http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. According to research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, a preschooler's gender determines how he or she is treated and responded to in play and learning activities, and when the children's possibilities become expanded, it is usually a result of the children's and not the teachers' initiative. http://www.physorg.com/news176465003.html Other Sciences Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:50:09 EST news176465003 (PhysOrg.com) -- Gender equity expert Virginia Valian discusses women's advancement in the STEM disciplines. http://www.physorg.com/news175279292.html Other Sciences Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:50:01 EST news175279292 Even with growing progress toward gender equality in the workplace, women continue to carry the most responsibility for family care, a load that according to a new study could indicate why women report more sleep disruption than men. The research led by David Maume, a University of Cincinnati professor of sociology and director of the UC Kunz Center for Research in Work, Family and Gender, UC graduate student Rachel A. Sebastian and Miami University (Ohio) graduate student Anthony R. Bardo, was presented Aug. 10 at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in San Francisco. http://www.physorg.com/news169133909.html Other Sciences Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:50:02 EST news169133909 A dissertation at Örebro University in Sweden brings to light major weaknesses in feminist social theories. They are untenable, far too undeveloped, and laden with insoluble internal problems of logic. http://www.physorg.com/news160072583.html Other Sciences Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:36:43 EST news160072583 New research published in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that improving the university recruitment strategy and process could raise the number of women faculty in medicine. The study also suggests that specific procedural steps could assist in identifying and actively recruiting qualified women for faculty positions in surgery departments. http://www.physorg.com/news133691577.html Other Sciences Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:32:57 EST news133691577