Gendered aspects of social change

Gendered Aspects of Globalization

Gendered mobilities and social change—An introduction to the Special Issue on Gender, Mobility and Social Change

This Special Issue on Gender, Mobility and Social Change examines the relationship between gender and social change in the context of migratory mobilities. Our aim in this introduction is two-fold. Firstly, to refresh the collective memory on the older andmore recent literature on gender andmigration, and second, to argue that the concept of social change should be brought firmly back onto the ...

Gendered Migrant Social Capital: Evidence from Thailand.

Employing longitudinal data from Thailand to replicate studies of cumulative causation, we extend current knowledge by measuring frequency of trips, duration of time away, level of network aggregation (village or household), and sex composition of migrant networks to estimate a model of prospective migration among men and women in Thailand. We find that trips and duration of time away have dist...

“Fitspiration” on Social Media: A Content Analysis of Gendered Images

BACKGROUND "Fitspiration" (also known as "fitspo") aims to inspire individuals to exercise and be healthy, but emerging research indicates exposure can negatively impact female body image. Fitspiration is frequently accessed on social media; however, it is currently unclear the degree to which messages about body image and exercise differ by gender of the subject. OBJECTIVE The aim of our stu...

The Social and Economic Consequences of Gendered Toys in America

Toys in the American marketplace are heavily gender stereotyped, creating a variety of social and economic consequences. Beginning at an early age, children foster different cognitive abilities based on play with toys deemed appropriate for their gender. While boys' toys promote skills in math and science fields, girls' toys promote verbal and linguistic skills. This difference in cognitive abi...