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Peralta, Robert L.; Barr, Peter B. – Journal of American College Health, 2017
Objective: We examine weight control behavior used to (a) compensate for caloric content of heavy alcohol use; and (b) enhance the psychoactive effects of alcohol among college students. We evaluate the role of gender orientation and sex. Participants: Participants completed an online survey (N = 651; 59.9% women; 40.1% men). Method: Weight…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Health Behavior, College Students, Student Behavior
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Catano, James V. – College English, 1990
Argues that the myth of the self-made man commits a fundamental error by downplaying the importance of social definition and equating masculine growth with an escape from the boundaries of origins (race, class, sex) and institutions. Discusses the myth in terms of its history and writing pedagogies employed in some classrooms. (TB)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Role, Masculinity, Race
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Zeff, Shirley B. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1982
Examines comparatively how 279 Mexican American, Black, and White American college freshmen in Houston, Texas (1980) perceive themselves according to masculine, feminine, and androgynous measurements. Finds social class more influential than ethnicity/race in determining sex-role behavior of women; the higher the social class, the more homogeneous…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Anglo Americans, Blacks, College Freshmen