Abstract The social categories that characterize a speaker frequently correlate with the use of specific linguistic variables. Research suggests such correlations are sometimes recognized as socially-indexed meanings. This study examines Japanese individuals’ attitudes toward variables have been shown to category gender in production. In particular, we contrast patterns gendered variation (i) p...

INTRODUCTION Gendered practices of working life create gender inequalities through horizontal and vertical gender segregation in work, which may lead to inequalities in health between women and men. Gender equality could therefore be a key element of health equity in working life. Our aim was to analyze what gender (in)equality means for the employees at a woman-dominated workplace and discuss ...

ii Acknowledgement I would like to first communicate the high esteem I hold for the University of New Orleans' Sociology Department in general. My understanding of the social world has been expanded and my longstanding academic curiosities have been nurtured. For these reasons, I am especially grateful. In particular, I would like to thank the chair of this thesis, Dr. Susan Mann, who consisten...

The implementation of gender fair language is often associated with negative reactions and hostile attacks on people who propose a change. This was also the case in Sweden in 2012 when a third gender-neutral pronoun hen was proposed as an addition to the already existing Swedish pronouns for she (hon) and he (han). The pronoun hen can be used both generically, when gender is unknown or irreleva...

In Bangladesh, the BBC Janala project is using multimedia to give adults opportunities to learn English for economic purposes. English lessons are available on mobile phones, the web, a newspaper and a TV show. Despite the large numbers of people accessing the BBC Janala media products, there is a gendered digital divide, with much fewer women accessing the web and mobile lessons in particular....

This analysis has been previously published under the title "Stuck!? Organizational Reforms and Feminization of Middle Management: The Common Mechanism and Societal Differences" in the working paper series of the Helsinki School of Economics. Summary In this article, we analyze the longitudinal relationship between organizational reforms (with downsizing elements) and feminization of a specific...

BACKGROUND Globally, an estimated 300,000 children under the age of 18 participate in combat situations; those in armed groups in particular suffer prolonged exposure to psychological and physical abuse. The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is a rebel movement known for its widespread conscription of children; yet little is known about this process once the group moved beyond northern Uganda. In th...

BACKGROUND The estimated one in three women worldwide victimized by intimate partner violence (IPV) consistently demonstrate elevated STI/HIV prevalence, with their abusive male partners' risky sexual behaviours and subsequent infection increasingly implicated. To date, little empirical data exist to characterise the nature of men's sexual risk as it relates to both their violence perpetration,...