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Navigating Gender Inequality In Musical Subgenres, Adria Ryan Mclaughlin
Navigating Gender Inequality In Musical Subgenres, Adria Ryan Mclaughlin
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This study looks at female musicians performing in subcultural rock genres commonly considered non-gender-conforming, such as punk rock, heavy metal, noise, and experimental. Twenty-four interviews were conducted with female musicians who reflected on their experiences as musicians. Themes emerged on women’s patterns of entry into music, barriers they negotiated while playing, and forces that may push them out of the music scene. Once women gained a musician identity, their gender functioned as a master status. They negotiated sexism when people questioned their abilities, assumed men played better, expected them to fail, held them to conventional gender roles, and sexually objectified …
When Security Dominates The Agenda: The Influence Of Interstate Rivalry On Women's Status, Theresa Schroeder
When Security Dominates The Agenda: The Influence Of Interstate Rivalry On Women's Status, Theresa Schroeder
Theses and Dissertations--Political Science
The overarching theme of my dissertation is the effect of interstate rivalries on women’s status. Specifically, I investigate the influence of rivalries on the election of women, the adoption of a gender quota, and the overall level of gender equality. National security is a prime concern in states involved in an interstate rivalry, which can influence women’s lives in a number of key ways. Through the actions of individual voters and rational parties, I find that being in an interstate rivalry leads to lower levels of female representation. In addition, I theorize that rivalries lessen societal pressure to increase female …