The study examines how the TFM Girls Instagram account, along with its followers, shapes
and maintains dominant discourses of masculinity. Mixed-method analyses revealed that …

Abstract The Special Issue on “The interplay between humour and identity construction”
brings together scholars who explore the complex relationship between humour and …

This paper focuses on the question of identity in relation to jocular interactional practices.
The metapragmatic analysis is based on qualitative interview data where native speakers of …

While the notion of hegemonic masculinity has received a lot of attention in recent
scholarship, hegemonic femininity remains largely underdeveloped. We aim to address this …

The current study examined the reliability and validity of Gender Role Conflict Scale-Short
Form (GRCS-SF) among Greek men, 753 straight and 437 gay men. A multigroup …

Stereotypes of white women have historically limited their identities to that of wife and
mother. Though restrictive, this type of femininity has been mobilised to create hierarchies of …

This study provides preliminary psychometric data on a newly designed self-report measure
assessing heterosexual male identity dimensions; it is labelled Male Identity Scale (MIS) and …

This thesis examines the linguistic underrepresentation of female voters in the UK media. It
does so by exploring how these voters are linguistically constructed and represented by UK …

This dissertation tackles the vastly discussed puzzle of women's low rates of labor force
participation in the Middle East, using the case of Iran while focusing on an under-explored …

Normative ideas about gender and sexuality are central to Modern Greek national
narratives, which place special importance on family and Orthodox Christian morality …