Boys more exposed to relational bullying

When researchers examined bullying in twenty schools, they were told that the main problem was drama created by the girls. Their findings told a very different story, however.

Cash's masculine vulnerability

It is OK for men to show vulnerability as long as it is related to a past they can control. This is how the researcher Eirik Askerøi interprets the musician Johnny Cash.

Excluded both as man and minority

Exclusion during the student days may result in lower ambitions when entering the job market. In bioengineering, male students with minority background are struggling the most.

Queer asylum seekers should talk about romantic love

According to new research, queer asylum seekers adjust to the Norwegian model in order to gain credibility by society and the authorities. The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) says that they take the applicants’ diverse sexual expressions into consideration.

Immigrants embrace the Norwegian father’s quota

Men from Central and Southern Europe like the fact that the father’s quota is already negotiated and indisputable.

Daughters ignored as leaders of the family business

Who should take over the business after dad? Sons are still preferred to girls in family businesses.

New publications

BOK: Diakonia in a gender perspective

Author(s):
Dietrich, Stepanie, Knud Jørgensen, Kari Karsrud Korslien and Kjell Nordstokke
Published:
2016

ARTICLE: Adaptation, equality, and fairness. Towards a sociological understanding of ‘the supportive husband’

Author(s):
Bach, Anna Sofie & Helene Aarseth
Published:
2016

JOURNAL: Women, Gender & Research - Teaching Gender in Higher Education

Author(s):
Christiansen, Connie Carøe, Stine Thidemann Faber and Diana Højlund Madsen (Eds.)
Published:
2016

PHD THESIS: The Ambiguities of Recognition: Young Queer Sexualities in Contemporary India

Author(s):
Tonini, Maria
Published:
2016

BOOK: Paid Migrant Domestic Labour in a Changing Europe - Questions of Gender Equality and Citizenship

Author(s):
Gullikstad, Berit, Guro Korsnes Kristensen and Priscilla Ringrose
Published:
2016
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Clear link between sexting and intimate partner violence

Teenagers who send digital messages with sexual contents are far more exposed to violence in love relationships than others.

Boys more affected by gay insults

When words like ‘gay’, ‘fag’, and ‘lesbo’ are used as insults it is mostly among friends. But that does not make them harmless, according to the Norwegian researcher Hilde Slåtten.

Low queer-factor in computer games

Some computer games provide players with gay characters. At the same time, however, the gay characters can always be deselected. Where is the diversity in the gaming world? asks Norwegian game researcher.

Cross-cultural marriage means higher incomes

If you are a male immigrant and marry a woman from a country other than your own, you increase your chances of a good job and a high income. This applies whether the woman you marry is Norwegian or not.

Violence puts women in their place

In order to say anything about gender and violence – apart from counting the number of men and women who abuse or are being abused – we need to look at the meaning behind the violence, according to the Norwegian researcher Hilde Jakobsen.

Norway not good enough on mainstreaming gender perspectives in research

The Research Council’s Director-General Arvid Hallén was honest in his review of more than two years’ work with mainstreaming of gender perspectives in research. Norway still has a long way to go.

Do female birds mate with multiple males to protect their young?

Blue tit females mate with more than one male. Several possible blue tit fathers may then work together to stop predators from attacking their young, according to new research from the University of Bergen. Philosopher Claus Halberg believes this research challenges established ideas about the passive female.

Raise their sons to become better men in order to ensure equal lives for their daughters

Norwegian-Pakistani mothers who never got the chance to realise their ambitions on the job market have other plans for their own daughters. This particularly affects the way they raise their sons.

Immigrant women fall out of the labour market

A part-time job does not necessarily mean long-term success for integration into working life. Many immigrant women fall out of the labour market after being employed for a while.

Piano – the best suited instrument for the female body

Straddling the legs around a cello was considered immoral; sitting by the piano was more becoming for a lady. Thus, women became important for the development of piano composition and play.

“Norwegian authorities fail Muslim women”

When Norwegian law meets Muslim family law, the human rights of Muslim immigrant women are violated. This is one of the findings in a new doctoral dissertation.

Calendar

28 Sep 2016

Proof and Publicity in Claims to Human in Vitro Fertilization

Oslo

Nick Hopwood, Department of History and Philosophy of Science,University of Cambridge, is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series. The lecture is open for everyone.

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29 Sep 2016

Gendering Cancer: Bodies, Hairdressing and Healthcare in Contemporary Cancer Narratives

Oslo

Research fellow Seán Williams (The University of Sheffield) and associate professor Kari Nyheim Solbrække (The University of Oslo) join forces in a project which aims to gender contemporary representations of illness and health.

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03 Oct 2016

Filtered Life: Air Purification, Gender, and Cigarettes

Oslo

October 3, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University, Matthew Kohrman, holds a lecture about air purifiers in China.

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