In June of 1983, the Supreme Court issued a decision that surprised people on both sides of the abortion question. Apparently returning to its earlier liberal position, it strongly rejected all parts of an Akron, Ohio, ordinance regulating abortion services and reaffirmed Roe v. Wade.97 The Akron ordinance had required a twenty-four-hour waiting period after […]
День: 10.11.2015
An unsatisfactory partner
Some men are unable to find real satisfaction with their own wives, though they have no problem at all with other women. The problem is partner-linked, and there is a host of possible reasons. For almost three decades Bernhard Premsela (1890-1944) worked as a gp in Amsterdam. In addition he was medical director of the […]
MARIE’S STORY
Marie is a middle-aged single working mother with two teenage children who slid into the porn trap when she discovered that masturbating to porn helped her cope with difficult life experiences. Like Hank and Mitch, Marie got involved with porn when she was a teenager, starting with detective stories and pulp fiction that featured something […]
Alternative constructions of ‘the problem’ and policy failures
Discussions of lone motherhood often fit a normalized absence/ pathologized presence couplet (Phoenix 1987), where those lone mothers and their children who are faring well are not discussed while those who are considered problematic make headlines. Negative discourses are bolstered by the few pieces of research that provide them with support. For example, a great […]
Intracellular Sperm Injections
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) was first introduced in 1992, with the first successful baby delivered in 1996 (Li et al., 1997). In 2005, ICSI was the most common form of infertility treatment used in Australia (Persson, 2005). This technology involves injecting a single sperm into the center of an ovum under a microscope. It was […]
Producing Kids
More generally, what part do children play in household production? The general idea that households have lost their economic functions, except for consumption displays, implies another misconception: that children no longer contribute to the household economy. Any household work children do perform, moreover, is expected to build the child’s character or skills, but not seriously […]
Gamete Intra-Fallopian Tube Transfer
Although gamete intra-Fallopian tube transfer (GIFT) is similar to IVF in that ova and sperm are mixed in an artificial environment, the main difference is that with GIFT both the ova and sperm are placed in the Fallopian tube prior to fertilization. Fertilization is allowed to occur naturally in the Fallopian tube, rather than in […]
In Vitro Fertilization
It’s More Work for Me
Your boss may well be concerned that managing employees who come in nine-to-five is so much more simple than managing individual work arrangements and that your flexible plan may well mean more work for him. That’s why some of the biggest flextime skeptics are the middle managers, who will have to handle a lot of […]
Sexual Interaction During Pregnancy
In pregnancies with no risk factors, the woman and couple can continue sexual activity and orgasm as desired until the onset of labor (C. Jones et al., 2011). A woman’s sexual interest and responsiveness will likely change throughout the course of her pregnancy. Nausea, breast tenderness, and fatigue can inhibit sexual interest during the first […]