December 1, 2020): 171–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/vi_00020_1.
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Through the examination of the artwork of Maria Berrio, parallels are drawn between her work, entitled El Cielo Tiene Jardines, and the 2019 political climate under Donald Trump. With the intention of linking the rise of feminism to Trump’s presence in office as president of the United States, specifically through examples of his sexism, narcissism and preference for patriarchy, this is approached through the metaphors of Berrio’s painting. In retaliation to the upswing of sexism, narcissism and patriarchy coming from the White House, each element examined in the artwork is meant to describe the relationship to Donald Trump’s personality cult as well as the corresponding reaction of anti-Trumpian groups, particularly feminists, as well as prescribers to psychoanalytic theory. Examples are cited from Trump’s presence in the media, including tweets, personal statements and historical evidence supporting the arguments made. Topics of neo-colonialism, the American Dream and the generalization of the female desire to remove herself from the submissive role of patriarchal assignment are also discussed. With what was being hailed as Third Wave Feminism, beginning with the Woman’s March of 2017, these aspects of Trumpian character and behaviour are described through the model of Berrio’s stunning mix-media painting and are meant to appeal to readers through both feminist and psychoanalytical analyses.
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Bhatt, Rajendra Prasad. "Walker’s The Color Purple: Portrayal of Celie’s Struggle from Servitude to Sovereignty." Far Western Review 1, no. 1 (September 4, 2023): 223–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/fwr.v1i1.58340.
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This paper attempts to explore Celie’s struggle for independence in a male dominated African American society as depicted in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple (1982). Focusing on the lives of African-American women in the Southern United states during 1930s, it unfolds the events of black male brutality towards black women. It exposes the ways that the central character, Celie, pursues, when she proceeds to her long journey to freedom. Celie passes through a difficult path of racial/patriarchal oppression before she gets sovereignty. She accepts the solidarity of the female community to accomplish her quest for identity. Applying textual inquiry approach, the present paper highlights the role of deep female relationships in the life of Celie, a poor black girl. Celie becomes stronger when she gets support from other women, which helps her to emancipate herself from the evils of patriarchy and sexism. Celie’s freedom goes through physical, then spiritual, and finally economic phases, specifically, when she establishes her own business. Narrating the accounts of under privileged black community, Walker clarifies that ‘womanism’ is the only medium that helps to liberate inconspicuous southern black women from patriarchy and structural racism and sexism. The harsh circumstances are the key factors which make African American community captive and black women’s lives miserable.
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Stewart, Saran, Yasmin Elgoharry, and Ayaa Elgoharry. "Humanizing the Lived Experiences of Muslim, Immigrant-Origin, Women Doctoral Students, and Black Women Faculty: A Photovoice Study." Review of Higher Education 47, no. 3 (March 2024): 315–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/rhe.2024.a921605.
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Abstract: Using the frameworks of Critical Race Feminism (CRF) and Representational Intersectionality, we employ photovoice as a form of Participatory Action Research (PAR) method to illustrate the lived experiences and voices of Muslim, immigrant-origin, women doctoral students, and Black faculty in predominantly and historically white institutions (PHWIs) within the United States (U.S.). The findings illustrate how we make meaning of our academic experiences, and challenge grand narratives that are rooted in anti-Blackness, anti-Muslim, anti-immigration, sexism, classism, racism, and other forms of social oppressions in order to provide and develop humanizing approaches to be seen and valued within higher education. This study expands on strategies to support and empower graduate and faculty women of color in the Academy as they navigate and find humanizing approaches to succeed in PHWIs.
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Rapp, Kristen Schorpp, Vanessa V. Volpe, and Hannah Neukrug. "Erratum In: State-Level Sexism and Women’s Health Care Access in the United States: Differences by Race/Ethnicity, 2014–2019." American Journal of Public Health 112, no. 2 (February 2022): e4-e4. http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2021.306685.
