Exploring the Logic of Gender Complementarity using Chimakonam’s Ezumezu System

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-102
Author(s):  
Eric Ndoma Besong
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Stereotype ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Gender Binary ◽  
Gender Complementarity ◽  
Males And Females

In this essay, I want to argue that the existence of gender most times translated as gender binary, is a biological fact. What is at stake is a framework for transcending unequal gender binary to gender complementarity. Here, I propose to use Chimakonam’s Ezumezu logic as a mechanism for disclosing gender complementarity. The illogical, irrational and subjective perspectives on lopsided gender  differences between men and women will be challenged in this essay. I will analyze the thrust of Ezumezu logic, its major principles, structures, and pillars of thought. I will also demonstrate its global and contextual relevance. I will submit that Ezumezu logic can ground gender complementarity across global cultures. I argue that regardless of the physical differences between males and females, it is illogical to exploit such differences to promote gender stereotype. Keywords: Gender equality, Ezumezu Logic, Gender Complementarity, Jonathan Chimakonam

What about the guys? An assessment of gender differences in hereditary colorectal cancer testing.

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 537-537
Author(s):  
Carin Espenschied ◽  
Jonathan Pepper ◽  
Rachel E. McFarland
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Exact Test ◽  
Counseling And Testing ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Risk Reduction Measures

537 Background: Approximately 5-10% of colorectal cancer (CRC) is due to hereditary causes. Identification of an inherited cause may impact surgical and treatment decisions for CRC patients and may identify increased risks for other cancers that warrant increased screening and/or risk reduction measures. Men have testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer less often than women, even though these genes may also cause increased risk for cancer in men and men are as likely as women to carry mutations in these genes and pass them onto their children. We aimed to explore whether similar gender differences exist related to testing for hereditary CRC. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed clinical data and test results from consecutive CRC cases, who had a multi-gene panel with 13-49 genes at our laboratory, between March 2012 and June 2016. Statistical comparisons between males and females were conducted using Fisher’s exact test. Results: Of CRC cases (n = 7142), 61.1% were female and 12.8% were positive for mutation or likely pathogenic variant. Average age of CRC onset for men was 47.2, and for women was 49.5. Women with CRC before age 20 had the highest mutation rate (31.8%), but men were more likely to test positive than women overall (14.1% vs 12.0%, p = 1.1e-2). Mutations were most frequent in the same three genes for both men and women, but in different orders: MLH1, CHEK2, and MSH2 for males and CHEK2, MSH2, and MLH1 for females. The only genes with significant differences in mutation rates between men and women were MLH1 (3.2% vs 1.5%, p = 2.0e-6) and MSH6(1.7% vs 0.8%, p = 3.0e-3). Conclusions: Hereditary CRC is expected to affect men and women equally. In our cohort, however, the majority of individuals tested were women, while men were more likely to test positive. Possible explanations include smaller sample size and earlier age of onset in men, perceptions of referring clinicians, and different levels of interest in genetic counseling and testing between male and female patients. These data highlight an important opportunity for educating and identifying more men with hereditary CRC who may benefit from genetic information. Further studies are needed to confirm these results and explore reasons for the differences.

scholarly journals Analysis of gender representation in basic level English textbooks in Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-109
Author(s):  
F. N.K. Nunoo ◽  
D. P. Mensah ◽  
E. Adu Boahen ◽  
I. E. N. Nunoo
Keyword(s):  
Gender Bias ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Gender Stereotype ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Critical Knowledge ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
English Textbooks ◽  
Stereotypical Roles ◽  
Gender Specific ◽  
Basic Level

Textbooks are known to influence the behaviours and worldview of children. Apart from imparting critical knowledge to pupils, textbooks also encourage pupils to form certain perceptions and stereotypes, including the ‘appropriate’ gender-specific roles in society. This paper examined gender stereotypes in the content and design of the Pupil’s English textbook at the Basic Level in Ghana using content analysis. The study revealed that, as teaching materials, the English Pupil’s Books 1, 2 and 3 displayed gross gender bias that reinforces the stereotypical roles of males and females in Ghanaian society. This does not reflect the development of society towards equality between men and women since there was no equality in how both genders are represented in the textbooks.Keywords: Gender; stereotype; gender stereotype; textbooks 

scholarly journals Diferencias de género en la comunicación de las y los “influencers”: el caso de los instagramers gastronómicos=Gender differences in influencer communication: the case of gastronomic instagramers

2021 ◽  
pp. 536
Author(s):  
Laura Herrero Ruiz ◽  
Marián Navarro-Beltrá
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Gender Stereotype ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Redes Sociales ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Discursive Strategies

