Appreciating diversity – gender and cultural issues

This is the second volume of a two volumes series on cultural and gender issues. This book places gender issues into the focus in an exciting and original way. The book consists of 16 chapters written primarily by Polish authors. The authors illustrate the colorful variety and high quality of work done in the crossroad of gender and culture in Poland. Together with the previous volume this book is a must and a valuable learning material for those who are interested in cultural and gender issues both for personal and professional reasons.

Contents

Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 9

Part 1

Social Construction of Sex

Günter Bierbrauer

Gender Diff erence: Fact or Myth? …………………………………………………………………. 21

Natasza Kosakowska

Identity, Self-construal and Gender Role Perception ……………………………………………31

Katarzyna Bojarska

Social Construction of Sex and Gender Dichotomy …………………………………………… 55

Agnieszka Nowakowska

Masculinity Construction and Gender Role Strain Theory

– The Qualitative Study on Arabs (Maghrebians) Living in Poland ……………………….. 77

Monika Biłas-Henne

Do Social Axioms Have Gender?

Polish-Spanish Comparison of Social Axioms:

New Methods of Measurement …………………………………………………………………….103

Krzysztof Ulanowski

Goddess Inanna. Uniqueness in Diversity ………………………………………………………..135

Part 2

The Role of Gender and Culture in Social Processes

Hanna Brycz

Gender and Culture as Determinants of Self-regulation,

and Reactions to Temptation in Poland …………………………………………………………. 167

Hanna Brycz

Gender Diff erences in Perception of Temptation

Resistance and Actual Resistance to Tempting Situations

among Polish Students ……………………………………………………………………………….185

Aneta Chybicka, Maria Kaźmierczak

Determinants of Satisfaction with a Romantic Relationship

in Poland, Germany and Egypt …………………………………………………………………….213

Piotr Szarota

Smiling as a Self-presentation Strategy in the Internet Personal Ads:

Gender and Cross-cultural Diff erences ……………………………………………………….. 239

Krystyna Adamska

Th e Role of Relationship in the Individualistic

and Collectivistic Orientations ……………………………………………………………………..259

Malgorzata Lipowska, Mariusz Lipowski, Anna Jankowska

Determinants of Physical Attractiveness

among Polish and Spanish Youth ……………………………………………………………….. 293

Part 3

Violence – Gender and Cultural Aspects

Anna Kwiatkowska

Cultures of Violence:

In Search of Links between Culture and Violence against Women …………………… 313

Henryk Machel

Selected Cultural Determinants of Violence towards Women in Poland

– the Victims Perspective ………………………………………………………………………….341

Magdalena Błażek, Mikołaj Majkowicz, Anna Chryc-Gawrychowska

The Psychological Effects of Sexual Abuse against Women …………………………….355

Beata Pastwa-Wojciechowska

Psychopathy and Gender Diff erences.

From Norm to Pathology ………………………………………………………………………….381

About the reviewer ………………………………………………………………………………….415

About authors …………………………………………………………………………………………417