Notes on Penthesilea: The marks of a past of female heroism
The goal of this paper is to construct an image map that will allow us to understand archetypes characteristics that accompany heroic representations of women in cinema.
Samantha da Silva Diefenthaeler
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Call Me Caitlyn: Making and making over the 'authentic' transgender body in Anglo-American popular culture [PDF]
A conception of transgender identity as an ‘authentic’ gendered core ‘trapped’ within a mismatched corporeality, and made tangible through corporeal transformations, has attained unprecedented legibility in contemporary Anglo-American media.
Anon N.+20 more
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Perceptions of Blame in Intimate Partner Violence: The Role of the Perpetrator\u27s Ability to Arouse Fear of Injury in the Victim [PDF]
Men are more likely to be blamed more for intimate partner violence (IPV) than are women who commit the same offense. However, because men are typically stronger and perceived as more physically aggressive than women are, perpetrator sex is confounded ...
Chapleau, Kristine M.+3 more
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Beautiful Disease: The Story of Angelina Jolie’s Mastectomy in the American Media [PDF]
In 2013 Angelina Jolie revealed in a New York Times editorial that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy earlier that year. This qualitative study examines the social meaning of that Times piece.
Michel, Angie
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The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL): A Review of Literature and Its Reflection of Gender Issues [PDF]
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was the first, and to date, the only women’s professional baseball league in United States history. Yet many people are unaware of the league’s existence.
Kenow, Laura J.
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This article examines the results of research on the relationship between the tendency towards various addictions and masculinity/femininity as gender characteristics of the individual.
Iryna Pospelova
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A Male Transformation into a Female Character on the Noh Stage
Femininity and the feminine figure itself in Noh theatre plays an important role, though nowadays the interpreter is fundamentally masculine. The central aim of impersonating feminine roles by masculine performers, and therefore creating the masculine ...
Violetta BRAZHNIKOVA TSYBIZOVA
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'Sexercise': Working out heterosexuality in Jane Fonda’s fitness books [PDF]
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Leisure Studies, 30(2), 237 - 255, 2011, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02614367.2010.523837.This paper explores the connection ...
Aitchison C.+65 more
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Testi fogyatékos fiatal felnőtt nők nőisége – Egy tervezett doktori kutatás vázlata
This paper presents an ongoing doctoral research study on the femininity of young adult women with physical disabilities and the influence of the internet and social media on their self-image.
Emese Zagyi
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Gender differences of athletes in different classification groups of sports and sport disciplines
Purpose: to identify the percentage of masculine, androgynous and feminine figures in different classification groups, sports and sports disciplines, depending on the sport qualification.
Olena Tarasevych
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