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...

he purpose of this study is to demonstrate how we, especially children and adolescents, are influenced by the media; this issue had investigated by analyzing the representation of gender roles in the Game of Thrones Series. There were based on three social learning, socialization and cultivation theories. This research had done a quantitative content analysis. The variables included 20 gender a...

background: gender role attitudes toward sexual matters may define suitable and appropriate roles for men and women during a sexual relationship. this study aimed to explore and assess gender-based sexual roles in iranian families. materials and methods: this was an exploratory mixed methods study in which perceptions and experiences of 21 adult iranian participants about gender-based sexual ro...

abstract through the interpretation of texts, and subsequent creation of social reality, mediated representations are often seen to be presented within the certain of ideological discourses that reflect the existing power structures. the main objective of this paper is to analyze television commercials with an emphasis on gender roles to decode the main elements of a dominant discourse (preferr...

children develop their vocabulary through media special book and journals and lrarn social roles and relationships. the way men’s and women’s social roles are presented in journals stories has a great significance. the present study aim is to identify and compare social roles and status of men and women in children’s stories in journals. in this paper, men and women are compared regarding perso...

background: evidence indicates that sexual assertiveness is one of the important factors affecting sexual satisfaction. according to some studies, traditional gender norms conflict with women’s capability in expressing sexual desires. this study examined the relationship between gender roles and sexual assertiveness in married women in mashhad, iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was cond...