Girls' Media

Construction discourages the participation of half the Australian working age population in the industry, and the industry doesn't get it. In 2018, Contractors have the work and cannot find the people to execute shovel-ready and profitable jobs. Developers, governments, and other parties that benefit from projects being built accept this reality. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics as of May 2018, the construction industry has the lowest female participation rate (11.65%) of all major industries. Mining (16.3%) and Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing (30.8%) which suffer from similar image problems such as being dirty, dangerous, and longhours, seem to better understand how to attract and lead women in their industries. Clearly, most females have no desire to be part of our highly-paid industry. It appears that they are justified in thinking so. As a way of helping to understand this assertion, let's think about most women and girls' first exposure to construction.

Objective: This study sought to determine whether perceiving portrayals of sexual stereotypes in rap music videos was associated with adverse health outcomes among African American adolescent females. Methods: African American female adolescents (n ‫؍‬ 522) were recruited from community venues. Adolescents completed a survey consisting of questions on sociodemographic characteristics, rap music video viewing habits, and a scale that assessed the primary predictor variable, portrayal of sexual stereotypes in rap music videos. Adolescents also completed an interview that assessed the health outcomes and provided urine for a marijuana screen. Results: In logistic regression analyses, adolescents who perceived more portrayals of sexual stereotypes in rap music videos were more likely to engage in binge drinking (OR 3.8, 95% CI 1.32-11.04, p ‫؍‬ 0.01), test positive for marijuana (OR 3.4, 95% CI 1.19-9.85, p ‫؍‬ 0.02), have multiple sexual partners (OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.01-3.71, p ‫؍‬ 0.04), and have a negative body image (OR 1.5, 95% CI 1.02-2.26, p ϭ 0.04). This is one of the first studies quantitatively examining the relationship between cultural images of sexual stereotypes in rap music videos and a spectrum of adverse health outcomes in African American female adolescents. Conclusions: Greater attention to this social issue may improve the health of all adolescent females.

Abstract:
This article is an original work written by Mohammed Ramadhan, based on the true story of an Afghan girl named Farzana from Kabul, Afghanistan. It explores her lived experiences, the denial of education and personal freedoms, and the emotional and social impact of Taliban rule on Afghan girls. The article highlights the resilience of Afghan girls and the importance of giving them a voice in the global discourse on human rights and gender equality.

Publication Name: Independent Research Publication / Academic.eu
Year: 2025

Authors: Mohammed Ramadhan
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Ever since the 1940s, Disney has been presenting a version of a princess character, from Snow White to Moana. Throughout the film eras Disney has improved the representation of their princesses, by making them more feminist inclined. However, these feministic qualities appeared because Disney utilized ethnic princesses as test subjects. With the use of film theory, gender theory, and ethnic theory focusing on Disney Animation Studios’ brand of princesses to provide a close analysis of what traits were improved, added and removed from princesses throughout time. Leading up to a creative piece where a mixture of the positive characteristics that were utilized in Disney princess films combine with improved character traits to make a better princess.

This study discusses the complex cultural relationship of dolls’ houses with gender roles, societal norms, dolls, and toys, while also considering dolls’ houses as interactive display objects that reflect domestic interiors. The study examines various dolls’ houses from different periods, ranging from the seventeenth century to the present, within Young Victoria & Albert Collection, London. This examination highlights the fundamental elements of interior spaces within dolls’ houses and provides insight into the historical use of dolls’ houses as educational materials designed to teach girls household chores and organization. Even today, toy dolls’ houses are given to girls and are criticized as metaphors dictating the societal role of women. By focusing on the user experience of dolls’ houses as complex and behavior-directing objects, this study aims to bring a fresh perspective to related discussions. This study focuses on the user experience of the Nuremberg House as a typical example of early modern dolls’ houses and analyzes the user experience shown in an ASMR video demonstrating the placement process by museum collection experts. The user experience involves thinking about the interior and placing necessary items while outside and how textiles, patterns, wood, metal, glass, and colors diversify the experience. The experience notes that observing familiar objects such as chairs, beds, closets, pitchers, and plates at one's fingertips gently opens the doors to an extraordinary and fascinating world, where hand and eye coordination take their place in another realm. It is stated that the primary purpose of a miniature model is to allow users to dream along with it. The user experience takes place under the enchanting influence of the miniature along with a sense of privacy. The miniature is perceived as an ideal, or we think that we can learn something from it. Therefore, behaviors related to this ideal are also emphasized and taught. In other words, while experiencing a miniature model, a vision for the future is developed. In this context, the use and impact of dolls’ houses should be addressed seriously in terms of gender equality and social norms. However, a conscious effort and the necessity of social change must be emphasized in these interactions.

