http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Ever since the first sports page rolled off the press, there has been an uneven amount of coverage for men's and women's sports. With the dawn of the Internet, there was hope that women could bypass traditional media and present a more full picture of their sports, but a University of Kansas professor has published an article showing that female athletes' personal sites almost uniformly confirm traditional gender norms, presenting the women as both sexy and athletic, strong but not challenging to men. http://phys.org/news290754954.html Other Sciences Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:30:07 EST news290754954 If policy-makers want to do something about falling birth rates, they may want to take a look at improving how people are treated at work when they step outside of traditional family roles at home. http://phys.org/news290185049.html Other Sciences Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:57:35 EST news290185049 The observation that males appear to be superior to females in some fields of academic study has prompted a wealth of research hoping to shed light on whether this is attributable to nature or nurture. Although there is no difference in general intelligence between the sexes, studies over the past 35 years have consistently found that overall men do much better in tests of spatial ability than women. This difference may have something to do with why there are still fewer women in tertiary education studying science, technology, engineering and math – all subjects where it helps to have good spatial ability. http://phys.org/news284293548.html Other Sciences Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:25:54 EST news284293548 The increasingly globalised world enables individuals to more easily move abroad to escape restricting lifestyle norms in their home countries. Yet doing so also makes boundaries more evident. This is found in a new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, which explores the cosmopolitan context comprised by the creative scene in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City. http://phys.org/news278765471.html Other Sciences Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:51:17 EST news278765471 Married men and women who divide household chores in traditional ways report having more sex than couples who share so-called men's and women's work, according to a new study co-authored by sociologists at the University of Washington. http://phys.org/news278676875.html Other Sciences Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:01 EST news278676875 (Phys.org)—Working-class couples who buck convention and live together rather than marry take on traditional roles when it comes to housework, according to a new study by a Cornell sociologist. http://phys.org/news278145996.html Other Sciences Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:10:01 EST news278145996 Writers, publishers, teachers and parents need to closely scrutinise gender construction in children's literature so that young children are presented with stories that promote equality and respect for both sexes according to Ramesh Nair from the Academy of Language Studies. http://phys.org/news277627184.html Other Sciences Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:40:01 EST news277627184 In order to avoid the stigma and loss of status posed by their lifestyle choice, stay-at-home fathers are mobilizing to build greater legitimacy for their marginalized gender identity, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. http://phys.org/news274453977.html Other Sciences Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:13:04 EST news274453977 (Phys.org)—A newly defined genre of literature, "teen sick-lit," features tear-jerking stories of ill adolescents developing romantic relationships. Although "teen sick-lit" tends to adhere to negative stereotypes of the ill and traditional gender roles, it also explores the taboo realm of sexuality, sickness and youth, says the University of Missouri researcher who named the genre in a recent study. Readers and their parents should be aware of how the presentation of disease and disability in these stories can instill prejudices and enforce societal norms in young adults, notes the researcher. http://phys.org/news265302226.html Other Sciences Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:03:51 EST news265302226 Pressure to be more involved in their children's lives has many middle class men turning to sports as a way to nurture their kids. This softening of gender roles might be seen on the field, but researchers found it doesn't change traditional behavior at home – where household chores and other parenting responsibilities are still seen as mom's job. http://phys.org/news261317257.html Other Sciences Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:07:44 EST news261317257 Female sex offenders receive lighter sentences for the same crimes than males says a study recently published in Feminist Criminology, a SAGE journal and the official journal of the Division on Women and Crime of the American Society of Criminology. http://phys.org/news257602750.html Other Sciences Wed, 30 May 2012 13:20:31 EST news257602750 Over the course of 2011's momentous Arab Spring uprisings, young women in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen used social media and cyberactivism to carve out central roles in the revolutionary struggles under way in their countries, according to a new study commissioned by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. http://phys.org/news256927686.html Other Sciences Tue, 22 May 2012 17:48:13 EST news256927686 Education for girls in developing countries has received more attention in recent years. A new study found that the very policy documents advocating the need for equal access to education limit the scope of the initiatives by over-simplifying issues and by referring to education in a way that belies the complexity of gender roles and culture. http://phys.org/news253765555.html Other Sciences Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:26:38 EST news253765555 We see it in the movies and on television when a character realizes they desperately want to have a child. Often it is connected with a ticking biological clock. Or we may experience it ourselves when we see baby toys and clothes in the store. "It" can be summarized in two words: Baby fever. http://phys.org/news233315493.html Other Sciences Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:52:00 EST news233315493 A new study of employment and divorce suggest that while social pressure discouraging women from working outside the home has weakened, pressure on husbands to be breadwinners largely remains. http://phys.org/news227807197.html Other Sciences Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:46:57 EST news227807197 A new study from Family Process shows that passing down a family business is an emotional process, and key factors need to be in place in order for the transition to prove successful. The owner needs to trust other family members' involvement in the long-term plan for the business, and nurture a healthy outlook and plan for their own retirement. In the United States alone there are an estimated 10.8 million family businesses. Only 30% of businesses stay in the family from the first to the second generation. http://phys.org/news224395198.html Other Sciences Thu, 12 May 2011 05:00:14 EST news224395198 The "glass ceiling" for women administrators in college athletics may be cracked, but is not completely broken, according to a new study co-authored by a North Carolina State University researcher. http://phys.org/news216542113.html Other Sciences Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:00:03 EST news216542113 (PhysOrg.com) -- Professional women in their 30s are opting out of full-time work at an alarmingly high rate. http://phys.org/news197542331.html Other Sciences Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:00:02 EST news197542331 The differences in mothers' and fathers' interactions with their children, particularly in play situations, may influence toddlers' associations of specific behaviors with male and female genders. According to Eric Lindsey from Penn State Berks in the US, and his colleagues, context, gender of the parent and gender of the child combine in a complex pattern to shape parent-child interaction. Their findings1 are published online in Springer's journal Sex Roles. http://phys.org/news195389420.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:50:32 EST news195389420 UK programmes designed to help the unemployed get back to work and support young parents are losing impact because they are not designed with the participants' gender in mind. Men as well as women can lose out as a result of 'gender blind' policies. This finding, based on two case studies in the North East of England, appears in Critical Social Policy this week, published by SAGE. http://phys.org/news184415011.html Other Sciences Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:50:01 EST news184415011 When it comes to sex roles in society, what you think may affect what you earn. A new study has found that men who believe in traditional roles for women earn more money than men who don't, and women with more egalitarian views don't make much more than women with a more traditional outlook. http://phys.org/news141278122.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:55:22 EST news141278122