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1. Gendered Experiences in the Backcountry

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Botta, Renée A. and Fitzgerald, Lynne

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Gender differences in outdoor participation rates persist. This study examined the self-reported issues women experience while long-distance backpacking, noting particular attention to gendered challenges and the strategies employed to handle these issues. Understanding the issues women face can inform outdoor adventure leaders and educators about how the issues may constrain women's participation and help identify strategies for potentially managing constraints. Using data collected from backpackers who hiked on average 88% of the 220-mile John Muir Trail (JMT) in 2015 (565 completed responses), a secondary data analysis focused on questions asked of self-identified women regarding issues on the trail such as inappropriate or threatening conduct from men, menstruation, and health and hygiene. Qualitative comments (362) were analyzed via thematic analysis, revealing two key themes: the presumption of masculine dominance and gendered physical challenges for women in the backcountry. Results indicate that perceptions of gendered dominance and vulnerability arise and reinforce the idea that backpacking is a masculine pursuit.

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2020
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2. Where's the bathroom in this “mobile home”? Adding Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WaSH) infrastructure to agendas on homelessness and digital media

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Humphry, Justine, Hartmann, Maren, Marler, Will, Lowis, David, Polson, Erika, Botta, Renée A., and Van Houweling, Emily

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Although access to water and sanitation have been recognized by the United Nations as human rights since 2010, that access continues to be a site of struggle in everyday life, especially among homeless populations. In this paper, we draw from two summers of a fieldwork-based course on homelessness and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Denver, Colorado to consider whether a Google Map of public restrooms in the city might be useful for unhoused people. The paper's conceptual framework stems from Hartmann's idea of “homing”—which refers to how digital media can help unhoused people create everyday routines, exercise some control over their lives and spaces, and gradually create a safe environment—to consider whether the Google Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Map might help unhoused people integrate bathroom access into routines, rounding out the so-called “mobile home” to provide relief and personal agency. The effort runs up against digital literacy issues that mitigate “access” and point to the limits of techno-solutions. This paper points to the need to consider both media literacies and inclusive design in creating digital solutions to address issues faced by unhoused people. We also argue that planners should think holistically about how digital and telecom-focused “solutions” relate to other necessary infrastructures—in this case, public toilets and water access.

Published
2024
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17. Shaping the Effects of Television on Adolescents' Body Image Disturbance: The Role of Parental Mediation.

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Nathanson, Amy I. and Botta, Renée A.

Subjects
*FAMILY mediation, *BODY image disturbance, *BODY image in adolescence, *TELEVISION
Abstract

Presents information on a study which explored the relationship between several forms of parental mediation and adolescents' television processing emotions while viewing and body image disturbance. Predictors of body image disturbance; Methodology; Results and discussion; Conclusions.

Published
2003
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18. Western Body Ideals, Social Comparisons, and Mother-Daughter Conversations in Costa Rica.

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Botta, Renée, Thompson, Margaret, Muñoz Quesada, Carmen, and Vargas Carmona, Evelyn

Subjects
COSTA Ricans, WOMEN'S periodicals, BODY image, MOTHER-daughter relationship, FAMILY communication, HISPANIC American teenage girls, PSYCHOLOGY
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In this study, we are trying to understand how girls in Costa Rica respond to Western and Latina body image ideals in magazines and how their mothers talk to them about the images. We have conducted a quantitative survey to first examine 92 girls exposure to the images, their comparisons with the images, their mothers' comments about the images, and their own body satisfaction. We have also conducted qualitative interviews with a smaller sample of the daughters and their mothers to contextualize these issues. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2007

19. How do conflict and communication patterns between fathers and daughters contribute to or offset eating disorders?

Author

Botta RA and Dumlao R

Subjects
Adolescent, Adult, Father-Child Relations, Female, Humans, Male, Negotiating, Nuclear Family psychology, United States, Communication, Conflict, Psychological, Family Relations, Feeding and Eating Disorders psychology
Abstract

As many as 22% of young women regularly engage in eating disordered behaviors. Research indicates eating disorders are a result of a complex set of factors, including family environment. This survey research with 210 undergraduate women at 2 universities tests the possibility that father-daughter communication and conflict resolution are related to eating disordered behaviors. Results indicate skilled conflict resolution and open communication between father and daughter may offset eating disorders. A lack of those skills or attempting to resolve conflict in ways that do not offer long-term resolution for both father and daughter can lead to increased eating disordered behaviors. Implications are discussed.

Published
2002
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