<p><strong>Resumen</strong></p><p>Pese a la existencia de estudios que demuestran que hombres y mujeres utilizan estrategias discursivas diferentes, no se ha prestado atención al análisis de estas desemejanzas en las redes sociales. Así, se pretende analizar si se producen diferencias de género en la comunicación que se efectúa en Instagram y se examina el caso de los y las <em>influencers</em> gastronómicos. Se utiliza la metodología cuantitativa y se realiza un análisis de contenido de 339 publicaciones de Instagram llevadas a cabo por 10 <em>influencers </em>gastronómicos (5 mujeres y 5 hombres). Los principales resultados muestran que existe diferencia en la comunicación que hombres y mujeres realizan, suscitándose un estereotipo de género en el que son ellas las que toman más presencia.</p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>Despite the existence of studies that show that men and women use different discursive strategies, no attention has been paid to the analysis of these dissimilarities in social networks. Thus, it is intended to analyze whether there are gender differences in the communication that takes place on Instagram and examines the case of gastronomic influencers. The quantitative methodology is used and a content analysis of 339 Instagram posts made by 10 gastronomic influencers (5 women and 5 men) is carried out. The main results show that there is a difference in the communication that men and women carry out, giving rise to a gender stereotype in which they are the ones who take more presence.</p>

scholarly journals The Selected Aspects of Gender Equality in European Union

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (19) ◽  
pp. 411-422
Author(s):  
Monika Krošláková ◽  
Radoslava Mečiar
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
European Union ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
Financial Evaluation ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Current State ◽  
Laws And Regulations

Abstract Despite the laws and regulations that should ensure equal gender treatment, women are still disadvantaged in all businesses and public sector. This discrimination is manifested particularly in the approach to jobs, financial evaluation, political nominations and opportunities of developing their abilities regardless of gender. The gender differences in work and public life remain even today the most visible evidence of inequality between men and women in our society. The gender equality is one of the fundamental principles of EU law and all its member countries committed to be in the compliance with it. This article reviews the current state of gender equality in EU.

scholarly journals Model Pendekatan Perjuangan Emansipasi R.A.Kartini dari Perspektif Perjuangan Kesetaraan Gender Dewasa Ini (Sebuah Kajian Kepustakaan)

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Ida Ayu Putu Mahyuni
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Nationalist Movement ◽  
Cultural Constructs ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Education Of Women ◽  
Family And Marriage ◽  
Gender Based

Raden Ajeng (R.A.) Kartini has been known as an Indonesian women’s emancipation fighter. In addition, R.A.Kartini is also known as the pioneer of the Indonesian nationalist movement, hence the state has appointed him a national independence hero (Moedjanto, 1983: IV). R.A.Kartini emancipation struggle is not done in a physical struggle, but done through the struggle of his thoughts or ideas. This paper reveals the emancipation struggle approach model R.A. Kartini from the perspective of the struggle for gender equality today (a literary review). To understand this problem, gender analysis is used as an analytical tool to understand the social realities of gender-differentiated relations between men and women. The concept of emancipation is not much different from the concept of struggle of gender equality known today, these two concepts aims to fight for the rights of women with men to be equal and equal in accordance with the context of the ability of each individual. Gender itself is a concept that refers to men and women who are distinguished not biologically or naturally but are distinguished on the basis of social and cultural constructs. Thus, both men’s and women’s societies can create, socialize, reinforce gender-based differences, so long as gender differences do not create injustice between men and women no matter the need to be sued, but the issue is when gender differences are constructed social and cultural causes of gender injustice that harm both men, especially for women (Fakih, 1999: 12). In connection With this there are several issues that need to be studied, among others: 1. How to model the approach to emancipation struggle R.A.Kartini in advancing the education of women? 2. How is the approach model of R.A.Kartini emancipation struggle fostering equality in family and marriage? 3. How does the emancipation struggle approach model of R.A.Kartini foster equality in improving the welfare of the people? All these issues will be examined from the perspective of today’s gender equality struggle.

scholarly journals KESETARAAN GENDER DITINJAU DARI SUDUT PANDANG NORMATIF DAN SOSIOLOGIS

SASI ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 154
Author(s):  
Zulkifli Ismail ◽  
Melanie Pita Lestari ◽  
Panti Rahayu ◽  
Fransiska Novita Eleanora
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Community Life ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Normative Study ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Right

This study discusses that gender equality must be paired with justice and justice, between men and women must be equal and there must be no differences or contradictions. A normative study looking at it from the perspective of the following law is that submission will discuss the rights of a woman, everyone has equal rights without exception, and those rights have existed since man is in a supported reserve. Research methods using the normative juridical method by reviewing the literature and legislation, where the findings or results have met the requirements for the rights of everyone listed in the regulations of Law Number 39 of 1999, but viewed from the point of view seen sociological that in society assumes that gender equality can occur if each party considers to be responsible, their duties and roles. While the usefulness of this research provides benefits and participation of law enforcers, the community must not represent gender differences or injustice in the community, all people have the same rights, novelty in this study agrees and then gender in community life to prioritize and prioritize there will be the right to life, because that right is a very determined right granted to all people such as the right not to increase torture, get education, health, and eliminate the perception of gender inequality in any field or area of life, because everyone is the same and supports , in the field of law, and also government.

