Contents

Introduction  

Part 1

Social Construction of Sex

Günter Bierbrauer

Gender Difference: Fact or Myth?  

Natasza Kosakowska

Identity, Self-construal and Gender Role Perception  

Katarzyna Bojarska

Social Construction of Sex and Gender Dichotomy  

Agnieszka Nowakowska

Masculinity Construction and Gender Role Strain Theory
– The Qualitative Study on Arabs (Maghrebians) Living in Poland  

Monika Biłas-Henne

Do Social Axioms Have Gender?

Polish-Spanish Comparison of Social Axioms: New Methods of Measurement  

Krzysztof Ulanowski

Goddess Inanna. Uniqueness in Diversity  

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  

Hanna Brycz

Gender Differences in Perception of Temptation

Resistance and Actual Resistance to Tempting Situations among Polish Students  

Aneta Chybicka, Maria Kaźmierczak

Determinants of Satisfaction with a Romantic Relationship in Poland, Germany and Egypt  

Piotr Szarota

Smiling as a Self-presentation Strategy in the Internet Personal Ads:
Gender and Cross-cultural Differences  

Krystyna Adamska

The Role of Relationship in the Individualistic and Collectivistic Orientations   

Małgorzata Lipowska, Mariusz Lipowski, Anna Jankowska

Determinants of Physical Attractiveness among Polish and Spanish Youth  

Part 3

Violence – Gender and Cultural Aspects

Anna Kwiatkowska

Cultures of Violence:
In Search of Links between Culture and Violence against Women  

Henryk Machel

Selected Cultural Determinants of Violence towards Women in Poland
– the Victims Perspective  

Magdalena Błażek, Mikołaj Majkowicz, Anna Chryc-Gawrychowska

The Psychological Effects of Sexual Abuse against Women  

Beata Pastwa-Wojciechowska

Psychopathy and Gender Differences.

From Norm to Pathology  

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