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#research: Science finally supports that we are all born as blank slates and gender is merely a construct
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / December 3, 2015Both you and I have grown up in a world of stereotypes. Whether you like it or not these widely accepted assumptions shape us and how we are viewed in the world, especially when it comes to gender. I...
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#research: New report on intimate partner violence among LGBT people
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / November 12, 2015The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, a coalition cordinated by the New York-based Anti-Violence Project, has just released its 2014 report on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and HIV-...
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#research: ‘Women are just better at this stuff’: is emotional labor feminism’s next frontier? (guardian)
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / November 9, 2015‘Women are just better at this stuff’: is emotional labor feminism’s next frontier? (guardian)In a work context, emotional labor refers to the expectation that a worker should manipu...
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#research: Identity, experience, choice and responsibility (keynote by @alisonphipps)
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / November 9, 2015I hope Alison doesn’t mind me posting her recent keynote in its entirety here. It is too good and important not to share. All © Alison Phipps: Genders, bodies, politics, via A Room of Our Own.Th...
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#research: #todayin: who would have thunk it! Gender bias in evaluations of evidence of gender bias
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / October 20, 2015I think I’ve leave this one to speak for itself too. Write-up (and good unpicking) from feministphilosophers: A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports t...
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#todayin sexism: #research: anger bolsters men’s authority while undermining women’s
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / October 13, 2015Herein lies evidence of everything that’s wrong with gender roles (women as passive and unassertive) and norms (women as calm and agreeable) and one effect of subverting or transgressing those r...
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#todayin: the patriarchy just will not stop: New Study Reveals Scary Consequence of Catcalling
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / October 2, 2015A new study with undergraduate women (n=297) has found that women who experience sexual objectification of some sort (including self-objectification) are also more likely to be victims of sexual assau...
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#research: #todayin: the patriarchy just will not stop: New Study Reveals Scary Consequence of Catcalling
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / October 2, 2015A new study with undergraduate women (n=297) has found that women who experience sexual objectification of some sort (including self-objectification) are also more likely to be victims of sexual assau...
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#todayin: frustration: #research: The Imagined Link Between Masculinity and Creativity
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / October 1, 2015Note: the link is not between creativity and masculinity but, rather, the attribution of creativity to men because they are ascribed the masculine traits of self-direction and independence that we ass...
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#research: women, particularly women of colour, bear costs of mass incarceration
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / September 17, 2015A groundbreaking new report (from the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Forward Together, and Research Action Design) surveyed former prisoners and their families in 14 states* and found that the tr...
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#research: Seven studies that prove mansplaining exists
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / September 11, 2015Statistics and studies galore. Fill your boots. from bitchmag: 1. Women get interrupted more than men. Both men and women interrupt women more often than they interrupt men, according to a paper publ...
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#research: ‘Justin Bieber Sounds Girlie’: Young People’s Celebrity Talk and Contemporary Masculinities
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / September 10, 2015Looking very forward to reading this article from the CelebYouth study. Abstract: In this article, we explore the ways that contemporary young masculinities are performed and regulated through young ...
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ON THAT REPRODUCIBILITY IN PSYCHOLOGY STUDY
By feimineach / in #sociology, #research, #thinkyblog / August 30, 2015The feministphilosophers take on the recent claim from a study published in Science (Reproducibility in Psychology - Nosek et al, 2015) that some research in psychology is not replicable (i.e. the sam...
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#research: The Juvenile Justice System is Failing Girls
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / August 28, 2015This piece is about girls in the US but the same issues apply here in Britain. Young girls who come into contact with the criminal justice/ juvenile justice system here are also more likely than boys ...
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#maleficentmisogyny: #research: new study suggests that men who harass women online are losers. Literally.
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #research, #quickhits / August 24, 2015I’ll admit it, this is not even a little bit surprising. But it’s useful to have some data nonetheless. And it is pretty satisfying: men who are lower-skilled and perform poorly (relativel...
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#research: young minds matter: our girls in crisis
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / August 20, 2015Overall it was 16 and 17 year old girls who dominated the statistics, with 17% self-harming in the last 12 months. Of those surveyed, 22% reported directing their aggression toward their bodies at lea...
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#study: fatherhood changes men’s views on gender roles, and not for the better (on @bust_magazine)
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / August 7, 2015What gives dudes, is right! On bust.com:According to a study produced by Australian social scientist Janeen Baxter, men “became more consistently traditional in their views on gender roles,” and “appe...
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#research: Not only does pornography activate and reinforce inappropriate cognitive representations
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / August 3, 2015Not only does pornography activate and reinforce inappropriate cognitive representations (fostering sexual preoccupation), repeated exposure to pornography has been found to “help shape an individual’...
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#research: The study also found that both autonomy and relatedness are profoundly influenced
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / July 29, 2015The study also found that both autonomy and relatedness are profoundly influenced by the psychological control tactics used by their parents. “Psychological control includes tactics like ignoring kids...
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#research: New study suggests that men who harass women online are losers. Literally.
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / July 22, 2015A new study examining the behavior of Halo 3 gamers provides some insights into the dynamics driving online misogynistic harassment. The takeaway? As the headlines trumped with predictable satisfactio...
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