In daily life, the individual actor mixes one look with another, one interaction style or emotional ideal with another Half-wittingly, she blends parts of the two codes, or alternates between them depending on the situation at hand. Advice books do the same thing, occasionally adding other cultural elements as well. For example, Marabel Morgan’s The […]
Месяц: Сентябрь 2015
MIXING CODES
In daily life, the individual actor mixes one look with another, one interaction style or emotional ideal with another Half-wittingly, she blends parts of the two codes, or alternates between them depending on the situation at hand. Advice books do the same thing, occasionally adding other cultural elements as well. For example, Marabel Morgan’s The […]
The Wire Mother
susan o’doherty On my first day of graduate school, the dean of the clinical psychology program assembled all of the new students in an airless basement classroom. “Look at the person on your left; now look to your right,” he instructed us. I felt my face go hot. I remembered this scene from The Paper […]
SOCIAL POLICY IMPLICATIONS
As we have noted, the normative changes that occur in the brain with age have potentially profound effects, particularly when these changes result in disease. Consequently, considerable resources are put into research on the causes and outcomes of such structural brain changes. In the United States, major research support is provided by the National Institutes […]
Early Feminism and Sexual Radicalism
(pp. 24-6). On the origins of liberal feminism see Martin (1972) and Rosenberg (1982). The view of Sade as a sexual radical is debatable; justification can be found in Carter (1979) and Thomas (1976). On early socialist feminism see Taylor (1983). Sexology and Psychoanalysis (pp. 27-8). Weeks (1985) gives an excellent summary of the history […]
Emblematic Memory
In the immediate aftermath of the killings, and during the early anniversary years, there was enormous debate in the mainstream media regarding how to make sense of Lepine and his actions. The interpretation circulating widely in the media within hours of the killings constituted the murders as “incomprehensible” (in Lakeman 1992, 94), “one man’s act […]
Were matriarchies more peaceful?
Some historians are now suggesting that matriarchal societies were superior because men and women worked more in partnership and that the society tended to be more peaceful.28 But that missed the point, the reason partnership models were developed in societies like Tahiti was not because the societies were patriarchal or matriarchal, but because they were […]
Reaction and Paradox
As radical theories of gender multiplied and divided, and strategies for change became more sophisticated and controversial, a counter — current of reaction also gained strength. Its highlights included the rise of the anti-abortion movement in the 1970s, the narrow defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment in the United States, the squeeze on the welfare […]
Autonomic Nervous System
Do you feel hot or cold right now? Do your palms sweat when you get nervous? These and other regulation functions in your body are controlled by the autonomic nervous system. Fortunately, few changes occur in the autonomic nervous system as we age, but two changes do tend to get people’s attention: body temperature control […]
WHY WERE MEN SO VIOLENT AND WOMEN SO LOVING?
Are men inherently violent? Men often become wom-iolent in societies that (1) have adequate amounts of food, (2) have adequate amounts of water, and (3) perceive themselves as isolated from attack. For example, the Tahitian men, the Minoan men on Crete, and the Central Malaysian Semai were nonviolent during the period in their history- when […]