Keywords: Domestic interiors; Interactive display objects; Dolls’ houses; Gender roles; User experience

As one of its key contributions to feminist thought, post-structuralist feminism has invited healthy suspicion of the search for absolute origins of the study of power and inequality. We now know very well that gender relations inhere in complex and mutable social configurations: there is no original sin, no primordial logos, no underlying dialectic ‘in the final analysis’. Contemporary feminist theories have attended to the ways that gendered forms of power can disassemble, regroup, and resurface: gender relations are nothing if not inventive. Yet public discourses surrounding boys – and to some extent, scholarship in boys studies – tends to consider the boy and boyhood as a ‘ground zero’ for an understanding of patriarchy. The notion that gender identities are complex relational phenomena finds little traction in public debates about raising and schooling boys. Thus the search for origins returns in a new guise under the auspices of a (most often) unstated question: when and how does everything go wrong for boys?

Disney project, as an all enhancing pedagogical project, offers interactive methods of learning for preschool children, and multidisciplinary, trans disciplinary, multicultural teaching methods on all levels of schooling, involving advanced levels of Gender studies inside Social studies disciplines, on the upper educational levels.

Scholars have highlighted the bond between conspiracy theories, new-age spirituality (conspirituality), and wellness. This paper contributes to this scholarship by critically analysing the underlying semiotic mechanisms that govern the overlap between QAnon, antivax, and Covid-19 related conspiracy theories, new age spirituality and wellness. From a Lotmanian perspective, I draw a critical semiotic analysis of the links between these three discursive realms during the Covid-19 pandemic, especially focusing on alternative health influencer Christiane Northrup's Facebook page. To do this, I rely on Lotman's concept of translation, as well as its development in the field of cultural semiotics. Combining Lotman's theory of translation with Greimas' discursive semiotics, I claim that the bond between conspiracy theories, spirituality, and wellness is based upon the translations of five semiotic cultural elements: (i) basic narratives plots; (ii) themes and thematic roles; (iii) figures; (iv) plastic features; and (v) collective passions. Drawing on this analysis, I also seek to detail how Lotman's translation works, looking at which semiotic features are exactly translated when two or more semiosphere come into contact, as well as what logics this translation is based on.

いわゆる「海賊版」は、常に知的所有権侵害の問題としてのみ今日、問題化されるが、そもそも日本の漫画表現の形式性は1930年代のディズニー・アニメーションの海賊版漫画表現を介して、ハリウッド産アニメーションのキャラクター作画様式、すなわち「ミッキーの書式」を受容することで成立した。これら海賊版は原著作を印刷によって違法コピーするのではなく原著作に対し模写・翻案・キャラクターの借用を行なうものである。韓国・台湾でも十五年戦争終結以降、日本漫画のこのような模写・翻案型海賊版が刊行されることで、漫画表現の形式や方法が移動する現象が見られる。本報告では「ミッキーの書式」が、韓国・台湾の二地域においてどのように受容されたかについて調査をもとに概観する。韓国においては、日本と同時期の1930 年代にディズニーの模写・翻案型海賊版は確認できるが、原則として日本を介してのディズニー流入にとどまり、海賊版による書式の変化は起きていない。他方、台湾では、1960 年代に日本漫画の海賊版と混在する形で、ディズニー及びアメリカン・コミックの模写型海賊版の存在が確認できた。日・韓・台の三地域のディズニー及び「ミッキーの書式」の受容については、今後も調査研究を続ける。In these days, commonly called a “Pirated Edition” is caused problems of infringing intellectual property rights. However, originally the conventions of the Japanese cartoons expressions were affected by the Disney animation’s pirated edition expressions in 1930s and were accepted the Hollywood animation’s styles of painting, that is, “Mickey’s Form”. After finishing the 15 years war in Japan, South Korean and Taiwanese pirated editions which are imitated or adapted ...

This paper explores the role of sex toys in dismantling the stigmatization of women's bodies and sexuality within contemporary society. Historically, women's sexual desires and pleasure have often been subjected to societal taboos and restrictions, contributing to the perpetuation of gender inequalities and the marginalization of women's sexual autonomy. However, the emergence and widespread availability of sex toys have challenged these stigmas and provided women with a means to reclaim agency over their bodies and sexuality. Drawing upon interdisciplinary research and feminist theories, this paper examines the ways in which sex toys have played a transformative role in challenging oppressive norms and fostering positive attitudes towards women's sexuality. By providing women with tools to explore their own pleasure, sex toys offer a means of empowerment, allowing them to break free from societal expectations and reclaim ownership of their bodies and desires. Furthermore, sex toys have been instrumental in promoting sexual education, enhancing communication between partners, and facilitating discussions on consent, pleasure, and body positivity. The findings of this paper underscore the importance of recognizing sex toys as tools of empowerment and liberation, contributing to the broader movement towards sexual liberation, gender equality, and the acceptance of diverse sexual expressions. By breaking down stigmatization and facilitating open discussions about women's bodies and sexuality, sex toys serve as catalysts for positive social change and contribute to a more inclusive and equitable society.

In line with the authors, I use the terms "adolescents" and "teenagers" somewhat interchangeably. While both authors tend to focus the bulk of their discussions on those adolescents who fall within the "teen" category (i.e., those aged thirteen through nineteen), they also discuss younger children (those twelve and under) and young adults who have passed the age of majority. 2.

The event has been generously funded by the Institute of Advanced Study (IAS) of the University of Warwick and the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies (ILCS) of the University of London.

Keynote Speakers:
Professor Rebecca Hains, Salem State University