The article addresses the mutual relationship between environmental improvements and improvement in social status of women. The main question of this article is: Are there any relationships between improvement in environment protection and promotion in the situation of women? The theoretical framework includes Hatfield’s view about the existence of communities between the public and private sph...

background and aim: iran has experienced a great variation in women's status in recent years. there is a little knowledge on how and why advancing gender equality and equity and the empowerment of women play a role in recent fertility reduction in the country. this study was conducted to gain insight into the role of gender beliefs and women's empowerment in the couples 'experien...

2. Method Participants Our convenience sample consisted of 386 university students which were recruited at two universities in Germany and China: 195 students (117 female, age: 18-31, M = 22.17, SD = 2.09) were recruited on the campus of the University of Munich (Germany) and 191 students (111 female, age: 18-30, M = 22.05, SD = 2.13) were recruited at the University of Nanjing (China). Materia...

We recruited 326 children, between seven and 13 years old (172 boys, 154 girls, Mage = 9.34, SDage = 1.72) and at least one of their parents (204 mothers, Mage = 41.15, SDage = 6.71, 59.3% Caucasian; 141 fathers, Mage = 43.67, SDage = 5.92, 74.3% Caucasian) at a science center. Our initial goal was to collect usable data on 300 to 400 children. Our initial goal was to collect usable data from 3...

est of the reader, he or she should consult the outside texts provided at the end of each chapter for more detailed information. With the arrival of the third edition comes the addition of current issues facing gender equality activists. The reader may find many of these fiercely debated topics familiar, thus establishing a connection between current events and the underlying theory discussed i...