A second important influence in the socialization of gender roles is the peer group (Arnon et al., 2008). One element of peer-group influence that begins early in life is a voluntary segregation of the sexes. This separation begins during the preschool years, and by first grade, children select members of their own sex as playmates […]
День: 04.11.2015
The 80-20 Rule
Keen business managers and analysts alike notice a strange but ultimately unsurprising trend—80 percent of useful output in business comes from about 20 percent of effort input. This rule, which is called the 80-20 Rule or, even more descriptively, the Law of the Vital Few, means that the average employee wastes almost 80 percent of […]
Internal Sex Organs
Now that we’ve covered the female’s external sex organs, let’s move inside and explore the internal sex organs. The internal female sex organs include the vagina, uterus, Fallopian tubes, and the ovaries (see Figures 4.2 and 4.3). The Vagina The vagina is a thin-walled tube extending from the cervix of the uterus to the external […]
Lazy like a fox: work smarter not harder
ork smarter, not harder—a concept as simple and elegant as e = mc2. Einstein’s equation changed the world; our foolproof Womenomics formula will change your universe. What they have in common is a new understanding of energy. If you’re going to work less and still achieve, you need to understand where to direct your precious […]
Scientists
Not until the Renaissance did our knowledge of hormones and sexuality start to progress, and Paracelsus (1493-1541) became the most important scientist of the age. Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (his real name) hailed from Switzerland, and his greatest achievement was to demonstrate that many diseases could be treated and that sufferers did not always need […]
Media needs ‘African news’
The medical news media seem to have become especially attached to the idea that male circumcision may provide something new to write about in the, for news media, rather eventless battle against AIDS in Africa. The XIIIth International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, gained a lot of media attention and here too male circumcision […]
Human Sexuality in a Diverse World
Female Genital Mutilation Prince Charles was made public. In reality, many activities can shred the hymen, including vigorous exercise, horseback or bike riding, masturbation, or the insertion of tampons or other objects into the vagina. Still, in many cultures during many historical eras, the absence of bloodstained sheets on the wedding night was enough to […]
The second wave (1991-97): Governance-in-transition, tongzhi identity, community building, and assimilationist tongzhi politics
Once the long debate over the decriminalisation of male homosexual conduct was over, the original legal debate was transformed into arguments about various social and moral disputes. Different parties, including the government, church people, social workers, teachers, lawyers, doctors, cultural workers, journalists and so on, whether pro — or anti-gay, contributed to policing a range […]
Semblance logic: Sexual partnerships
On the one hand, we have the figure of the female cohabitant left economically vulnerable at the end of a period of cohabitation. On the other hand, we have the demand from many gay rights campaigners for access to marriage or to a marriage-like status. The momentum which directs the trajectory of each interest group […]
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENDER AND TECHNOLOGY
It is a common view that there is a complex and multifaceted relationship between gender and technology (Jansson et al., 2007). According to the studies which show the moderating effect of time between gender and technology, as the computers become more widely available and accessible in society and people become more familiar with computer technologies, […]