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Something Old, Something New: Historicizing Same-Sex Marriage Within Ongoing Struggles Over African Marriage In South Africa,
2018
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Something Old, Something New: Historicizing Same-Sex Marriage Within Ongoing Struggles Over African Marriage In South Africa, Michael W. Yarbrough
Publications and Research
This article examines contemporary struggles over same-sex marriage in the daily lives of black lesbian- and gay-identified South Africans. Based primarily on 21 in-depth interviews with such South Africans drawn from a larger project on post-apartheid South African marriage, the author argues that their current struggles for relationship recognition share much in common with contemporaneous struggles of their heterosexual counterparts, and that these commonalities reflect ongoing tensions between more extended-family and more dyadic understandings of African marriage. The increasing influence of dyadic understandings of marriage, and of associated ideals of romantic love, has helped inspire same-sex marriage claims and, in ...
African American Msm And Hiv/Aids – Why It’S Not Just Behavior: A Literature Review, Examining The Institutional And Structural Causes Of Hiv/Aids Prevalence Among African American Msm, Situated By Social Theories,
2018
The College at Brockport
African American Msm And Hiv/Aids – Why It’S Not Just Behavior: A Literature Review, Examining The Institutional And Structural Causes Of Hiv/Aids Prevalence Among African American Msm, Situated By Social Theories, Chris Devaun R Parker
Student Research Awards
This literature review examines existing research, through the lens of social science theories, and as an alternative to individual behavior change models, to explain how structural and institutional elements can and do influence the disparate prevalence of HIV among AA MSM. Using the framework of syndemic theory, it highlights the structural elements and the confluence of multiple epidemics that compound to affect the prospect of delimiting the burden of the virus on this specific subgroup. For the sake of clearer sociopolitical context, it also uses critical race theory to highlight how the changing demography and political climate of the US ...
Gender & Sexuality Services Newsletter, September 2018,
2018
University of Northern Iowa
Gender & Sexuality Services Newsletter, September 2018, University Of Northern Iowa. Gender & Sexuality Services.
Gender & Sexuality Services Newsletter
Inside This Issue:
--Safe Zone Ally Training
--Get A Mentor
--No Class Cancelled
--That's So Gay
--LGBTQ+ Affirming Christian Group
--Past Apologetics
--LGBTQ* Students: Want to Share Your Story?
--Stay Connected With Gender & Sexuality Services
Gender Identity And Justice In Nigeria: An Appraisal Of Women In Lagos State,
2018
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
Gender Identity And Justice In Nigeria: An Appraisal Of Women In Lagos State, Oluwaseun Olanrewaju
The Journal of Social Encounters
This paper examines gender identity and justice in the light of gender discrimination against women in Nigeria. Through the use of primary research, with the specific focus on women resident in Lagos state, the findings of this research show that in Nigeria, women are often considered as subservient to men. This paper therefore asserts that there is an urgent need to address gender inequality in order to create a gender balanced society. Furthermore, the paper concludes that gender equality will translate to justice for women and empower them to contribute positively to the overall development of Nigeria.
"We Just Treat Everyone The Same": Lgbtq Aquatic Management Strategies, Barriers And Implementation,
2018
University of Southern Indiana
"We Just Treat Everyone The Same": Lgbtq Aquatic Management Strategies, Barriers And Implementation, Austin R. Anderson, Eric Knee, William D. Ramos, Tiffany Monique Quash
International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education
This study examined the management of aquatic venues in a number of areas (facilities, programming, human resource management, marketing, policies) as it pertains to LGBTQ participants and participation. The study utilized in-depth semi-structured interviews with 16 aquatic managers to examine steps that are currently being taken (or lack thereof) when it comes to creating environments that are perceived to be open, or closed, to LGBTQ participants. A grounded theory-based process of data collection and analysis resulted in emergent themes. These themes included: (a) gendered spaces, (b) non-aquatic initiatives, (c) staff knowledgeability, (d) departmental and organizational mission, (e) aquatic-specific programming and ...
Allostatic Load Biomarker Associations With Depressive Symptoms Vary Among Us Black And White Women And Men,
2018
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Allostatic Load Biomarker Associations With Depressive Symptoms Vary Among Us Black And White Women And Men, Ganga Bey, William M. Jesdale, Christine M. Ulbricht, Eric O. Mick, Sharina D. Person
Open Access Articles
The prevalence and severity of depression differ in women and men and across racial groups. Psychosocial factors such as chronic stress have been proposed as contributors, but causes of this variation are not fully understood. Allostatic load, a measure of the physiological burden of chronic stress, is known to be associated with depression. Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005(-)2010, we examined the associations of nine allostatic load biomarkers with depression among US black and white adults aged 18(-)64 years (n = 6431). Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Patient Health Questionaire-9; logistic models estimated ...
