The learning and use of mathematics can influence the development of a child's sense of social identity.
Teachers can send different messages to male and female pupils, leading to tensions in classes. These are the findings of Dr Patricia Murphy of The Open University, presented today, Thursday 28 June 2001, at the International Conference on Communication, Problem-Solving and Learning at the University of Strathclyde. Dr Murphy looked at teachers... view more... (2001-06-25)
Male or female? Coloring provides gender cues
Our brain is wired to identify gender based on facial cues and coloring, according to a new study published in the Journal of Vision. view more (2009-05-28)
Some evidence of gender bias in intensive care
There is some evidence that intensive care is unfair and may be due to gender bias, shows research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The research team analysed over 46,500 admissions to 91 intensive care units across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The data came from the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre... view more... (2002-05-13)
Sexing up the turkey
A novel approach to classify the gender of six-week-old turkey poults could save millions of male chicks from being killed shortly after birth, according to Dr. Gerald Steiner from the Dresden University of Technology in Germany and his team. view more (2009-11-24)
New Study Explores Social Comparison in Early Childhood
It has been shown (and probably experienced by all of us) that performing worse than our peers on a particular task results in negative self-esteem and poorer subsequent performance on the same task. view more (2008-10-31)
Perceptions of Child Sexual Abuse
Women are more pro-victim and anti-perpetrator than men, younger victims are seen as more credible than older ones and men would consider a fifteen-year-old male victim of abuse to be less credible than a younger boy, particularly if he had been assaulted by a female. view more (2004-04-16)
Young children think gender-related behavior is inborn
Young children think about gender in the same way they think about species of animals. They believe, for example, that a boy's preference for football is innate, as is a girl's preference for dolls, just as cats' behavior is innately different from dogs'. view more (2009-04-29)
Parents' sexuality influences adoption choices
A couple's sexual orientation determines whether or not they prefer to adopt a boy or a girl. Gay men are more likely to have a gender preference for their adopted child whereas heterosexual men are the least likely. view more (2009-04-02)
Study Emphasizes Importance of Women in Cardiac Research
A recent trial, published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, shows that women with abnormal heart rhythms benefit from implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) as much as men, stressing the importance of including females in future research. Previous studies have raised the concern of possible gender bias, in favor of men,... view more... (2004-11-18)
Childhood obesity link to parents
The relationships between children and their parent of the same gender in the earliest years of life could be the key to understanding why some young people become obese and others do not, new research conducted by the EarlyBird Diabetes Study has shown. view more (2009-07-13)
Gender and age can be determined from face silhouettes
A new study published in Journal of Vision demonstrates that face silhouettes are visually processed much like regular face stimuli and provide enough information to determine traits about the subject including age and gender. view more (2007-03-22)
Gender of supervisor influences workers' mental and physical health
A person's gender in a leadership role is associated with their subordinate's mental and physical health according to new research out of the University of Toronto. view more (2008-09-10)
APA resolves to play leading role in improving treatment for gender-variant people
The American Psychological Association urged psychologists today to take a leading role in ending discrimination based on gender identity, calling upon the profession to provide "appropriate, nondiscriminatory treatment to all transgender and gender-variant individuals" and encouraging more research into all aspects of gender identity... view more... (2008-08-18)
UN Strategies To Promote Human Rights Of Women Not As Successful As Claimed
The United Nations' strategies to increase gender equality in the field of human rights have increased our knowledge of the situation of women, but in the meantime the variety of violations has become invisible. This is one of the findings of a doctoral dissertation in international law written by Sari Kouvo of the School of Economics and... view more... (2004-08-17)
Increased HIV risk for women with violent male partners (pp 1410, 1415)
South African research published in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights how women with physically violent and controlling male partners are at an increased risk of HIV-1 infection. HIV/AIDS is more widespread among women in sub-Saharan Africa than any other population. Although violence from a male partner and relationship inequalities are... view more... (2004-04-28)
Are women more generous? New study sheds light on donation behavior
Why would women give more to the victims of Hurricane Katrina than to the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research sheds light onto the way gender and moral identity affect donations. view more (2009-02-24)
Gender and Age affect Victim Credibility
Adolescent male victims of sexual abuse are more likely to be blamed for their assault and are considered less credible when assaulted by a female adult. This is one of the findings of new research by psychologists investigating the roles of victim and perpetrator gender, and victim age in child sexual abuse cases The research is presented by... view more... (2004-03-23)
Gender-neutral and gendered entrepreneurship in the ICT-business
In her dissertation `Gendered space of entrepreneuring in ICT-business`, Tarja Pietil'¤inen explores how gender opens up and limits women`s opportunities for entrepreneurial action in the Finnish information and communication technology industry. The dissertation will be publicly examined on November 15, 2002 at the Helsinki School of Economics.... view more... (2002-11-11)
New £1m Research Centre for the study of Law, Gender And Sexuality
A £1m Research Centre for the study of Law, Gender and Sexuality is being launched on 24 September 2004 at the University of Kent. The first research centre to focus on these areas in the UK, it is the result of a partnership between Kent, Keele and Westminster Universities, and will bring together academic expertise to develop understanding... view more... (2004-09-15)
Sperm trading can resolve hermaphrodite mating conflicts
By directly manipulating mating performance in a tropical sea slug, Chelidonura hirundinina, researchers of the University of T√°bingen have now shed light on the bizarre reproductive conflicts encountered by hermaphroditic animals. view more (2005-10-11)
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