Sexual Diversity and Vulnerability to AIDS: the Role of Sexual Identity and Gender in the Perception of Risk by Young People (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 270-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Monteiro ◽  
Fátima Cecchetto ◽  
Eliane Vargas ◽  
Claudia Mora
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Sexual Diversity ◽  
Perception Of Risk ◽  
And Gender

“It’s Going to Be Okay”

2018 ◽  
pp. 117-138
Author(s):  
Mary Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Family Formation ◽  
American Family ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Gender Identities ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
White Middle Class ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
And Gender

Acknowledging that the youth of Spectrum tend to disclose their sexual and gender identities to parents at a relatively young age, this chapter explores the role of family in the formation of these youths’ sexualities and genders. It was often the case with Spectrum youth that, rather than rejection, they encountered loving support about their sexuality from their parents. The youth of Spectrum are of a generation of kids who are the first to grow up in a society in which same-sex couples and genderqueer parents rearing children have become significantly socially acceptable. The chapter argues that young people are sharing their queer sexual and gender identities with their parents at a younger age because of gender non-conformity that leads parents to make assumptions about their child’s sexuality because they are more frequently exposed to LGBTQ family members and loved ones and because these particular parents do not conform to the white, middle-class, heteropatriarchal regime of the Standard North American Family. Queer family formation has broad implications not just for same-sex couples but for the way U.S. society understands and recognizes family in general.

Personal Involvement of Young People in HIV Prevention Campaign Messages: The Role of Message Format, Culture, and Gender

2006 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Waszak Geary ◽  
Holly M. Burke ◽  
Laura Johnson ◽  
Jennifer Liku ◽  
Laure Castelnau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Personal Involvement ◽  
Prevention Campaign ◽  
Campaign Messages ◽  
Message Format ◽  
And Gender

The Role of Family Help in the Housing Decisions of Young People

1995 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.G. Pickvance ◽  
K. Pickvance
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Housing Market ◽  
The Family ◽  
South East England ◽  
And Gender

Recent debates about flows of help within the family have indicated considerable diversity according to the type of help (money, services), and ages and gender of those involved, and have shown that values are only a partial guide to the scale of such flows. This paper focuses on a particular occasion for help, young people's housing, and a particular region, South-East England, where one would expect family financial help to be high given the capacity to help of older generations (due to higher average incomes and wealth) and the affordability problems faced by young people. It is shown that contrary to hypothesis only 12% of a sample of young people had received financial help for housing purposes since they had left home, less than found in previous studies with different samples. The amounts involved were less than young people believed their parents could afford. The role of inheritance was also found to be minor. The results from the different studies are explained as due to changes in the housing market, changing values regarding financial help and differences among the samples. Intensive re-interviews with three households from very different backgrounds are used to show the different ways in which family help operates.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF AGE AND GENDER IN GROUP DECISION-MAKING PROPENSITY

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliana Osmani ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Young People ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Complex Environment ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Participatory Processes ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
And Gender

Increasingly, organizations are oriented towards groups to make decisions. This is because some contextual factors have undergone significant changes. Companies are operating in a competitive, dynamic and complex environment, having to face with unstructured and non-programmed decisions. Organizations are also oriented towards participatory processes in order to benefit from the important advantages that these processes offer. The main goal of the current research is to understand if there is a correlation between group decision-making propensity, age and gender. The motivation for the current research starts from the consideration that the degree of preference for group decision-making processes determines the contribution and commitment of the members, with important consequences on the decisions’ effectiveness. The processing and analysis of the collected data indicate that adults prefer group decision-making processes more than young people and women prefer group decision-making processes less than men.

scholarly journals The Role of the Avatar in Gaming for Trans and Gender Diverse Young People

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (22) ◽  
pp. 8617
Author(s):  
Helen Morgan ◽  
Amanda O'Donovan ◽  
Renita Almeida ◽  
Ashleigh Lin ◽  
Yael Perry
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Therapeutic Benefits ◽  
Gender Diverse ◽  
And Gender