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LeBaron-Black, Ashley, Heather Kelley, Megan Van Alfen, Julie Button, Sarah Coyne, and Chenae Christensen-Duerden. "Predictors of Differing Experiences with Scriptural Women and Heavenly Mother among Latter-day Saints." Journal of the Mormon Social Science Association 2, no. 1 (2024): 59–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.54587/jmssa.0203.
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Although the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints avows some empowering doctrines related to gender (including belief in a Heavenly Mother), its members may not be immune to the harmful effects of sexism nor uniform in their gender ideologies. With a mixed methods approach, we explored how Latter-day Saints orient to the belief in female deity, how individual experiences and beliefs about gender are associated with members’ religious experiences and behaviors, and whether these links depend on one’s gender. Using survey responses from a convenience sample of 1,674 adult Latter-day Saints living in the United States, we tested a structural equation model and two moderation models. We supplemented these analyses with qualitative data analysis of four focus groups (n=15) of Latter-day Saints living near Utah County, Utah. On average, Latter-day Saint women who had been the victims of repeated sexism noticed a lack of discussion about scriptural women and Heavenly Mother at church and sought out these topics more frequently in their personal study. Regardless of gender, the more traditional a participant’s gender ideology, the more frequently they perceived that scriptural women and Heavenly Mother are discussed at church and the less frequently they reported to have studied them on their own time. Drawing on themes that emerged, we discuss gender inequalities in the Church, intentional efforts to discuss and study scriptural women and Heavenly Mother, and the impact of those stories and doctrines on members’ personal and spiritual wellbeing. A celebration of women—including feminine deity—may be a balm for the souls of Latter-day Saints wounded by sexism.
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Ortega-Liston, Ramona, María Esther Moral Fajardo, and Cecilia Cadena Inostroza. "LOS MENTORES EN EL DESARROLLO PROFESIONAL DE LAS MUJERES. ESTADOS UNIDOS Y MÉXICO." RAUDEM. Revista de Estudios de las Mujeres 1 (May 22, 2017): 131. http://dx.doi.org/10.25115/raudem.v1i0.570.
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ResumenDificultades de las mujeres para acceder a educación y puestos de trabajo comprende no solo sexismo, sino raza e identidad étnica. Se examinan los casos en la inserción laboral de mujeres profesionales afroamericanas y árabes que viven en Estados Unidos y de mujeres mexicanas en su país. Se revisan dificultades en su educación y carrera profesional, las estrategias para superarlas, principalmente el papel de los mentores/tutores. La principal conclusión es el papel determinante de los tutores en la trayectoria educativa y profesional de las mujeres y las que han sido apoyadas por éstos generalmente se convierten en mentoras.Palabras clave: Mentores/tutores, trayectorias de mujeres, narrativa.English Title: Mentors in the Development of Professional Women. United States and MexicoAbstract: Impediments to women’s access to education and jobs include not only sexism, but race and ethnicity. This paper examines the work placement experiences of Afro-American and Arab professional women living in the USA, and of Mexican women in their own country. The educational and professional career struggles are reviewed; the strategies for success, and the role of mentors, are also examined. The conclusion is that the role of mentors is decisive in the career education of women, and that those women often become mentors in their turn.Key words: Mentors, women’s career, narrative.
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Brooks, Thomas R., Stephen Reysen, and Jennifer Shaw. "Smashing back Doors in: Negative Attitudes toward Bottoms within the Gay Community." World Journal of Social Science Research 4, no. 2 (April 28, 2017): 129. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/wjssr.v4n2p129.
