Two studies were conducted to investigate the apparent connection between certain students' reticence in class and their ability to understand relationships in physics. Student gender revealed that a students' apprehension about communicating and reliance on rote memorization are fact related. (SAH)

Explores how science and scientists were produced and reproduced within the setting of a university biology department. Explores the reflexive questions of whether increased female representation in science changed science practice and whether changing science practice increased women's representation in science. (Contains 54 references.)…

There is disagreement over whether girls or boys are at risk in the context of school. Girls outperform boys in school, particularly in stereotypically feminine subjects. However, girls are also more vulnerable to internal distress than boys are. The aim of this research was to understand this pattern of gender differences. (Author)

Investigated women's immediate reactions to sexually harassing questions encountered during realistic job interviews, comparing behavioral and emotional responses to those in imagined harassing interviews. Interviewees who were actually harassed reacted very differently from those who only imagined their responses. Imagined victims anticipated…

The pervasive violence in schools is a manifestation of gender inequality. Discourses of school violence suggest that "others" are responsible and militarist solutions are necessary. These discourses prevent recognition that violence is a symptom of social inequality. (SK)

Presents the main features needed for labor statistics to reflect the respective situations for women and men in the labor market. Identifies topics to be covered and detail needed for significant distinctions to emerge. Explains how the choice of measurement method and data presentation can influence the final result. (Author/JOW)

Presents a rhetorical analysis of the computer mediated communication observed in two Usenet newsgroups. Discusses feminism and computer-mediated communication; the ethos of online discussion; the potential for equality in cyberspace; and discrimination through the use of language. (Contains 48 references.) (LRW)

The seven articles in this theme issue address issues of masculinity in a Canadian context. The issue opens with a discussion of the complexity of gender issues, presents a theoretical framework and four case studies, and pulls together the literature as it points out contradictions. The focus throughout is on how boys and men negotiate masculine…

Discusses the involvement of girls in science since the 1900s and explains performance differences between girls and boys. Makes suggestions for gender learning, considering the facts must be monitored in children's activities. (YDS)

Male NextGen Librarians remain a rare breed. In fact, 82 percent of librarians are female, according to 2002 U.S. Statistical Abstract figures, and 21 percent of 2002 LIS grads were male, according to "Salaries Stalled, Jobs Tight." The author decided to get to know some of the men who make up this minority. Fifty-one younger male new librarians…

Refugee and internally displaced women of Burma examined structural and institutional violence against women within their communities within workshop formats. Group members also discussed strategies for transforming systems supporting gender-based violence into structures of peace and gender justice. The authors describe their methodology, based…

A unit is created that enables readers to recognize the mixed messages in the media about body image and culturally constructed notions of gender. Students chose from exercises that allowed them to read literature, media, music, or magazines, and analyzed them using gender lens.

This study examined the relation between gender role orientation and fear and anxiety in a sample of nonclinic-referred children (N = 209) ages 10 to 13 years. Children and their parents completed questionnaires assessing children's gender role orientation, toy and activity preferences, and fear and anxiety. Results generally indicated that…

This paper traces body lines in feminist poststructural research by identifying the conditions under which research into the lived body can be brought into discursive relation with contemporary theoretical formulations of the body. It begins by identifying the erasure of the corporeal body in the somatophobia of essentialism and the exclusive…

The gendered division of household labor is more multifaceted than the allocation of paid work and domestic work. People also engage in volunteer work and informal support. I investigate the applicability of household labor allocation theories - specifically the time constraints, economic, and doing gender perspectives - to all unpaid work. I…