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Eusebius Small; Silviya Pavlova Nikolova; Saltanat Childress; Carmen Logie – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2024
Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health problem that impacts approximately one in three women worldwide in their lifetime. The purpose of the study was to explore the lived experiences of women teachers and violence in Kenya. It also explores the intersection between intimate partner violence, HIV risk, and gender…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), At Risk Persons
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Grahn, Karin – Sport, Education and Society, 2014
This paper is based on analyses of ideas about girls and boys in sports as they are presented in textbooks used in coaching education programmes in Sweden. Specifically, it explores gender in relation to descriptions of girls' and boys' bodies and bodily development during puberty. Texts construct gender differences. Masculinity is shaped around…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletics, Human Body, Gender Differences
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Knickmeyer, Rebecca C.; Wheelwright, Sally; Baron-Cohen, Simon B. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
We tested the hypothesis that prenatal masculinization of the brain by androgens increases risk of developing an autism spectrum condition (ASC). Sex-typical play was measured in n = 66 children diagnosed with an ASC and n = 55 typically developing age-matched controls. Consistent with the hypothesis, girls with autism did not show the…
Descriptors: Play, Masculinity, Brain, At Risk Persons