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MARREGA, M. F Ser homem de 45 a 55 anos na relação heterossexual: da ruptura do silêncio a reflexões de paradigmas. 2005. 319 p. Dissertação. FFCLRP- Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 2005. Resumo A heterossexualidade se apresenta como padrão de sexualidade instituído como norma sexual adequada, portanto pouco investigado. A definição de homem como chefe do lar, forte, inatingível emocionalmente, consiste na oposição da idéia do conceito do que é ser mulher, considerada sensível, frágil e passiva. Esse conceito patriarcal possui como paradigma uma definição clara de papéis de gênero, sendo legitimado pela divisão social de trabalho, na qual os homens situam-se na esfera pública da sociedade, provendo materialmente a família, enquanto as mulheres são aptas à esfera privada, zelando pelo lar e pelos filhos. Entretanto, as conquistas sexuais das mulheres e sua inserção no mercado de trabalho, ocasionaram mudanças nesse cenário. Isso juntamente com as conquistas dos homossexuais e transexuais desencadeou mudanças significativas nos papéis de gênero e na estrutura familiar. Assim, essa pesquisa visa compreender como homens de meia-idade que se autodenominam heterossexuais vivenciam e significam suas experiências afetivas e sexuais, no decorrer de suas histórias. Centramos nossa atenção ao fenômeno: O que é a heterossexualidade? Entrevistamos 6 homens entre 45 e 55 anos, utilizamos a técnica de entrevista compreensiva gravada, norteada pela questão: “Na sua história de vida, da infância até os dias atuais, como você foi se percebendo heterossexual e como isso tem sido?”. A metodologia fenomenológica foi utilizada para a obtenção dos relatos dos colaboradores, por meio da entrevista fenomenológica compreensiva. Os depoimentos foram analisados pela perspectiva psicanalítica e pela análise histórico sociológica. A heterossexualidade é descrita pela maioria dos colaboradores como sendo algo que brota do íntimo de forma natural e que se confirma por meio da intensa atividade sexual com as mulheres, assim como define-se também por oposição à identificação com o feminino e à possível inclinação homossexual. Esse modelo patriarcal do “homem de verdade”, gera fortes características narcísicas na estrutura da identidade masculina, que se expressam intensamente na adolescência, dificultando a relação de troca afetiva na vida adulta. Sexo e afetividade são vividos de modo cindido, visto que o primeiro é vivido com mulheres com quem não se deve viver envolvimento e compromisso. O compromisso amoroso deve ser assumido com mulheres de família. As relações adultas são marcadas, assim, pelos esteriótipos dos papéis de gênero. Esse formato de relacionamento amoroso é questionado e refletido por alguns dos colaboradores na meia-idade, visto que dificulta a satisfação e a sensação de autenticidade na relação amorosa. Os padrões onipotentes e viris da ideologia patriarcal heterossexual são questionados pela maioria dos colaboradores, uma vez que não satisfazem mais a necessidade afetiva e sexual desses homens na meia-idade. Alguns colaboradores, entretanto realizam uma adaptação desses valores em um novo formato para se adequar às mudanças que o tempo impôs em seus relacionamentos. A busca por uma maior autenticidade na relação amorosa ocasionou na história de alguns colaboradores o abandono dos esteriótipos ligados aos papéis de gênero, assim como em relação ao formato burguês da família moderna, constituindo relacionamentos e grupos familiares diferentes do padrão da sociedade Moderna. Outros colaboradores permaneceram inseridos nesse padrão tradicional. Essa heterogeneidade, caracterizada pela mescla entre a pluralidade de modelos e o tradicional nos relacionamentos, configura o contexto da hipermodernidade, no qual essas vivências estão inseridas. Palavras Chave: heterossexualidade, masculino, Fenomenologia, Psicanálise / MARREGA, M. F To be a 45- to 55-year-old man in a heterosexual relationship: From rupture of the silence to reflections on paradigms. 2005. 319 p. Dissertação Mestrado - FFCLRP- Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 2005. Abstract Heterosexuality is presented as a pattern of sexuality established as the sexual norm however, it has been studied little. The definition of the man as the head of the household, strong, emotionally unaffected, consists of the opposing concept of being a woman, considered sensitive, fragile and passive. This patriarchal concept has as a paradigm a clear definition of the roles of gender, which has been legitimized by the social division of work, in which men place themselves in the public sphere of society, materially providing for the family, whilst the women are apt for the private sphere, taking care of the home and the children. However, the sexual achievements of women and their inclusion in the labor market, has caused changes in this scenario. This, together with the