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Title: Reel versus Real: Interracial Relationships within the South Asian Diaspora.
Creator: Ali, Kasima Jennet, Reilly, Susan, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description: This study analyzes the reactions of interracial relationships within the South Asian Diaspora via film and literature focused on the United States and England. The films examined are Mississippi Masala (1992) and Bend It Like Beckham (2002), and the literature-utilized focuses on cultural identity, interracial dating, the importance of marriage, the Indian community, and gender roles focused on women within the diaspora. The films used encourage the idea of interracial relationships as...
Show moreThis study analyzes the reactions of interracial relationships within the South Asian Diaspora via film and literature focused on the United States and England. The films examined are Mississippi Masala (1992) and Bend It Like Beckham (2002), and the literature-utilized focuses on cultural identity, interracial dating, the importance of marriage, the Indian community, and gender roles focused on women within the diaspora. The films used encourage the idea of interracial relationships as acceptable and give South Asian women the confidence to be more independent. The intention of this research is to analyze the importance of cultural blending, independence, heritage, and traditional values. The focus behind this research is to understand the battle of traditional versus modern roles for women in the South Asian diaspora, and how independence can be viewed as a form of dishonoring and humiliating their families when they step outside of the cultural box.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005922
Subject Headings: Dissertations, Academic -- Florida Atlantic University, South Asian diaspora., Interracial dating., Cultural identity, Sex role--South Asia.
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Title: One yard shy of empowerment: cinematic portrayals of female athletes.
Creator: Lieberman, Vividiana., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Abstract/Description: Sports are a primary zone of masculinity and sports films are a popular genre. One is hard pressed to find many leading female roles as athletes in male-dominated sports storylines. The cinematic portrayal of women athletes represents social attitudes and values and whether or not the women's movement has been able to influence representations and, concomitantly, social understandings of women and athleticism. My discussion of films featuring female athletes begins with National Velvet (1944)...
Show moreSports are a primary zone of masculinity and sports films are a popular genre. One is hard pressed to find many leading female roles as athletes in male-dominated sports storylines. The cinematic portrayal of women athletes represents social attitudes and values and whether or not the women's movement has been able to influence representations and, concomitantly, social understandings of women and athleticism. My discussion of films featuring female athletes begins with National Velvet (1944) and ends with Whip It (2008). By examining select sports films centered on all female teams, co-ed teams and individual female athletes, I show how their storylines and resolutions do or do not capitulate to patriarchal ideology. I find a general capitulation, with some concessions to women's equality. I conclude with a call for a degendering of sports and a redefinition of strength, competitiveness and aggression as human, not masculine.
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3342205
Subject Headings: Women athletes, Feminism and sports, Competition (Psychology), Minorities in motion pictures, Sex discrimination against women
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Title: Mirror neurons: imitation and emotional differences among males and females.
Creator: Reale, AmberRose, Rosselli, Monica, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: The mirror neuron system consists of a specific class of visuomotor neurons, which fire for both observation and execution of an action (di Pellegrino et al., 1992), as well as showing differences for empathy and gender. Fifty males (M = 25.94) and fifty females (M = 25.48) watched short clips of a hand tapping fingers in a sequence in neutral and emotional settings. Participants were asked to imitate emotions while watching and repeating the finger sequences. A univariate ANOVA discovered...
Show moreThe mirror neuron system consists of a specific class of visuomotor neurons, which fire for both observation and execution of an action (di Pellegrino et al., 1992), as well as showing differences for empathy and gender. Fifty males (M = 25.94) and fifty females (M = 25.48) watched short clips of a hand tapping fingers in a sequence in neutral and emotional settings. Participants were asked to imitate emotions while watching and repeating the finger sequences. A univariate ANOVA discovered significant differences in response times for males and females in the emotion trials, which were eliminated when empathy was included in the analysis. Findings show those higher in empathy are faster at imitation of a motor task in emotional settings.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004153
Subject Headings: Affective neuroscience, Emotions -- Psychological aspects, Form perception -- Physiological aspects, Pattern perception -- Physiological aspects, Perception -- Physiological aspects, Sex differences
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Title: Sports and its effects on gender typing.
