День: 07.11.2015

Future research and practice

Women who exchange sex in Mongolia function in an economic, social and political envir­onment in rapid transition. Despite facing critical challenges which require innovative and comprehensive solutions, women demonstrate enormous resilience, independence and respon­sibility. Future research, policies and interventions aimed at harm reduction and empowerment for these women should fully consider their strengths demonstrated in […]

Asian Women

The development of a sexual identity in Asian culture is complicated by the fact that it is considered taboo to discuss sex, which is deemed a shameful topic (Chan, 1997). Wolf (1995) noted that the avoidance of sexual discussion made virtually impossible any true survey of sexual prac­tices among most Asian groups. Indeed, any Asians […]

Indian Women

Cultural values and belief systems permeate the mind of an Indian woman’s view of her place in the world. Life views are based primarily on an understanding of ones dharma and karma. Dharma, a Hindu concept, is defined as the traditional established order, including all individual, moral, social, and religious duties. Each person’s dharma is […]

Evolving Goals of Sexuality Education

Sexuality education can have different goals. Knowledge acquisition, improving per­sonal psychological adjustment, and improving relationships between partners are pop­ular goals. Early sexuality education programs focused primarily on increasing knowledge levels and educating students about the risks of pregnancy (Kirby, 1992), believing that if knowledge levels were increased, then students would understand why it was impor­tant […]

Consensus and Pluralism

The women at Seneca were trying to create a “communal life of non­violence”—an “alternative world.” Another way to put this is that they were trying to create an ideal way of life. This is not a realistic or even desirable goal for society at large. Many if not most citizens would find Seneca communal life […]

TESTS FOR MALE SEX HORMONES

In the measuring of female sex hormones it is obvious that the preferences for specific tests are specific to various disciplines. But what about the measuring of male sex hormones? How did scientists attach the label “male” to substances? Using a logic similar to that used in the study of female sex hormones, scientists decided […]