Search for dissertations about: "sexual orientation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words sexual orientation.
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1. Who is Woman and Who is Man? : Normativity at Intersections of Gender and Sexual Orientation
Abstract : Current gender norms predominantly construct gender as an expression of binary sex categories that are different but complementary. A performative view of gender instead analyses gender as an emergent feature of social interactions that is created by the constant repetition of acts in relation to discourses of gender. READ MORE
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2. Encounters in the medical context. Issues of gender and sexuality
Abstract : A multidisciplinary approach in medicine is pivotal in order to understand the health implications of gender differences and sexual identity/orientation.. READ MORE
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3. Gayted Communities : Marginalized Sexualities in Lebanon
Abstract : This dissertation offers a unique examination of Muslim masculinities and marginalized sexualities in Lebanon, and is a contribution to the growing body of gay and lesbian studies with a focus on Muslims living in The Middle East. It contributes to the theoretical and methodological development of Islamic studies by introducing and using a queer approach to study marginalized sexualities in relation to Islam. READ MORE
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4. Essays in Empirical Labor Economics
Abstract : This thesis contributes to empirical research in labor economics. It consists of three self-contained papers.The first paper, The Effect of Paid Vacation on Health: Evidence from Sweden, analyzes the causal effect of paid vacation on health. READ MORE
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5. Adolescents Selling Sex and Sex as Self-Injury
Abstract : There are today only a few population-based studies in the world investigating the prevalence of and associated risk-factors with adolescents selling sex and so far no earlier population-based study has been found investigating adolescents motives for selling sex. Further, to use sex in means of self-injury (SASI) is a behaviour that has been highlighted in Sweden the last years but it is a new field of research and a behaviour in need of conceptualization. READ MORE