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"Jag kan ju inte leka med Barbie! Det är ju bara för tjejer." : En vetenskaplig essä om fritidshemslärarens bemötande av...

Abstract "I can't play with Barbie! It is just for girls." is a scientific essay that is based on a story, in which I portrayed a self-perceived dilemma. In the dilemma, it emerged that I was not aware that my own perceptions of gender could influence my actions in the professional role, and that I was unsure of how I could work in practice to chan...

The Mother’S Complex Character In Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

Jeanette Winterson’s debut novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is regarded as an epitome of feminist fiction. The novel centres around Jeanette, a young homosexual girl, and her mother Louie who does not accept her daughter’s sexuality. Just like most mothers in feminist fiction Louie is described, by other scholars, as a one-dimensional character...

Connecting the past and the future: Academic geographical (im)mobility of Chinese women academics throughout doctoral ed...

Published in Frontiers in Psychology

Introduction Academic geographical mobility is considered to be critical to academic excellence, but it is a gendered terrain. This study seeks to examine the career progression of Chinese women academics, as shaped by gender norms, regarding academic geographical (im)mobility throughout their doctoral education, in retrospect. Methods To address t...

Using structural equation modeling to examine the influence of family planning social norms on modern contraceptive use ...

Published in Frontiers in Sociology

Despite high knowledge of family planning (FP) among Nigerian women, use of modern contraceptives remains low. While FP investments in Nigeria have been ongoing for decades, relatively little emphasis on contextual and structural factors may have contributed to low demand for and use of contraception. From 2009 to 2014, the Bill & Melinda Gates Fou...

Gender inequality in incivility: Everyone should be polite, but it is fine for some of us to be impolite

Published in Frontiers in Psychology

Civility is formed by social norms that guide our behavior and allow us to interact appropriately with others. These norms affect everyone and are learned through the socialization process. However, in the same process, people also learn gender norms that dictate how men and women should behave, leading to gender stereotypes and differentiated beha...

Maternal self-conception and mental wellbeing during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative interview st...

Published in Frontiers in Global Women's Health

Mothers tended to be responsible for most of the (additional) caregiving and domestic tasks during the COVID-19 pandemic while simultaneously having to pursue their work duties. Increased role conflicts, parenting stress, and exhaustion predict adverse mental health. We aimed to examine how women referred to and made sense of dominant gender norms ...

How social norms contribute to physical violence among ever-partnered women in Uganda: A qualitative study

Published in Frontiers in Sociology

This paper contributes to the literature that studies how social norms sustain undesirable behavior. It establishes how norms contribute to intimate partner physical violence against women. First, norms organize physical violence as a domestic and private matter. Second, they organize physical violence as a constituent part of women's lives, thereb...