Gender, Politics, and Global Cultures

http://jw3mh2cm6n.search.serialssolutions.com.jproxy.lib.ecu.edu/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Aabiglobal&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Gender+Issues&rft.atitle=Women+are+Victims%2C+Men+Make+Choices%3A+The+Invisibility+of+Men+and+Boys+in+the+Global+Sex+Trade&rft.au=Dennis%2C+Jeffery+P&rft.aulast=Dennis&rft.aufirst=Jeffery&rft.date=2008-03-01&rft.volume=25&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=11&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Gender+Issues&rft.issn=1098092X&rft_id=info:doi/ Sex trafficking across the world is a multi billion dollar a year industry. When we think of all of the victims who a being trafficked with think of women. When we want to look, or research about this epidemic, we read about the how this is effecting women. There is an disproportionate amount of … Read more

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/transgender-students-are-particularly-vulnerable-to-campus-sexual-assault/ This article addresses the hot button issue of sexual assault prevalent on college campuses. This article reveals that transgender and gender nonconforming students seem to be most vulnerable victims of campus sexual assault. A report done by the Association of American Universities found 17 percent of seniors experienced some type of sexual assault. The … Read more

http://www.npr.org/2015/09/19/441470551/dont-call-her-doll-how-mary-mcgrory-became-the-first-queen-of-journalism Mary McGrory was a journalist in a time when women were an extreme minority in the field of journalism. John Norris, who wrote a biography on McGrory, shows some of the sexist attitudes that McGrory routinely faced. Some of McGrory’s coworkers feared that she would not be available as she might establish her marital … Read more

The following article provides a brief introduction into the part of India’s population that plays video games. Admitting that the past-time is still relatively slow growing, interest in video games has been amplified due to the recent surge in popularity of tournaments, like the 17 million dollar annual grand tournament for DOTA 2. The appeal … Read more

Internet Goes Wild for Professor Who Teaches While Holding a Single Mom’s Baby Joel Bunkowske, a Criminal Justice instructor at DeVry University’s Nashville, Tennessee, campus, helps to create an inclusive adult education environment in his classroom by allowing one of his students to bring her small child to class when she is unable to find … Read more

Forni.2014.BrkRapeCulture Miranda Guardiola This article evaluates how sexual assault is represented in the media and how it influences societal thought on the subject. The author aids in the creation of a documentary film, In Motion, where “the content is intended to be used as activism against a pervasive problem on the campuses of US institutions.” … Read more