In this paper, we utilize the concepts of "racial knowledge" and "subjective understanding" to demonstrate how the metaphor of surrogacy encodes a racialized discourse via the epistemic authority of social science research. Taken together, we demonstrate how the pervasive use of surrogacy as a metaphor reflects the subjective…

The call for more males to work with children in their formative years remains prevalent in education discourse across the globe. Assertions that these men will positively address boys' poor behaviour and underachievement, as well as serving as father figures and role models for boys, continue to fuel international policy making and shape media…

Black male student-athletes at predominantly White institutions (PWI) are funneled through Student-athlete Academic Support Services (SASS) programs where advisors primarily focus on maintaining NCAA athletic eligibility instead of degree completion, which is detrimental to their academic identity development. The purpose of this qualitative,…

This study explored male teachers' perceptions of their roles in early childhood education and their beliefs about their own professional development in shaping their careers. Although the participants' experiences are strongly influenced by strict gender roles in China, they appear to be consistent with the experiences of men across the globe.…

This qualitative study explores the perspectives and experiences of Black male student-athletes with particular focus on their interactions with school counselors. It draws on nine participants selected through purposive and snowball sampling techniques. The Black male participants were current or former student-athletes at the high school and…

The purpose of this convergent parallel mixed methods study was to explore the representations of Black male students and Black masculinity in college films and identify what differences in representations exist when accounting for various characteristics of the films. In the qualitative component, a qualitative content analysis was utilized to…

In spite of continuing patterning of curriculum subject preference and choice by gender, there has been little recent attention to the argument developed in the 1970s that children play with different toys according to their gender, and that these provide girls and boys with (different) curriculum-related skills. The article describes a…

The 2008 Working Forum on Men in Early Care in Education (WFMECE) was a first-of-its-kind event and is now part of the collective history. Sponsored by the World Forum Foundation in collaboration with the Hawai'i Association for the Education of Young Children and MenTeach.org, the event extended the international dialog on changing roles for men…

Article listed twelve gains from having women share in the same opportunities and responsibilities as men contrasted with current attitudes men have towards women. (RK)

Discussed the need for shared responsibility among men and women and the changing role of women in society. (RK)

Based upon author's Ph.D. Dissertation submitted to the Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles.

Reports the findings of a study of 210 Chilean male and female adolescents on a 12-pont semantic differential scale. Comparisons were made for 7 concepts related to sex roles. Significant differences occurred between the boys' and girls' rating of the traits of men and women, but the differences were no larger than for other national samples.…

Examines whether bias and stereotypes filter into reporters' consciousness, affecting what they write about women, or whether reporters successfully avoid the influence of such bias. Claims that instances of sex-stereotyping were a result of chance rather than ingrained, institutional gender bias. (MM)