As part of my bachelor's thesis at the University of Konstanz in Germany I am conducting a scientific study examining gender-specific reasons for sexual activity. The goal of this research is to better understand how social norms, cultural expectations, and individual experiences influence sexual behavior.

For this purpose, I am looking for interested participants who are willing to take part in a 45-minute interview. The interviews will be conducted either in person or online (e.g., via Zoom) and will be anonymized and treated with strict confidentiality.

Your Participation

• Who can participate?: Adults aged 18 and above. No specific prior knowledge is required.
• Duration: Approximately 45 minutes
• Location: To be arranged (in person or online)
• Topics: Your personal views and experiences regarding sexuality and societal norms

Your opinions and experiences are invaluable to my research. I aim to represent a broad spectrum of perspectives to contribute to a deeper understanding of the topic.

What Happens to Your Data?

Participation in the study is entirely voluntary. All data will be anonymized and used exclusively for scientific purposes. It will not be possible to trace your responses back to you.

How to Participate

If you are interested in participating or have any questions, please contact me via email at:
luca.funck@uni-konstanz.de
I will provide further information and arrange an interview appointment.

Thank you in advance for supporting my research! I look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Luca Marina Funck
Bachelor's Student in Sociology
University of Konstanz
Email: luca.funck@uni-konstanz.de

Hi everyone,

We are undertaking a research project investigating romantic relationships as part of our Honours year at Central Queensland University. You are invited to participate in this completely anonymous research. We are seeking people over the age of 18 who identify as either male or female and are proficient in English.

The research will take about 10 to 15 minutes of your time. The collected data will include demographic information, and your responses to the survey questions. You will be asked to respond to a number of questions on the screen; there are no right or wrong answers. Your participation in this research is voluntary, with responses to questions being optional (excluding screening questions: age, gender, and attraction). You can withdraw from the survey at any time by exiting the screen. At the end of the survey, you can opt in for the chance to win 1 of 4 $50 AUD Apple gift vouchers.

This research aims to help us better understand dating behaviours, in particular, the personal differences in perception of attractiveness. If you would like to participate in this research, please click the link below.

https://cqu.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aWq46TptF78fFVc

If you know anyone who may be interested in participating in this research, or wish to help us find participants, please share this survey amongst your own personal networks.

This project has been approved by the CQUniversity Human Research Ethics Committee, approval number 2024-049.

What is your relationship with your own nonbinary identity?

Hello! We are recruiting nonbinary individuals (at least 18 years old and currently residing in the U.S.) for a short psychology study about your relationship with and perceptions of your own gender identity and gender expression. This study should only take about 8-10 minutes. Please share with any other nonbinary people you know!

https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1M5uAflL5BfXeku

Contact info: For general questions about the research, please email tmorgenr@purdue.edu. IRB Protocol Number: IRB-2024-1276. Dr. Thekla Morgenroth, Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University.

Dear all,

I have a debate in which i am taking an pro bdsm position. What are pro’s and con’s based of feminist theory for bdsm?

Maybe she thinks it’s a waste of time because I don’t even think Matt knows what he’s talking about, but given how many people Matt has watching his videos wouldn’t it be best to respond and explain the philosophy behind it which I don’t think most people understand?

Hello! I am a gay, transgender PhD student focusing on sexual wellbeing in trans and non-binary individuals. We are seeking trans and non-binary participants over 18 to take part in our study exploring patterns of sexual wellbeing! This study is open internationally. More details below.

I'm doing one final push for participation before I finish data collection in the middle of August, so please take part if you'd like to and haven't had a chance yet!

Email me for questions (d.griffiths@soton.ac.uk) https://southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cXYf4xjSwowBrtc

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Hello! I am a gay, transgender PhD student focusing on sexual wellbeing in trans and non-binary individuals. We are seeking trans and non-binary participants over 18 to take part in our study exploring patterns of sexual wellbeing! This study is open internationally. More details below

Email me for questions (d.griffiths@soton.ac.uk) https://southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cXYf4xjSwowBrtc

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Gender Differences in Social Media Use & Self-Perceived Rates of Loneliness

Hi all! I'm a senior graduate student exploring gender differences in social media use and self-perceived rates of loneliness. I would like to see if there are any notable gender differences in overall loneliness scores and social media use habits—like how many minutes you spend here on Reddit :)! I'm aiming to have at least 100 participants, and I currently have 55. Any support would be greatly appreciated! Enjoy your Saturday!

Eligibility Criteria:

• Live in the USA
• 18 - 25 years old
• College student

Survey: https://redcap.mercy.edu/surveys/?s=RACCX9PKF48AJRW3

Contact:

Jwilliams113@mercy.edu

Hi! Any recommendations for texts on the relationship between gender and nation or nationalism?

