Explanations for differences in political preferences between men and women continue to be debated, generating more heat than light in attempts to locate their source and potential influence. The reason for this confusion rests on the lack of conceptual clarity concerning the difference between sex, typically referring to biological differences, and gender, assumed to result from socialization,...

IN MEN by AMY COHN (Under the Direction of Amos Zeichner, Ph.D.) ABSTRACT Predominant theories posit that the association between masculine identity and aggression is moderated by the degree to which a man experiences cognitive stress when adhering to masculine norms; referred to as gender role stress. This study sought to examine whether masculine identity predicts aggressive behavior (under l...

One of the more enduring observations in the study of death penalty support within the United States is the strong divide between males and females. Men have consistently shown significantly higher levels of support for capital punishment than women. This divide between males and females has appeared in nearly every survey, over time, and across a variety of methodological designs. Using data f...

The paper analyzes socio-cultural and psychosocial factors affecting sexual activities and related risk-taking behaviors in Croatian high-school students. It attempts to determine the correlates of sexual activity, early sexual initiation, the number of sexual partners, and the use of contraceptives and condoms. Due to the gender-specific trajectories of sexual socialization and initiation, all...

Although past research has explored the association between media of many forms (e.g., TV, music, advertising) and sexual socialization, books are 1 form of media that has largely been ignored with respect to this topic. The current study examined the relationship between lifetime exposure to different genres of text and sexual attitudes, including gender role stereotyping and sexual conservati...

There have been concerns among Jamaican scholars that students‟ role models (RMs) contribute to gender differences in academic functioning in Jamaica. The current study empirically investigated gender differences in the RMs of 269 fifth form traditional high school students in Jamaica and relations between RM choice and academic attitudes, goals and achievement. Using mixed qualitative/quantita...

abstract: the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between socialization and gender identity between female students from the university of dezful payme noor. the methodology of this study was survey and used a questionnaire. population of this study was all female students at dezful payme noor university and 384 persons determined as the sample size with using lin table. th...