Since the early 1990’s, girls have begun to outperform boys at most levels of the education system. According to Pirie in Item A, the modular courses and continuous assessment found in education today has been seen to favour the systematic approach of girls, compared to the old O level exam which typically favoured boys. These changes within the education system are seen as the main result of gender differences in education, nevertheless, external factors such as the impact of feminism and changes in the job market may also have influenced the increase in girl’s attainment. Firstly, it may be argued that the way pupils are assessed has favoured girls and disadvantaged boys. Gorard found that the gender gap in achievement was stable from 1975 up until 1988 when it increased rapidly.
There are at least three major factors that make women live longer than men : genetic aspect, emotional aspect, and lifestyle aspect. Genetic aspect is one of the main factors of women’s longevity. From biological perspective, we know that women have two X chromosomes while men only have one because men’s chromosome consists of an X and a Y chromosome. This different structure of chromosome makes the different effect of men and women’s life. When their cells go through aging and get damage, women have a choice in terms of genes, whether on one X chromosome or the other.
New right thinkers however; believe that these laws undermine the traditional male dominance in families, but many believe these new policies for women and children strengthen the family rather than weaken it. Sociologists such as new right thinkers argue that the Labour party has constructed a ‘nanny state’ which over-intervenes in personal living arrangements. The Labour party have constructed many laws beneficial for women in families as they have realised most families now rely of two
Gender differences in visuospatial abilities: what factors play an important role? Abstract It has been argued that through tests such as a Line judgment test, one that measures visuospatial ability, males score higher than females. This report measures speed and accuracy in the Line Judgment test, and includes a separate Driving test which also measures visuospatial ability, and investigates what factors play an important role in these two experiments. Undergraduate males (N = 39) outperformed undergraduate females (N = 49). Agreeing with past research, males were found to be better at both tasks, with female reaction times, in the Line judgment task, found to be larger.
Is our postmodern, postindustrial society simply better suited to women than to men? Hanna Rosin makes the case for this claim, and her article demands close attention. Men, she argues, are simply falling behind women in almost every sector of cultural influence and economic power. Rosin begins her article with the fact that sex-selection technologies in the West are now more often used to select a preference for girls than for boys, reversing the historical trend. Why?
A study by Winsler, Madigan, and Aquilino (2005) have supported that mothers tend to practices authoritative style, while fathers tend to practices authoritarian style. The finding here is consistent with previous research (McGillicuddy-De Lisi & De-Lisi, 2007) as with the sample of 125 first-year undergraduate students, McGillicuddy-De Lisi and De-Lisi (2007) found that parents perceived the role as a mother to be more authoritative than their husbands. However, Winsler, Madigan, and Aquilino (2005) suggested future researches is needed to ascertain the differences in paternal and maternal parenting style as currently little information exists. Present Study The aim of the present study was to investigate gender differences and parenting styles on adolescences’ self-esteem as well as to examine the relation between parental gender on parenting styles. The following hypotheses were proposed 1) there are gender differences on adolescences’ self-esteem, 2) higher responsiveness parenting styles such as authoritative and indulgent develop higher self-esteem in adolescences’ self-esteem than higher demandingness parenting styles such as authoritarian and neglectful parenting style, and 3) there are gender differences in parenting
It was hypothesized that participants’ whose parents were considered to have primarily used unfavorable methods would then exhibit higher levels of impulsivity than participants’ whose parents mainly used favorable methods. Additionally, it was hypothesized that males would show greater levels of impulsivity than females. A two-way ANOVA revealed that there no significant differences. The implications of these findings are discussed. Gender Differences in the Relationship between Parenting Styles and Impulsive Behavior Research in the field has shown powerful relationships between impulsive behavior and circumstantial factors such as upbringing and gender (Chapple & Johnson, 2007; Hayslett-McCall & Bernard, 2002; Sampson & Laub, 1995, as cited in Brannigan et al., 2002; Tittle, Ward, & Grasmick, 2003).
The integrated mea- sure resulted in a 45-item scale. It was hypothesized that, overall, followers would re- port that male leaders would use hard influence tactics more frequently than female leaders. On the other hand, followers would report that female leaders would use soft influence tactics more frequently than male leaders. When differentiating followers by sex, however, we expected that male follou~ers would report more than female follow- ers that their leaders use hard tactics more frequently. Also, we expected that female followers would report (more than male followers) that
Do Married Parents Provide a Higher Quality of Life for Their Children? By Elizabeth King University of Mary Washington Table of Contents Abstract………………………………………………………………………………….………..1 Intro……………………………………………………………………………………….………2 Literature Survey………………………………………………………………….……………..3 Theory……………………………………………………………………………….……………4 Empirical…………………………………………………………………………………………5 Results…………………………………………………………………………….………………7 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………….………………….8 Reference List……………………………………………………………………………………9 Abstract The paper asks the question: Do the children of married parents have a higher quality of life than the children of unmarried parents? It is proposed that married parents do provide a higher quality of life due to the ability to better provide capital and time to invest into the child also saying that this aspect provides the child with a better cognitive output. This study improves upon earlier research by comparing bot married and unmarried couples. This study also uses new data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics.
This research has also discovered other interesting results. First is that the quantitative assessment is lower for about 810 percent points than the qualitative. Second, people don’t consider intercourse as source of happiness, but they believe that it is enjoyable than cultural activities or volunteer works. Then, when their money or income increases they are become happier. Next is that women are happier than men; lastly, out of 10 respondents, 8 people believed that happiness is related to the growth of the economy is the same as happiness, as opposed to the same studies.