Gender differences exist in both general and specific uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Most of this research has focused on computers and the internet to the exclusion of mobile phones. Little research has examined gender differences in specific types of mobile phone usage, especially among youth. This issue is examined using data from a random sample of middle-school ...

Cyber or electronic bullying is a growing problem among school-aged children and research on cyberbul-lying is still relatively young. The primary purposes of the current study were: (a) to investigate gender and grade level differences among cyber victims (b) to investigate the overlap between traditional victimization and cyber victimization and (c) to investigate the associations among cyber...

This article presents a four-category framework to characterize the contents of prescriptive gender stereotypes. The framework distinguishes between prescriptions and proscriptions that are intensified by virtue of one’s gender, and those that are relaxed by virtue of one’s gender. Two studies examined the utility of this framework for characterizing prescriptive gender stereotypes in American ...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence varies widely worldwide. We used a transmission model to show links between age-specific sexual patterns and HPV vaccination effectiveness. We considered rural India and the United States as examples of 2 heterosexual populations with traditional age-specific sexual behavior and gender-similar age-specific sexual behavior, respectively. We simulated these p...

Previous studies have established that Indians tend to be greater in collectivism and gender role traditionalism than Americans. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether these differences explained further cultural differences in romantic beliefs, traditional mate preferences, and anticipation of future difficulties in marital life. Results revealed that Indians reported greater ...

The art of Flamenco dance teaches Spanish culture through the steps and metaphors they communicate. Some from past are hard to understand, especially when referring women’s role social status, as women 21st century in Spain have democratic rights centuries did not have. Expressing some those movements flamenco is very hard, unless you understand patriarchal society then. I will analyze teachers...

This paper introduces a men’s studies approach to Vietnamese gender studies. It explains the value of incorporating studies of men’s lives and experiences into gender and women’s studies. It argues that the study of gendered conflict and power is necessary to understanding Vietnamese gender relations. This understanding must be contextualized within the social processes of negotiation, cooperat...

This paper examines the contextual nature of gendered livelihood strategies through a comparative study of rural women=s producer groups in former homelands of South Africa and Appalachia. This comparative approach situates gendered livelihood strategies in distinct local contexts that are constituted by specific historical dynamics and cultural relations. Producer groups are defined here as co...

Biometrics was divided into traditional biometrics and soft biometrics. Traditional biometrics is a method using information on face, iris, and fingerprint. Soft biometrics is a method using information on gender, ethnicity, height, and so on. Recently, many researchers have been researched human identification using soft biometrics in long distance environment. In this paper, we analyze human ...