Many social scientists view parents as influential agents of gender-role socialization (Dragowski et al., 2011; Iervolino et al., 2005; Kane, 2006). A child’s earliest exposure to what it means to be female or male is typically provided by parents. As we saw earlier, in the discussion of gender-identity formation, parents often have different expectations for […]
День: 04.11.2015
Sexual Fantasies
Sexual fantasies were not reviewed by Oliver and Hyde (1993). This was due in large part to the fact that many studies focus on the content of males’ and females’ fantasies, while at the same time there is no standard method of categorizing sexual fantasies, making it difficult if not impossible to cumulate findings across […]
REASONS FOR UNDERREPRESENTATION AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN IT SECTOR
IT is a male-dominated industry and most of the high technology oriented people are male (Hor — rigan, 2007). In other words, women are underrepresented in IT field (Allen et al., 2006). This sector also suffers from a class divide between highly sought after knowledge workers and highly dispensable temporary workers, and women are placed […]
SEX in Real Life
Urinary Tract Infections goes through the penis. This is the reason that women are much more susceptible to urinary tract infections (see Sex in Real Life, “Urinary Tract Infections”). The Introitus and the Hymen The entrance, or introitus (in-TROID-us), of the vagina also lies in the vestibule. The introitus is usually covered at birth by […]
FREUD AND SEXUALITY
Perhaps more than anyone else, Freud must be given credit for placing sexuality on the intellectual and scientific agendas of the twentieth century. Within the body of his work there are persistent references to sexual motives and meanings, yet there is actually very little direct discussion of overt sexual behavior or the qualities of sexual […]
Shared Households: A New Paradigm for Thinking about the Reform of Domestic
Property Relations Anne Bottomley and Simone Wong Introduction When the Civil Partnership Act 2004 was being debated in Parliament, the chance was taken by a number of members of both Houses to raise, again, the plight of the female cohabitant who, at the end of a period of cohabitation (however lengthy) does not, unlike her […]
The Clitoris
The clitoris (KLIT-uh-rus) is a small cylindrical erectile tissue located under the prepuce (PREE-peus). Homologous to the penis, the clitoris is richly supplied with blood vessels as well as nerve endings, and the glans is a particularly sensitive receptor and transmitter of sexual stimuli. In fact, the clitoris, though much smaller, has twice the number […]
Expanding Norms against Rape
For centuries, women’s movements around the world have made sexual assault, especially rape, a central concern. In Russia, the mid-nineteenth-century women nihilists and the revolutionary feminist Alexandra Kollontai even advocated absolute equality in love and sex; they created alternative forms of relationships, from loveless, sexless fictitious marriages that allowed women unusual independence from their parents […]
Mons Veneris
The fatty cushion resting over the front surface of the pubic bone is called the mons veneris or mons pubis. The mons veneris becomes covered with pubic hair after puberty, and though it is considered a stimulating place to caress during lovemaking, it serves largely as a protective cushion for the genitals, especially during sexual […]
WOMEN IN ICT SECTOR
After the information technology boom in the 1990s, an extremely high demand for IT workers occurred in the United States (Little, 1999; Forson&Ozbilgin, 2003). There was an increase in the number ofwomen using Information Communication Technologies (ICTs). But the same cannot be said for the working women in ICT professions. It is possible to have […]