Representation of Women in Film Industry: Rising or Falling. By BI Jijun Gin
BI Jijun Gin conducted a study investigating how people perceive female representation in the film industry. The study used a Google questionnaire and found that women are still underrepresented in critical roles within the film industry, far from achieving gender parity. However, the study’s findings also suggest optimism for the future of gender equality in the film industry.
Gender, Sexuality and Sports: A Comparative Analysis of the Hong Kong Spectatorship of Men and Women’s Professional Basketball in 2023. By LEUNG Brandon
The thesis examines the treatment of male and female basketball players in the NBA and WNBA respectively. Based on a gender perspective, the study analyzes how Hong Kong basketball fans perceive basketball development. The research employs a qualitative methodology involving individual interviews with ten participants. The study concludes that WNBA players possess powerful strengths and should be respected, despite the need for more support from the interviewees. Additionally, marketing strategies are essential to increasing awareness of and attention to women’s basketball.
How do gendered learning outcomes differ in PBL learning in the Netherlands and Hong Kong educational systems? By CHUNG Pui Yung
This thesis compares the gendered learning outcomes of problem-based learning (PBL) in the Netherlands and Hong Kong educational systems. The study aims to identify any significant differences in the learning outcomes of male and female students. It employs a quantitative methodology and compares the academic achievement of male and female students in PBL-based educational programs in both countries. The findings provide important insights into the gendered learning outcomes and have implications for policymakers and educators interested in gender equality in education.
How does the “LGBT+” label affect the identity construction process of the “LGBT+”? A Correlation Qualitative Research in Hong Kong. By TING Pak To
A key objective of this study is to examine how labeling affects LGBT+ identity and behavior. It explores the process of generating gender identities, establishes theories about the influence of labels on identity formation, and examines the effects on participants and social environments. A purposeful sampling approach was employed to conduct semi-structured interviews with sexual minorities who were born and raised in Hong Kong. The study found that participants found the LGBT+ label helpful, identified stereotypes both within and outside the LGBT+ community, and had varying views on the impact of labels on their identity construction process.
Misogynistic Discourse Analysis in LIHKG: The Reaction of LIHKG Users Towards Non-Consensual Intimate Images. By Li Yeuk Lam
The thesis examines how users of LIHKG maintain a misogynistic culture in discussing non-consensual intimate images (NCII). The study aims to reflect the distress of NCII victim-survivors and to better inform effective legislative and intervention strategies for supporting them. The research uses critical discursive analysis to analyze two incidents of NCII shared on LIHKG, finding that shaming and blaming are frequently utilized to devalue female victim-survivors and that there is a continuum of gender-based, sexualized, and abusive practices, including doxing, online sexual harassment, and highlighting of private information to humiliate victims. However, the study is limited by the deletion of significant discussions and materials by the platform and policy.
THE QUEERNESS HIDE-AND-SEEK: Chen Ran and Her Female Writing in the 90 Chinese Literature. By HUANG Minyan
The research explored Chen Ran’s writing and aimed to re-allocate the 90s women writers’ work and to reexamine the male-dominant, heteronormative, and Han-centric Chinese literary discourse through a queer reading strategy. The author seeks to capture the gender-transcend consciousness of women writers in the 90s and examine their works through various lenses, such as feminist attention to madwomen and psychoanalytic attention to the Electra Complex. The takeaway message is the importance of using a queer reading strategy to explore Chinese literature’s complexities and give queerness names.
Prof. WONG Ivy Wang suggested that students should justify their methodology and explain their analysis in their thesis projects, especially when discussing their sample size and arriving at conclusions. Prof. Ivy also encouraged students to work closely with their supervisors, especially when dealing with sensitive topics or samples to ensure proper data handling and identity protection.
Written by: JIN, Shuyi
The Betrayed Wives: Changing Images of Women Characters Involved in Extramarital Affairs on Chinese TV. By SHEN Shiting
This thesis compares the major TV dramas featuring betrayed wives and explores how the representations have changed over the last two decades with the evolving social context and values in China, suggesting that although women’s search for self-actualisation is at the core of all the dramas, the female characters and the portrayals of their growths are confined by their roles as wife, daughter, and mother, with their childcare and housework, emotional and sexual values highlighted in the dramas.
Become a Mother or Become a Professional: A Qualitative Study of Unique Dynamics between Motherhood Fulfillment and Career Aspirations among Female Physicians in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. By QIAN Xiaoxuan
With in-depth interviews and participant observation, the thesis explores how the pressure of balancing family and career affects the preferences for career and family choices of female physicians in Shenzhen — how the imbalance of medical resources and the pressure of neoliberal feminism in this flourishing economy construct not only dilemma, but also a sense of achievement for the working mothers, such as the discontent with salary, long working hours and the tensions between their professional identity and roles at their family, intertwining with the satisfaction of achieving an image of contemporary women.
Under the Censorship: Slash Fictions in New Era. By YANG Siman
The thesis seeks to understand how women slash fiction writers negotiate with censorship — a fundamental condition of slash fiction’s production and consumption on China’s online public platforms — by conducting in-depth interviews. Writers are found to have developed different strategies targeting the instability of the censorship system and the variations of censorship schema on different platforms to negotiate with the permeating censorship in different areas, such as the communication with fandom, and writer’s creation with internalised censorship.
Culturally Constructed Femininity in Modern China: An Analysis of the Female Protagonist in Chinese Xianxia Drama Ashes of Love. By LIANG Yufu
The thesis focuses on the representation of femininities in Chinese Xianxia drama (仙俠劇), using the female protagonist of Ashes of Love as an example; it is a textual analysis that highlights the distinctions between Xianxia drama and other genres: female characters in Xianxia drama are more likely to break the traditional and stereotypical gender roles and femininities, reflected as their excellent physical capacity and autonomy in different life choices. The thesis also includes an audience analysis to understand how the distinct representation of femininity is received by the audience and contributes to the construction of femininity discourse.
Ideals vs. Realities? A Study on Why Young Chinese Women Want to Learn Programming. By ZHANG Yue
The thesis focuses on how zhuanma (轉碼), an increasingly popular career alternative among highly educated young women in China to turn to programming from other disciplines, is complicated by the gender ideology in workplace, education system, and other social domains. It analyses data from mainstream discussion forums and conducts interviews, pointing out that despite women considering zhuanma as a means to freedom, they are facing the gender stereotypes of women as the major difficulty to be considered qualified and competent in the IT industry.
Mainland Migrant Wives’ Use of Social Media RED in Hong Kong. By ZHANG Xunyue
The thesis explores how the multiplicity of mainland migrant wives’ identities as wife, mother, and the unempowered due to their immigration status in Hong Kong, co-construct their media participation, by studying RED accounts run by migrant wives. Their active use of RED does empower them by expanding their social circles, rewarding them with satisfaction and a sense of achievement, and creating new possibilities, yet it also requires considerable time and effort to run the account that is usually considered as a transient rather than a formal job, and deal with online harassments.
Written by: FONG, Yuk Ping
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