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Developing a Healthy Masculinities Program on a University Campus
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Scott, David A.; Woolnough, Freeman; Cawthon, Tony W. – New York Journal of Student Affairs, 2022
Amid increased concerns about mental health, sexual violence, and substance use among college students, college campuses are looking toward developing targeted programming to help counteract these concerning trends. This practitioner paper highlights the development and impacts of a program at a Canadian institution, which focuses on healthy…
Descriptors: College Students, Masculinity, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
(Dis)Embodied Masculinity and the Meaning of (Non)Style in Physics and Computer Engineering Education
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Ottemo, Andreas; Gonsalves, Allison J.; Danielsson, Anna T. – Gender and Education, 2021
Physics- and computer-related disciplines are strongly male dominated in Western higher education. Feminist research has demonstrated how this can be understood as reflecting a strong privileging of mind and rationality (over body/nature/emotions) in these disciplines, which harmonises with broader notions of masculinity as transcendental and…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Computer Science Education, Gender Bias
Masculinities and Experimental Practices in Physics: The View from Three Case Studies
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Gonsalves, Allison J.; Danielsson, Anna; Pettersson, Helena – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
This article analyzes masculinity and experimental practices within three different physics communities. This work is premised on the understanding that the discipline of physics is not only dominated by men, but also is laden with masculine connotations on a symbolical level, and that this limited and limiting construction of physics has made it…
Descriptors: Masculinity, Physics, Science Instruction, Gender Bias
Male and Female University Students' Experiences of Indirect Aggression
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Leenaars, Lindsey; Rinaldi, Christina M. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2010
This study examines the role of sex, gender role orientation, social representations of indirect aggression, and indicators of psychosocial adjustment in indirect aggression and victimization in an emerging adult sample. A total of 42 participants (19 men, 23 women) recruited are required to complete the questionnaires, along with 18 participants…
Descriptors: Aggression, Sex Role, College Students, Gender Differences
Business Students' Perceptions of Best University Professors: Does Gender Role Matter?
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Das, Mallika; Das, Hari – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 2001
Investigated the relationship between gender and gender role of students and their "best" university professors. Surveys of Canadian college students indicated that there was a strong relationship between students' gender and gender role and the gender and perceived gender role of their best instructors. Masculinity was valued more by…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Faculty Evaluation, Femininity
The Differentiated Additive Androgyny Model: Relations between Masculinity, Femininity and Multiple Dimensions of Self-Concept.
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Byrne, Barbara M. – 1990
Masculinity (M) and femininity (F) were related to multiple dimensions of self-concept (SC) for responses to the: Bem Sex Role Inventory and the Self Description Questionnaire III (SDQ-III) by 898 Canadian university students (61% female) in Study 1, and Australian Sex-Role Scale and the SDQ-II by 1,858 Australian high school students (49% female)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Androgyny, College Students, Femininity