Appreciating diversity
gender and cultural issues
This is the second volume of a two volumes series on cultural and gender issues. While
the first volume concentrated mainly on the different manifestations of cultural
encounters (e.g. acculturation processes of immigrants and cultural differences in close
interpersonal relationships) this book places gender issues into the focus in an exciting
and original way.
Are there, in fact, gender differences or they are the result of perceptional illusion
or social construction? How somebody is perceived who does not behave according to the
stereotypical expectations of her/his gender? Is there a third gender? How Arabic men
living in Poland construct their masculinity? Does smiling have any effect on attraction
in Internet relationships in different cultures? Do Polish young adults differ from
Spanish in terms of their estimation of physical attractiveness? Are men and women
different in their social convictions? What kind of male gender role expectations are
there in close relationships in Egypt, Germany and Poland? Arc cultures different in terms
of violence against women? Are there specific cultural factors contributing to violence
against women in Poland? Does being sexually abused make a difference between women going
through a personal crisis?
The answers can be found in the 16 chapters written mainly by Polish authors showing the
colourful variety and high quality of work done in the crossroad of gender and culture in
Poland. Therefore together with the previous volume this book is a must and a valuable
learning material for those who are interested in cultural and gender issues both for
personal and professional reasons.
Introduction
Part 1 Social Construction of Sex
Günter Bierbrauer
Gender Difference: Fact or Myth?
Natasza Kosakowska
Identity, Self-construal and Gender Role Perception
Katarzyna Bojarska
Social Construction of Sex and Gender Dichotomy
Agnieszka Nowakowska
Masculinity Construction and Gender Role Strain Theory – The Qualitative Study
on Arabs (Maghrebians) Living in Poland
Monika Biłas-Henne
Do Social Axioms Have Gender? Polish-Spanish Comparison of Social Axioms: New
Methods of Measurement
Krzysztof Ulanowski
Goddess Inanna. Uniqueness in Diversity
Part 2 The Role of Gender and Culture in Social Processes
Hanna Brycz
Gender and Culture as Determinants of Self-regulation, and Reactions to Temptation
in Poland
Hanna Brycz
Gender Differences in Perception of Temptation Resistance and Actual Resistance to
Tempting Situations among Polish Students
Aneta Chybicka, Maria Kaźmierczak
Determinants of Satisfaction with a Romantic Relationship in Poland, Germany and
Egypt
Piotr Szarota
Smiling as a Self-presentation Strategy in the Internet Personal Ads: Gender and
Cross-cultural Differences
Krystyna Adamska
The Role of Relationship in the Individualistic and Collectivistic Orientations
Małgorzata Lipowska, Mariusz Lipowski, Anna Jankowska
Determinants of Physical Attractiveness among Polish and Spanish Youth
Part 3 Violence – Gender and Cultural Aspects
Anna Kwiatkowska
Cultures of Violence:In Search of Links between Culture and Violence against Women
Henryk Machel
Selected Cultural Determinants of Violence towards Women in Poland – the Victims
Perspective
Magdalena Błażek, Mikołaj Majkowicz, Anna Chryc-Gawrychowska
The Psychological Effects of Sexual Abuse against Women
Beata Pastwa-Wojciechowska
Psychopathy and Gender Differences.From Norm to Pathology
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