Search for dissertations about: "Cultural Gender Norms"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 57 swedish dissertations containing the words Cultural Gender Norms.
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1. Figuring Worlds; Imagining Paths : A Feminist Exploration of Identities in Higher Education Biology
Abstract : Higher education biology is a natural science discipline that is numerically female biased on undergraduate level across most international contexts. In Sweden, Germany, and the UK, for example, more than 60% of all undergraduate students are women. READ MORE
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2. Dis(re)membering Spaces: Swedish Modernism in Law Courts Controversy
Abstract : The dissertation addresses the public controversy, as reflected in newspaper coverage, over the 1936 Law Courts Annex in Göteborg, Sweden. The controversy is conceived as a tension-filled, multi-layered conjuncture of urban rivalry within the nation-state. READ MORE
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3. Physiological- and Socio-Cultural Conditions for Performance in Women's Ice Hockey
Abstract : Background: The ice hockey community is founded on masculine norms and values, and the hockey rink is often described as “the home of men’s ice hockey”. Despite a growing popularity, women’s ice hockey has low priority in comparison to the men’s game. READ MORE
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4. Police officers under pressure : sexual and gender-based harassment, stress, and job satisfaction in Sweden
Abstract : Police officers encounter challenging and stressful situations at work, which negatively impact their health, job performance, and aspects of their lives. Regarding the gendered structure and competitive work environment of police organizations, women are under extra pressure from the pervasive gendered norms within the police organization. READ MORE
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5. Reaching For Equality : Essays in Education and Gender Economics
Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained papers that all relate to the understanding of equality. The first chapter investigates the effects of preschool attendance on children in Kenya and Tanzania. READ MORE