“María Llena Eres De Gracia” Y Una Desconocida: La Fortaleza Del Espíritu Humano,
2018
Wright State University
“María Llena Eres De Gracia” Y Una Desconocida: La Fortaleza Del Espíritu Humano, Yaakov Oliveira
Best Integrated Writing
The compassion for, and understanding of, The Other, without bias, is the most revealing attribute of this paper. Given that immigration, and undocumented people constantly coming to the US, has become a national issue, it is inspiring to see that there still are ways of evaluating the problematic--with objectivity--yet with admiration. This writer is capable of seeing with the inner eyes, perceiving the colloquialisms of the Spanish language, the traits of the culture, and the emotion of both narratives that he is comparing. At the end of the day, film and art remain as the bridge between cultures.
Best Integrated Writing 2018 - Complete Edition,
2018
Wright State University
Best Integrated Writing 2018 - Complete Edition
Best Integrated Writing
Best Integrated Writing includes excellent student writing from Integrated Writing courses taught at Wright State University. The journal is published annually by the Wright State University Department of English Language and Literatures.
Women's Use Of Indigenous Knowledge For Environmental Security And Sustainable Development In Southwest Nigeria,
2018
Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER)
Women's Use Of Indigenous Knowledge For Environmental Security And Sustainable Development In Southwest Nigeria, Yetunde Adebunmi Aluko
The International Indigenous Policy Journal
Indigenous women are important part of a community’s social capital. This study examined women’s use of Indigenous knowledge (IK) for environmental security and sustainable development in southwest Nigeria. Qualitative data was collected using in-depth interviews conducted among 80 purposively selected rural Yoruba women. The data were analysed using descriptive tools such as frequencies, percentages, and content analysis. The findings reveal an extensive wealth of IK used in agriculture, food processing and preservation, family health care, and child care. The findings also suggest that paying attention to IK will help to incorporate culture as part of rural development and ...
A Case Study: Inclusion Of Student-Athletes Who Identify As Sexual Minority At An Ncaa Division I Institution,
2018
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
A Case Study: Inclusion Of Student-Athletes Who Identify As Sexual Minority At An Ncaa Division I Institution, Megan Turk
Theses and Dissertations
In comparison to heterosexual counterparts, sexual minority student-athletes are two times more likely to experience harassment, more negative climates, report feeling deliberately ignored or excluded from team actives and are subjected to orientation-based derogatory marks via electronic means (Rankin & Merson, 2012). This particular population is 2-3 times more likely to experience anxiety and depression, nearly 14% will attempt suicide or acts of self-harm, and are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol (Cunningham, 2015). Non-inclusive climates negatively affect academic and athletic performance (Wolf-Wendel, Bajaj, & Spriggs, 2008; Turk, & Stokowski, 2016; Cunningham, 2015). The Athletic Equality Index (AEI) measures LGBTQ inclusion policies and practices in Power 5 conference athletic spaces. University fails to adequately meet 80% of the AEI criteria: non-discrimination policies, out or allied staff, accessible resources, collaboration with campus group(s), LGBTQ student-athlete group or initiative, pro LGBTQ equality campaign/statement, LGBTQ inclusive fan code of conduct, and guidelines ...
Elaboration Within Compliance:
Linguistic Patterns Within Coercive Control In Sex Trafficking,
2018
CUNY John Jay College
Elaboration Within Compliance: Linguistic Patterns Within Coercive Control In Sex Trafficking, Jessica Pomerantz
Student Theses
This study examines how the use of elaboration as a means of compliance, used by victims of sex trafficking in long-term relationships with their exploiters, supports the presence of chronic coercive control. A discourse analytical framework is used to capture the non-explicit coercive dynamics in conversations between sex workers and their exploiters. This study also employs the theoretical framework of coercive control to examine how victims use elaboration as a means of compliance to navigate the implicit and ongoing threats incorporated in an environment of coercive control. Linguistic analyses of the language that victims use with their traffickers compared to ...