Creator: Frias, Arian., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: Sports and its effects on children have been researched for the benefits that it may bring. The purpose of this study is to see if sports competency, assessed by both peer reports and self-reports, benefits both boys and girls and whether it protects children who generally are gender-atypical from adjustment difficulties and also to see if there are any interactive influences of cross-gender typing and sports competency on self-esteem, depression, and other adjustment indexes. Our results...
Show moreSports and its effects on children have been researched for the benefits that it may bring. The purpose of this study is to see if sports competency, assessed by both peer reports and self-reports, benefits both boys and girls and whether it protects children who generally are gender-atypical from adjustment difficulties and also to see if there are any interactive influences of cross-gender typing and sports competency on self-esteem, depression, and other adjustment indexes. Our results found that there was a significant interaction between sports competence and cross-gender typing when looking at popularity and also a significant interaction between sports self-efficacy and cross-gender typing when looking at self-esteem. Our data did not provide sufficient support for our buffering hypothesis, but it allowed for us to conclude that self-esteem of low-cross-gender-typed children profit more from high sports self-efficacy and suffer more from low sports self-efficacy than the self-esteem of high-cross-gender-typed children.
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Date Issued: 2011
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3175020
Subject Headings: Physical education and training, Psychological aspects, Sports, Psychological aspects, Gender identity, Sex discrimination in sports, Self-esteem
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Title: Anti-Victorian attitudes in Thomas Hardy's "Jude the Obscure".
Creator: Magrath-Singer, Jennifer Lara., Florida Atlantic University, Buckton, Oliver
Abstract/Description: Published in 1895, Jude the Obscure was Thomas Hardy's last novel. With the approach of the turn-of-the-century, Victorian England experienced profound changes in its social structure. The writing of novels about oppressed women was popular in the late nineteenth century. As the narrative voice in Jude, Thomas Hardy sought to challenge the current conditions for women and men in society. His novel explores the reality of these conditions, and his characters, namely Sue Bridehead and Jude...
Show morePublished in 1895, Jude the Obscure was Thomas Hardy's last novel. With the approach of the turn-of-the-century, Victorian England experienced profound changes in its social structure. The writing of novels about oppressed women was popular in the late nineteenth century. As the narrative voice in Jude, Thomas Hardy sought to challenge the current conditions for women and men in society. His novel explores the reality of these conditions, and his characters, namely Sue Bridehead and Jude Fawley, show readers what can happen when people are unable to adapt to the laws and conventions set forth by society.
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Date Issued: 2001
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12820
Subject Headings: Hardy, Thomas,--1840-1928--Jude the obscure, Hardy, Thomas,--1840-1928--Characters--Women, Sex role in literature
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Title: Men's partner-directed insults and sexual coercion in intimate relationships.
Creator: Starratt, Valerie G., Florida Atlantic University, Shackelford, Todd K.
Abstract/Description: Given the negative psychological and health-related consequences of sexual coercion, recent research has focused on predicting sexual coercion. In two studies, I investigated the relationships between men's partner-directed sexually coercive behaviors and their use of partner-directed insults in the context of intimate relationships. Study 1 secured self-reports from 247 men on the Partner-Directed Insults Scale and the Sexual Coercion in Intimate Relationships Scale. Study 2 secured partner...
