As we have seen from previous chapters, public debates on the maternal role were driven by economic concerns. As women were blamed for taking jobs away from men, powerful groups opposed the employment of married women—an opposition which they justified by pointing to the importance of the mother’s full-time presence in the home. A family […]
День: 02.11.2015
Sex or Gender?
Until 1968 female Olympic competitors were often asked to parade naked in front of a board of examiners. Breasts and a vagina were all one needed to certify one’s femininity. But many women complained that this procedure was degrading. Partly because such complaints mounted, the IOC decided to make use of the modern ‘‘scientific’’ chromosome […]
Hong Kong
In Hong Kong immigration officials have been quietly handing out special ‘relationship visas’ for partners of gay professionals coming from overseas (Ewing 2011). Singapore, it seems, does something similar for the same-sex partners of expatriates entering on a work permit. Thailand does the same, at least for partners of diplomatic personnel. Such informal accommodations probably […]
В. Okres obserwacji і dociekan przednaukowych
Okres ten obejmuje epok? starozytnq, sredniowiecznq І nowozytnq az do korica XVIII w. І. Epoka starozytna Nalezy ona w historii seksuologii і sekslatrii do okresu obserwacji І dociekan przednaukowych. W еросе starozytnej we wszystkich kulturach snuto rozwazania nad wartosciq seksualnosci і probowano klasyfikowac rozne zachowania seksualne z punktu widzenia filozoficzno-etycznego, religijnego, a nawet seksuologicz — […]
The Social Hygiene Movement
In response to high STI rates, a New York physician, Prince Morrow, started a movement in 1905 that was a curious mixture of both liberal and traditional attitudes. The social hygiene movement convinced legislators that scores of “virtuous” women were catching STIs from husbands who frequented prostitutes, and so laws were passed mandating blood tests […]
Recognition of relationships
No jurisdiction in Asia has yet opened legal marriage to same-sex couples. No jurisdiction has yet established a registration system that allows same-sex couples to gain some or all of the rights and responsibilities of marriage by registering. The issue of relationship recognition is lively in Taiwan and Vietnam. Advocates in both Taiwan and China […]
Okres przedhistoryczny
Cziowiek pierwotny nie byi oboj? tny wobec spraw zwiqzanych z seksual — nosciq. Malowidla na scianach jaskin pochodzqce ze starszej epoki paleolitycznej (I min -100 tys. lat p. n.e.), na ktorq przypada pierwszy etap rozwoju kultury ludzkiej, przedstawiajq tresci swiadczqce о tym, ze cziowiek jaskiniowy mial swiadomosc smierci і seksualnosci oraz ze obydwa te zjawiska […]
A Notion of Manhood. and Giving Thanks:. Peter and Nina Tanagawa
P eter Tanagawa, a dark-haired man of thirty-three with twinkly brown eyes that express exuberance, leans forward in the leather chair of the small office attached to a technical books store. Speaking in a low voice, he sums up something small but key: “Nina wants me to do more with the kids, to be more […]
Historical Changes in Lesbian and Gay Identities
Changes across time in the way people think about homosexuality also challenge the traditional notion of a universal, unchanging sexuality. Until the late 19th century, passionate romantic friendships between women were seen as a normal and a healthy part of a middle-class woman’s life (Jeffreys, 1985 as cited in Kitzinger, 1994). On the rare occasion […]
The Superhighway to Porn
The word “pornography” comes from the Greek words “porno” and “graphie,” which literally translate into “the writings of or about prostitutes.” Since its emergence as a product for public consumption several hundred years ago, pornography has continually evolved in form and potency based on new inventions. It got its first big push from the printing […]