conquests of homosexuals and transsexuals triggered significant changes in the roles of gender and the familial structure. Thus, this research aims at understanding how middle-aged men who consider themselves heterosexual, experienced and denoted their affective and sexual experiences over their lives. We focused our attention on the phenomenon: What is heterosexuality? Six men between the ages of 45 and 55 were interviewed utilizing the technique of recorded comprehensive interviews directed by the question: “In your life story, from childhood to nowadays, how did you perceive you were heterosexual and how has this been?” The phenomenologic methodology was utilized to obtain the reports of the collaborators, by comprehensive phenomenologic interviews. The interviews were analyzed from the psychoanalytical point of view and by analyzing the sociological history. Heterosexuality is described by most of the collaborators as being something that naturally emerges from the within and which is confirmed by intense sexual activity with women, thus it is also defined as opposed to the identification with femininity and the possible homosexual inclination. This patriarchal model of a “true man” creates strong narcissist characteristics in the structure of the masculine identity, which are intensely expressed in the adolescence, making the relationship of affective exchange difficult in the adulthood. Sex and affectivity are lived independently, as the first is lived with women with whom you should not become involved and compromised. Loving involvement should be adopted by women of families. Adult relationships are thus, marked by stereotypes of roles of gender. This format of loving relationships is questioned and reflected upon by some of the middle-aged collaborators, as it makes satisfaction and the sensation of authenticity in the loving relationship difficult. The omnipotent and viripotent patterns of the heterosexual patriarchal ideology are questioned by the majority of the collaborators, as they do not satisfy the affective and sexual necessities of these middle-aged men anymore. Some collaborators however, manage to transform these values into another format to adapt to the changes that time has imposed on their relationships. The pursuit of a greater authenticity in the loving relationship caused some collaborators to abandon the stereotypes linked to the roles of gender, as well as the bourgeois format of the modern family, constituting relationships and family groups different to the norms of the modern society. Other collaborators remain part of this traditional pattern. This heterogeneity, characterized by a plurality of models including the traditional in relationships, configures the context of hypermodernity in which these existences are inserted. Key words: heterosexuality, masculine, phenomenology, psychoanalysis

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Perfect Blue is an anime (Japanese animation) film directed by Kon Satoshi released in 1997. The film revolves around a female idol (a pop star) named Mima who quits her career as an idol to become an actress. She gradually loses her mind, as the pressures from her acting career, her managers, fans and a stalker catch up to her. Perfect Blue touches on the blurring line between fiction and reality, the objectification of women (and idols) as mere products, and the role of women in the idol industry. It is also a stark critique of the hegemonic masculinity and the gender roles that are imposed on women in Japanese society. This thesis presents anime as an important pop culture phenomenon with a massive influence worldwide. The thesis examines the gender stereotypes propagated by this phenomenon and proposes a that Kon’s work is different compared to other anime. This work compares how gender roles are portrayed in the different versions: The Japanese original and the US English subtitles and dubbing. Methodologically, the analysis relies on close observation of the use of the Japanese first and second person pronouns and sentence-final particles in the characters’ language, since “the use of these features is known to be highly gender-dependent” (Hiramoto 2013, 55). This study comes to the conclusion that the subtitles and the dubbing provide a relatively close rendering of gender of the Japanese text, even if the linguistic resources of English do not allow for the translation of gendered Japanese pronouns and sentence-final particles. This means that the subtitles and dubbings maintain the feminist message Kon wanted to give in his film. The study concludes by stressing the importance of taking into account the use of specific pronouns and sentence-final particles when translating Japanese, as these particles are gender-loaded. It also emphasises the importance of being critical of anime’s hegemonic masculinity, and argues that Kon goes against hegemony by portraying a strong and independent female character.