Show moreGiven the negative psychological and health-related consequences of sexual coercion, recent research has focused on predicting sexual coercion. In two studies, I investigated the relationships between men's partner-directed sexually coercive behaviors and their use of partner-directed insults in the context of intimate relationships. Study 1 secured self-reports from 247 men on the Partner-Directed Insults Scale and the Sexual Coercion in Intimate Relationships Scale. Study 2 secured partner-reports from 378 women on the same measures. Across both studies, the results indicate that men's use of sexually coercive behaviors can be predicted by the frequency or content of the insults that men direct at their intimate partner. Insults involving accusations of a partner's infidelity were most useful in predicting sexual coercion, for example. Discussion addresses limitations of the current research and highlights important directions for future research in the area.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13334
Subject Headings: Violence in men, Sex roles, Behaviorism (Psychology)--Social aspects, Man-woman relationships, Women--Violence against
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Title: Sex differences and similarities in preferred mating arrangements.
Creator: Stone, Emily A., Florida Atlantic University, Shackelford, Todd K.
Abstract/Description: Over 90% of men and women marry, but as many as 50% of married men and women have affairs. Thus, in a self-report study of ideal mating arrangements, in which costs associated with infidelity are eliminated, it was hypothesized that men and women would prefer a mating arrangement of monogamy with the option of casual, extra-pair sex. Unexpectedly, men and women (N = 463) overwhelmingly preferred strictly monogamous mating arrangements when forced to select one such ideal arrangement. A...
Show moreOver 90% of men and women marry, but as many as 50% of married men and women have affairs. Thus, in a self-report study of ideal mating arrangements, in which costs associated with infidelity are eliminated, it was hypothesized that men and women would prefer a mating arrangement of monogamy with the option of casual, extra-pair sex. Unexpectedly, men and women (N = 463) overwhelmingly preferred strictly monogamous mating arrangements when forced to select one such ideal arrangement. A hypothesized sex difference did emerge, however, with men more than women rating as more interesting those arrangements that included casual sex or partner variety. Discussion addresses several evolutionarily plausible accounts for the current results and integrates the current results with existing theories about sex differences and similarities in mating psychology and behavior.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13308
Subject Headings: Human behavior, Sex (Psychology), Intimacy (Psychology), Life change events, Man-woman relationships--Psychological aspects, Sexual ethics
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Title: Women and executive office: Candidates, campaigns, and consequences.
Creator: Jencik, Alicia N., Florida Atlantic University, Watson, Robert P.
Abstract/Description: Although many nations have had a woman serve as president or prime minister, the United States has yet to come close to electing its first female president. Using profiles of the women who have pursued the presidency in the United States, as well as scholarly literature on women and executive politics, this study offers a comparative analysis of the factors impacting their campaigns and provides lessons from these trailblazing, but unsuccessful efforts that might prove to be relevant for...
Show moreAlthough many nations have had a woman serve as president or prime minister, the United States has yet to come close to electing its first female president. Using profiles of the women who have pursued the presidency in the United States, as well as scholarly literature on women and executive politics, this study offers a comparative analysis of the factors impacting their campaigns and provides lessons from these trailblazing, but unsuccessful efforts that might prove to be relevant for future female candidates for the White House.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13257
Subject Headings: Women in politics--United States, Sex role--Political aspects--United States, Presidential candidates--United States
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Title: Elementary Teachers' Perceptions of Gender Bias.
Creator: Barrows, Joyce A., McLaughlin, H. James, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to determine elementary teachers' perceptions of gender bias and further, to determine if additional information on gender bias might have an effect on how elementary teachers interact with their students. This study is valuable because gender bias situations can have a profound influence on how boys and girls view themselves in the world. Additionally, gender bias has been linked to a technological gap between males and females. The subjects for this study were...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine elementary teachers' perceptions of gender bias and further, to determine if additional information on gender bias might have an effect on how elementary teachers interact with their students. This study is valuable because gender bias situations can have a profound influence on how boys and girls view themselves in the world. Additionally, gender bias has been linked to a technological gap between males and females. The subjects for this study were 12 elementary teachers from a large metropolitan school district who participated in three different activities. The purpose of these activities was to determine the teachers' general perceptions of gender bias, their perceptions of gender bias related to curriculum, the origins of these perceptions, and finally, how this process might affect their current educational practices. The results of this study indicate that these elementary teachers placed a low priority on gender bias as a consideration for evaluating software or as an educational issue. The participants felt that their parents, their upbringing, and their environment were responsible for their perceptions of gender bias. Also, while the participants expressed a belief that the activities involved in the study would cause them to scrutinize software and other materials more carefully, they would not necessarily focus on gender issues. They also believed that these activities would have a limited influence on their current teaching practices. As a result of the study, I feel there is a need for pre-service teacher education and professional development for current teachers regarding what constitutes gender bias and the difference between bias and stereotypes. l also would recommend training to assist teachers in treating both male and female students equitably. Finally, since this study only involved three software titles, I would recommend additional research on the amount of gender bias content in educational software.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000648
Subject Headings: Early childhood education--Social aspects, Educational equalization--United States, Sex differences in education, Interaction analysis in education
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Title: Finding a Room of One’s Own: Veronica Franco and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.
