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Skin Shade Discrimination Is Associated With Disordered Weight Control Behaviors in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand

open access: yesInternational Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Emerging evidence indicates that experiencing discrimination is associated with disordered eating. This study aimed to test the association between experiences of colorism (skin shade discrimination penalizing those with darker skin) and the prevalence of disordered weight control behaviors (DWCBs) in four Asian countries/regions ...
Nadia Craddock   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Keeping their powder dry: Purity, pollution, and handgun ownership among Jewish women in Israel

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the gendered practices through which Jewish women in Israel experience and negotiate personal handgun ownership in everyday life. Drawing on interviews, participant observation in gun‐related spaces, and analysis of women‐only online forums, we explore the expanding participation of Jewish women in civilian gun ownership,
Maya Maor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Facial visualizations of women’s voices suggest a cross-modality preference for femininity

open access: yes, 2013
Women with higher-pitched voices and more feminine facial features are commonly judged as being more attractive than are women with lower-pitched voices and less feminine faces, possibly because both features are affected by (age-related) variations in ...
Feinberg, David   +2 more
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Spectral Femininity

open access: yes, 2016
‘Spectral Femininity’ examines the troubling spectres of femininity that have haunted the Gothic imagination since the eighteenth century. Etymologically related as much to the field of looking as to the realm of phantoms, the ‘spectre’ occupies a vital ...
Rebecca Munford
core   +1 more source

Colonial and gendered peace: Decolonial perspectives on peace in Nagorno‐Karabakh

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article critically interrogates peace processes in the aftermath of the First Nagorno‐Karabakh War by centering the lived experiences and political voices of Armenian and Azerbaijani internally displaced and refugee women, based on ethnographic fieldwork and in‐depth interviews conducted in 2019.
Ramil Zamanov
wiley   +1 more source

Female Facial Appearance and Health

open access: yesEvolutionary Psychology, 2012
The current study addressed whether rated femininity, attractiveness, and health in female faces are associated with numerous indices of self-reported health history (number of colds/stomach bugs/frequency of antibiotic use) in a sample of 105 females ...
Alan W. Gray, Lynda G. Boothroyd
doaj   +1 more source

Practice adoption in MNCS: A multi‐level interactionist model of trait activation

open access: yesGlobal Strategy Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Sharing knowledge through organizational practices is an important source of advantage for multinational corporations (MNCs). While prior research on practice adoption by subsidiaries of MNCs has identified several individual and organizational factors, this study examines their interplay in the context of HQ‐mandated ...
Sven Kunisch   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

“A battle between lust and loathing”: The interplay between masculinity and femininity in Zakes Mda’s The Madonna of Excelsior

open access: yesTydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2017
In this essay the emphasis is on the interplay between masculinity and femininity and in particular that of white masculinity versus black femininity, as well as the role played by black female sexuality in the formation of masculine identity in a rural ...
Marius Crous
doaj   +1 more source

"What was I made for?": exploring femininity through the Barbie doll [PDF]

open access: yes
openThis thesis explores Barbie’s role in society and her revolutionary impact on the concept of feminism. Since her debut in 1959, Barbie has evolved from just a toy into a powerful cultural icon that mirrors and influences society.
PERUZZO, VERONICA VITTORIA
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Femininity in Jose Saramago’s Blindness and Seeing

open access: yes, 2017
This study analyzes the varieties of femininity represented in Jose Saramago's sequel, Blindness and Seeing. Femininity and its different types have been introduced by Richard Howson in his Challenging Hegemonic Masculinity.
Daram, Mahmoud, Barati, Tayebeh
core   +1 more source

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