In this paper, we use data from three districts of Nyanza Province in Kenya to examine gender-role attitudes and reproductive health communication among adolescent females aged 12-19 years. We test for differences in gender-role attitudes between younger (12-15) and older (16-19) adolescents. We explore the possible association between educational attainment and gender-role attitudes by estimat...

The acoustics of the sound /s/ have been shown to vary as a function of speaker gender in previous research, but the origin of this gender dichotomy remains controversial. The present study aimed to investigate the age at which gender-specific /s/ production begins to appear, and whether this dichotomy was related to gender role formation. Thirty normally developing children aged 4 and 5 partic...

This paper uses micro-data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to examine relationship between gender role attitudes labour supply of men women. Using Wellington decomposition technique, also considers how much change gap force participation (LFP) 2001/5 2015/19 may be explained by changes adult women men. The results show a 6.5 percentage point convergenc...

international experiences reveal that promotion of gender equality paves the way for developmental achievements in a way that it ensures equal living standards and human rights for all individuals. nowadays gender equality is not only one of the principles of human rights but is emphasized for alleviating poverty, upgrading living standards and stabilizing economy. the relation between democrac...

In two studies, we demonstrate that attitudes toward traditional sexual roles are linked with increased sexual passivity for women but decreased passivity for men. For both genders, sexual passivity predicts poor sexual functioning and satisfaction. Study 1 showed that endorsement of traditional sexual roles of male dominance and female passivity relates to greater sexual passivity among colleg...

A relationship between computer anxiety (CA) and gender has been found in a number of studies, with females generally scoring higher than males. Findings are variable, however, and biological gender does not adequately account for this variability. It is possible that psychological gender, in conjunction with the concept of masculinisation, may provide a more satisfactory account. Measures of C...

In this study we examined relationships among gender role identity, support for feminism, nontraditional gender roles, and willingness to consider oneself a feminist in a sample of college students (N D 301). For female participants, we found positive relationships among higher masculinity on the PAQ (Personal Attributes Questionnaire), nontraditional attitudes toward gender roles, and the comb...