Feminist Active Commitment and Sexual Harassment Perception among Chinese Women: The Moderating Roles of Targets ’ Gender Stereotypicality and Type of Harassment
AbstractIn recent years, sexual harassment has become more acknowledged in many developed countries. However, in East Asian culture, it is a sensitive and controversial topic upon which few scholars have focused. The current research aimed to explore whether the relationship between feminist identity and perception of sexual harassment was affected by target ’s traditional or nontraditional gender stereotypicality and types of sexual harassment (unwanted sexual attention or gender harassment) among Chinese working women. The participants were 424 heterosexual women, aged 18 to 71 years-old (mdn = 31), who completed ...
Source: Sex Roles - July 26, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Sexual Consent: How Relationships, Gender, and Sexual Self-Disclosure Affect Signaling and Interpreting Cues for Sexual Consent in a Hypothetical Heterosexual Sexual Situation
AbstractSexual communication is critical to establishing sexual encounters. Sexual script theory has been used to explore how individuals communicate sexual consent and perceive sexual consent cues. Gender differences appear to dictate how consent cues are expressed and interpreted. Using a sample of 309 U.S. heterosexual participants (Mage = 34.6 years, range = 19.3–72.2), we explore how single and partnered women and men interpret and perceive cues for consenting to sexual behaviors in a hypothetical situation. Results revealed that relationship length and sexual self-disclosure did n ot affect how individua...
Source: Sex Roles - July 22, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Women ’s Use of and Access to Illicit Cannabis: An Investigation of Gendered Norms among College Students in Canada
AbstractIn the present study, I investigate how often unacknowledged gendered norms shape young women ’s use of and access to illicit cannabis. I apply a “doing gender” approach to analyse 58 interviews conducted with cannabis using and non-using female and male college students in Canada in 2012, a time when nonmedical cannabis possession and supply were illegal. I identify prominent gendered norms and stereotypes that are critical of women’s use and that create barriers to women’s participation as either buyers or dealers in the illicit cannabis market. I show how these norms reinforce associations of cannabis ...
Source: Sex Roles - July 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Girls Try, Boys Aim High: Exposing Difference in Implied Ability, Activity, and Agency of Girls Versus Boys in Language on McDonald ’s Happy Meal Boxes
AbstractThe present research investigates subtle yet powerful differences in the language present on cultural artifacts marketed for girls and boys. Through a content analysis of the verbs written on the girl-oriented and boy-oriented sides of all 56 McDonald ’s Happy Meal boxes distributed between 2011 and 2019 in the United States, I uncover stark differences in the implied ability, activity, and agency levels of boys versus girls. The mixed methods nature of my exploration allows for statistical testing coupled with analysis of the language in conte xt, revealing pervasive, nuanced differences that bolster our underst...
Source: Sex Roles - July 9, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Parental Corporal Punishment and Girls ’ Self-Esteem: The Moderating Effects of Girls’ Agency and Communion in China
AbstractThe current study aimed to examine the moderating effects of girls ’ agency and communion in the links between both fathers’ and mothers’ corporal punishment and girls’ self-esteem in China. Chinese girls (n = 302) enrolled in grades 4–8 were instructed to independently complete the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scale (CTSPC), the Children’s Sex Role Inventory (CSRI), the Global Self-Worth subscale of Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC), and demographic items. Results indicated that bot h fathers’ and mothers’ corporal punishment were not directly associated with girls’ self-esteem, wh...
Source: Sex Roles - July 7, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
