GENDER & SEXUALITY

Gender & Sexuality

Gender & Sexuality

Introduction

The research examines the institutional contexts and practices inside which gender/ sexual identities are accomplished. It describes and analyses everyday student and teacher experiences as important to identity production and gender differentiation in particular. In this sense it breathes life back into these institutions that are inclined to be neutralized and appear frozen in macro-level and quantitative research accounts of gender and education. The accent in this paper is on the ways in which normative school practices produce and regulate gender and sexuality. These more sophisticated and nuanced anecdotes of school life have much to contribute to understandings of differential access and outcomes of schooling, particularly those highlighted in recent international and national commitments about girls' education.

Discussion

Three articles from the syllabus

Article 1:

Interplay between childhood maltreatment, parental bonding, and gender effects: Impact on quality of life

Salzman construed attachment as the strong emotional connection, which develops between a child and his care provider inside the first 6 or 7 months of his birth as a result of the shared interaction between them. Any form of separation from the attachment number or involvement in a stress-inducing situation triggers the attachment behavioral system that results in the child searching protection and attempting to re-establish proximity with the caregiver. The caregiver provides a protected foundation from which the child can explore the world.

Accordingly, early life experiences have a powerful impact on future growth and development. While experiences throughout this vulnerable period sway numerous spheres of function, secure attachment to parental figures and positive bonding experiences throughout childhood have been specifically reported to be affiliated with greater welfare (Salzman, 1996), increased coping resources and higher perceived support in one's community ((Salzman, 1996).

Hypothesis

It was hypothesized that parental bonding would account for a important proportion of the variance in this relationship. In addition, granted the associations of both childhood maltreatment and parental bonding with depression, it was hypothesized that adult depressive symptoms would further account for some of the association between maltreatment and quality of life (Salzman, 1996).

Methodology

Effects of differential parental rearing were compared in adults who reported a high degree of childhood maltreatment (n = 72) and those who reported no significant adverse events in childhood (n = 69). Subjects completed retrospective assesses of childhood maltreatment and perceived parenting style, as well as measures of current depressive symptoms and quality of life (Salzman, 1996).

Research question

How do men and women differ in ...