Gender

Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, femininity and masculinity. Depending on the context, these characteristics may include biological sex, sex-based social structures (i.e., gender roles), or gender identity. Most cultures use a gender binary, having two genders (boys/men and girls/women); those who exist outside these groups fall under the umbrella term non-binary or genderqueer. Some societies have specific genders besides "man" and "woman", such as the hijras of South Asia; these are often referred to as third genders (and fourth genders, etc.). Sexologist John Money introduced the terminological distinction between biological sex and gender as …

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AUP: Athabasca University Press · 22 November 2024 English

“Dopp looks closely at hockey myths but not solely to debunk them. Hockey on the Moon offers a conversation in the best sense. This is hockey talk that works across …

the story of a female player con- fronted by the gender stereotypes of hockey. Hedley’s protagonist, pointing out three of these. The first has to do with gender. As you might expect in a novel published by a


UCP: University of Calgary Press · 15 November 2024 English

Andy Weaver led a life of quiet contemplation before becoming a father at the age of 42. Within three years he had two sons; two small, relentless disruptions to an …

Dante, in his journey, eventually7 stumbled past not only the lion, the leopard, and the needlessly gendered she-wolf—hell


Fraser Institute · 13 November 2024 English

Since 2000, Quebec’s real per-capita GDP has grown at an annual average of 1.2 percent, while Ontario’s has grown at 0.7 percent—both below the Canadian average. Ontario and Quebec’s real …

17-10-0005-01: Population estimates on July 1, by age and gender. Government of Canada. <https://www150.statcan


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English

railway travel accessible to all, but commuting was experienced differently according to class and gender. Slow Train to Arcadia explains why the democratization of commuting proved to be an elusive goal

to wider historical debates. The role of class, gender, population growth, urban plan- ning would all home and the workplace, it reinforced separate gender roles. The man (and commuting was predominantly commuting came to be experienced unequally by class, gender, and geography across London. There is a danger historical studies of the relationship between class, gender, and commuting. A Mobile Century?33 provided a experienced in different ways across class and gender. There was inequality of access as practical considerations


UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 12 November 2024 English

Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope met en lumière les actions entreprises par des universitaires en réponse à certains des appels à l’action de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation. …

nuances related to different sides of the family and gender. The following, non-exhaustive, list illustrates


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 12 November 2024 English

The COVID-19 virus was responsible for the deaths of over thirty-five thousand Canadians in its first two years alone. Described as the biggest public health crisis of the century, it …

measured by deaths. Factors such as age, race, gender, ability, national origin, neighbourhood, and


UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 7 November 2024 English

“This book is absolutely amazing and one of the most original collections that I have read in many years. Intended for everyone who inhabits Turtle Island—Indigenous and settler alike—Manomin encourages …

In the 1980s, ethnographer Thomas Vennum linked gender discrepancies in adult labour to economic demand position in53 Manomin as Teacher FIGURE 10: A Mixed Gender Harvesting Team. Photograph by Monroe P. Killy 600. the boat depended on capability more than gender. Elder Terry Greene noted that a “big woman—more


DDN: Dundurn Press · 5 November 2024 English

“A tender, beautifully written essay collection that is about so much more than parenting a child with a disability.” — Erin Pepler, author of Send Me Into The Woods AloneA …

praised for what I have to offer and caged in gender roles that silence. We are in the dark thick of


CPRC: University of Regina Press · 5 November 2024 English

Uncut explores the significance of the foreskin in contemporary culture The “uncut” penis is viewed by some as attractive or erotic, and by others as ugly or undesirable. Secular parents …

“Drawing on history of medicine, sociology of science, gender and sexuality studies, and cultural analysis, religious, see Sander L. Gilman, Freud, Race, and Gender (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993) requires a capacious approach that incorporates gender studies (especially critical studies of men and in a culturally appropriate, rights-based, and gender sensitive way.”8 Aggleton’s approach to this question this different treatment of patients based on gender can be acceptable, and he asks them to agree with


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 4 November 2024 English

planted across the city. In Kigali, SUNCASA aims to restore the Nyabarongo River catchment through gender-responsive nature-based solutions, reducing flash floods, landslides, and erosion risks to enhance

restore the Nyabarongo River catchment through gender-responsive nature-based solutions, reducing flash Willian Bidibura | ARCOS Network | SUNCASA) Through a gender-responsive nature-based solution approach, SUNCASA KIGALI Investing CAD 9 million (USD 7 million) in gender-responsive nature-based solutions through 2026 (SUNCASA) project aims to enhance climate resilience, gender equality and social inclusion, and biodiversity community-level capacity building and leveraging gender-responsive nature-based solutions (NbS), SUNCASA


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