La fertilité mâle se définit comme étant la capacité de l'individu à produire des spermatozoïdes fonctionnels et à les livrer au tractus génital femelle. Les variations de fertilité interindividuelles sont tributaires de la proportion de spermatozoïdes fonctionnels d'un éjaculat. La fonctionnalité des spermatozoïdes étant modulée par leur composition biochimique, nous avons émis l'hypothèse que les spermatozoïdes issus d'individus fertiles présentaient un contenu protéique différent des spermatozoïdes issus d'individus sous-fertiles. Utilisant le modèle bovin, nous avons comparé la fraction «Triton soluble» du protéome de spermatozoïdes cryopréservés issus de taureaux de haute et de basse fertilité. Huit protéines montrant une différence entre les deux groupes de fertilité ont été identifiées par spectrométrie de masse. Parmi celles-ci, BSP1 et ELS PBP 1 étaient davantage présentes chez les spermatozoïdes issus de taureaux de basse fertilité. En centrifugeant de la semence cryopréservée sur un gradient discontinu de percoll, il est possible de séparer la population de spermatozoïdes motiles de la population de spermatozoïdes immotiles. BSP1 et ELS PBP 1 étaient toutes deux retrouvées en plus grande quantité dans la population de spermatozoïdes immotiles, laquelle est principalement composée de spermatozoïdes morts au cours du processus de cryopréservation. L'association de BSP1 et d'ELSPBPl avec la viabilité des spermatozoïdes a alors été investiguée. BSP1 est la protéine majeure du plasma séminal bovin et est acquise par le spermatozoïde lors de l'éjaculation. Dans la semence fraîchement éjaculée, la population de spermatozoïdes vivants était composée de deux sous-populations distinctes, distinguées par la présence ou l'absence de BSP1 sur la région acrosomale. Dans la semence cryopréservée, tous les spermatozoïdes présentant BSP1 sur la région acrosomale étaient morts. L'affinité de BSP1 pour la phosphatidylcholine et sa propension à modifier le contenu lipidique des membranes pourraient expliquer le lien de BSP1 avec la sensibilité des spermatozoïdes à la cryopréservation. ELS PBP 1 est acquise par le spermatozoïde au cours du transit épididymaire. Nos résultats ont montré qu'ELSPBPl était une sécrétion apocrine de l'épithélium épididymaire transférée spécifiquement aux spermatozoïdes morts. Le zinc s'est montré un cofacteur important de ce mécanisme de transfert. Ces résultats suggèrent qu'un mécanisme de contrôle de la qualité des spermatozoïdes est présent dans l'épididyme. tributaires de la proportion de spermatozoïdes fonctionnels d'un éjaculat. La fonctionnalité des spermatozoïdes étant modulée par leur composition biochimique, nous avons émis l'hypothèse que les spermatozoïdes issus d'individus fertiles présentaient un contenu protéique différent des spermatozoïdes issus d'individus sous-fertiles. Utilisant le modèle bovin, nous avons comparé la fraction «Triton soluble» du protéome de spermatozoïdes cryopréservés issus de taureaux de haute et de basse fertilité. Huit protéines montrant une différence entre les deux groupes de fertilité ont été identifiées par spectrométrie de masse. Parmi celles-ci, BSP1 et ELS PBP 1 étaient davantage présentes chez les spermatozoïdes issus de taureaux de basse fertilité. En centrifugeant de la semence cryopréservée sur un gradient discontinu de percoll, il est possible de séparer la population de spermatozoïdes motiles de la population de spermatozoïdes immotiles. BSP1 et ELS PBP 1 étaient toutes deux retrouvées en plus grande quantité dans la population de spermatozoïdes immotiles, laquelle est principalement composée de spermatozoïdes morts au cours du processus de cryopréservation. L'association de BSP1 et d'ELSPBPl avec la viabilité des spermatozoïdes a alors été investiguée. BSP1 est la protéine majeure du plasma séminal bovin et est acquise par le spermatozoïde lors de l'éjaculation. Dans la semence fraîchement éjaculée, la population de spermatozoïdes vivants était composée de deux sous-populations distinctes, distinguées par la présence ou l'absence de BSP1 sur la région acrosomale. Dans la semence cryopréservée, tous les spermatozoïdes présentant BSP1 sur la région acrosomale étaient morts. L'affinité de BSP1 pour la phosphatidylcholine et sa propension à modifier le contenu lipidique des membranes pourraient expliquer le lien de BSP1 avec la sensibilité des spermatozoïdes à la cryopréservation. ELS PBP 1 est acquise par le spermatozoïde au cours du transit épididymaire. Nos résultats ont montré qu'ELSPBPl était une sécrétion apocrine de l'épithélium épididymaire transférée spécifiquement aux spermatozoïdes morts. Le zinc s'est montré un cofacteur important de ce mécanisme de transfert. Ces résultats suggèrent qu'un mécanisme de contrôle de la qualité des spermatozoïdes est présent dans l'épididyme.

