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Filtering by: Subject Self-perception in adolescence Degree Name Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (M.A.I.S.)

What Do Girls Learn from Dolls? Sexualized Stimuli and Girls’ Body Esteem and Academic Performance

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Lundeberg, Pamela J.

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Although a significant amount of research has investigated the effect of sexualization on women's body esteem and cognitive performance, few researchers have examined the effect of sexualization on girls. Additionally, research that has been conducted regarding girls' experiences of sexualization has primarily focused on media influences. The effect of dolls...

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Masters Thesis

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(Fredrickson et al., 1998), the exposure to sexualization causes adult women to engage in self-objectifying
Mark Fuhrman's Murder In Brentwood : A Rhetorical Criticism of Apologia as Masculine Facework

Creator:

Kearney, Melva J.

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Apologia is a rhetorical genre of self-defense. As such, apologetic discourse involves a response to an attack upon an individual's character or worth as a human being. Los Angeles Police Detective Mark Fuhrman encountered such a attack during the 0.J. Simpson murder trial. The purpose of this analysis is to...

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mortification depicts an act of confession, rather than self- defense." Human beings inevitably engage in
Suck it Up and Drive on Soldier: A Burkean Rhetorical Analysis and Critical Examination of the Internal Rhetoric of a Military Rape Victim

Creator:

Ward, Corrina M.

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Sexual assault in the military is prevalent, underestimated, and sadly overlooked. This is largely due to the inherent patriarchy and hegemonic masculine ideologies that set rigid power boundaries in the military. The roles of powerful and powerless are indoctrinated into Servicemembers from the first moment of training, and are reified...

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) directly and negatively impacts a victim’s internal discourse in a way that in turn shifts his/her self