'Sketchy Wives' and 'Funny Heroines' - Doing and Undoing Gender in Art Games

“Doing” and “Undoing” gender in Fathering research: evidence from the Birth to twenty Cohort Study in South africa

‘‘Doing’’ and ‘‘Undoing’’ Gender: The Meaning and Division of Housework in Same-Sex Couples

Research on same-sex couples and housework can add nuance to our understanding of gender and housework. This analytic review highlights what can be gained from research on samesex couples and housework. Specifically, this review reveals how same-sex couples both ‘‘do’’ and ‘‘undo’’ gender through housework. It illustrates how partners in same-sex couples are influenced by heteronormative meanin...

From 'figurative males' to action heroines: further thoughts on active women in the cinema

This now famous quote neatly captures the confusion and uncertainty surrounding the transgressive character of the action heroine.' Smarter, tougher and better equipped than both the traditional heroines of the action genre and many of their contemporary male counterparts, action heroines are a new breed of arse-kicking female protagonists in action genre films Aggressive, heroic and transforma...

The effect aggressive computer games on the self-concept junior high school boys and girls in Bandar Abbas

ABSTRACT Introduction: Adolescence is associated with a change in self-concept made up of social interactions and experiences. Recent researches indicate the possible role of aggressive computer games on adolescents’ self-concept. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of violent computer games on the self-concept of second grade junior high school students in Band...

I-20: ART - Children How Are They Doing Lessons from Research

Worldwide there are over 4,000,000 ART conceived individuals. As fertility rates ‘fall’ in some countries use of ART is increasing with rates of 1.8% of live births in the UK, 4.4% in Denmark etc. Although still the single largest threat to future ART born children is being born twin, triplet or more, other research shows that there is good grounds for monitoring of the health of these children...