In this paper, we discuss the historical and current perspectives on women in computer science and the recent downward trend of women's participation in this field We then present results from a survey that asked respondents their views on why women's participation in the field of computing is decreasing, what we can do to reverse this trend, and what they predict the future holds for women in ...

The purpose of this study was to test the psychometric properties of a vertical version of horizontally oriented three Appraisal of Violent Situation scales that elicit women's subjective appraisals of severity, dangerousness, and controllability of violence. Construct validity of the vertical scale eliciting 64 abused women's perceptions of severity of violence experienced was supported by a l...

Due to the expansion of old Czech literary production during 14th century, Luxembourg era in lands is characterized by a large number monuments. While creating their texts, medieval authors followed established rules which were reflected not only individual genres but also types characters depicted. The study focuses on women and possible ways describing them, all with emphasis virgins, wives, ...

Despite greater knowledge about gender (in)equality issues, women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are still largely portrayed in stereotypical ways in the media. We sought to uncover what both academic research and mainstream US and UK media communicate relative to the topic of women in STEM, in general, and women in computing, in particular. The notion of image cente...

The patterns of advice-giving and receiving and order-giving and receiving among television's dramatic characters provide an efficient and economical way in which to study the relationships between knowledge, activity, and sex of characters seen on the home screen. In addition, the study of these patterns allows comparison of the dramatic world of daytime TV addressed primarily to women with th...

The Bengal Renaissance ushered in the process of multifaceted modernization resulting in the major reshaping of the theatrical space both in terms of convention and praxis. Abandoning the convention of cross–dressing (where the earlier male actors were dressed as women to represent female characters), this new theatrical space began to accommodate the women actors for the representation of fema...

The occurrence of disparities in society with female characters, Disney stories told about the existence heroine characters renaissance era. had become part a show culture that has evolved into reproduction gender roles. This study was conducted to find representation as depicted well analyze reasons how heroines struggle claiming their equality woman society. categorized qualitative and descri...

Several videogames allow players to form their own narratives by making the player choose certain options with different dialogues and thus representations. This can be problematic when exploring representation of gender from perspective player’s experiences. I argue that one way overcome this is use corpus linguistic methods. In paper, videogame series The Witcher (CD Projekt Red, 2007, CD 201...

nowadays, the audience plays a key role in the interpretation of cultural products including movies. thus, discovering how the audience make sense of and interpret things can lead us to the social world underlying such interpretations. women are among audience who could have different readings based on their cultural and generational experiences and background. based on the interpretive paradig...

Although gambling is traditionally associated with homosocial competition and the prestige of aristocratic ethos, Restoration comedies abound examples marginal characters at table. This article explores symbolic implications these gamblers in plays written produced during reigns Charles II James II. These characters, whether they be women or comic butts, show us to what extent constitutes a mom...