A significant proportion of trans and gender diverse (TGD) young people report membership of the gaming community and resultant benefits to wellbeing. To date their experiences and needs regarding a key feature of games, the avatar, are largely unexplored, despite increasing interest in the therapeutic role of avatars in the general population. The aim of this study was to better understand the role of the avatar in gaming, its impact on TGD young people’s mental health, and their unique needs regarding avatar design. N = 17 TGD young people aged 11–22 years (M = 16.3 years) participated in four focus groups. A general inductive approach was used to thematically analyze the transcribed data. TGD young people report considerable therapeutic benefits of using avatars with positive mental health implications. Importantly, TGD young people use avatars to explore, develop and rehearse their experienced gender identities, often as a precursor to coming out in the offline world. They also report negative experiences of feeling excluded due to the constraints of conventional notions of gender that are widely reflected in game design. Participants described simple design features to better reflect gender diversity, such as increased customization. Such changes would facilitate the positive gains reported by participants and better reflect the diversity of young people who use games. The findings have important implications for both recreational and serious or therapeutic game design.

scholarly journals Working against many grains: Rethinking difference, emancipation and agency in the counter-discourse of an ethnic minority women’s organisation in Belgium

2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 512-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nella Van Den Brandt ◽  
Chia Longman
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Religious Authority ◽  
Sexual Diversity ◽  
Religious Reform ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way ◽  
Structural Inequalities

In this article, we aim to contribute to feminist academic debates about multiculturalism and secularism/religion by drawing upon an analysis of an ethnic minority women’s organisation in Belgium that has been active since 1999: ella. The analysis focuses upon the way in which ella constructs notions of empowerment and emancipation by discussing structural inequalities, cultural-ethnic values and religious authority and identity. First, we look at how ella formulates its ideas about the emancipation trajectories of minoritised women and the potential role of religious belonging. Second, we look at ella’s discussion of religious interpretation and gender/sexual diversity. Here, we explore assumptions about the relationship between religious authority and minoritised women’s and LGBTQs’ desires and pursuit for knowledge. We conclude by considering ella as an affirmative-critical actor of multiculturalism, and an implicit agent of religious reform.

scholarly journals Inclusion of Sexual Diversity in Schools: Teachers' Conception

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine De Jesus Souza ◽  
Leonor M. Cantera Espinosa ◽  
Joilson Pereira da Silva ◽  
Claudiene Santos
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
School Community ◽  
Sexual Diversity ◽  
Teaching Methodologies ◽  
Sexual Identities ◽  
Collective Effort ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Continuous Actions

The school is permeated by a variety of individuals with different sexual identities and gender distinct from the heterosexual model, but sexual diversity is not included effectively in this social instance. Therefore, this qualitative study aimed to analyze the role of educators in the inclusion of sexual diversity in schools. For this, we used the method of thematic categorical content. The results showed that teachers were not trained in initial and continuing training to deal with sexual diversity, however, they highlight the need for a collective effort to host sexual diversity in schools and suggest teaching methodologies. So is cautioned that the undergraduate urgently need to include this subject in the curriculum, so that teachers are able to promote continuous actions along with the school community, contributing significantly to the inclusion of sexual diversity.

Sexual and gender diversity: facets of a quiet fight through centuries

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarida Maria Araujo Bispo ◽  
Maria Helena Santana Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Young People ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Sexual Diversity ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Gender ◽  
State Schools

This article addresses sexual diversity, the historic struggle for the rights of LGBTQIA + groups, and the silencing they have suffered over the centuries. The text discusses the history and progress of this struggle to break the barriers of silencing, and confirm their rights in society and in educational practices in two State Schools located in the municipality of Tobias Barreto/SE. The theoretical approach will be post-structuralist based on scholars who approach the trajectory of homosexuals and transgenders in the historical and social context. Although the battle was fought at the beginning of the fight quietly, the achievements are still minimal in view of the full range of violence suffered by homosexuals and transsexuals in the social environment that they are part of. The violence suffered by LGBTQIA+ is a problem to be discussed in the educational environment, through the history of struggle as an element of empowerment for these young people.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Sue Clayton ◽  
Anna Gupta ◽  
Katie Willis
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Young People ◽  
International Law ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
International Perspectives ◽  
Migrant Youth ◽  
Youth Identities ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Way

This chapter provides an overview of the issues faced by unaccompanied child migrants in their search for safety and security. It highlights legal definitions used in national and international law, and the rights that such young people can claim under those laws. It outlines the demography of flows of migrant youth, including numbers, nationalities, and gender. The diversity of the group is highlighted, along with the way in which their treatment and experiences vary significantly depending on how they are framed by the immigration and welfare authorities that they come into contact with. The chapter examines the role of a social justice framework in understanding migrant experiences, an acknowledgement of young people’s agency, and the role of social workers and others working with young people. The chapter finishes with an overview of the subsequent chapters divided into three main sections: framing the youth migrant debate, exploring migrant youth identities, and international perspectives.

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