Gender Differences in Environmental Concern: Reevaluating Gender Socialization

Strapko, Noel; Hempel, Lynn M.; MacIlroy, Kelsea; Smith, E. Keith

doi:10.1080/08941920.2016.1138563

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“…This analysis provides strong evidence for the importance of socialization, familial variables, peer influence, and gender discrimination, in the pathways leading to both deviance and crime. Extant literature and evidence from this study indicate that these sociological factors are equally important in ensuring effective rehabilitation of the offenders (Strapko et al 2016).…”

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Sociological Profiling of Armed Robbery Convicts in Kirikiri Female Prisons, Lagos, Nigeria

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Oni

2020

Int. ann. criminol.

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Increasing female involvement in violent crime is a concern in Nigeria; still, it is unclear what informs this sudden surge in a society that supposedly socializes feminine gender to be soft, caring, and compassionate. This article explores the sociological profiles of women involved in armed robbery, drawing case examples from 32 convicts in a Nigerian female penitentiary. It was found that women were made susceptible to deviance by some social factors such as familial variables, neighborhood characteristics, gender discrimination, neglect, and violence. Both primary and secondary social groups were found to be major facilitators in the initiation into crime, development of criminal career, entry into armed robbery, and maintenance of life as a robber. This article concludes that gender-based inequality in all social facets and the unfavorable socio-economic conditions in Nigeria increase the vulnerability of women to be recruited into criminality. A revival of the family institution, gender-neutral parenting, government’s intervention for improvement of socio-economic wellbeing, and gender education are suggested.

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confidence: 77%

Sociological Profiling of Armed Robbery Convicts in Kirikiri Female Prisons, Lagos, Nigeria

Aborisade

Oni

2020

Int. ann. criminol.

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“…Finally, some environmental behavior research finds gender-related differences in engagement in pro-environmental behavior. Those findings, which suggest that women are often more likely than men to engage in pro-environmental behavior, have been relatively consistent across age, decade, and nation [ 60 , 61 ]. Some may therefore find the lack of significance of gender-based differences in our data to be puzzling.…”

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The importance of culture in predicting environmental behavior in middle school students on Hawaiʻi Island

2018

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Researchers have investigated the factors that influence environmental behavior for decades. Two often-investigated phenomena, connectedness to nature and self-efficacy, often correlate with environmental behavior, yet researchers rarely analyze those correlations along with underlying cultural factors. We suggest that this is a substantial oversight and hypothesize that cultural factors affect environmental behavior, particularly through an interplay with the connectedness to nature and self-efficacy constructs. To test this hypothesis, we surveyed eighth-grade students on the island of Hawaiʻi. The instrument included items to assess connectedness to nature and self-efficacy (both frequently measured in environmental behavior studies) and multiple measures of behavior. Most of the behavior measures are commonly used in studies of environmental behavior, and one was developed in collaboration with local partners to reflect more culturally specific modes of environmental behavior. With those partners, we also developed a construct reflecting the relevance of local culture. We explored the relative influence of the more commonly investigated constructs (connectedness to nature, behavioral variables) along with the newer construct (cultural relevance). We found that, when we took those considerations into account, cultural relevance significantly predicted connectedness to nature, self-efficacy, and a commonly used behavioral measure. Our results thus suggest that many models of environmental behavior may be misspecified when they omit critical culture- and ethnicity-related factors. This may be particularly important in contexts with high cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity or in contexts where mainstream Western environmental approaches are non-dominant. Our results emphasize the importance of addressing ethnicity and culture in environmental thought and action.

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“…However, the marginal effects of sex were prominent, with self-identified females exhibiting more positive attitudes towards butterfly conservation than did males despite having lower reported levels of monarch knowledge. Since this is a trend seen in prior studies on environmental attitudes and environmentally friendly behaviors, sex clearly has a large impact on conservation strategies in addition to educational efforts to improve public knowledge [79][80][81][82][83][84][85].…”

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Public Knowledge of Monarchs and Support for Butterfly Conservation

Penn

2018

Sustainability

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Pollinator populations in North America are in decline, including the iconic monarch butterfly. In order to determine if public knowledge of monarchs informs opinions on butterfly conservation, we surveyed the public to assess their knowledge of monarchs. We also asked participants about their attitudes towards general butterfly conservation and if they believe that butterfly gardens contribute to conservation. Respondents generally had some knowledge of monarchs but were unaware of monarch population declines and the necessity of milkweed to their life cycle. Respondent knowledge was correlated with more positive attitudes about butterfly conservation. Furthermore, membership in an environmental organization increased the likelihood that the participant had prior knowledge of monarchs and cared about monarch conservation. Respondent socioeconomic factors of age and sex were also significantly correlated with conservation attitudes-older and female participants had more positive attitudes towards general butterfly conservation. Interestingly, females were also less likely than males to admit having prior knowledge of monarchs, indicating that gender may also play an important role in conservation outreach efforts. Our study indicates that educational efforts need to be directed more toward individuals not already associated with an environmental organization as these individuals are predisposed to regard conservation positively.

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Gender Differences in Environmental Concern: Reevaluating Gender Socialization

Cited by 71 publications

References 42 publications

Sociological Profiling of Armed Robbery Convicts in Kirikiri Female Prisons, Lagos, Nigeria

Sociological Profiling of Armed Robbery Convicts in Kirikiri Female Prisons, Lagos, Nigeria

The importance of culture in predicting environmental behavior in middle school students on Hawaiʻi Island

Public Knowledge of Monarchs and Support for Butterfly Conservation

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