La manière dont les femmes investissent les sports de haut niveau est hautement contextualisée en fonction de la culture nationale et des institutions qui régissent le sport. En Tunisie, le sport de haut niveau est différentiellement investi par les femmes parmi lesquelles certaines s’investissent et réussissent dans des sports à connotation masculine. Cette étude porte sur le rapport identitaire des athlètes tunisiennes de haut niveau dans leur pratique d’un sport à connotation masculine.La méthodologie se déroule en trois phases : 1) une approche quantitative s’appuie sur l’échelle de masculinité/féminité du test-questionnaire MMPI (T de Student et ANOVA) et permet de positionner le profil psychologique des athlètes tunisiennes de haut niveau impliquées dans un sport masculin (N= 56 X 3 + 100); 2) une étude qualitative portant sur les récits de vie (N = 8 : 4 présentant un Tscore masculinisé et 4 présentant un Tscore féminisé ; T = 5h ; 25000 mots) porte sur la lexicométrie et l’analyse de contenu thématisée ; 3) un test de lecture d’image apporte de éléments d’interprétation de la féminité telle que médiatisée et ressentie par les pratiquantes. Les résultats montrent que malgré l’absence de différence significative entre les 4 groupes soumis au test MMPI, les athlètes étudiées mobilisent des manières singulières et contextualisées pour s’approprier différentes identités en contexte. Ces résultats questionnent la place des Tunisiennes dans le sport de haut niveau masculin ainsi que de façon plus large les mutations de la société tunisienne. / The way women invest high level sport practices is highly situated according to the national culture and the sport institutions. In Tunisia, the high level sport is differentially invested by women among them certain succeed practicants are involved in male-gendered sports. This study’s aim is on the identity relationship of Tunisian high level female athletes about their practice of a male-gendered sport.Method is provided in three phases: 1) a quantitative approach based on the male/female gender scale of the MMPI test (Student test & ANOVA) allows positioning the psychological profile of female sports women involved within a male sport (N = 56 X 3 + 1000; 2) a qualitative narrative approach based on the life-story interviews (N + 8: half presenting a male Tscore; T = 5 hours; 25000 words) is based on a lexicometry and a content analysis; 3) an image-based test investigates the female orientation as mediatized and reinterpretated by the sports women.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:08:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria braga.pdf: 4286275 bytes, checksum: 6afd63bd90613cb7ebfc1b46425b0379 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-02-17 / The present thesis concems to matemity, within the universe of assisted reproduction techniques, that belongs to our contemporaneous feminine condition. In spite of being a recent event, it's very frequent the demand for reproductive medicine technologies. This research intends to comprehend women's expertences in search for matemity, through biotechnologies. It also provides a reflection about femininity and our contemporaneous way of living, which emphasizes scientific discourse, and contributes to psychological clinical attendance. In order to reach our aims, we interviewed women who have been, or still are, in medical treatment for pregnancy and we analyzed the narratives in a qualitative way, by using the method of contents analysis. We observed that women's experiences with assisted reproduction are events of multiple implications upon feminine subjectivity, couples relationship and families. It also involves complex affections and matters among women and affects parental and filial positions / Esta dissertação tem como tema a maternidade, no universo das tecnologias de procriação, elemento próprio do feminino contemporâneo. Apesar de ser um fenômeno recente, é frequente a procura por tecnologias da medicina reprodutiva. Este trabalho pretende compreender a experiência de mulheres na busca pela maternidade, através das biotecnologias e, com isto, propicia uma reflexão sobre a feminilidade e a forma de vida na contemporaneidade, tendo como destaque o lugar ocupado pelo discurso científico, contribuindo, também, para a clínica psicológica. Para tal, entrevistamos mulheres que já estiveram ou que estão em tratamento para engravidar, e analisamos qualitativamente as narrativas através da análise de conteúdo. Observamos que a experiência das mulheres com a reprodução assistida é um fenômeno de implicações múltiplas na subjetividade feminina e na dinâmica do casal e da família, que envolve afetos e questionamentos complexos para a mulher e afeta a parentalidade e filiação

