Based on the life histories of 50 women, and illustrated in the above cases, most women attach themselves to multiple lovers or temporary partners of various types and durations, but frequently they are transient. While they are still young, most women, more or less deliberately, get involved in temporary alliances as a way to test […]
День: 09.11.2015
Historical and Social Perspectives
■ From the beginning of recorded history, humankind has been concerned about birth control. ■ Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinics in the United States at a time when it was illegal to provide birth control information and devices. ■ Objections to contraception stem from Roman Catholic doctrine and far-right anti-contraception beliefs. However, […]
Conclusion: So what is gender?
Having read the whole of this book, you are no doubt hoping that I have written a conclusion which will provide a nice neat answer to the question: what is gender? I can promise no such tidy tying up of final loose ends into a pretty bow. Gender is a complex phenomenon. The first task […]
The making of sex hormones
In 1934, a cargo train arrived at the grounds of the Dutch pharmaceutical company Organon. This train did not carry any conventional cargo such as coal, or instrumental equipment, but a rather extraordinary load: thousands of liters of urine. In the Dutch countryside, horse owners could sell the liquid waste products of their mares for […]
“He’s Emotionally Abandoned Me—I Feel Unloved”
After finally learning that her husband, Bob, had been secretly using porn for most of their twenty-year marriage, Sue said the worst shock now is that she has realized that, in spite of her objections to it, Bob has no intention of giving up porn. She feels unimportant, discounted, and powerless. The experience is leading […]
EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
This section considers the employment sector of those who were employed full-time. NRC (2001a:102) noted that “sector of employment is a fundamental dimension of the scientific career that affects work experience, opportunities, с Cl) 30 CD CL 20 10 0 FIGURE A2-5 Percentage of females among doctorates employed full-time by discipline, 1995-2003. SOURCE: National Science […]
Medication
In the last century it was also believed that certain medicines could adversely affect potency. Roubaud described how in the treatment of tuberculosis with iodine vapour he saw four cases of impotence develop. Saltpetre also acquired a bad reputation. The use of bromide compounds mainly affected sexual desire. Camphor dulled the sensitivity of the genitalia. […]
Trafficking in Women:. The Costs of State Pressure
I F FOREIGN ASSISTANCE combined with local and transnational feminist activism made the process of blaming and shaming more effective, perhaps more powerful intervention could be even more helpful in promoting global feminist change. In addition to the positive incentives of grants from large charitable foundations and international development agencies, strong states can employ more […]
. NOW FOR SOMETHING. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
There’s more to the world of fetishism than shoes. Here, sexual desires and taste are highly individual and urges sometimes uncontrollable. ‘Is sex dirty? Only if it is done right/ Woody Allen
Governing HIV
Political transition has also played a key role in the management and reporting of HIV in China. In 2002, a major change in the Chinese political landscape facilitated renewed commitments to health among high level party leaders. An important leadership transition occurred when the stewardship of the country shifted from Jiang Zemin to Hu Jintao. […]