There has been a widely held perception for a long time that the automotive industry largely consists of male-dominated professions. It is likely that this association will persist in the future, as there are deeply rooted structures and norms that uphold gender labeling within the automotive industry. The purpose of our study is to investigate women's perceptions of leadership and its impact on gender equality in the Swedish automotive industry. Previous research has primarily focused on the leadership perspective and undermined the experiences of female industrial workers. By focusing on women's perceptions and experiences of their immediate supervisors and their leadership, this study contributes to a deeper understanding of the barriers and challenges that women face within the automotive industry. The concepts of transformative and transactional leadership were used to differentiate different leadership behaviors. A qualitative method, based on semi-structured interviews, was employed to conduct the investigation. The results revealed that leadership has a significant impact on the social work environment, and that transformative leadership can positively influence the male-dominated automotive industry from a female perspective. / Det har länge funnits en vedertagen uppfattning om att fordonsindustrin till stor del innebär mansdominerade yrken. Det är sannolikt att denna association kommer att bestå i framtiden, då det finns djupt rotade strukturer och normer som upprätthåller genusmärkningar i fordonsindustrin. Syftet med vår studie är att undersöka kvinnors uppfattning av ledarskap och dess inverkan på jämställdhet i svensk fordonsindustri. Tidigare forskning har i huvudsak fokuserat på ledarskapsperspektivet och underminerat de kvinnliga industriarbetarnas erfarenheter. Genom att fokusera på kvinnors uppfattningar och erfarenheter av närmste arbetsledare och deras ledarskap, bidrar denna studie till en djupare förståelse av de hinder och utmaningar som kvinnor möter inom fordonsindustrin. Begreppen transformativt respektive transaktionellt ledarskap användes för att särskilja olika ledarskapsbeteenden. För att genomföra undersökningen användes en kvalitativ metod, baserad på semistrukturerade intervjuer. Det framgick av resultatet att ledarskapet har en stor inverkan på den sociala arbetsmiljön och att ett transformativt ledarskap kan påverka den mansdominerade fordonsindustrin positivt ur ett kvinnligt perspektiv

The purpose of the current study was to explore whether personality dispositions can influence perceived physical appearance. Past research demonstrates that gendered and non-gendered characteristics lead to differential preferences for potential romantic interests among males and females (e.g., Cash & Smith, 1982). These previous studies have not, however, measured direct influence on pulchritude. In the present study, gendered and non-gendered personality descriptions were paired with pictures of average-looking individuals of both sexes to determine the influence of gender roles on perceived physical attractiveness. I hypothesized that males would find androgynous females more physically attractive than gender-typed and non-gender typed females. Similarly, females would find androgynous males more physically attractive than gender-typed and non-gender typed males. Findings indicated that feminine and androgynous personalities significantly increased perceived physical attractiveness of target females for the male participants, whereas undifferentiated and masculine roles significantly decreased perceived physical attractiveness of target males for female participants. Target photographs accompanied by feminine personality descriptions were rated the highest in overall desirability by both sexes.

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