I denna uppsats analyseras sju stycken framsidor på smoothieböcker publicerade mellan år 2007 och 2016. Syftet är att undersöka hur dessa riktar sig till en kvinnlig målgrupp genom sin formgivning. Uppsatsen grundar sig i ett genusvetenskapligt perspektiv som kompletteras med teorier kring semiotik, färg, typografi och bild. Analysen sker i två steg där en semiotisk analys följs av en diskursanalys. I denna kan tre stycken diskurser kring kvinnligheten och smoothietrenden urskiljas: 1) Nyttighet, 2) Lyx, avslappning och njutning och 3) Kvinnligheten. Dessa budskap förstärks även genom färg- och typografival samt titelformuleringar på framsidorna. Slutligen problematiseras dessa resultat genom en diskussion kring vad detta kan ha för konsekvenser på såväl samhälle som individen samt designerns ansvar i formgivningen.

The Swedish Armed Forces can be considered a hegemonic masculine organisation with deeply embedded patterns of patriarchy, as well as fratriarchy represented by notions of homogeneity and the male soldier. Women are highly underrepresented and face multiple double standards related to their performance of gender and more precisely performance of femininity. However, the Swedish Armed Forces claim to be an inclusive organisation and advertise this through different recruiting strategies, which display women in uniforms. This thesis uses the methodology of qualitative research by combining the methods of critical discourse analysis and critical visual analysis to analyse the representation and the performativity of gender in a recruiting advertisement for inclusivity by the Swedish Armed Forces. I argue that this advertisement led to a certain form of reproducing stereotypical notions of femininity by representing women who embody certain requirements connected to beauty standards. At the same time, notions of hegemonic masculinity and patriarchy are challenged through the representation of women in military uniforms.

Please note: creative writing theses are permanently embargoed in OpenBU. No public access is forecasted for these. To request private access, please click on the lock icon and filled out the appropriate web form. / BEASTS is a character driven play that explores the chaos of American womanhood through the dark underbelly of a relationship between Fran, a pregnant suburbanite and her older sister Judy, an irreverent artist with a propensity for disruption. When Judy hears that Fran’s husband, Jim is on a business trip she decides to pay Fran a visit. The friction between these siblings is palpable and continues to intensify as Judy unearths confounding secrets and infringes upon the relationship that Fran has with her Doula, Amelia, an elitist earth mama who’s been Fran’s only female friend since relocating back East. The world of the play begins in realism and ends in magical realism; as their environment starts to mirror the anarchy of their psychological labyrinthine world: a giant tree falls in the middle of the living room, the walls of the house cave in, raging wolves howl in the distance. Form and logic disintegrate into another realm as Fran and Judy unwittingly fight through pain to arrive at a moment of love which is devitalized when Jim returns home. / 2999-01-01T00:00:00Z

As with other women`s garments, the kanga has always been closely linked with the perceptions and attitudes that the society has about women themselves. These perceptions and attitudes continue to shape and determine the place of women in their socio-cultural context. Just as women`s clothes are often taken to define, if partially, the beings that occupy them, similarly, in characteristically wearing certain garments and not others, women then assign to those garments what is perceived to be their `feminineness`. In Tanzania, the kanga indexes this `femininity` in a strong way, in spite of the fact that men also wear it.

This diploma thesis describes the phenomenon of fitness through the gender perspective. The research took place in the environment of a particular fitness center. The space of the gym and the visitors' behavior were observed through the participating observation and semi- structured interviews. It was explored how a specific activity helps to form the identity of the trainees and how the relationships between them are created. This thesis analysis the rules according to which people behave in the given environment of the gym. It represents the gym as an environment that preserves the dominant concepts of masculinities and femininities on the one hand, but on the other hand visitors of the gym are allowed to disrupt the gender order by non-stereotypical behavior in certain situations. It was found out that attending a fitness center affects and disciplines the lives of trainees outside the gym.