Creator: De Tollis, Marianna, Gamboa Tusquets, Yolanda, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
Abstract/Description: During the Renaissance and the Baroque periods, both in the Old and the New World, the patriarchal social structure had created a set of fixed gender rules based on gender roles to control female sexuality, female voices, and their social freedom because it was considered a threat to male superiority. The Venetian Veronica Franco and the Mexican Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz are two extraordinary women from different places and a hundred years apart who, with their elaborated writing and body...
Show moreDuring the Renaissance and the Baroque periods, both in the Old and the New World, the patriarchal social structure had created a set of fixed gender rules based on gender roles to control female sexuality, female voices, and their social freedom because it was considered a threat to male superiority. The Venetian Veronica Franco and the Mexican Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz are two extraordinary women from different places and a hundred years apart who, with their elaborated writing and body-related techniques, escape the gender patriarchal constrains and give voice to their new authorial persona in a female liminal environment. Veronica Franco and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz represent the two facets of the same coin that symbolizes the phallocentric patriarchal structure in which these two women happened to live, struggle, and write. These women were pushed to the margins of society, confined in convents, brothels/patrician houses, or the streets, to silence their personae and reinforce their inferiority and, at times, inexistence. There are no works that focus on the comparison between the well-known Mexican nun and the forgotten Venetian courtesan. Therefore, this dissertation aims to analyze the writings of Veronica Franco and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz through the lens of feminist theory (Cixous, Irigaray etc.) and the concept of the body as an instrument of subversion and female liberation. In their respective time and marginal places of confinement (the patrician house and the convent), both women were able to create a liminal space that allowed them to go beyond the rigidity of gender binaries and explore different venues of freedom. In this liminal space both Veronica Franco and Sor Juana stopped “performing” the fixed gender roles imposed by the patriarchal social order and created new female creatures at the margins of patriarchal society; a new type of woman who could, through her body and writing, destabilize the patriarchal gender identities and go from a passive silence object to an active writing subject.
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Date Issued: 2019
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013198
Subject Headings: Franco, Veronica, 1546-1591--Criticism and interpretation, Sor Juana Inéz de la Cruz, 1651-1695, Feminist theory, Sex role, Persona
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Title: Gender, sports, and adjustment in preadolescent children.
Creator: Cooper, Patrick J., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: The fact that 45% of boys and 32% of girls in the United States participate in youth sports suggests that sports participation might be an important influence on children's psychosocial development. This study explored: (1) how children's gender cognitions influence sports self-efficacy and (2) how sports self-efficacy influences children's psychosocial adjustment. Results suggest that for boys, felt pressure to conform to gender standards and the belief that sports is important for boys...
