Lyčių vaidmenys yra svarbiausi kiekvieno žmogaus per gyvenimą atliekami vaidmenys. Jų yra mokomasi socializacijos proceso metu, kai veikiamas įvairių veiksnių individas suvokia, kas yra vyriška, o kas moteriška. Tai suvokdamas, individas suformuoja savo savivoką, kuri plečiant savo jau turimų žinių ribas keičiasi. Savivoką gali keisti daugelis veiksnių, tarp jų ir televizija. Darbo tikslas – išanalizuoti televizijos serialuose pateikiamų lyčių vaidmenų poveikį auditorijos lyčių savivokai. Siekiant įgyvendinti užsibrėžtą darbo tikslą, išsikeliami šie pagrindiniai uždaviniai: apibrėžti žmogaus savivokos sąvoką; atlikti procesų ir veiksnių, kurie formuoja lyčių vaidmenis analizę; išanalizuoti televizijos serialų paskirtį bei jų poveikį auditorijai; išanalizuoti televizijos serialuose pateikiamus lyčių vaidmenis; ištirti televizijos serialuose pateikiamų lyčių vaidmenų poveikį auditorijos savivokai. Naudojama literatūra, kuri skiriama į šias grupes: medžiaga, kurioje analizuojamas socializacijos procesas bei individo tapatybės formavimasis; lyčių vaidmenų analizei skirtos publikacijos bei tyrimai ir literatūra, kurioje analizuojamas televizijos serialų atsiradimas ir jų tolimesnis plitimas bei populiarumo priežastys. Išanalizavus literatūrą, atlikus televizijos serialų turinio analizę bei apklausą, prieita prie šių pagrindinių išvadų. Pirma: savivoka yra žmogaus savęs suvokimas ir turimos žinios apie save. Savivoka gali kisti priklausomai nuo to, kiek naujų žinių individas įgaus... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Gender roles are the most important roles in life of every human. They are learned in the socialization process under the influence of various factors which determine perception of what is masculine and what is feminine. In this way each individual forms his own self-perception, which is changing according boundaries of the knowledge. Self-percection can be alternated by a number of factors, including the television. Objective of this thesis- to analyze the impact of gender roles portrayed in television serials on gender perception of the audience. In order to achieve the stated objective, the following main tasks were set: to define the concept of human self-perception, to analyse the factors which influence gender roles, investigate television serials and their impact on the intended audience, explore gender role models portrayed in television serials and analyse their impact on gender perception of the audience. The literature used can be divided in the following categories: literature analyzing the process of socialization and formation of identity of the individual; research publications and literature analysing the occurrence and further spread of television serials and the reasons for their popularity. The analysis of literature, investigation of the television series and content analysis of the survey led to these conclusions. First: self-perception is self understanding of the humans and knowledge about themselves. Self-perception may alternate depending on the new... [to full text]

The concept of gender becomes significant when associated with variable and unpredictable effects of climate change. It is important to assess the linkages and outcomes between humans and their environment. I highlight the level of vulnerability and burdens on the different genders and discuss how these environmental influences are shifting what we will considered “traditional” social norms and responsibilities within rural households of Kenya and Tanzania. For agricultural and pastoral communities in eastern Africa, drought triggers many socio-economic alterations that lead to great shifts in traditional roles and daily duties especially for women. The key focus of this study relies on changing gender dynamics as a result of intensified and prolonged episodes of drought, considering male and female interactions and coping strategies. Using my case study of Ayalaliyo, Tanzania as a springboard, I will be analyzing women’s vulnerability, increased workloads, health implications, and alternative incomes as well as male disempowerment in the rural communities of Kenya and Tanzania. I aspire to find the connections between women and the environment and detect whether or not there have been similar changes in gender roles as a result of climatic changes throughout the rest of East Africa’s farming communities. I will be concluding by tying these effects to a more global perspective on the importance of gendering climate change adaptations.

Research indicates that women are more likely to experience depression than are men. The current study examined the effects of gender, socialized gender roles, rumination, and neuroticism on symptoms of depression in young adults. As predicted, rumination mediated the relationship between gender and depression, and socialized gender roles had a greater explanatory power for rumination, neuroticism, and depression than did gender. Contrary to predictions, rumination did not mediate neuroticism's effects on depression. Structural equation modeling reveled that rumination-on-sadness positively predicted neuroticism and depression. However, rumination-in-general, while positively predicting neuroticism, negatively predicted symptoms of depression. Finally, once socialized gender roles, rumination, and neuroticism were controlled, male gender was modestly predictive of depression.

In a traditional Middle Eastern society, men and women have been confined within society’s gender definitions. Those imposed social constructs condition men differently from women by dictating expected behaviors, establishing a hierarchy of gender positioning and enforcing definitions that limit abilities and potential. Based on postmodernist philosopher, feminist and social theorist, Simone de Beauvoir and postmodernist American philosopher and gender theorist Judith Butler, gender is not an inborn role, but rather created through stylized repetition of acts informed by society, named performative acts. For de Beauvoir and Butler, gender can never be a stable identity (Butler 1988). Informed by Butler’s phenomenological nature of gender constitution, this research explores the possibility of empowering Arab women in the workplace. Via an online platform called Kooni, the design aims to help women rethink the nature of gender and gender roles in the workplace and introduces the concept of performative acts as a role playing mechanism to induce change.

