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From Mao to now
The sex industry is controversial in China, in part because of its celebrated absence during the Maoist period. In keeping with Marxist theory (Engels 1972 [1884]), the early Chinese Communist Party (CCP) viewed prostitution as an expression of the degraded position of women under feudal-capitalist patriarchy, and therefore as incompatible with the goals of building […]
The Importance of Contextual and Personal Variables
Inspired by the pioneering theoretical work of Urie Bronfenbrenner (1979, 1986), numerous developmental researchers have begun to realize the importance of context and process in understanding human develop ment. Bronfenbrenner’s person-process-context model asserts that charac teristics of individuals (person variables) and characteristics of the ecolog ical environment in which individuals live (context variables) influence processes […]
Methodology
A series of interviews was undertaken with GPs to determine whether the sets of drivers and benefits listed in figures 1 and 2 were applicable and complete. The set of drivers and benefits were found to be appropriate, complete and without duplication. It should be noted that all GPs in Australia practise within a Division […]
Be an Active Listener
Some people are passive listeners. They stare blankly into space as their companion talks, perhaps grunting "uh-huh" now and then. Such responses make us, the talker, think that the listener is indifferent, even when this is not the case, and we may soon grow tired of trying to share important thoughts with someone who does […]
The Importance of Meaning
As we have discussed, the majority of research on adolescent girls’ sexuality has focused on describing the sexual behaviors of adolescent girls and determining which factors affect whether or not girls engage in various sexual behaviors or the age at which girls first engage in them. Few studies examine what sexual behaviors or sexual feelings […]
Other Job Offers
Finding 4-15: Differences in the probability of receiving an outside offer for male and female faculty depended on discipline. In electrical engineering and in mathematics, women were more likely to have received an outside offer, while the trend was reversed in chemistry and physics. Men and women reported approximately the same probability of having received […]
Intimate Relationships
What exactly is intimacy? Think about the word; what does it imply to you? The word intimacy is derived from the Latin word intimus, meaning “inner” or “innermost” (Hatfield, 1988). Keeping our
Gender Differences in Internet Use
There have been a number of studies conducted over the years that have examined gender differences in Internet use. Studies by Jackson et al. (2001) and Odell et al. (2000) found that females tended to use the Internet more as a communication tool, while males searched for information. Schoon & Cafolla (2002) found that females […]
The historical eroticisation of race
The eroticisation of ‘the other’ has come full circle it seems. The earliest point in circle is the sort contained in Anton Gill’s work on the sexual side of British imperial history. In his work Gill refers to Edward Sellon. Sellon was an officer in the 1840s in the British Indian Army. He was also […]