Show moreThe fact that 45% of boys and 32% of girls in the United States participate in youth sports suggests that sports participation might be an important influence on children's psychosocial development. This study explored: (1) how children's gender cognitions influence sports self-efficacy and (2) how sports self-efficacy influences children's psychosocial adjustment. Results suggest that for boys, felt pressure to conform to gender standards and the belief that sports is important for boys influence sports self-efficacy. In girls, both the belief that sports is important for girls and the belief that sports is important for boys predicted sports self-efficacy. Sports self-efficacy predicted benefits for girls adjustment (high self-esteem, higher body satisfaction, lower depression and lower anxiety) but both positive and negative outcomes for boys (higher narcissism, higher aggression, and lower depression and lower anxiety). The findings overall suggest that the correlates of sports self-efficacy are somewhat different for boys and for girls.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/1927605
Subject Headings: Physical education and training, Psychological aspects, Sports, Psychological aspects, Adjustment (Psychology) in children, Sex differences (Psychology), Gender identity, Identity (Psychology) in adolescence
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Title: Image Restoration in the Apologetic in the Apologetic Rhetoric of Professional Athletes: A Case Study of Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, and Michael Phelps.
Creator: Epstein, Adam, Mulvaney, Becky, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description: This purpose of this study is to investigate the apologetic rhetoric of professional athletes’ off-field scandals. The three case studies used were Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, and Michael Phelps. A genre analysis was conducted to determine the success or failure of the speech by examining the image repair strategies used during the rhetoric. Further research revealed that the audiences’ perception plays a large role in determining if the rhetoric was successful or not. Two factors that aid the...
Show moreThis purpose of this study is to investigate the apologetic rhetoric of professional athletes’ off-field scandals. The three case studies used were Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, and Michael Phelps. A genre analysis was conducted to determine the success or failure of the speech by examining the image repair strategies used during the rhetoric. Further research revealed that the audiences’ perception plays a large role in determining if the rhetoric was successful or not. Two factors that aid the audience are the medium in which the public address was given, and the time it took to deliver the speech once the off-field scandal took place. The findings determined that Tiger Woods apologia was not successful, while Kobe Bryant’s was successful. The rhetoric of Michael Phelps’ speech lacked in delivery and strategies chosen. To have a successful apologia, one should have a clear use of strategies as well as a timely public address.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004878, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004878
Subject Headings: Woods, Tiger., Bryant, Kobe--1978-, Phelps, Michael--1985-, Sex scandals--United States., Verbal self-defense., Rhetorical criticism., Discourse analysis., Crisis management., Sports--Public relations.
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Title: Plasma Steroid Hormones in Loggerhead and Green Sea Turtle Hatchlings.
Creator: Reis, Andrea, Milton, Sarah L., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
Abstract/Description: Florida’s sea turtle populations are increasing due to conservation efforts; however, sea turtle species are vulnerable to climate change. Turtles exhibit temperaturedependent sex determination, in which nest environment influences sex. Environmental changes may produce altered sex ratios that limit reproduction potential; therefore hatchling sex ratios should be monitored. Hatchlings are not externally sexually dimorphic, making sex identification difficult. This study established baseline...
Show moreFlorida’s sea turtle populations are increasing due to conservation efforts; however, sea turtle species are vulnerable to climate change. Turtles exhibit temperaturedependent sex determination, in which nest environment influences sex. Environmental changes may produce altered sex ratios that limit reproduction potential; therefore hatchling sex ratios should be monitored. Hatchlings are not externally sexually dimorphic, making sex identification difficult. This study established baseline plasma hormone concentrations in hatchling and post-hatchling green (Chelonia mydas) and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtles using High Performance Liquid Chromatography. Five hormones were assayed and were present in the majority of samples (testosterone: N.D.-10.12, progesterone: N.D.-0.43, estradiol: N.D.-4.78, estriol: N.D.-5.55 and estrone: N.D.-1.67 μg/mL). Plasma hormones did not distinguish hatchling sex because male and female ranges overlapped. Hormone concentrations varied with sex but also with incubation temperature, indicating that climate change could impact hatchling and posthatchling hormone profiles and thus could impact future fitness.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004626
Subject Headings: Sea turtles--Embryology., Sea turtles--Habitat--Conservation., Sex determination, Genetic., Loggerhead turtle--Effect of temperature on., Developmental genetics.