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<p><em>In the current study, we examined the relationship between hegemonic masculinity and negative attitudes toward effeminacy with prejudice toward sex-role identities in the gay community. Participants recruited from LGBTQA+ student groups from across the United States, completed measures related to their adherence toward hegemonic masculinity, attitudes toward effeminacy, and opinions about bottoms (men who prefer to be penetrated during anal intercourse). The results showed, first,</em><em> </em><em>established evidence that a prejudice toward bottoms does exist. Second, anti-effeminacy attitudes, hostile and benevolent sexism, and male toughness norms predicted prejudice toward bottoms. Taken together, the results illuminate both the importance of sex-role identities within the gay community, and marginalization within the community directed toward men who identify as bottoms. </em></p>
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Cooky, Cheryl, Faye L. Wachs, Michael Messner, and Shari L. Dworkin. "It’s Not About the Game: Don Imus, Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Media." Sociology of Sport Journal 27, no. 2 (June 2010): 139–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ssj.27.2.139.
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Using intersectionality and hegemony theory, we critically analyze mainstream print news media’s response to Don Imus’ exchange on the 2007 NCAA women’s basketball championship game. Content and textual analysis reveals the following media frames: “invisibility and silence”; “controlling images versus women’s self-definitions”; and, “outside the frame: social issues in sport and society.” The paper situates these media frames within a broader societal context wherein 1) women’s sports are silenced, trivialized and sexualized, 2) media representations of African-American women in the U. S. have historically reproduced racism and sexism, and 3) race and class relations differentially shape dominant understandings of African-American women’s participation in sport. We conclude that news media reproduced monolithic understandings of social inequality, which lacked insight into the intersecting nature of oppression for women, both in sport and in the United States.
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Wang, Yaxue, and Qian Zhao. "On Greta Gaard’s critical ecofeminist animal research." Probe - Animal Science 5, no. 1 (September 14, 2023): 1780. http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/pas.v5i1.1780.
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<p>The term “women” in ecofeminism goes far beyond its own scope and has a wide range of references: women, animals, plants, nature, people of color, grassroots people at the bottom of the ladder, and so on. As a famous contemporary ecofeminist scholar in the United States, Greta Gaard focuses her critical ecofeminism more on the criticism of sexism and speciesism, and she has been committed to animal research in ecofeminism. In her critical animal research, Gaard inherited the animal research of ecofeminists and advanced the research of critical ecofeminist animal study. She is not only highly concerned with the issue of animal oppression, but also proposes the theory of vegan ecofeminism and animal liberation, which are extensions and essence of Gaard’s critical animal research.<strong></strong></p>
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Martinez, Melissa A., Marialena Rivera, and Jocabed Marquez. "Learning From the Experiences and Development of Latina School Leaders." Educational Administration Quarterly 56, no. 3 (August 1, 2019): 472–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013161x19866491.
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Purpose: With the rise of the Latinx student population in the United States and the urgency to meet the needs of this diverse community, there has been an increased concern and interest in preparing more Latinx educators and school leaders. This study contributes to this knowledge base by centering the voices and experiences of four Latina school leaders in the United States. All of the school leaders were current or former school principals and/or assistant principals at the time of the study, with three being from Texas and one from California. Research Approach: Drawing on the methodological tenets of testimonio, this study asked: What are Latina school leaders’ professional experiences like, both positive and negative, given the intersectionality of their social identities? Utilizing intersectionality as a theoretical framework provided the means to analyze and understand Latina school leaders’ multiple social identities and the role that such identities played in their professional roles and career trajectories as school leaders within the larger context of educational politics and systemic inequities. Findings: Testimonios of participants centered on four themes related to how they confronted gender roles and expectations of motherhood, the criticality of mentorship, how they confronted and addressed racism and sexism, and harnessed bilingualism to empower self and others. Implications: Findings help inform those seeking to meet the needs of our growing Latinx student population, including school district administrators, current and upcoming school leaders, and those working to prepare a more diverse school leadership pipeline.
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Angelone, D. J., Damon Mitchell, and Danielle Smith. "The Influence of Gender Ideology, Victim Resistance, and Spiking a Drink on Acquaintance Rape Attributions." Journal of Interpersonal Violence 33, no. 20 (February 24, 2016): 3186–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260516635318.
