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  • Birthing Experience: Feminism, Symbolic Interaction, and (Re) Defining Birth

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    Roland-Schwartz, Michele L.
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    In this paper, my aim is to call attention to the meanings women attach to their birthing experiences using the symbolic interaction perspective in conjunction with a feminist lens. I argue that the obstetrical model of childbirth defines the course of the relationship between the laboring woman and attendant, limiting...
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    2001 I interviewed 12 women who gave birth between the years 1932-2001. I found that the social

  • Exploration of Japanese women's patterns of educational attainment : the effect of gender of siblings

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    Michinobu, Toshiyuki
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    Guided by the emerging interest in gender of siblings as one important sociological component in American family studies, the major objective of this study was to examine the effect of sex composition of siblings on women's levels of educational attainment in the Japanese setting. The present study hypothesized that the...
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    " places in which to study. We have to recognize here the power of social institutions. In other words

  • Gender Implications of Small Scale Urban Trade in Ukraine

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    Kirillova, Lyudmila A.
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    This research project examines the growing informal sector of Ukrainian economy and the way global economic changes affect women's lives. It has been noticed by many Western researchers that women have been among the hardest hit by economic restructuring in Eastern Europe. Marginalization from the official labor force led a...
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    . The research examines the connections between two levels of social life: global economic change in a

  • A sociological analysis of fishing regulation conflicts : an ethnographic study

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    Dwyer, Jennifer A.
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    This is an investigative, descriptive study that explored fishing regulation conflicts between commercial fishermen and fishery resource management agencies. The purpose of the study was to develop a rich picture of the conflict phenomenon and apply sociological theory in order to illuminate the underlying structures and functions which contribute to...
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    patience in sharing his knowledge of fishery science with a social scientist and Dave Bella for his

  • From sister to sister to woman : the role of sororities in the social transmission of gender

    Creator:
    Gilmore, Jennifer
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    Sororities play an important role in the process by which sorority women become gendered by influencing members' ideas about what it means to be a woman. Women and men become gendered through regular social interaction with other women and men, and sororities have a particularly strong impact on their members...
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    June 5, 2002. Title: From Sister to Sister to Woman: The Role of Sororities in the Social Transmission

  • Gender and Race Stereotypes in Advertisements in Science, 2004-2006

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    Atwood-Wheeler, Kathryn
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    This study documents the occurrence of stereotypical representations of gender, race, and other characteristics in individuals that appear in advertisements in the prestigious academic journal Science. It repeats and expands upon a study conducted by Mary Barbercheck (2001) that analyzed advertisements in Science between 1995 and 1997. In this study,...
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    , and social characteristics of the individuals shown in all 154 issues of Science published from 2004

  • The Necessary Limits of Religious Influence on Public Policy

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    Kaltenberg, Shawn M.
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    In this thesis, I argue that Christian fundamentalism is a threat to the traditions of religious liberty and the separation of church and state in US liberal democracy. I support this claim by exploring the writings of men who were instrumental in the foundation of the US, concluding that they...
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    Policy. Abstract approved: Courtney Campbell In this thesis, I argue that Christian