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Title: Narcissism, perceptions of peer relationships, and target-specific aggression in middle childhood.
Creator: Anderson, Chelsie., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: This study examined how narcissism affects preadolescent children's choices of peer targets for aggression. Based on the idea that narcissists have a grandiose sense of self that requires nourishment, we hypothesized that narcissistic children are especially likely to attack peers who threaten, or fail to nourish, their grandiose self. We assessed narcissism and the degree to which each child's aggression toward peers depended on (a) the child's perceived liking by each peer, (b) the child's...
Show moreThis study examined how narcissism affects preadolescent children's choices of peer targets for aggression. Based on the idea that narcissists have a grandiose sense of self that requires nourishment, we hypothesized that narcissistic children are especially likely to attack peers who threaten, or fail to nourish, their grandiose self. We assessed narcissism and the degree to which each child's aggression toward peers depended on (a) the child's perceived liking by each peer, (b) the child's liking of each peer, (c) each peer's actual liking of the child, and (d) the child's perceived similarity to each peer. Participants were 197 children in the fourth through eighth grades at a university school. Narcissism predicted the four types of target-specific aggression in disparate ways for boys and girls. Narcissistic boys were especially likely to direct aggression toward male peers whom (a) they perceived as disliking them, (b) they disliked, and (c) they perceived as dissimilar to themselves. Narcissistic girls were especially likely to attack female peers whom they perceived as similar to themselves. Narcissism may enhance different motives for boys and girls in same-sex peer relatinships. We propose that narcissism enhances investment in status and rivalry amoung girls while enhancing the motive to attack dissimilar peers among boys.
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3356886
Subject Headings: Identity (Psychology) in children, Adjustment (Psychology), Sex differences (Psychology), Affect (Psychology), Aggressiveness, Narcissism, Philosophy, Interpersonal relations in children, Social interaction in children, Self-esteem in children
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Title: The rhetoric of law and love: legally (re)defining marriage.
Creator: Higgs, Volrick Wallace, Mulvaney, Becky, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description: In just over one year since United States v. Windsor— the case invalidating sections of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that defined marriage, for purposes of federal statutes, as the “union of man and woman”— more than a dozen states have had their same-sex marriage bans ruled unconstitutional. This suggests a shift in legal meaning; previously successful arguments against same-sex “marriage” now seem irrational as argumentative ground has shifted. Since favorable rulings redefine ...
Show moreIn just over one year since United States v. Windsor— the case invalidating sections of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that defined marriage, for purposes of federal statutes, as the “union of man and woman”— more than a dozen states have had their same-sex marriage bans ruled unconstitutional. This suggests a shift in legal meaning; previously successful arguments against same-sex “marriage” now seem irrational as argumentative ground has shifted. Since favorable rulings redefine “marriage” to include same-sex unions, this thesis analyzes Kitchen v. Herbert, a 2014 legal opinion from the United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit, to understand the rhetorical processes underpinning its redefinitional act. That analysis draws on Kenneth Burke’s theories of entitling and constitutions and discusses the rhetorical concepts of terministic screens, casuistic screens, scope and circumference as key features of the rhetoric of the legal opinions. The findings call for a balancing of deconstructive and conventional approaches to legal discourse.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004378, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004378
Subject Headings: Constitutional law -- United States, Identity (Psychology), Marriage -- United States -- Government policy, Same sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- United States, United States -- Defense of Marriage Act
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Title: The analysis of Iraqi women's political participation, civil rights, and societal roles.
Creator: Longo, Gina Marie., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Political Science
Abstract/Description: The effects that Women's political participation in the Middle East has on political parties and regimes have been investigated by the political science community. However, how women's political participation and changing societal roles affect women's lives has not received adequate attention. This is a comparative historical analysis that investigates how women's societal roles and political participation in Iraq changed from 1968 to the present. It examines how factors such as social...
