A Feminine Advantage? Delineating the Effects of Feminine Trait and Feminine Issue Messages on Evaluations of Female Candidates

Feminine Sin and Female Scientists

The words sin and science are seldom mentioned in the same sentence. However, I suspect that sin, both individual and societal, is a contributing factor to the fact that male scientists outnumber female ones. This suggestion is not intended to produce the guilt and shame that is already so common in women, but intended rather to illuminate an issue and perhaps guide strategies to change. The ge...

The Feminine Absolute

To be sure, on the March day this chunky little girl of nine came into our school, we saw neither grace nor delicacy in her stocky figure with its large head, perceptible stomach, and torso unrelieved by any waist line. She revealed herself, however, the incarnation of the popular ideal of her sex in the subtle charm of her golden brown eyes, of her creamy skin, and of the pale luster of her fi...

Feminine Images of Jesus: Later Medieval Christology and the Devaluation of the Feminine

The Feminine vs. the Masculine : A Sufi Perspective of Life

In Sufism, one may find a very interesting feminine approach according to which the feminine is the source of life. Though it is roughly distinguished from modern feminism in principle and aim, it would be very critical to see how this perspective overcomes the masculine dominated world. The overall aim of this paper is to give only a remark and an entry to this perspective without involving in...

Feminine after cricothyroid approximation?

A number of studies have evaluated the effectiveness of a cricothyroid approximation (CA) in creating a more female voice in male-to-female transsexuals (MFTs) from an acoustic perspective. An increase in pitch is of little value, however, unless it accurately indicates listeners' perceptions of gender. The purpose of this study was to further investigate the effectiveness of a CA in feminizing...