The purpose of this paper is to examine how the relationship between the socially constructed Genders is manifested in American library science. To visualize Gender, bibliometric analyses of peer reviewed articles published in three core journals of library science between 1980 and 2000 inclusive, are performed. The three journals are: College and Research Libraries, Journal of Academic Librarianship and Library Quarterly. Questions: 1. Does Gender affect the publishing process regarding the distribution of female and male authors? 2.

AbstractThe aim of this thesis is to investigate how the Swedish political parties have been discussing Gender politics since 1970 to nowadays, in order to see which problems and solutions that have been suggested by the parties to increase the representation of women and the equality between the sexes. The theoretical framework is constructed by theories of women´s representation, Gender politics and women?s interest.To describe how the discussions about Gender politics have been between the different parties, the methodological foundation consists of an ideology critical textual analysis of the political programs from the Swedish parties.The analysis confirms that the discussions about Gender politics and the political representation of women increase over time. The most important issue of equality is the lack of women´s rights and possibilities in the labor market as a consequence of women´s responsibility of home and childcare. The analysis also shows that parties which discuss women as a category and the underrepresentation of women also point out the importance to increase equality between men and women..

This essay analyses text written by a Gender equality movement critical of feminism. Themovement is active on the Internet and through this essay I would like to show the tensions in contemporary political debates on Gender equality and feminism. 350 blogposts have been deconstructed through discourse theoretical method. In the analyses I have shown the discursive struggle that is going on within the movement in giving meaning to concepts as knowledge, society, Gender, politics, feminism and Gender equality. The movement is using the technical potential in blogs and common Internet forums tocreate a common political we.

This Master's thesis examines some aspects of children's books for 9-12 year olds, and the children's books market, from a Gender perspective. The main objective is to make a Gender analysis of attitudes among children and other agents in the book market towards children's books of different qualities. Children's reflections on Gender roles in the books and the importance of Gender aspects for publishers in the field, are investigated. A combination of methods are used, including literary analyses, surveys of publication lists of the BTJ group Bibliotekstjänst interviews with children and questionnaires sent to children as well as to Swedish publishers of children's books. The analysis of children's books clearly shows that images of Gender roles vary in different kinds of books which supports theories of Gendered literature.

The purpose of this study is to examine how four teachers in preschool describe their view of conflicts between children from Gender perspective. The theories associated with the study conclude that sex can be considered as being either biologically or socially engineered. The study consists of empirical material by the means of qualitative research based on interviews. The results of the study show different views on whether children's Gender plays a role in a conflict. Furthermore, I have chosen to find out whether Gender plays a role in conflict management as well as in the children's play at preschool, this to come to as qualitative conclusions as possible..

Media brings attention to the concept of preschools being in large need of more male teachers. In order to implement an increase of male teachers, various methods have been employed, most of which are based on the concepts of Gender and equality. In question however, are the views of present teachers on the need for male teachers, and their expectations of those men! Or in other terms: What particular type of men are requested? And how does this correspond with the Gender patterns induced by male teachers in their daily practical work? The purpose of this survey is to analyze expectations of male teachers and their role in the preschool context, through a Gender perspective. I want to shed light on this purpose based on two questions: What ?kind? of men are requested by the present teachers? and Which Gender patterns will the men induce to their daily work chores, and to their interaction with the children? The survey was conducted by means of interviews, polls, and observations, and the results were obtained from two preschools of which one in particular has extended focus on Gender issues.

The aim of the study is to investigate how clinicians in psychiatric care for adults consider borderline personality disorder to be manifested in men and women, respectively. Could there be a tendency to over-diagnose women and under-diagnose men? In addition, the purpose of the study is to bring clarity to the reasons for Gender differences within borderline personality as perceived by the clinicians. The study is based on an inductive approach, in which interviews have been conducted with twelve clinicians working with borderline personality disorders to gain a deeper understanding of how the clinicians consider the manifestations of Gender differences.The clinicians described tendencies for women to deliberate self-harm, have mood swings and problems in relations. Men with borderline personality disorders are described as having a higher degree of e.g.

Through this thesis I aimed to further investigate how we can adapt our western and modern views of masculinity and femininity in an ancient population, here on the Pitted Ware population from Ajvide on Gotland. A questionnaire survey was used to compile the modern view of masculinity and femininity. This modern view was then compared with patterns which had become visible through statistical processing of the burial gifts found on Ajvide. The thesis is mainly focused around the concept of Gender, but age and status have also been discussed. Through several performed correspondence analysis, it became clear that the current view of male and female differed from the one that became visible in the archaeological record.