Show moreThe effects that Women's political participation in the Middle East has on political parties and regimes have been investigated by the political science community. However, how women's political participation and changing societal roles affect women's lives has not received adequate attention. This is a comparative historical analysis that investigates how women's societal roles and political participation in Iraq changed from 1968 to the present. It examines how factors such as social conservatism, party ideology, war, sanctions, religion, and international pressure during different periods in Iraq's modern history influenced changes in Iraqi women's roles and participation over time. These changes in societal roles and political participation are used to analyze the restrictions and expansions in Iraqi women's civil rights in areas such as family, work and mobility, political and cultural expression, health and sexual control, and education.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186681
Subject Headings: Women, Social conditions, Women's rights, Women in politics, Sex role, History
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Title: Women's rape avoidance: an evolutionary psychological perspective.
Creator: McKibbin, William F., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: Women have recurrently faced the adaptive problem of rape over evolutionary history. Little research has investigated the potential evolved psychological mechanisms for rape avoidance that women may possess. Here I review evolutionary perspectives on rape avoidance. I follow this review with the results of two studies conducted to design a measure of women's rape avoidance, known as the Rape Avoidance Inventory (RAI). Study 1A included 99 women who self-reported acts they do or might do...
Show moreWomen have recurrently faced the adaptive problem of rape over evolutionary history. Little research has investigated the potential evolved psychological mechanisms for rape avoidance that women may possess. Here I review evolutionary perspectives on rape avoidance. I follow this review with the results of two studies conducted to design a measure of women's rape avoidance, known as the Rape Avoidance Inventory (RAI). Study 1A included 99 women who self-reported acts they do or might do specifically to avoid being raped. Study 1B included 144 women who filled out a preliminary inventory of rape avoidance behaviors. I used their responses to construct the RAI. In Study 3, I develop and test a number of hypotheses derived from evolutionary psychological theory, using data derived from the sample of women in Study 1B. I conclude by discussing limitations and possible future directions for rape avoidance research.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/1927315
Subject Headings: Rape, Psychological aspects, Sex differences (Psychology), Women, Violence against, Rape victims, Public opinion, Man-woman relationships, Evolutionary psychology
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Title: Women’s Plasticity During Childhood and their Influence on Rape-Avoidance Behaviors.
Creator: Penaloza, Sammy, Bjorklund, David F., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: Evolutionary theory predicts that sexual coercion and rape are likely to occur in any species in which males are more aggressive, more eager to mate, more sexually assertive, and less discriminating in choosing a mate (Thornhill & Palmer, 2000). McKibbin and Shackelford (2011) state that males of many species have evolved strategies to sexually coerce and rape females. It is for this reason that researchers have speculated that several female traits or behaviors evolved to reduce the risks of...
Show moreEvolutionary theory predicts that sexual coercion and rape are likely to occur in any species in which males are more aggressive, more eager to mate, more sexually assertive, and less discriminating in choosing a mate (Thornhill & Palmer, 2000). McKibbin and Shackelford (2011) state that males of many species have evolved strategies to sexually coerce and rape females. It is for this reason that researchers have speculated that several female traits or behaviors evolved to reduce the risks of being raped (McKibbin & Shackelford, 2011). The rationale behind the proposed experiment examined whether parents’ childrearing practices and women’s plasticity during childhood may have influenced the development of psychological mechanisms in response to the recurrent adaptive problem of rape. Analyses showed that maternal support during childhood predicted how frequently rape-avoidance behaviors were exhibited by women as adults. Analyses also showed that father absence was related to earlier sexual activity but age of menarche did not predict and was not associated with any rape-avoidance behaviors.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004784
Subject Headings: Rape--Psychological aspects., Rape victims--Public opinion., Women--Violence against., Men--Sexual behavior., Men--Attitudes., Human behavior., Sex differences (Psychology), Evolutionary psychology.