Queering Player Agency And Paratexts: An Analysis And Expansion Of Queerbaiting In Video Games,
2018
Wilfrid Laurier University
Queering Player Agency And Paratexts: An Analysis And Expansion Of Queerbaiting In Video Games, Jessica Kathryn Needham
Cultural Analysis and Social Theory Major Research Papers
Queerbaiting refers to the way that consumers are lured in with a queer storyline only to have it taken away, collapse into tragic cliché, or fail to offer affirmative representation. Recent queerbaiting research has focused almost exclusively on television, leaving gaps in the ways queer representation is negotiated in other media forms. Using video games as a starting point, this Major Research Project seeks to fill in these research gaps by applying Eve Ng’s queerbaiting theory that situates queerbaiting at the intersection of contextuality and producer paratexts. Persona 4 and the Life is Strange series have been charged with ...
Examining The Meaning Of Course Evaluation,
2018
Stephen F. Austin State University
Examining The Meaning Of Course Evaluation, Tyesha Stewart
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Teaching evaluations significantly influence faculty members’ annual evaluations and progress toward tenure and promotion within academic programs in higher education. Those with consistently strong, positive, teaching evaluations have been deemed effective instructors and often validated with increases in salary, teaching awards, and promotion and tenure. This is especially the case when strong course evaluations are received in addition to documented scholarship and research activities and positively evaluated professional service. However, questions are being raised about the meaningfulness of students' ratings of course instruction. Do these measures effectively assess competence as instructors or do they measure other unknown processes in the ...
Gender & Sexuality Services Newsletter, August 2018,
2018
University of Northern Iowa
Gender & Sexuality Services Newsletter, August 2018, University Of Northern Iowa. Gender & Sexuality Services.
Gender & Sexuality Services Newsletter
Inside This Issue:
--Welcome Back!
--Rainbow Reception
--Out & Ally Network @ UNI
--Looking for Support?
--Stay Connected with Gender & Sexuality Services
Creating A Participatory Arts-Based Online Focus Group: Highlighting The Transition From Docmama To Motherscholar,
2018
Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education
Creating A Participatory Arts-Based Online Focus Group: Highlighting The Transition From Docmama To Motherscholar, Anna Cohenmiller
The Qualitative Report
Using Facebook to create a participatory, arts-based online focus group, this study had two primary purposes: (1) to examine how mothers in academia present themselves as they transition from doctoral student mother (“DocMama”) to full time position as motherscholars and (2) to explore the use of a participatory, arts-based online focus group on Facebook to facilitate participant description of experiences and feelings. This study adds both to the research on online research by emphasizing a collaborative nature and art to share experiences, and also to the research about motherscholars, examining the oft overlooked transition from doctoral program to academic career ...
Ephemera: The J. Wayne Reitz Union Presents Viveca Lindfors In "I Am A Woman." February 20.,
2018
University of North Florida
Ephemera: The J. Wayne Reitz Union Presents Viveca Lindfors In "I Am A Woman." February 20.
Saffy Collection Textual
Found in a book titled "The American Sisterhood: Writings of the Feminist Movement from Colonial Times to Present." Two Copies. Circa 1972-1990. Box 4, Folder 9
Ephemera: Celebrate! '....And Ain't I A Woman?" Event Program.,
2018
University of North Florida
Ephemera: Celebrate! '....And Ain't I A Woman?" Event Program.
Saffy Collection Textual
Found in Book Mod Donna and Scyklon Z: Plays of Women's Liberation. Circa 1972-1980. Box 4, Folder 22
Flyer: Stand Up Step Forward. Defend Your Right To Choose.,
2018
University of North Florida
Flyer: Stand Up Step Forward. Defend Your Right To Choose., National Abortion Rights Action League
Saffy Collection Textual
Flyer by the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL). Circa 1992. Box 11, Folder 8
Tilted: Exploring The Mainstreaming And Diversity Of Modern Drag,
2018
Honors College, Pace University
Tilted: Exploring The Mainstreaming And Diversity Of Modern Drag, Stephen Stanec
Honors College Theses
The act of presenting oneself to the world around them is a performance. Gender takes a massive part in this “performance” as the “gender roles” that we as humans embody due to preconceived societal constructs shape the world’s perception of us (Butler 92-95). The world’s normality of performing the gender that closely matches one’s sex assignment is not the only option. The long practiced Queer art form of Drag, blurs and changes the lines of gender through performance. This in turn plays with the fluidity in the manmade construct of gender. Drag is a necessary art form ...
Undergraduate Research And The Difference It Makes For Lgbtq+ Students,
2018
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Undergraduate Research And The Difference It Makes For Lgbtq+ Students, Kristin Boudreau, David Dibiasio, Zoe Reidinger
Humanities & Arts Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
