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‘‘Doing’’ and ‘‘Undoing’’ Gender: The Meaning and Division of Housework in Same-Sex Couples

2011-2020, Case Study, Cultural Development, Economic Development, Foreign, Gender, Journal/Magazine/Review, Political Development, Social Development / By

This analytic review highlights what can be gained from research on same-sex couples and housework. This review reveals how same-sex couples both “do” and “undo” gender through housework. This review also underscores the need to attend to the social and temporal contexts that shape how same-sex couples give meaning to and enact housework. And, this …

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1-2-3 Pap Intervention Improves HPV Vaccine Series Completion Among Appalachian Women

2011-2020, Case Study, Countries and Regions, Cultural Development, Foreign, Gender, Journal/Magazine/Review, Laws and Policies, Social Development / By

Asset Type: Publications Collection: Foreign Publications Subject: Human Papillomavirus Vaccination, Cervical cancer, Appalachian women, Randomized controlled trial Author: Robin C. Vanderpool, Elisia Cohen, Richard A. Crosby, Maudella G. Jones, Wallace Bates, Baretta R. Casey, Tom Collins Publisher: University of Kentucky Publication Date: 2013

Everyone Drinks from the Same Well: Charismatic Female Gurus as Religious Feminist Influencers in South Asian Hinduism

2021-present, Brochure/Leaflet/Flyer, Case Study, Cultural Development, Economic Development, Gender, Political Development, Social Development / By

This article examines the emergent leadership of two female gurus in South Asia who have declared their status as S´an˙ kara¯ca¯rya¯s (i.e., heads of monastic institutions) based on revelatory experiences. They have done this in order to change patriarchal monastic (akh¯ar. ¯a) culture and challenge entrenched ideas of women’s inferiority in Hindu society. Their self-declarations …

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