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Title: Determination of sex ratios and their relationship to nest temperature of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta, L.) hatchlings produced along the southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States.
Creator: Blair, Kimberly., Florida Atlantic University, Wyneken, Jeanette
Abstract/Description: The sex ratios of hatchling loggerheads (Caretta caretta) were determined to provide robust assessments of regional and seasonal contributions of males and females to the population. Hatchlings from nests along the Atlantic coastline were raised to 120 g, sexed laparoscopically and verified histologically. Sex ratios differed at the beach, subseason, and subpopulation levels. There was no difference in overall sex ratios between the two study years. Average nest temperature and incubation...
Show moreThe sex ratios of hatchling loggerheads (Caretta caretta) were determined to provide robust assessments of regional and seasonal contributions of males and females to the population. Hatchlings from nests along the Atlantic coastline were raised to 120 g, sexed laparoscopically and verified histologically. Sex ratios differed at the beach, subseason, and subpopulation levels. There was no difference in overall sex ratios between the two study years. Average nest temperature and incubation durations were not accurate sex ratio correlates. Temperatures that produced female biased or male biased sex ratios overlapped in ranges with those producing a single sex. I found that the Transitional Range of Temperatures for loggerhead sea turtles is approximately 26.5°C--32°C, and the best correlation between average temperature and sex ratio occurred at 50--65% of incubation. Further studies are needed to define the roles of other environmental factors or the responses of tissues in loggerhead sex determination.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13197
Subject Headings: Sea turtles--Nests--United States, Sex (Biology), Sea turtles--Atlantic Coast (U S ), Loggerhead turtle--Nests, Loggerhead turtle--Breeding
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Title: Policy of Abuse: A Framework of Public Policy Dimensions Analyzing Systematic Sexual Violence in Bosnia.
Creator: Chary, Meena, Patterson, Patricia M., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: This dissertation asserts that systematic sexual violence was used as public policy by the Serbian government in Bosnia during the conflict of 1992-1995 to effect ethnic cleansing and genocide. Systematic sexual violence must be recognized as public policy in order for the global community to advance appropriate recommendations regarding the levels at which (in addition to individuals) institutions, organizations and particularly governments should be held accountable. Further, when...
Show moreThis dissertation asserts that systematic sexual violence was used as public policy by the Serbian government in Bosnia during the conflict of 1992-1995 to effect ethnic cleansing and genocide. Systematic sexual violence must be recognized as public policy in order for the global community to advance appropriate recommendations regarding the levels at which (in addition to individuals) institutions, organizations and particularly governments should be held accountable. Further, when govenm1ents not only fail in their responsibility to protect citizens but actually commit crimes against citizens, survivors are betrayed by the very institutions to which they look for protection. Public policy is indelibly linked to the actions of governments. Recognizing systematic sexual violence as public policy acknowledges the seriousness of that betrayal and is imperative to foster both personal and social healing. First, the dissertation develops a framework of policy dimensions consisting of the concepts of government initiation, public interest, actors and institutions, intent and goals, complicity and sanction, instruments and tools, and targets. Then, case study methodology is used to investigate records documenting the case of systematic sexual violence in Bosnia. By comparing the results of those investigations to the policy framework, the dissertation concludes that in Bosnia in the 1990s, systematic sexual violence was used as public policy. Sexual violence was systematically perpetrated on a mass scale by government-sanctioned agents, and administered using governmental organizational mechanisms. By discussing what has happened and is happening, to whom, and how, we can understand that systematic sexual violence is being used as a policy, how such a policy may be implemented and what its goals may be. We can also acknowledge the policy goals-- such as ethnic nationalism, genocide and ethnic cleansing-- associated with this policy of abuse and view systematic sexual violence as a critical part of overall concerted strategies to effect those policy goals.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000605
Subject Headings: Sex crimes--Bosnia and Herzegovina, Women--Crimes against--Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Atrocities, Bosnia and Herzegovina--Social policy
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