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Gillis, John R. – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2000
Examines pressures on extant definitions of fatherhood from economic globalization. Maintains that men at both ends of the social scale have found it difficult fulfilling the traditional breadwinner role. Notes many in developed countries see the growing incidence of "fatherless families" as a major crisis. Concludes it is important to…
Descriptors: Children, Definitions, Developed Nations, Fatherless Family
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Skrla, Linda – Journal of Education Policy, 2000
In a case study, three women superintendents say their Texas communities viewed the superintendency as suitable for a white, middle-aged, conservative, married man committed to keeping taxes low. Their observations on subtle and blatant manifestations of androcentric culture may provide grist for feminist research. Corrective measures are…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Conservatism, Elementary Secondary Education
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Karniol, Rachel; Gabay, Rivi; Ochion, Yael; Harari, Yael – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1998
Assessed the relative contribution of gender and gender role orientation to empathy and its development in 119 Israeli 8th and 11th graders. When the contribution of masculinity/femininity was covaried, empathy was found unrelated to gender. Findings are discussed in terms of socialization of emotions and gender role orientation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Emotional Response, Empathy, Femininity
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Reay, Diane – Gender and Education, 2001
Suggests that contemporary gendered power relations are complex, highlighting female British elementary students who assumed varied positions in relation to traditional femininities, though they all occasionally bolstered boys' power at the expense of their own. Students viewed girls as harder working, more mature, and more socially skilled, yet…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Females, Femininity
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Martino, Wayne – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1999
Drawing from interviews with adolescent boys ages 15-17 who attend a co-educational high school in Perth, Western Australia, explores the ways in which boys fashion their masculinities. Uses Foucault's claims about the production of subjectivity to investigate the norms informing the boys' conduct. Considers implications for addressing issues of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Group Dynamics
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Wright, Jan – Gender and Education, 1996
Examines ways in which female and male teachers and students talk about themselves and each other regarding physical activity, the body, and their expectations of femininity and masculinity. It is argued that physical education is where bodies are inscribed with gender differences, that is, the female body as lacking those qualities associated…
Descriptors: Femininity, High School Students, Masculinity, Physical Education
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Rust, John; Golombok, Susan; Hines, Melissa; Johnston, Katie; Golding, Jean – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2000
Examined whether the sex of older siblings influenced the gender role development of 3-year-olds. Found that boys with older brothers and girls with older sisters were more sex-typed than same-sex singletons who, in turn, were more sex-typed than children with other-sex siblings. Having an older brother was associated with more masculine and less…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Females, Femininity, Influences
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Brozo, William G.; Walter, Patricia; Placker, Teri – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2002
Attempts to help students think critically about violence and masculinity in order to point out options for life beyond their urban neighborhood. Builds activities around events and characters from the book chapters, striving to bring the seventh graders to a broader awareness of the prevalence of violent masculinities. (SG)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Black Students, Case Studies, Critical Thinking
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Danby, Susan; Baker, Carolyn – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1998
Analyzed two episodes of videotaped play and interaction of 3- to 5-year-old boys in a childcare setting. Found that interaction appears chaotic on the surface but close analysis reveals finely organized play, with older boys teaching newcomers how to be masculine in the block play area. Illustrates that masculinity is determined through practice…
Descriptors: Conflict, Day Care, Males, Masculinity
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Keddie, Amanda – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 2005
This paper examines how collective masculinities, mobilized around violence, aggression and negative constructions of 'femininity', might be understood from perspectives that draw on humanist tenets of identity construction, on the one hand, and poststructural tenets, on the other. The paper presents a narrative from a study into boys' peer…
Descriptors: Masculinity, Males, Justice, Sexual Identity
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Keddie, Amanda – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2005
In enhancing the social and academic outcomes of boys, positive teacher student relationships and quality pedagogy that is informed by key research-based understandings and knowledges about gender are positioned as central. The managerial rather than pedagogical focus that is currently characterizing schools in Queensland (Australia), where the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Males, Instruction, Best Practices
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Youdell, Deborah – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2004
Boys in school, homophobia, and forms of masculinity are currently the focus of significant debate in and about education and schools. Much of this discussion takes as given the sexual orientation, and therefore sexual identity, of the students of whom it speaks and mobilizes equal rights discourses on behalf of gay and lesbian students. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homosexuality, Social Bias, Secondary School Students
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Ma, Hing Keung – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2005
The author investigated the relation between gender-role classifications and prosocial and antisocial behavior for 505 Chinese adolescents in grades 7 to 12. The author found that (a) boys were more antisocial than girls were, (b) there was no significant gender difference in prosocial behavior, (c) prosocial behavior was associated positively…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Antisocial Behavior, Classification, Gender Differences
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Locke, Benjamin D.; Mahalik, James R. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2005
Male sexual aggression toward women is a serious social problem, particularly on college campuses. In this study, college men's sexually aggressive behavior and rape myth acceptance were examined using conformity to 11 masculine norms and 2 variables previously linked to sexual aggression: problem drinking and athletic involvement. Results…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Females, Campuses, Masculinity
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Lutze, Faith E.; Bell, Cortney A. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2005
A number of studies have tested the effectiveness of boot camp prisons in reducing recidivism and results indicate that they have not been as successful as originally anticipated. While no two programs are comparable in terms of programming and treatment, most programs utilize a hypermasculine paramilitary prison structure to deter, punish, and…
Descriptors: Program Design, Recidivism, Correctional Institutions, Organizational Climate
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