Discusses the images of women in popular song lyrics, provides an introductory survey of female imagery featured in popular tunes, and includes a discography containing a selected compilation of 100 recordings that feature images of women. (Author/LRW)

Most women physicians practice primary-care specialities such as internal medicine, pediatrics, family practice, ob-gyn, or psychiatry. The profession still has discriminatory practices, resulting in differences between men's and women's practices, and women are dealing in their own ways with the stresses of the profession. (JOW)

Review recent theory and empirical research on hostile and benevolent sexism, discussing the nature of sexism; why benevolent prejudices matter; hostile and benevolent sexism as universal prejudices; polarized images of women; how sexist benevolence may play a significant role in justifying gender inequality; women's acceptance of sexist…

Presents Waller Newell's introduction to "What Is a Man?", which was written to help restore a sense of the positive meaning of manliness that has been forgotten. His book presents examples of manhood at its best, suggesting that reclaiming manly refinement and civility requires a return to moral and intellectual virtues, which are the same for…

Includes an essay that discusses the expansion of opportunities for girls, maintains that boys are still bound by more traditional roles, and considers masculinity and adolescence; and presents an annotated bibliography of fiction, nonfiction, magazines, and Web sites that would appeal to adolescent boys and many of their interests. (LRW)

Reviews literature on women as learners, gender issues in technology use, women's experience of distance education, and barriers to learning. Suggests curriculum strategies (feminist framework, variety of technologies), structural strategies (computer training, learning communities), and teaching strategies (collaboration, empowerment, a network…

Investigated whether images of human beings in two popular clip-art packages would embody modern, egalitarian goals for gender and racial equality or more traditional views. Overall, the clip-art depicted middle-aged Caucasian males more frequently and in more active/nonnurturant and desirable roles than any other group. Females tended to be…

The article investigates the tensions between and within models of gender equality and gender complementarity by studying children who are in the midst of learning to apply these gender models in practice. Children (aged 11-15 years) were observed and interviewed while they participated in scout camps in Denmark, Portugal, Slovakia and Russia.…

Gender critics obsess over the boy actors who played female roles on the Elizabethan stage. But, in their far-fetched interpretation of Shakespearean drama as a spectacle of cross dressing, these new historicists lose sight of a fundamental principle of theater. Thomas Martin and Duke Pesta argue that with their prurient chatter of "the…

Research in educational leadership and management, while comprehensive in its scope and direction, has considerable imbalances that have contributed to what Blackmore (1999) has termed the monoculture of the powerful. The focus on the apparent intractability of leadership as a male domain and ways in which women have negotiated the gendered nature…

With whom does the American education system get high grades? For race and ethnicity, disparities are ever so prevalent. For socioeconomic status and family income, poor people never seem to get a fair share. For geographical location, inner city students are almost always underserved. Perhaps the one entity on which the system can boast is…

This paper explores both how male and female high school pupils (15-16 years old) perceive the engineering profession and their willingness to pursue a career in this area. A study was performed around a one-day outreach activity, Girls' Day, organized for the first time in Spain. During Girls' Day, students were exposed to specific activities…

In South Africa, females under the age of 18 comprise approximately 40% of the rapes and other forms of sexual assault that occur. However, South African girls face multiple barriers to seeking help in the aftermath of sexual assault. This literature review provides an overview of childhood sexual assault in South African girls and addresses…

Online texts rapidly are becoming central to children's out-of-school literate lives. However, children's engagement with such unofficial texts rarely is addressed in schools, or is addressed in limited ways. To address this gap, we argue for conceptualizing popular media, including websites, as the new literatures of childhood, tracking how…

This article explores the development and effects of Swedish post-war policies on the emergence of a research base for teacher education. From 2001 onwards, it is possible to undertake research and postgraduate studies within teacher education in Sweden, which prior to the 2001 reform was not possible. The article draws on a variety of frameworks…