This introductory volume examines the relationship between same-sex legal issues, public opinion, and legislation since the late 1800s and explores...

Vegas as a queer fantasyland? You bet! These days, the ultimate heterosexual adult playground is so awash in pink and lavender, in hot guys and sam...

Geetha points out that 'gender is everywhere', and when we allocate to the male and female sexes, specific and distinctive attributes and roles, we...

This book breaks new ground in perceiving the interrelations among class, caste, religious and gender identities to grasp the complex notion of ide...

In the current era of globalisation, the role of gender is becoming vital in the socio-economic development of any nation. This has been made evide...

Ensuring gender parity has become a great challenge for the modern world. Gender equality forms part of development strategy in many countries of t...

The experiences of Muslim women vary widely between and within different societies. At the same time, their adherence to Islam is a shared factor t...

The aim of the present conference volume is to study the interrelationship of literary and material approaches to historical investigation of gende...

"The past several years have perceived a transformed interest in social policies, and some governments have amplified social spending to moderate t...

This book analyses domestic violence against women, inflicted by the woman's husband or cohabiting partner. The main focus is on physical violence ...

When women have fewer opportunities than men to develop their capacities in an egalitarian way, then we say that there is a gender gap. Although gr...

Within psychology and psychiatry, gender identity has developed at least two distinguishable meanings: awareness of anatomy and endorsing specific ...

Gender encompasses biological sex but extends beyond it to the socially prescribed roles deemed appropriate for each sex by the culture in which we...

This book deals with different aspects of gender discrimination and gender empowerment, as well as their impact on economic development in human so...

The traditional and cultural preference for sons over daughters particularly in the Asian countries is causing massive gender ratio imbalances. It ...

A qualitative study was conducted to investigate gender role conflict among female rugby players. The purpose of this study was to uncover gender r...

Gender encompasses biological sex but extends beyond it to the socially prescribed roles deemed appropriate for each sex by the culture in which we...

While everyone alive today is guaranteed to have ancestors, no one is born with a similar guarantee to have descendants. In a parallel truism, ever...

In 2015, the Australian federal government proclaimed that violence against women had become a national crisis. Despite widespread social and econo...

Fishing often makes an important contribution to food security in northern regions, where agriculture is impossible or marginal at best, as well as...

"Despite Canada's claim to be a gender equitable nation, militarism continues to function in ways that protect inequality." -- from the Introductio...

Examining the crucial linkages between caste and gender, undertaken, perhaps, for the first time, Uma Chakravarti unmasks the mystique of consensus...

To aid with a serious shortage of empirical studies on generational human resource management (HRM) preferences, Chapter One aims to add to the dis...

Collectively, genetic diseases and common diseases with a genetic component pose a significant public health burden. With completion of the human g...