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Title
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Affect Control Theory and Gendered Occupations
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Author
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Barry, Leanne
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Social psychology
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Description
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Gender is widely considered to be a major contributing factor in workplace inequality. This is largely due to the gendering of occupations by labelling certain jobs as more appropriate for one gender than the other. In this paper, I examine gender...
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CASTLES, GENDER, AND CHILD CULTURE: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF MEDIA AND PLAY
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Author
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Montgomery, Shannon
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Social sciences--Study and teaching
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Description
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This dissertation revealed two distinct types of castles which are marketed to boys and girls: Fortresses for boys are embedded with the masculine stereotypes of violence and active agents, and Palaces for girls imply domesticity, passivity, and a...
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Explorations of Childhood Gender-Fluidity and the Subversion of Masculinity in Peter Pan
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Author
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Weber, Ryan
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Literature, English literature, Sex role
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Description
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In declaring Peter Pan as the only child who will not grow up, J.M. Barrie has developed a character with an unmatched capacity for subverting masculine forms of normalization, social acceptance, and gender appropriation. Through Peter’s consisten...
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Title
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The Effects of Stereotype Threat on Mixed-Gender Conversation
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Author
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Chauncey, Kevin
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Social psychology, Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
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Description
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The present study examined some effects of Stereotype Threat priming on participants in a two-person prompted discussion. Four pairs of participants (one man, one woman) each discussed three workplace scenarios and were prompted to give suggestion...
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Title
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The Relationship between School Built Environment and Student Achievement in Pakistan
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Author
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Begum, Nahida
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Environmental sciences, Ecology, Education and state
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Description
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Schools in Pakistan face many challenges, ranging from lack of qualified teachers to insufficient teaching resources. Another obstacle is the low quality of school built environment. Some important built environment factors include an available wa...