The purpose of the essay is to examine how issues concerning Gender equality are perceived and to show what areas are defined as problematic in different discourses. It also raises the question of who is defined as responsible for dealing with issues concerning Gender equality in these different contexts. Theories used are the Gender system and intersectionality. The study builds on a mapping of a company that is active nationally and internationally, with emphasis on the problems that can arise when these two social contexts meet, with a special focus on cathegories such as Gender and ?Swedishness?.

The aim of this study was to describe how girls and boys have been represented in the Swedish children?s? magazine Kamratposten from 1950 until 2010. Kamratposten was chosen because it has both boys and girls as target audience. Three articles about children from the years 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2010 were chosen as material of the study.The study is a discourse analysis that deconstruct the Gender discourse of Kamratposten. The analysis is done with a Gender perspective.

The purpose of this thesis was to examine the ways in which the constructions of heterosexuality and Gender in three Disney movies about princesses affect the power relations between men and women in the movies, and how discourses on Gender and heterosexuality have changed over time. Research questions were:How do characters in the movies talk about Gender and heterosexuality?How does the interplay between Gender and heterosexuality affect the power relations between men and women in the movies?What are the likenesses and differences between movies from different time periods?Discourses were mapped out using a model based on Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe?s political theories. These discourses were then analyzed with a theoretical framework consisting of Yvonne Hirdman?s concept of Gender system and Gender contracts, Judith Butler?s view on the heterosexual matrix and an understanding of power relations based on Michel Foucault.

Officially, the EU Gender policy since 2000 has been guided by the strategy of Gender Mainstreaming. This strategy aims to promote Gender equality and is informed by a feminist ontology which stipulates that women are structurally subordinated.In this essay, I examine whether the European Commission has adequately adhered to this Gender policy in its free trade negotiations with the ACP (African, Caribbean, and Pacific) countries as part of the Cotonou Agreement. As a result of my text analysis of documents related to the negotiations, opinion pieces by interested actors and policy papers of the EU, I find that the Commission does not act in accordance to its stated Gender policy.To explain this discrepancy between policy intent and actions, I employ postliberal feminist theory and Robert Putnam's Two-Level Game Theory Model. By analyzing statistics and published research, I explore how Gender issues are being represented politically on a domestic and international level.My findings show that a key cause of this discrepancy lies in the low levels of female participation in the political institutions of the EU and ACP; a lack of participation that is especially pronounced in the area of international economics. In explaining the constraints on female participation and the prospects of full implementation of the EU's Gender policy in the international political economy, I emphasize the role of culturally and historically Gendered institutions..

Our aim with this study is to investigate whether or not Utbildningsradions - which is a public broadcasting agency - educational programmes reproduce the existing Gender patterns of the female and male Genders. We have chosen to analyse two educational programmes, Home Farm Twins and Rena rama forntiden.We use a social constructionist theory regarding the construction and reproduction of Gender and the method we have chosen to use is a qualitative content analysis to study the educational programmes.Our conclusion is that in the case of Home Farm Twins, it reproduces the current stereotypes that exist in society. Rena rama forntiden on the other hand does not, the program has got a clear Gender perspective in regards to its content. Though it can be said that in some ways it does not reflect upon the Gender patterns that exist in society today, to a satisfactionary extent.Utbildningsradion does not achieve its policy concerning Home Farm Twins, but on the other hand it shows that in the case of Rena rama forntiden they do own up to the standards regarding cultural diversity and creative aim..

The European Union has been working to promote equality between women and men for a long time. Despite this, Sweden still have a Gender segregated labor market where men generally has the leading positions. According to European law the member states shall promote Gender equality and to take all appropriate measures. Statutory Gender quotas for company boards is one such measure that some of the European member states have implemented in national law. The Swedish law has no provisions governing Gender quotas and therefore the purpose of this study is to explain how Gender quotas for company boards relate to current law, both of European law and national legislation.

The main strategy of Gender equality policies has since the 1990s been Gender mainstreaming. Many government inquiries show how much the Swedish government, provincial governments and municipalities are working with Gender mainstreaming. The purpose of this paper is to investigative how the municipalities within the county of Stockholm handle Gender mainstreaming demands in relation to other demands that the municipalities face. This is in order to closer investigate the hidden factors that create barriers to Gender mainstreaming efforts. Given the study's purpose and the formulation of research question, qualitative method is the most suitable method to fulfill the purpose.