The Gender-Binary Cycle

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamar Saguy ◽  
Michal Reifen Tagar ◽  
Daphna Joel
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Brain Function ◽  
Gender Ideology ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Gender Binary ◽  
Proper Order ◽  
Binary Cycle

Gender inequality is one of the most pressing issues of our time. A core factor that feeds gender inequality is people’s gender ideology - a set of beliefs about the proper order of society in terms of the roles women and men should fill. We argue that gender ideology is shaped, in large parts, by the way people make sense of gender differences. Specifically, people often think of gender differences as expressions of a predetermined biology, and of men and women as different "kinds". We describe work suggesting that thinking of gender differences in this biological-essentialist way perpetuates a non-egalitarian gender ideology. We then review research that refutes the hypothesis that men and women are different "kinds" in terms of brain function, hormone levels, and personality characteristics. Next, we describe how the organization of the environment in a gender-binary manner, together with cognitive processes of categorization drive a biological-essentialist view of gender differences. We then describe the self-perpetuating relations, which we term the gender-binary cycle, between a biological-essentialist view of gender differences, a non-egalitarian gender ideology, and a binary organization of the environment along gender lines. Finally, we consider means of intervention at different points in this cycle.

scholarly journals Gender, Clinical Presentation And Risk Factors in Acute Coronary Syndrome under 45 years A Comparison Study

KYAMC Journal ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 620-622
Author(s):  
Md Moniruzzaman ◽  
Fazila Tun Nesa Malik ◽  
Md Saiful Islam ◽  
Md Annaz Mus Sakib ◽  
Soumen Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Acute Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Comparison Study ◽  
Common Risk Factor ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Coronary Syndrome ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The Mean

Background: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a common cause of disability and death, and when it happens in young individuals, it causes more social and economic disadvantages. Gender differences have been identified in nearly every aspect of cardiovascular disease including acute coronary syndrome. Several studies reported differences between men and women in the clinical presentation & risk factors of acute coronary syndromes.Methods: In this observational analytic study a total 115 patients (75 males and 40 females) under 45 years presenting with acute coronary syndrome were enrolled to see the gender differences in clinical presentation and risk factors.Results: The mean age in males was 36.6±4.8 years and in female 39.0±3.8 years. Chest pain was the main presenting complaints in both sexes but atypical presentation was significantly higher in females. Smoking was the most common risk factor in males and hypertension & diabetes were significantly higher in females. Females mostly diagnosed as Unstable Angina and NSTEMI and males as STEMI.Conclusion: There are significant differences between males and females in respect to clinical presentation and risk factors in acute coronary syndrome under 45 years of age.KYAMC Journal Vol. 6, No.-2, Jan 2016, Page 620-622

scholarly journals Analysis of the Territorial Efficiency of European Funds as an Instrument to Reduce Labor Gender Differences

Economies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Miguel Blanco ◽  
Lydia Bares ◽  
Oksana Hrynevych ◽  
Marcos Ferasso
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
European Union ◽  
Data Envelopment Analysis ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Equal Treatment ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Previous Period ◽  
Over Time

Gender equality has been one of the goals of the European Union since 1957. Article 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union authorizes the European Parliament and the Council to adopt all those measures that guarantee the application of the principle of equality opportunities and equal treatment for men and women in employment and occupation matters. The main goal of this article was to determine whether the use of European Funds by Eurozone countries has made it possible to reduce labor differences in gender matters. To this end, the efficiency levels of the Funds are analyzed in two different periods, 2007 to 2013 and 2014 to 2020. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a methodology frequently used by researchers in efficiency analyses, was applied. Among the main conclusions obtained are that the efficiency levels from the period 2014 to 2020 have been higher than that obtained in the previous period, but there are significant and persistent differences over time in the levels of gender efficiency between the different countries of the Eurozone.

scholarly journals Union Commitment: Is There a Gender Gap?

2005 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 564-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurt Wetzel ◽  
Daniel G. Gallagher ◽  
Donna E. Soloshy
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Union Commitment ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Labour Unions ◽  
Comparative Analyses ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
The Relationship

In the context of the growing feminization of membership in Canadian labour unions, this study examines the relationship between gender and multiple dimensions of worker commitment to the union organization. Based upon survey responses from 223 female and 222 male union members in Saskatchewan, the results reveal no gender differences with regard to expressed levels of union "loyalty" and "responsibility to the union". However, a small but significantly lower level of "willingness to work for the union" was expressed by female union members. In comparative analyses of males and females, the results are generally supportive of greater commonality than differences in the correlates of union commitment for men and women.

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