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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but principally by catchwords; and the little rift between the sexes is astonishingly widened by simply teaching one set of catchwords to the girls and another to the boys.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1881), “Virginibus Puerisque, Part 2”

More info about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

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PsyPost Jan 15

Male victimhood ideology driven by perceived status loss, not economic hardship, among Korean men https://www.psypost.org/male-victimhood-ideology-driven-by-perceived-status-loss-not-economic-hardship-among-korean-men/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MaleVictimhood #KoreanMen #SocioeconomicStatus #GenderStudies #SexRoles

Male victimhood ideology driven by perceived status loss, not economic hardship, among Korean men

Research published in Sex Roles suggests that male victimhood ideology among South Korean men is driven more by perceived socioeconomic status decline rather than objective economic hardship.

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John Arnold Oct 14, 2024

_The Evening Post_, 15 October 1924:
DRIVING PERAMBULATORS
“I would not trust the member for Palmerston or the member for Kaiapoi to drive a motor-car,” said Mr. G. Witty (Riccarton) in the House of Representatives last night, while discussing the age at which people should be licensed to drive motor-cars.
“How about a wheelbarrow?” suggested another member.
“I would not even trust them to drive a perambulator,” declared Mr. Witty. "A boy or girl was being educated during the period of youth, and they learnt to drive just the same as they learnt other things.”
A voice: “You have never driven a motor-car.”
“No,” retorted Mr. Witty, “and I know why—because I am too old. My head is not as active as it was in my young days. . . . Just imagine any of us trying to learn to drive a car at our age.”
…
“The member for Riccarton knows more about wheeling a perambulator,” stated Mr. Nash.
Mr. Witty : “Yes. I have done some of that.”
“I believe he has,” said Mr. Nash, “and the more power to him for it.”
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19241015.2.70.5
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #DriversLicences #Age #Cars #Prams #SexRoles #Parliament #NewZealand

John Arnold Jul 13, 2024

_The Evening Post_, 14 July 1924:
WOMEN IN PRINT.
…
The reason for the City Council’s refusal to grant a bus conductor’s license [sic] to Miss A. Russell was stated at the meeting of the council on Thursday; says an #Auckland exchange. [In response to Miss Russell, the Finance and legal Committee submitted a report] … to the council on Thursday, when it was recommended that the following reply be supplied: “That it is against the public interest and inappropriate in normal times and conditions to license #women as conductors of public vehicles.” The recommendation was adopted without comment. The following resolution adopted by the Civic League was forwarded by that body:—“That this league protests against the action of the City Council in refusing a license as bus conductor to a woman merely on the ground of sex.” This was received.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240714.2.115
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Buses #BusConductors #Transport #PublicTransport #SexRoles #NewZealand

The Wild Hunt News Aug 9, 2023

The male hunter debunked: New research takes a fresh look at existing data and busts the hunter-gatherer sex roles myth.

https://wildhunt.org/2023/08/the-male-hunter-debunked-new-research-ends-myth-about-hunter-gatherer-sex-roles.html

#anthropology #huntergatherer #mythbusting #sexroles #science #culture

The male hunter debunked: New research ends myth about hunter-gatherer sex roles

New research takes a fresh look at existing data and busts the hunter-gatherer sex roles myth.

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SleepyCatten May 1, 2023

@OmegaVixens @Terra Technically "switch" is a BSDM term. You typically have "dom", "switch" & "sub".

When it comes to penetration preferences, it's "top", "versatile", "bottom", "side".

#BSDM #SexRoles #SexRole

Katya Ivanova Apr 17, 2023

Somehow missed that #MaaikeHornstra's final dissertation chapter is out in
#SexRoles. We use the #OKiN survey to examine #kinkeeping involvement across parents & how these practices are related to parent-child closeness.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-023-01352-2

A few key findings:
1) #kinkeeping - the work needed to build & maintain family ties - is primarily done by women, irrespective of their biological tie to the child. In fact, when involved, #stepmothers are engaged in more kinkeeping activities than any type of father (as shown in attached figure).

2) we found that when a spouse takes an active role in #kinkeeping, it can foster ties between parents & children. For example, a #stepmother who helps with kin-work may facilitate closer ties between separated biological fathers and their children.

3) #2 echoes - for example - the qualitative work of #MariaSchmeeckle published in #JMF which highlights the active role which a #stepmother plays in facilitating contact & inclusion between herself, her husband, & the involved children (his & hers).

And yes, I might have spent some of the time editing the article proofs humming #Labour of #parispaloma...

#GenderRoles #CognitiveLabor #Stepmother #Parenting

Kinkeeping Across Families: The Central Role of Mothers and Stepmothers in the Facilitation of Adult Intergenerational Ties - Sex Roles

A kinkeeper is the person within the household that is involved in the management of family relationships, a position traditionally fulfilled by women. Due to the increased complexity of family life, which resulted from the rise in divorce and remarriage, the kinkeeper role might nowadays be particularly important but also more ambiguous. First, we examined differences in parental involvement in kinkeeping (buying presents, organizing outings, relaying family news, and discussing problems) along the lines of gender, family structure, and biological relatedness. Second, we explored whether the kinkeeping of parents and their partners is effective in the facilitation of intergenerational closeness with adult children. We used the OKiN survey, which includes information on kinkeeping in N = 746 intact, N = 982 mother-stepfather, and N = 1,010 father-stepmother families. Findings indicated a central facilitative role for mothers and stepmothers. Substantial gaps were found between mothers and fathers, married and divorced parents, and biological and stepparents with respect to the (variety of) kinkeeping in which these parents were involved. Yet, the contrasts of biological relatedness and family structure were also found to be gendered, as these gaps were smaller for mothers than fathers. Finally, an association was found between adult closeness with biological parents and the kinkeeping of the spouse, regardless of the nature of the relationship between the spouse and adult child. This implies that a stepmother can be just as effective as a married biological mother in facilitating the ties between a father and his biological children.

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MPI for Biol. Intelligence Mar 29, 2023

Female sex-role reversal of two coucal bird species is apparently linked to elevated testosterone levels. Male sex-role reversal, however, doesn't require low testosterone levels, as a new study by Wolfgang Goymann shows:

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.2401

#MaxPlanck #MaxPlanckInstitute #ResearchNews #Birds #BirdResearch #Ornithology #AnimalBehavior #SexRoles #science #BirdBehavior #GenderInNature #scicomm #wisskomm