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The objective was to reflect on the inequalities among high school teachers in the Paraíba state network regarding the categories of sex, color/race, and education. A bibliographic review and a descriptive analysis of the data bank of the State Secretary of Education were carried out. It was identified that the majority is female and black. As for education, however, black female teachers are the majority only among the graduates and specialists, while black male teachers are the majority among the masters and white female teachers among the doctors. We emphasize the need for the formulation of public policies aimed at democratizing access to and permanence in Higher Education and affirmative action for entry into public service and for professional advancement in the teaching career. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper sets out to capture the missing voices of fathers in discussions around gender, parenting and work. Using Critical Discursive Psychology (CDP), a qualitative methodology that frames discourse, language and action as socially situated, the paper sets out to understand the complexities of involved fatherhood. Using data from two distinct research projects that considered managing tensions around parenting and paid work, alongside the move to ‘involved fatherhood’, we examine the ways in which different discourses are operating in order to construct stories around gender and parenting. We are particularly interested in the ways in which participants use language and, specifically, discourses of parenting, working and caring. Through the interview excerpts we analysed how simultaneously participants position themselves in the discourses and were also being positioned by the wider societal discourses. We consider how CDP can contribute rich insights into the ways in which fathers are arranging sharing parenting caregiving responsibilities, using these insights to inform the policy landscape. We finish the paper by suggesting that CDP methodology can be mobilised by researchers wanting to capture missing voices in shifting policy landscapes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THIS ARTICLE PRESENTS SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE MISOGYNIST ATTACKS BRANDISHED AGAINST THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL, DILMA ROUSSEFF, WHO IS CURRENTLY SUFFERING AN IMPEACHMENT PROCESS. SHE WAS REPLACED BY AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT THAT, ACCOMPANIED BY A PARCEL OF THE MEDIA VEHICLES IN THE COUNTRY, REPRESENTS A CONSERVATIVE IMAGE OF THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN POLITICS AND BRAZILIAN SOCIETY. THIS IDEAL WOMAN STANDARD, ACCORDING TO REACTIONARY VISION CAN BE SUMMARIZED BY "BEAUTIFUL, WELL BEHAVED AND HOUSEWIFELY" WHILE DILMA, TO THOSE WHO WANT TO CRITICIZE THE POLITICAL VISION OR THE GOVERNMENT RECEIVES ADJECTIVES LIKE "UGLY", "HYSTERICAL" OR "BITCH". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

THIS PAPER THIS IS A THEORETICAL STUDY , WITH INITIATIVE TO INVOLVE THE ANALYSIS OF GEOGRAPHIC SPACE AND GENDER AS AN ANALYTICAL CATEGORY , WITH A VIEW THAT THE REFERENCES THAT ADDRESS THESE ISSUES ARE GROWING , GROWING RICHER DEBATE THIS NEW WAY TO STUDY THE GEOGRAPHICAL EXPRESSIONS. IT DISCUSSES THE CONCEPT OF GENDER FROM THE HISTORIC BUILDING OF WOMEN'S OPPRESSION WITHIN THE CLASS SOCIETY CONTEXT, AND IN THE ORGANIZATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL SPACE PROCESS. IN ORDER TO JOIN THE GENDER CATEGORY TO THE CONCEPT OF SPACE, APPROACHES TO GENDER RELATIONS AS STRUCTURING AGENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPACE AND GEOGRAPHY AS A SCIENCE THAT SHOULD EXTEND HIS REFLECTIONS ON THESE RELATIONSHIPS, UNDERSTANDING THEM AS PART OF THE PRACTICE SPACE THAT ALLOWS UNVEIL THE BASIS OF THE GEOGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION OF SOCIETIES AND THE POWER STRUCTURE BETWEEN GENDERS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The links between Almodóvar and Sirk have been noted by many. Reference is made to the career of Douglas Sirk (1897-1987), the emigré German film director whose 1950s melodramas are striking landmarks of the Hollywood cinema. Following general comments on the overlaps of form by two of the cinema's greatest stylists, attention is paid to one of the pivotal mechanisms in the narrative structures of their films, the sacrifice of one character as the price of survival for another. This key element of some of Sirk's melodramas, raising questions about irony, circularity, gender and selfhood, also features in various Almodóvar films such as Todo sobre mi madre, Hable con ella, Los abrazos rotos, and La piel que habito. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study explores how the reported use and perceived value of five workplace flexibility options differ by gender and life stage. It also examines the relationship of perceived workplace flexibility, gender, and life stages to family-to-work conflict and stress and burnout. Data are from a multi-company database created by WFD Consulting containing the results of studies conducted in multiple organizations between 1996 and 2006. Results revealed a curvilinear relationship in differences between men and women in the use of workplace flexibility options over the life course. Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) revealed that perceived flexibility consistently predicted less family-to-work conflict and less stress and burnout. Gender (being female) was also modestly associated with greater family-to-work conflict and greater stress and burnout. The addition of life stage variables significantly increased the proportion of the variance explained in family-to-work conflict and stress and burnout. The addition of the interaction of life stage and gender significantly increased the proportion of the variance explained in family-to-work conflict but not in stress and burnout. These results support the idea that gender, life stage, and their interactions are important variables in research related to workplace flexibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]