I posted it on here, as this community will have insight and knowledge linked to my questionnaire.

if your are male please answer questions 1-2 and then questions 3-12 only

If your female please answer questions 1-2 and then 13-26 only

ALL RESPONSES ARE ANONYMOUS ENSURING CONFIDENTIALITY, AND WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED IF YOU COMPLETED THE QUESTIONS :)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSei2hQhcdsGZsgYjnYsnv9E5cz4y9_SW2AChc_yDbhuEzpHIA/viewform?usp=sf_link

hello, I'm conducting research regarding 'Social Constructs of Beauty-A Cross-Cultural Analysis" as a part of my undergraduate curriculum. I plan to center my research questions on the following:

1. Do men pay equal attention to their physical appearance as women? If yes, why?
2. What are the social constructs that influence men's physical appearance? What are they?

I plan on conducting interviews where I ask both men and women open-ended questions regarding the above Research questions. Any suggestions on how I should formulate my semi-structured interview? Is there anything I should keep in mind while I carry this research out?

Hello everyone! I'm a master's student in psychology and I'm collecting anonymous data for my thesis which is a research study aiming to investigate the psychological impact of any kind of discrimination one might have experienced, including gender discrimination and sexual orientation discrimination.

I would be really grateful if you could participate by filling out my survey! Thank you very much in advance! :)

This is the link to my survey for everyone who wants to help:

https://forms.gle/C7HQjkcc9cHeaLg29

We are recruiting individuals who identify as women and members of the LGBTQIA+ community to take our survey.
As part of a thesis project, we are investigating the implications of writing prompts on measures of well-being among underserved communities.

The link to the survey can be found here: https://fullerton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cRY1pYat3LADwX4

This study does not collect personally identifying information and all data is kept anonymous and secured. If you have any questions, please contact Adina Corke at acorkadin@csu.fullerton.edu.

Thank you for your time and participation if you are able to offer it.

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Hello everyone,

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I have upcoming assignment for uni where I have to write a 12-15 page term paper for uni. The seminar was called 'Masculinity in Politics' and we were discussing different forms and degrees of masculinity and how they can be weaponized in politics, basically. We talked about some displays of prominent political leaders in the past and read some articles on Hegemonic Masculinity.

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I am now kind of clueless as of what to write about and would appreciate any form of input. The topic should lend itself to academic investigation, therefore enough sources that report about it should be available. Gender Studies hasn't been my strong suit so far and I'd appreciate any help I can get :').

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Is there a connection between the two? Did colonial powers promote misogyny or feminism?

Hello, I am a Classics student and planning for my what would be my graduate degree then I see the Gender Studies might be good idea as I'm ownself is Queer and interested in gender topics. I also want to do a major in Asian Studies like Jewish, Ancient Indian and Ancient Chinese cultures with minor in Law of my own country. I want to ask and take suggestions about in which topics I can do researchments with Ancient cultures and Gender Studies in future so that I might be sure about it. Like, can I ask that I can research effect of Ancient Indian culture to Greek, Roman and Chinese cultures with basis on Law, perhaps? I really need idea about what I can do in Gender Studies programme. (btw, in my country Gender Studies starts only with a Master program so don't be confused about should I do undergraduate before entering)

I would like to invite you all to participate in a voluntary research survey that looks at access to non-invasive and non-surgical options for gender-affirming healthcare procedures.

Link to survey: https://uic.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bkdRjSLq2Nyp0iO

Procedures: We would like to know more about you and your experiences with obtaining (or your desire to obtain) gender-affirming care. Survey data will be collected through a secure survey tool, Qualtrics. Completing the survey should take 30 minutes of your time. You will be asked to answer basic questions about yourself, your experiences, and your well-being. The survey will close on Saturday, August 12th, 2023, at 11:59 pm CT.

Eligibility:

- You want to pursue, are pursuing, or have pursued gender-affirming care

- You must live in a U.S. state or territory

- You must be 18 years or older

Compensation for Participation: When you complete the survey, you will have the option of entering your e-mail address into a drawing where you could win one of eight $100 electronic gift cards for an online retailer. You may choose to forfeit your entry in the drawing and instead elect to have $1 donated to the Kind Clinic, a non-profit dedicated to providing free gender-affirming care services. See the following link for more information about the Kind Clinic: https://kindclinic.org/. The odds of winning the drawing are 1 in approximately 185.

Questions: If you have any questions about the research, please contact the Principal Investigators, a research team at the University of Illinois at Chicago, at tnbhealth@uic.edu. If you have questions or concerns about your rights as a research subject, you may contact the UIC Office for the Protection of Research Subjects (OPRS) anonymously at 1-866-789-6215 (toll-free)/ 312-996-1711 or email uicirb@uic.edu.

Hello everyone!

