Keeping up with athletic equipment purchasing and safety/equity regulations is becoming increasingly complex. Schools should use a local dealer, have equipment suppliers help student athletes test new equipment, ensure that purchases meet all manufacture and design standards, attend to details, and order replacement parts beforehand. (MLH)

Explores the ideas of masculinity in children's books. Highlights include how the emotions and experiences of male characters might have been shaped by the authors' and their cultures' assumptions about what it means to be male; stereotypes, of femininity and masculinity; conventional male characteristics; and traditional masculine values. (LRW)

Investigates gender differences and similarities in the perceived social costs and importance of seeking emotional support regarding work-related problems. Finds women perceived such support to be more important than did men. Finds no gender differences regarding perceived social costs associated with seeking support from coworkers. Finds women…

Examines the transitional process from girls' preadolescence through adolescence and the issues, consequences, and coping strategies that emerge. Findings indicate that some of the pressures that emerge during these adolescent years include changes in self-confidence, issues about body image, boys' sexual advances, and changes in parental…

A study of 16 boys and 16 girls aged 10-11 investigated gender stereotyped, gender neutral, and abstract versions of problem-solving software. Found that boys preferred the male stereotyped version, whereas girls showed no significant preference for the male, female, or neutral versions. Findings are consistent with research on gender stereotyping…

Evaluates empirical studies to determine whether Gender Identity Disorder (GID) in children meets DSM-IV definitional criteria of mental illness. Concludes that children who experience a sense of inappropriateness in their culturally prescribed sex role but do not experience discomfort with their biological sex should not be considered to have a…

Investigated whether environmental factors affected the magnitude of gender differences in spatial performance when tasks were susceptible to the influence of such factors. Evaluation of college students indicated that males outperformed females on two spatial tests. Activities preference in childhood affected the magnitude of gender differences…

Popular beliefs about women as learners include the significance of relationship or connection and their presumed preference for subjective and affective ways of learning. Understanding gender as a form of social relations is an informative way to identify and question beliefs about gender and learning. (SK)

Used in-depth, semi-structured interviews to explore the experiences of women academics at a South African university. Found positive and negative experiences: positives included the lessening of overt discrimination and flexible work hours. Negatives included the "double workload" of traditional female duties combined with work life and…

Analyzes the enrollment patterns in chemistry during the first part of this century. Shows that the early progress of women in the first two decades of this century was not sustained and that a decrease in women's participation in all fields of chemistry was seen in the next few decades. Suggests explanations for these findings. (JRH)

Investigates secondary science and mathematics teacher (n=56) familiarity with research on gender equity in science and the variety of interventions consciously used by teachers to promote gender equity. Results indicate that teachers are concerned about gender equity in their classrooms and reported interventions are consistent with those…

Although females make up approximately 19% of college graduates receiving B.S. degrees in engineering, they account for less than 3% of the engineering faculty positions in North America. Identifies factors that have led to the success of these women faculty and makes recommendations for better integrating women into all engineering disciplines.…

Describes the "two-body problem" as the broad span of issues involved in recruiting dual career couples in an institutional setting. Topics discussed include when the candidate should mention the second body, what kinds of help the candidate can expect, and what some creative solutions to the two-body problem are when both bodies are…

Reflects on the direction and progress of feminist debates in education from 1995-2000, outlining this journal's extracurricular developments and analyzing the content of papers published in the journal during those years. The analysis both confirms some stereotypes of feminist scholarship relating to education and highlights the impact of…

Introduces this theme issue dealing with women's health and medical education and discusses the distinction between sex, as biologically based differences, and gender, qualities that are culturally shaped. The current plurality of efforts in women's health provide a new organizational framework for medicine and changes in medical education. (SLD)