The history of kisaeng (traditional courtesans) or kinyo as they were originally called, goes back several centuries to the Koryo Dynasty (918—1392). Kisaeng were the favoured court entertainers during the long Chosfin Dynasty (1392—1910) and their accomplishments and erudition made them the natural companions of aristocratic men at leisure. Their low status as members of […]
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Revisiting the Five Sexes
Those who defend current approaches to the management of intersexuality can, at best, offer a weak case for continuing the status quo. Many patients are scarred—both psychologically and physically—by a process heavy on sur- table 4. з Psychological Outcomes of Children Raised as Males with Unusual Genitalia DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERN (sample size) CHANGE IN assigned sex […]
Inguinal hernia
The testicles are formed at the spot where the kidneys are situated, high up behind the abdominal cavity. From there they descend through the inguinal canal into the scrotum. On that journey — the baby boy is still in his mother’s womb — they take the front of the abdominal membrane with them. When things […]
Birth S trike
The ideology of the citizen-mother was based on a kind of social contract, in which women’s provision of citizens to the state was rewarded by the granting of political rights and various kinds of support. In the immediate prewar years, feminists objected that the state had not fulfilled its side of the bargain. Some called […]
Gottman’s Constructive Communication Tactics
Gottman identified a number of constructive communication tactics. These tactics include leveling and editing, validating, and volatile dialogue. Leveling and Editing Leveling involves stating our thoughts and feelings clearly, simply, and honestly—preferably while using "I" language. For example, Tyler is distressed because his partner, Emily, seldom initiates sex. Tyler might say, "I love having sex […]
Professional Intimacy
American law does not, however, give professionals a free ride. On the contrary, it regulates intimate professional-client relations closely. As we saw in the lawyer-client-bar association case that opened this chapter, professional organizations, courts, and legislatures collaborate in protecting the boundary of professional practice against two kinds of violations. The first defends against forms of […]
Multiple testicles
Men with no testicles, one testicle or two are nothing out of the ordinary, but men with three are rare. A story is told of a monk who was unable to keep his vow of chastity because of having three testicles, while an eighteenth-century account describes a man with multiple testicles, a condition known medically […]
Localizing A ctivism
As with sexual assault, the issue of domestic violence was raised at the watershed event of the women’s movement in Russia, the First Independent Women’s Forum in 1991, and activism began in earnest following the Second Women’s Forum in 1992 (Racioppi and See 1997; Sperling 1999). From the onset, activists understood a central first task […]
Social Scripts and Sexuality
Ferguson and Crowley’s (1997) findings of shame-proneness in women and guilt-proneness in men suggested that our society associates sex with shame and taboo and that children are socialized to have negative feelings about their gender roles. Young (1990) discussed the socialization of girls today and interpreted many changes as improvements. Many more girls and women […]
ADOLESCENCE: AGES 12 TO 18
Adolescence begins after the onset of puberty and is, in part, our emotional and cognitive reactions to puberty. Adolescence ends when the person achieves “adulthood,” signified by a sense of individual identity and an ability to cope independently with internal and external problems (Lovejoy & Estridge, 1987). People reach adulthood at different times; adolescence can […]