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Monk, Janice; Fortuijn, Joos Droogleever; Raleigh, Clionadh – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2004
This Symposium integrates quantitative and qualitative information to assess the representation of women in academic geography in The Netherlands, Catalonia, Hungary and Singapore. It offers comparative commentary on the situation in the United States and additionally a focus on the experiences of a group of women geographers of colour in Canada,…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Foreign Countries, Geography, Females
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Braimoh, Dele; Lekoko, Rebecca; Alade, Eunice B. – Convergence, 2004
In the Southern Africa region, the act of prejudice against women mostly occurs where patriarchal power reigns. This type of power is felt in areas such as inheritance right, division of labour, access to political and economic resources and legal and social matters. Other areas of discrimination against women include access to educational and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ownership, Females, Employment Opportunities
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Jarrell, Stephen B.; Stanley, T. D. – Journal of Human Resources, 2004
The meta-regression analysis reveals that there is a strong tendency for discrimination estimates to fall and wage discrimination exist against the woman. The biasing effect of researchers' gender of not correcting for selection bias has weakened and changes in labor market have made it less important.
Descriptors: Wages, Labor Market, Salary Wage Differentials, Gender Discrimination
Sadker, David; Zittleman, Karen – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2005
In reality, gender bias is very much an issue for both boys and girls. However, it is difficult to detect because it affects girls and boys in different ways. In school, it is the boys who may be expected to "act out" and rebel at school work, while the girls are expected to be docile, conforming, and willing to work hard. In this article, the…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Gender Differences, Educational Environment, Equal Education
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Sue, Derald Wing – American Psychologist, 2004
Whiteness and ethnocentric monoculturalism are powerful and entrenched determinants of worldview. Because they are invisible and operate outside the level of conscious awareness, they can be detrimental to people of color, women, and other marginalized groups in society. Both define a reality that gives advantages to White Euro American males…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Whites, Racial Bias, Gender Bias
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Zenisky, April L.; Hambleton, Ronald K.; Robin, Frederic – Educational Assessment, 2004
Differential item functioning (DIF) analyses are a routine part of the development of large-scale assessments. Less common are studies to understand the potential sources of DIF. The goals of this study were (a) to identify gender DIF in a large-scale science assessment and (b) to look for trends in the DIF and non-DIF items due to content,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Test Format, Science Tests, Test Items
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Kelly, Deirdre M.; Pomerantz, Shauna; Currie, Dawn – Gender and Education, 2005
This study draws from interviews with 20 girls in British Columbia, Canada who participated to varying degrees in skateboarding culture. We found that skater girls saw themselves as participating in an "alternative" girlhood. Becoming skater girls involved the work and play of producing themselves in relation to alternative images found…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Foreign Countries, Middle Class, Females
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Roberts, Tomi-Ann; Goldenberg, Jamie L.; Power, Cathleen; Pyszczynski, Tom – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2002
An experiment tested the hypothesis that reminders of a woman's menstrual status lead to more negative reactions to her and increased objectification of women in general. Participants interacted with a female confederate who ostensibly accidentally dropped either a tampon or hair clip out of her handbag. Dropping the tampon led to lower…
Descriptors: Females, Physiology, Human Body, Feminism
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Hynie, Michaela; Schuller, Regina A.; Couperthwaite, Lisa – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2003
This study examined whether knowing that a victim of a sexual assault was carrying a condom influenced perceptions of her sexual intention and subsequent judgments of the sexual assault. Participants (N = 165) read a vignette describing a date that culminated in an alleged sexual assault. Condom possession (carrying a condom, not carrying a…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Victims of Crime, Gender Bias, Value Judgment
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Sanders, Jo-Ann Lipford; Bradley, Carla – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2005
The purpose of this article is to provide a conceptual context useful for focusing on the missing information on development and resiliency of African American girls. It is a clarion call for additional research in the area of development investigating a relationship between gender, race, ethnicity, social class, and racial socialization practices…
Descriptors: Females, African Americans, Adolescents, Adolescent Development
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Crabtree, Robbin D.; Sapp, David Alan – College Teaching, 2003
The authors explore both theoretical issues in feminist pedagogy and the politics of the contemporary university classroom. They examine various intersections of gender, power, pedagogical theory, and academic discipline in order to bring greater attention to the struggle many teachers face in "walking the walk" as feminist teachers.
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Discipline, Feminism, Higher Education
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Dyck, Reginald – Great Plains Quarterly, 2003
In 1913 Willa Cather created a female protagonist who is single, independent, entrepreneurial, managerial, strong willed, wealthy, and in love with the land of south-central Nebraska. This character offered a new vision for women at the turn of the twentieth century. Cather's fictional construction of gender, as well as her own experience, embody…
Descriptors: Females, Sex Role, United States History, Authors
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Wojtalik, Janet R.; Breckenridge, Mary B.; Gibson Hancox, Melissa K.; Sobehart, Helen C. – Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, 2007
This qualitative study explores the impact of childhood themes on women's aspirations toward leadership as suggested by the Eccles Model of Achievement Related Choices. Using intensity sampling, the research solicits childhood gender-related experiences of women in leadership and non-leadership roles through interviews, focus groups, check lists,…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Phenomenology, Educational Administration, Leadership
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Gallagher, Kathleen; Riviere, Dominique – Research in Drama Education, 2007
This article examines the particular strength of theater to raise questions about relations of gender and race. The authors consider the "rights" of youth and teachers in schools to use drama to critique their cultural contexts and connect these educational struggles to those of broader political, cultural, and social democratic life.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Race, Gender Bias, Cultural Pluralism
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Skelton, Christine – Gender and Education, 2007
An examination of gender discourses within New Labour education policy on the preparation of students for a career in teaching in the UK reveals a contradictory yet, at the same time, complementary position. In the guidelines outlining the Standards that a prospective teacher has to achieve, the ways in which gender informs pupils' educational…
Descriptors: Social Class, Career Choice, Educational Opportunities, Gender Issues
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