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The current study examined observer’s attributions about the victim and perpetrator of an alleged acquaintance rape. Participants included 504 college students from a public university in the northeastern United States who read a brief crime report and completed a series of questionnaires for course credit. While men tended to attribute more blame to the victim than women, gender ideology emerged as a stronger predictor of rape attributions, and some types of sexist beliefs were associated with greater victim blaming and others with less victim blaming. Endorsement of hostile sexism, rape myths, and heterosexual intimacy was generally associated with the attribution of greater victim culpability, as well as less perpetrator culpability, perpetrator criminality, and victim credibility. However, complementary gender differentiation was associated with greater perpetrator culpability and criminality, while protective paternalism was associated with greater victim credibility. Observers attributed lower victim culpability and greater perpetrator criminality when the victim’s drink was spiked, and attributed greater perpetrator culpability when the victim verbally resisted the perpetrator’s advances. Given the implications that observer attitudes can have on professional and personal support for survivors, as well as juror decision making, the ongoing examination of the complex interplay between the person and situational factors affecting attributions of rape is essential. Sexual assault prevention programs may also benefit from a psychoeducational component that targets reducing traditional gender ideology.
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Conrow, Angelina R., and Regan A. R. Gurung. "Prejudice Toward Asian American Women: Clothing Influences Stereotypes." Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research 26, no. 3 (2021): 347–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.24839/2325-7342.jn26.3.347.
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Clothing type can have a significant impact on the way people are perceived. In this study, we were interested in the effect of business versus casual clothing on the perception of Asian American women, given various stereotypes about them. We used a between-subjects design with a sample of college students from a university in the United States. Participants saw 3 Asian American women (and 1 European American woman to distract from the nature of the study) in either business attire or casual outfits, and rated each woman on a series of descriptors based off various stereotypes of Asian American women. We used the Scale of Anti-Asian American Stereotypes to measure internal prejudice toward Asian Americans and the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory to measure sexism. The Scale of Anti-Asian American stereotypes was a significant covariate, F(4, 233) = 6.09, p < .001, ηp2 = .10. Participants rated models in business attire as less stereotypically Asian, F(1, 239) = 46.56, p < .001, ηp2 = .17, less sexualized, F(1, 239) = 12.91, p < .001, ηp2 = .05, and less invisible, F(1, 239) = 42.01, p < .001, ηp2 = .15. Our results show that stereotypes can indeed be influenced by business attire. It is important to note that future research may be oriented toward changing the attitudes of those who hold harmful stereotypes, rather than the actions (i.e., clothing choices) of the subjects of prejudice.
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Brady, Jennifer L., Aylin Kaya, Derek Iwamoto, Athena Park, Lauren Fox, and Marcus Moorhead. "Asian American Women’s Body Image Experiences." Psychology of Women Quarterly 41, no. 4 (September 19, 2017): 479–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361684317725311.
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The purpose of our study was to explore Asian American women’s body image experiences from an intersectional framework. Utilizing grounded theory methodology, we sought to understand how gender and race intersect with unique experiences of oppression to contribute to body dissatisfaction among Asian American women. Twenty Asian American undergraduate women born in the United States participated in semi-structured interviews. The core category “body image” was composed of attitudes and perceptions about body weight, shape, and size; facial features (e.g., eye size); and skin complexion or tone. Five categories emerged that informed the body image experiences of Asian American women: (1) navigating cultural beauty norms, (2) experiences of sexism and racism, (3) parental influences, (4) peer influences, and (5) identity management processes. Each of these categories appeared to have both positive and negative consequences for appearance evaluation, ranging from self-consciousness to confidence. Participants also described coping strategies for managing these experiences. We encourage psychologists and clinicians to consider culture-specific beauty standards for Asian American women as well as salient racial and cultural factors (e.g., perceived discrimination and biculturative stress) that may influence body image beliefs. Our results offer a new model for understanding Asian American women’s body dissatisfaction as rooted in experiences of racism and sexism. Online slides for instructors who want to use this article for teaching are available on PWQ' s website at http://journals.sagepub.com/page/pwq/suppl/index