I am a research scholar exploring posthumanism in speculative fiction. I am thrilled to announce that my first article "From Other to Posthuman: Meiji’s Journey in Manjula Padmanabhan’s Escape and The Island of Lost Girls" has been published by Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction. Using the agential realist and philosophical posthumanist methodologies of Karen Barad and Francesca Ferrando, the article argues for a fruitful and situated collaboration between posthumanism and feminism. The paper can be accessed via the following link:

https://www.tandfonline.com/share/9BJD3DU3JGVCMMKN3PTC?target=10.1080/00111619.2023.2226853

Hi all! Relatively recent undergrad here with a BA in Women and Gender Studies. I am currently a Library Assistant and hoping to go back to school soon to get my MLIS. I was wondering if any of you had experience at University of Texas at Austin's dual degree program in Gender Studies and Information Studies (and if so, what was your experience like)? I'm hoping to work in archives or in the realm of public history in the future. Thanks!

Looking for a gender studies expert to interview for a school project on the use of neopronouns. Must be over 16 and well versed in neopronouns but do not necessarily have to use them. thanks!

Hi,

I'm writing my thesis about gendered leadership styles. If you had 5 min (takes in average 8 min to fill tbh, but it's fun to do, really), I'd be eternally grateful. I'm also available if you have any question or would like to discuss the topic.
https://survey.ulb.ac.be/survey3/index.php/881855?lang=en

I've posted the same question on r/askphilosophy because I'm desperate and not sure who can answer my question lol

I'm doing a short paper (3000 words) on whether gender exists and I'm arguing that it does but it's socially constructed. I agree with Spelman against gender realism, but I'm also reading Mikkola's arguments about it (biggest one I'm stuck on, women can have the same feature of womanness and just experience it differently) and I can't really argue with them, I guess. I just think that doesn't change much. Either way I feel like I should address them, one way or another. It's my first philosophy paper (despite being in a pretty much philosophy university lol) so I'm not sure how to go about on things like that.

[Academic] Men's Views on Masculinity(18+, Males, in America) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrmo8lGVTUHdFvGYx7NqQ1fBSdcZkSF0FTc4rjy-23BG--1Q/viewform?usp=sf_link

Hello! I'm an undergraduate looking for participants to fill out my survey which should only take a few minutes. I just ask that everyone who takes the survey be over the age of 18 and identify as male. Thank you!

(Something magnanimous I felt like writing after class today where the topic was brought up. Just trying to sort my own thoughts)

(Feedback is appreciated)

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The world is not fair. There is nothing that rings more true than that. “Fairness” is by definition a human concept to begin with. In terms of the many subjective views today on conflicts concerning large groups of people, there will always be disagreement. The answer is always respect and showing concern, in any context (etiquette is crucial). This becomes hard to maintain when there’s lack of understanding on the privileged party, and lack of reflection concerning the offended party. For the former there is the historical aspect of freedom to joke about anything, that is at risk of censorship/cancellation now. For the latter there is the snowflake-syndrome of victimization, risking the whole premises of equality.

In a perfect world “words”, which is essentially what it all is centered around, is distanced from a person's self-image and opinion. But in this world one has to take this into account. This is what I need to focus on myself: don't use your privilege to self-promote your sense of humor, pandering to peers of the same group. If I was in a marginalized group I imagine I would have to try to not take things too personal and seriously. This is of course an outrageous thing to say, coming from me - a white male, but there is the sense of unrivaled entitlement amongst people of woke-groups that shouldn't happen amongst any group. People will disagree with you; concern for your feelings, and lack of a larger picture of inclusion (including your oppressor), will not be taken seriously by a diverse society over time. It could be arsenal needed now, and things will balance out later, but the development of complete transcendence is still stalling. That said, things are much better now than ever in the neo-liberal era.

The potential in the future would be to meet in the middle, so that we can eventually joke about anything - in a good way, not depending on the messenger being part of a certain community (black people only having the right to joke about black people - bad example, but the principle stands). Emotional people make for easy targets of comedy and will always be taken advantage of (i.e. Dave Chapelle and the trans community). I dont condone that sort of art, I would consider it lazy and too political. I want to laugh, not be told what to think. A good joke could be anything just not mean spirited, I think we all agree. But, it seems like the marginalized person that seems to annoy people the most, is always on the hunt for offenses. Excluding political leeway to actually understand that the point of a joke was not an attack, but rather an inclusive partisan to culture.

Really? What makes a good culture then? Answer: Equality and inclusion. But concerning jokes, there is a time and place for anything. Social awareness is the sole bearer of what is accepted in a given context. Sometimes just leave it alone, joke about something else (perhaps what the current status of affairs needs most), and maybe it could be a theme for later when things have calmed down. This comes from the belief that it's healthy to be able to laugh at yourself, as well as being able to joke about anyone (being good-spirited as the only criteria). Some would even say it's a privilege to be ridiculed.