The present study examined the relationship between fear of crime and masculinity respectively femininity. Furthermore, the relationship between different types of crime and masculinity respectively femininity were also examined. A web-survey measuring the degree of masculinity and femininity as well as fear of crime was developed. The types of crimes investigated were burglary, assault, robbery and sexual offenses. A convenience sample consisting of 164 university students at Örebro University between the ages 18-47 (M=23.4 SD=0.3). A total of 111 women (67,7%) and 47 men (28,7%) participated, as well as 6 participants identifying as other (3,6%). A linear regression analysis and a Pearerson's R correlation analysis were performed. The results showed a significant strong correlation between femininity and fear of crime. In addition, significant correlations were shown between femininity and fear of all types of crime, not least sex-crimes.  Based on previous research and the concept that masculinity and femininity are the result of social constructions, the results were discussed. In summary, the results show a relationship between masculinity respectively femininity and fear of crime. Gender should therefore be further explored and taken into account in the criminological field when examining fear of crime. / Föreliggande studie undersökte relationen mellan rädsla för brott och maskulinitet respektive femininitet. Vidare undersöktes även relationen mellan olika brottstyper och maskulinitet respektive femininitet. En webbenkät med syfte att mäta grad av maskulinitet och femininitet samt rädsla för brott utvecklades som datainsamlingsinstrument. Brottstyperna som undersöktes var inbrott, misshandel, rån och sexualbrott. Ett bekvämlighetsurval användes där urvalet bestod av 164 universitetsstudenter i åldrarna 18-47 (M=23,4 SD=0,3) på Örebro Universitet. Totalt deltog 111 kvinnor (67,7%) och 47 män (28,7%) samt 6 respondenter som identifierat sig som annat (3,6%). En linjär regressionsanalys samt en Pearsons R korrelationsanalys genomfördes. Resultatet visade ett signifikant starkt samband mellan femininitet och rädsla för brott. Utöver det visades signifikanta samband mellan femininitet och rädsla för alla brottstyper, inte minst sexualbrott. Utifrån tidigare forskning och konceptet av att maskulinitet och femininitet är ett resultat av sociala konstruktioner diskuteras resultatet. Sammanfattningsvis visar resultatet en relation mellan maskulinitet respektive femininitet och rädsla för brott. Genus bör därför vidare undersökas och ta i beaktning inom det kriminologiska fältet vid undersökandet av rädsla för brott.

Euphoria is a popular tv-series that has become a part of popular culture with its dark imagery and strong characters. The characters became a big discussion in social media and mantras that people are taking inspiration from. The series has become a phenomenon in social media where people recreate the characters makeup and outfits. This study looked at how female characters are portrayed in Euphoria from a female stereotypic and gender identity perspective. And we wanted to see if the female characters are challenging heteronormativity that is reflected in our society. We used a narrative analysis and mise-en-scéne to analyze the chosen scenes, the theories we used were gender theory, gender role theory and queer theory. The result showed that three of the characters are shown as the typical female stereotype and two of them are not. The three females that are more like the stereotypes are portrayed in a sexualized way and their bodies are shown for entertainment and selling purposes. Meanwhile the two female characters that challenge heteronormativity are portrayed as norm breaking and they are not sexualized. The gender roles are shining through when some of the feminine women are acting from what is expected of a woman. They are seeking after what the ideals are and how they can be their most beautiful selves based on the stereotypes while some of them do not.

In this thesis, I investigate the German-speaking attachment-oriented parenting community on Instagram. Focusing on a debate about new-right activities in the community, I analyze how motherhood (self-)conceptions were discursively entangled with questions of resistance to and tolerance of the new right. Two questions guide my thesis: 1) How was attachment-oriented motherhood conceptualized in the debate? How were these con-ceptions classed and racialized? 2) How did the community produce openness for the appropriation by the new right? How did the community resist appropriation? To answer these questions, I conduct a critical discourse analysis of 45 Instagram posts and their comment sections. My thesis is grounded in motherhood theories, in particular Hays’s intensive mothering, and theories that take seriously the intersectionality of powerstructures. I also refer to Skeggs’s theory on gender, class, and respectability, and workon whiteness and femininity Ahmed and Shome. I find diverse conceptions of attachment-oriented motherhood that differed with regard to their resistance to and reinforcement of intensive motherhood and far-right ideologies. Resistant motherhood concepts sought collective action and mobilized mothers’responsibility for the opposition against the new right. Investment in the respectability of attachment-oriented motherhood on the other hand obstructed the discussion about new-right activities, diverting attention away from politics. Concepts of motherhood from New-Age community members not only tolerated far-right ideology, but at times even reproduced it, in particular in the concept of conspiritual motherhood.