This article analyses the representation of femininity in school textbooks search elements that discourage girls from taking up scientific educational paths. Quantitative content analysis and constant comparison method were used to examine 75 Polish textbooks. Significant differences identified number male female characters, their ages, financial resources, occupations, family roles mental char...

PURPOSE This case study explores the lived experiences of an elite female Paralympic powerlifting athlete. The focus is on restrictions and coping responses employed to manage the daily hassles within the cultural and ethnic requirements for achieving athletic excellence. METHODS With an unstructured interview, the narrative was acquired which ranged to a total of 75 minutes (approx) and 20 s...

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...

For the creation of play 'La Torera', its author, Carmen Elena Jijon, collects fragments Anita Bermeo's life to reconstruct main character play. The proposal is articulated, together with collective imagination, press articles and multiple creations by artists from Republic Ecuador, becoming part a transmedial biography Torera' that goes beyond entire work it circumscribes in an even broader tr...

This study investigated the dimensions of sex role orientation measured by the revised Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI; S. Bem, 1974) and the revised Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ; J. Spence, R. Helmreich, and J. Strapp, 1975). Participants were 651 undergraduates in introductory psychology courses. The sample was approximately 50% male and 50% female. Overall, items from the two measures...