I can't speak for any movement - only listen - but my ideas concerning what's an ideal society of social norms should also be taken into account, just as much as the ideas of say a trans person. We need to listen to each other's struggles and thoughts when talking about revolutionizing things. The world needs more oppressed people to speak up to make the changes and eventually get rid of their current status. But too much of it; if we were to only let marginalized groups have a say in this, how is this not backhanding equality as a whole concept? This is when we can't have open discussions anymore. Fascistic tendencies are not beyond the bounds of possibility in this way as well (in; before Jordan Peterson comments). On that note: White patriarchy of power and economic growth is institutionalized in many branches of society (most probably), and having woke-culture linger on a bit more to destabilize the status quo, seems like the natural way to push politics a step further in the right direction. When this balances itself, I look forward to moving on to the climate crisis, myself.

Afterthoughts on censorship: A media channel doesn't need to censor to make a statement, people have the capacity to censor bad information themselves. To think that people are that easily manipulated can only be drawn from the view that viewers are lacking in being critical and possibly are lacking in educating themselves in theories on a variety of themes. Like in the early days of the internet, stupid opinions will be downvoted, we dont need a controlling factor from higher powers. On the other hand, the scheme of censorship helps products like for example The Sopranos (1999) have an even bigger impact because of its lack of concern for using profanity, misogynistic characters, violence, and so on. Break the rules and people find relief in its honesty - that's most of the celebrated arts.

Hello, I am looking for good introductory books which come under the purview of Gender Studies in general, broadly around the topics: Gender, Sexuality, Queer/LGBT+ Studies, and Kinship.

As a gender non conforming individual, do you ever feel like you don't belong anywhere. Have you ever wondered is it stemming from purely having a different gender identity than what constitute as the norm or could it be due to other reasons? Are you tired of being ostracized and stigmatized ALL THE TIME and wondered if cisgenders ever feel the same ??

HEWWO, my name is Jenni, from Malaysia. I am a final year student from HELP University, here to collect data for my undergraduate thesis titled “Gender Identity Differences in Sense of Belonging”. If you could just spare 5 minutes of your time to participate in my study, you will be contributing to answering these questions. Here's the Link to the study: Gender Identity differences in Sense of Belonging

Participants criteria:

Must be Malaysian aged between 18 to 45 yrs old

It is greatly appreciated if you are eligible and agree to participate in my study. It would also be great if you could share this study with anyone you know who fulfills the criteria (i need your help to graduate🥺). THANK YOU! I appreciate your efforts a lot 🥰(https://forms.gle/M89kscrWTDzHDe9k9)

I am writing my master's thesis about the vision of genders in the work environment and gender disparities in different professions. and I wrote a survey following Diekman & Eagly (1999). I mainly focus on students but every answer is welcome.

https://survey.ulb.ac.be/survey3/index.php/678149?lang=en

It takes about 5 minutes to answer even though the beginning may seem a bit long. If you could take some time to answer my survey, I would really appreciate

Hello!

I have a background in "hard" sciences but also takes interest in diverse fields.

I have to confess I may be biased against gender studies: they seem to me more like fuzzy pseudo-scientific theories than a well-established science. Still I realized I have never given them a chance to prove me wrong.

Is there a good paper on gender studies that you could recommend to me?Ideally I would like something that both:

- Is consensually approved by researchers in gender studies

- Is clear about the method used

- Is not too long

Hello! I hope you all are safe and coping with this pandemic.

A little background: I have completed my Bachelors in History from India and then topped the Masters entrance in Gender and Sexuality Studies and enrolled myself in the program. Due to my horrendous lived experiences(both academic and otherwise) and shattered mental health, I had to leave the course in 2020. I have been active in the Social Sector and I am also pursing PG Diploma in Women's and Gender Studies.

Since a fully funded course is the only pathway for me because I am not really sure whether I will easily get a student loan or not and most importantly, I don't want to be in student debt. I got a number of questions such as how easy or difficult it is to secure a fully funded degree in gender studies especially a Masters and is marks the primary criteria of such decisions? I am open to USA, Canada, Europe. Should I also consider Australia and Africa? Since I want to do PhD as well, will it be better if I directly apply for one and not to Masters? What increases the chance of funding and selection? How to make a strong application for the course? To further secure my position, should I also consider courses like interdisciplinary studies with a Gender studies focus?

Apologies if I am sounding too confused or naive, I am actually getting very anxious and concerned, I have gone against my family and everyone else to pursue this program and I have already left one Masters which was a significantly difficult decision. The personal and academic stakes are really high this year so I don't want to fail myself. I am also constantly fighting mental health issues and have no access to the mental health services. This admission is of utmost importance for me and my personal development.

Any guidance will be of immense help. Thank you so much!