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Passage through The Vagina Monologues: A College Anti-Violence Rite

Creator:: Freehling-Burton, Kryn
Abstract:: Passage through The Vagina Monologues: A College Anti-Violence Rite examines the ways in which the audience at Oregon State University (OSU) responds to the annual production of the play in connection with the international college campaign to raise awareness about violence against women and to raise money for community organizations...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: theories. Using a mixed methods approach, I utilize quantitative survey data and qualitative interview

Language Differences between Women and Men and the Attribution of Leadership

Creator:: Dunsworth, Sabrina J.
Abstract:: This research addresses the perception of leadership attributes in light of evaluator and target gender. It specifically investigates whether there is a difference in language usage when the evaluator is female versus when the evaluator is male. Two studies were conducted. A pre-test used instrumental development drawing from studies conducted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: at Oregon State University and used a survey to determine the top six gender attributes used to

Tradition and change across generations of Japanese American women

Creator:: Sanabe-Mao, Mary
Abstract:: This was a generational study on Japanese American women that evaluated Hill's propositions regarding discontinuity in values and acceleration of achievement in occupational level across generations. The domains examined were 1) elder care, 2) family structure, and 3) employment & occupation. It was hypothesized that there will be differences between...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: hypothesized that there will be an advancement in occupational level across these generations. A survey

Reconsidering Openness : A Study of Relationships Between Personality Openness and Attitudinal Openness

Creator:: Chang, I-Tung Joyce
Abstract:: This is an observational study concerning relationships between personality openness and attitudinal openness. 209 volunteers from two samples, participated in this study. The Ohio sample contained data from 36 self-identified feminists (age 18-65) at the Annual National Women Studies Conference in Akron, Ohio, 1990. The Oregon State university (OSU) sample...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: openness. 209 volunteers from two samples, participated in this study. The Ohio sample contained data

An Assessment and Comparison of Resources and Services Available in Men's and Women's State Prison Libraries

Creator:: Glenn, Judith A.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a difference in the resources and library services in men's and women's state prison facility libraries, and to determine to what extent the librarians who administer services to inmates in prisons believe the resources available are adequate in giving...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: from co-ed institutions. The data from the questionnaires were tabulatedsusing the Statistical Package

Exploring Sri-Lankan women's migration experiences in L.A. county : three stories, three lives

Creator:: Gunewardena, Sriyanthi Lorna Antoinette
Abstract:: The recognition that women are not in a fixed position but are dynamic and active in any of the processes of migration and post-migration adjustment helps us to see the complexity of women's participation in migration. Using life history interviews, three Sri-Lankan womens' migration experiences are examined for the ways...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: instances the data did not fully support Boyd's (1989) predictions of the ways in which personal networks

Gender role attitudes among Thai college students : traditional or egalitarian?

Creator:: Surinya, Tippavan
Abstract:: The purpose of this investigation is to explore gender role attitudes among Thai college students and to determine whether differences in gender role attitudes among Thai college students are related to the sex of students, college major and family structure. To investigate this problem a Gender Role Attitude Inventory is...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: interpret the data and to answer the research question posed. The group West is used to compare the mean

"Walloped" by the weather? Deflections, diversions, and dubious representations of women in climate change discourse

Creator:: Brinker, Rachel K.
Abstract:: Research shows that women's lives are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change. While the topic of women is largely absent from climate discourse overall, the representations of women that occur reveal underlying structures of power rooted in imperialism and colonial dominance. This thesis presents an analysis of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: climate change discourse by utilizing data from the micro-blogging site Twitter.com in the 60 days

An abortion service provider as political activist

Creator:: Willis, Gloria
Abstract:: The feminist beliefs of abortion service providers and the effects of these beliefs on the delivery of health care to patients is examined by the author who is herself a feminist and member of an abortion clinic staff. Discussion includes abortion rates, abortion safety, characteristics of patients, and accessibility of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , supporting patients in the operating room, and attending patients during recovery. The data is presented in

Uncovering Women's Magazines: Editors' Perspectives on the Relationship between Editorial and Advertising Content in Women's Fashion/Beauty Magazines

Creator:: Felesky, C. Leigh
Abstract:: This research examines women's magazine editors' perspectives of the relationship between editorial and advertising content in women's magazines. It specifically investigates how this relationship affects both general editorial content and more specifically, social topic stories. Mainstream women's beauty/fashion magazine editors—including editors-in-chief—were queried as to the nature of these relationships. Interviews...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: genderthat emerged from the data also are discussed. The study concludes that the separation between

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Passage through The Vagina Monologues: A College Anti-Violence Rite

Language Differences between Women and Men and the Attribution of Leadership

Tradition and change across generations of Japanese American women

Reconsidering Openness : A Study of Relationships Between Personality Openness and Attitudinal Openness

An Assessment and Comparison of Resources and Services Available in Men's and Women's State Prison Libraries

Exploring Sri-Lankan women's migration experiences in L.A. county : three stories, three lives

Gender role attitudes among Thai college students : traditional or egalitarian?

"Walloped" by the weather? Deflections, diversions, and dubious representations of women in climate change discourse

An abortion service provider as political activist

Uncovering Women's Magazines: Editors' Perspectives on the Relationship between Editorial and Advertising Content in Women's Fashion/Beauty Magazines

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