Earlier in this chapter we touched on the topic of volunteer bias in our discussion of Morton Hunt’s Sexual Behavior in the 1970s. Because Hunt’s sample was such a small percentage of those he contacted, volunteer bias prevents his results from being generaliz — able to the population as a whole. Imagine that we wanted […]
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And sexuality in Japan
Setsu Shigematsu In 1970, a new women’s liberation movement emerged, marking a watershed in the history of feminism in modern Japan. The history of feminist consciousness, discourse and activism in Japan has been well documented in works such as Flowers in Salt (Sievers 1983) and Feminism in Modern Japan (Mackie 2003). This history included groups […]
PROBLEMS AND ISSUES IN SEX RESEARCH ‘
Many problems in sexuality research are more difficult to contend with than in other types of research. These include ethical issues, volunteer bias, sampling problems, and reliability. Ethical Issues Ethical issues affect all social science—and sexuality research in particular. Prior to a person’s participation in a study of sexuality, researchers must obtain the participant’s informed […]
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
In this section, we examine the three key areas of professional activities that characterize the day-to-day job of a faculty member: teaching, service, and research. Different departments weigh the value of these three activities differently, but in the Research I institutions, research is likely to be a primary concern. It is commonly believed that women […]
Kuhura arabska
Islam (w/om-poddanie si? woli Boga, zbawienie, arab.), czyli mahometa — nizm, jest jedng z wielkich religii monoteistycznych, ktorej zalozycielem byl Mahomet w poczqtkach VII w. n. e. Glowne zalozenia doktryny islamu sg zawarte w Koranie І tradycji. Wedlug doktryny islamu zawartej w Koranie seksualnosc jest akceptowana jako naturalna sfera egzystencji czlowieka, a przede wszystkim m? […]
The Testes
The testes, or testicles, have two major functions: the secretion of sex hormones and the production of sperm. The testes form inside the abdominal cavity, and late in fetal development they migrate through the inguinal canal from the abdomen to the scrotum (Kaftanovskaya et al., 2011). At birth the testes are normally in the scrotum, […]
Diversity in patterns of parenting and household formation
Carolyn Baylies The percentage of single female-parent homes is featured in a table entitled ‘weakening social fabric’ in the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Report 1994, alongside such other measures of presumed social dissolution as intentional homicides by men, asylum applications received, and juveniles as percentage of total prisoners. Data in the table refer […]
The Scrotum
The scrotum (SKROH-tum), or scrotal sac, is a loose pouch of skin that is an outpocket — ing of the abdominal wall in the groin area directly underneath the penis (I Figure 4.3). When I took swimming classes in high school, the trip back to the locker room was always a bit traumatic. After peeling […]
Advantages and disadvantages of the structuralist position in explaining gender
When applied to gender the advantages of the structuralist position are that it allows a discussion of gender relations in a way that makes it possible to argue that there are gender inequalities that need to be addressed politically. Women have just gained some status as subjects and need to speak out. There are still […]
. PLAYTIME NOVELTY TOYS
The zero-gravity sex chair ❖ mobile-phone-radiation-proofunderwear for men ❖ a vibrator extension that plugs into an electrictoothbrush ❖ Japanese silk bondage ropes ❖ remote-controlledvibrators ❖ hands-free ‘butterflies’ German footballers Michael Ballack and Oliver Kahn successfully sued sex shop Beate Uhse for €50,000 for marketing vibrators under the names ‘Michael B.’ and ‘Olli КЛ