World War II women are commonly understood to have come closer to equality than any previous generation. Their mass entry into the workforce is remembered as a united front to support the troops while simultaneously claiming ground to demonstrate their abilities as workers. However, scholarship which emphasizes the collaboration between the government and advertisers to create propaganda that persuaded women to enter the workforce and thus serve as the "domestic front" of the war begins to question the prevailing notion of wartime employment as strides towards equality. This project begins with the question: why did post-war women seemingly willingly abandon these jobs and move to the suburbs? I argue the construct of the post-war housewife, which positions women as willing to abandon careers for the suburban kitchen, is a social imaginary which responds to and uses social anxieties to constrain women’s gender performance and silence gender anxieties. I use the context of the time, as well as rhetorical analysis of mediated artifacts of representations of housewife, to argue this social imaginary silences women’s post-war lived experience and replaces it in public discourse with the multimodal image of Fifties housewife. A visual rhetorical analysis of post-war advertisements which portray the housewife reveals the work of the social imaginary using social anxieties concerning gender roles as well as Cold War fears to define woman’s place. Examining the way Hollywood uses housewife as a frame for its female stars uncovers how circulated use of the imaginary of housewife perpetuates the imaginary by seeming to evidence its claims to representation. However, an analysis of televised representations of the housewife imaginary reveals the fabric of the imaginary fraying. Television humor illuminates the illusion of the imaginary of housewife’s claims to representativeness, and therefore creates a public space in which women can contest the imaginary by exposing women’s discontent with the role of housewife. I conclude with a discussion of the ways this social imaginary of housewife continues to define women’s lives in political debate seventy years after it began to define and constrain post-war women’s gender performance.

This thesis utilized the field hermeneutics within the study of gender roles of  women within religion.  It argues the relevance of interpretation that have lead to the patriarchal structures within culture and society.  In effort to restructure their place in society, women are redefining gender roles through a combination of hermeneutics and Feminism.  They are looking at commonly misinterpreted verses that have lead to their subordination to male culture, while also bringing attention to texts and stories within the Bible and the Quran  that have long been neglected to show the equality that lies within their religions.

This thesis reexamines the purpose of fairy tales throughout history and explores the effectiveness of a modern alternative to classical methods of telling these stories. To increase interactivity as well as the agency of the female protagonist and players themselves, this thesis reimagines the popular classic, Cinderella, as a visual novel.

Battered women's perceptions of gender roles within the family were studied. Twenty white, working-class women who were victims of domestic violence were interviewed. It was determined that battered women have very traditional views of gender roles in the family and these views affected the choices that they made within their relationships and their ability to escape these abusive relationships.

Studien syftade till att explorativt undersöka mäns erfarenheter av att vara föräldraledig samt till att få en ökad förståelse kring deras upplevelser av föräldraledigheten. Tio män som hade varit föräldralediga minst nittio dagar deltog i studien. Intervjuer användes för datainsamling tillsammans med en intervjuguide. En tematisk analys användes för att analysera datamaterialet. Ur analysen skapades tre teman som beskriver mäns upplevelser av att vara föräldraledig. Temana var: Att kliva in i en värld tillsammans med barnet, Förståelsen för partnern samt Traditionella könsroller. Ur berättelserna framkom bland annat att det krävs viss anpassning att hitta sin nya roll i en situation som tidigare tillhört kvinnans domän och att det kan vara svårt att bryta sig in. Respondenterna beskrev hur dem utvecklat en närmare relation till barnen tack vare föräldraledigheten. Vidare belyste respondenterna att gamla könsroller till viss del är framträdande och att inställningen till mäns föräldraledighet inte alltid överensstämmer med dagens diskussioner om ökad jämställdhet. / The study aimed at explorative describe men`s experiences of parental leave and to get a greater understanding of their experiences of parental leave. Ten men who had been on parental leave for at least ninety days participated in the study. Interviews where used in collecting data along with an interview guide. A thematic analysis was used to analyze data. From the analysis three themes that narrate men`s perceptions of parental leave were created. The themes where: To step into a world with the child, Understanding of the partner and Traditional gender roles. The stories revealed among other things that it takes some adjustment to find their new role in a situation that previously belonged to the woman`s domain and that it can be difficult to enter. The respondents described how they developed a closer relationship with the children thanks to parental leave. Futhermore the respondents highlighted that old gender roles to some extent is prominent and that the attitude towards men´s parental leave is not always consistent with today´s discussions about greater equality.

This correlational study investigates traditional gender roles, self-efficacy for career and parenting, and socioeconomic status (SES), as they relate to university undergraduates’ planning for career and family and anticipation of work-family conflict regarding their future families. Unmarried, undergraduate women and men of varying socioeconomic status will complete an online survey consisting of several scales. Proposed results predict that women must often choose between career goals and family care, whereas men usually do not. Expectedly, women will show higher self-efficacy for parenting and increased anticipation of work-family conflict and planning for career and family compared to men. It is proposed that men will exhibit greater self-efficacy for career. Women of lower SES and women who aspire to obtain leadership positions at work will likely report higher anticipated work-family conflict. Those of lower SES will likely hold more traditional gender beliefs than the middle and upper SES groups, and men whose fathers helped in the home will likely have higher self-efficacy for their own parenting. The anticipated results indicate a discrepancy between men’s and women’s and those of differing SES’s planning for work and family. Women will tend to undertake an increased burden; however, a switch to more family-friendly workplace policies for men and women would likely help couples become more egalitarian in their division of family and career labor and planning.