Offers a new approach to research in the area of gender differences in scientific careers by introducing bibliometric maps combined with sociological data and interviews, taking both the research organization and the experiences of the individual researcher into account. (Author/SAH)

States that recent developments in critical organization studies suggest that feminist theory and research provide an additional domain of inquiry. Explores the intersection of feminism and postmodernism and its potential value for organizational communication studies. Suggests the concept of gendered rationality as a useful way of framing this…

Examines the role of patriarchy and capitalism in shaping adolescent girls' experiences of sexuality and conceptions of relationships. Analysis of letters to a teen advice column highlights concerns and issues of sexuality, gender identity, and relationships for adolescent girls. Argues that during early adolescence, the power and contradictions…

Discusses curriculum reform in medical education to ensure that women's health issues receive adequate attention. There has been remarkable progress in this area, but the reforms have not yet been translated into equitable care for women patients. (SLD)

Explores how changes in conceptual frameworks in science, from reductionism to complexity; an outgrowth of the chaos theory that views parts in relation to one another, the entity they form, and the environment, must inform the development of an academic discipline in women's health. (SLD)

Examines the level of physical and verbal violence by gender and social class in Egyptian films in three cycles: romantic musicals and melodramas; war and political genres; and drug and gangster films. Concludes that the outrageous level of violence does not accurately reflect the real society. (Contains 20 references.) (LRW)

Discusses the need to reexamine school locker rooms built before the women's sports boom to determine if they need to comply with Title IX standards. Some tangible evidence of Title IX problems are explored along with some of the struggles a few high schools have had when their male oriented locker rooms were found not to be in compliance.(GR)

Considers whether there might be cultural elements that lie behind the tendency of physics to be a more popular option with boys than with girls. Concludes that making sweeping assumptions about male and female preferences is liable to create more problems. (Author/MM)

Surveyed female middle managers from organizations in three industries, examining the relationship between organizational culture and women's advancement to management. Results indicated that aspects of organizational culture typically associated with women related to women's progress. Organizational culture practices related to gender equity were…

Analyzes fictional women created by male authors, explaining that these books, suitable for upper high school classrooms, show an author's range is not limited by gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or any other category. The authors of these works have embraced gender paradoxes, leaving readers to forego stereotypes and make their own decisions…

Examines whether women who pursue scientific training are viewed negatively by college students. Investigates n=114 (56 women, 58 men) participants judgments about a woman describing her major; speaker's traits, social behaviors, and her future potential. Indicates that both major and commitment level influenced perceptions of the speaker.…

Presents a "conversation" between the authors that discusses various theories of identity, the relationship between identity and literacy, and how identities and literacies are constructed and practiced within relationships of race, gender, class, and space. Addresses findings of recent studies and the authors' thoughts about what these…

Discusses the rhetorical aspects of avatars, or virtual selves, within multiuser graphical virtual realities (GVRs). Examines the development of GVRs and questions how representations of selves relate to online communication, focusing particularly on how bodies in GVRs are gendered. (Author/LRW)

Presents the results of a study designed to measure the level of science anxiety in students enrolled in physics courses at Loyola University in Chicago. The leading factors contributing to science anxiety include nonscience anxiety and gender. Concludes that the teaching of an introductory physics course can reduce acute levels of science…

Discusses how science structures, and is structured by, norms of heterosexual masculinity and how those norms comprise a hidden curriculum, examining empirical research on curricular and classroom materials used in school science and describing how they are deployed pedagogically. Suggests that this results in impoverished experiences for students…