the number of erections per sexual episode in a self-report, but he cannot exaggerate in a laboratory. Direct observation is much more expensive than any of the other methods and may not be as generalizable, because it would be impossible to gather a random sample. In addition, direct observation focuses on behaviors and, as a […]
День: 03.11.2015
‘Parallel but different’?
Arguably, the ingeniousness of the Civil Partnership Act is the fact that it can produce a legal status of ‘civil partner’ that does not depend upon marriage, but which displays virtually all of the characteristics of a civil marriage. This is undoubtedly a strategy on the part of the government to avoid what it perceives […]
Doing masculinity
Stoltenberg is unusual within masculinity studies in arguing that it is impossible to be a man without subordinating women (Beasley, 2005: 202). Almost all those involved in masculinity studies are highly critical of dominant forms of masculinity. However, most have some sympathy for men and are keen to point out that not all men are […]
Breast Cancer
Certain risk factors that increase or decrease a womans chances of developing breast cancer are outlined in ■ Table 3.2. Some researchers believe that 40% of breast cancers in postmenopausal women may be prevented by lifestyle factors. Hormone use, alcohol consumption, high coffee consumption, weight gain, and lack of physical activity contribute significantly to the […]
Robert: “Fifty-Fifty at Home” and. Time for Reading and Model Trains
At our first meeting at the moms’ group, Ann told the other women: “Robert easily does half the work at home, with one exception—I plan. I like the control. But he keeps doing errands as long as I hand him errands to do. He’s very unusual.” Yet when I met Robert he described their arrangement […]
The vagina dentata
Some men are incapable of giving themselves sexually. They act tough, but really they’re wimps: their penis goes limp when they try to manoeuvre it into the vagina. This is not true impotence, but is caused by the deep-seated fear of losing their beloved organ, fear of the vagina dentata, the sharp-toothed vagina, with which […]
Breast Lumps
Three types of lumps can occur in the breasts. The two most common are cysts, which are fluid-filled sacs, and fibroadenomas, which are solid, rounded tumors. Both are benign (not cancerous or harmful) tumors, and together they account for approximately 80% of breast lumps. In some women the lumps create breast tenderness that ranges from […]
Questioning Western stereotypes
The discrepancy between the Western and the Jola understanding of female circumcision is striking. In considering the custom from an emic, or inner, point of view, the common Western stereotyped representations of those people that practise female circumcision are immediately challenged. We need to pose the question: if they are not reflected in ethnographic and […]
Differance or the Difference Within: Postmodernism and Poststructuralism
In her assessment of the postmodern school of difference Evans remarks: ‘Postmodernism is frequently regarded as a recipe for statis, if not indeed paralysis: and I believe that’ (1995: 140). Although postmodernism is an umbrella term that covers a range of theoretical positions, it is certainly the case that postmodernism has been highly contentious within […]
Epoka sredniowieczna
a. Kultura europejska Epoka sredniowieczna to okres od 476 r., tj. upadku zachodniego cesarstwa rzymskiego (niektorzy przyjmuj^, ze sredniowiecze rozpocz? lo si? w 356 r., tj. w momencie zapocz^tkowania w? drowki ludow), do 1492 r., tj. odkrycia Ameryki. О tzw. ciemnym sredniowieczu, mi? dzy V a XI w. malo wiadomo pod wzgJ? dem historyczno-kulturowym і […]