Sökning: "male-bias"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 uppsatser innehållade ordet male-bias.

  1. 1. 'Men in Grey Suits': Androcentric Language in the House of Commons : A Corpus-Assisted Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis

    Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Författare :Pauline Alkenäs; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Androcentrism; House of Commons; Critical Discourse Analysis; CDA; Hansard at Huddersfield Corpus; Male Bias;

    Sammanfattning : Whilst the number of women in the British Parliament increases in line with social progress towards gender equality, androcentric language use in the House of Commons prevails and perpetuates a harmful outdated hierarchical order of gender. The aims of this study are two-fold, (1) to gain insight into how androcentric occupational titles are used to negotiate the hierarchical structure of the Chamber, (2) to explore how MPs’ male bias is reflected by their use of androcentric generic nouns. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Är det verkligen ett problem om det inte syns? : En kvalitativ studie om hur sex kvinnor själva beskriver hur de upplever och hanterar sina erfarenheter av autism via sitt självbiografiska skrivande

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA)

    Författare :Anton Laksjö; Erik Nordenberg; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Autism; Women; Stigma; Camouflage methods; Autism; Kvinnor; Stigma; Kamouflerings metoder;

    Sammanfattning : Women who live with undiagnosed autism face difficulties, especially in regards to getting an autism diagnosis. This study presents a literature study of six women’s autobiographies, in which they describe their experiences in living with undiagnosed autism as well as getting their diagnosis. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Beyond The Frame : A Literature Review of Sex Differences and Female Specific Expressions of Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Master-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Socialt arbete

    Författare :Samuel Lundström; [2021]
    Nyckelord :ASD; autism; sex differences; females; female phenotype; gender; gender stereotyping; AST; ASD; Autism; Könsskillnader; Kvinnor; Kvinnlig fenotyp; Könstereotyper; Genus;

    Sammanfattning : Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neuro-developmental diagnosis that occurs around four times more often in males compared to females. Most of what is known about ASD, as well as diagnostic criteria and screening tools are therefore based on male expressions. LÄS MER

  5. 4. A Comparative Study of Attitudes of Young Swedes and North Americans towards Gender and Predicates Denoting Intelligence

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Anna Bergvall; [2018]
    Nyckelord :gender studies; gender bias; intelligence bias; genius; brilliant; creativity; sexism in language; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study was to investigate attitudes towards gender and predicates denoting intelligence among Swedish and U.S. citizens between 20 and 35 years (N = 72). Research suggests that stereotypes on gender and cognitive ability begin to affect children around six years of age. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Women and Their Bodies in Classical Greece : The Hippocratic Female

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Författare :Linda Persson; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Gynaecology; Hippocratics; Classical Greece; menstruation; women; wandering womb;

    Sammanfattning : The Hippocratic Corpus is a collection of approximately sixty medical treatises that were written by the Hippocratics during the Classical period of Greece. The Hippocratics were a group of practicing physicians and are today considered as one of the first Greek scientists. LÄS MER