Problems with infertility and gay and lesbian couples’ desire to parent have given rise to artificial means of conception. Reproductive technologies that have been developed in the last few years enable some couples to have children even when one of them is infertile or they are the same gender. These technologies, although exciting, may also […]
День: 10.11.2015
Kids’ Consumption
If a household with children moves into a new house, buys a different kind of car, builds a swimming pool, purchases racing bicycles, buys a used air conditioner, or acquires the latest computer system, the children often play significant parts in the consumption decision and almost always alter their own daily activities and relations as […]
The Man’s Experience
An expectant father obviously does not experience the same physical sensations that a pregnant woman does (although occasionally a "pregnant father" reports psychosympathetic symptoms, such as the nausea or tiredness his partner is experiencing). However, the experiences of pregnancy and birth are often profound for the father. What exactly does the "male pregnancy" involve? Like […]
SEXUAL DEVIANCE TODAY
Sex is dirty to the extent that erotic reality threatens to undermine the cosmic categories that organize the rest of social life. This is the source of the fears that surround sex, but also the source of its fascination. If sex did not disintegrate the cosmos to some extent, human beings would want to copulate […]
Feminism and domestic violence: Impact on law and policy
Since the late 1990s, a number of government initiatives have been devised to tackle domestic violence,[481] all of them focusing on women as victims; civil remedies in cases of domestic violence have been strengthened;[482] and there has been law reform[483] to address feminist criticisms of the way in which crimes involving violence against women[484] have […]
The Experience of Pregnancy
Pregnancy is a unique and significant experience for both a woman and her partner. In the following pages, we look at the experience and the effect it has on the individuals and the couple. Many of the experiences are encountered by heterosexual and lesbian couples alike. In this section the heterosexual couple is used as […]
Concerns about Children
Cracks in a World View No matter what the origins of the parenting style of the professional middle — class parents with whom I spoke, those parents appear to doubt themselves more often than do the working-class and middle-class parents. Indeed, the latter sets of parents often seem quite confident about their child-rearing approach.6 The […]
NO SEX BEFORE THE BIG EVENT
Muhammad Ali is said to have abstained from sex for six weeks before going into the ring because sex before a fight can affect performance. But recent research has suggested that a full recovery is possible only 10 hours after sexual activity. Some scientists have found that the effort used to make love is hardly […]
MITCH’S STORY
Mitch didn’t think his life could get any better. He was a happily married man in his early fifties, with three teenage daughters who adored him, and a highly esteemed career as a high school teacher and coach. He served on education committees and boards. Students and parents praised him for his friendliness, talent, and […]
Regulating online pornography in mainland China and Hong Kong
Mei Ning Yan Introduction In this chapter I examine the regulation of online pornography in mainland China and Hong Kong. I first describe and explain the relationship between mainland China and Hong Kong in the context of ‘One Country Two Systems’. This sets the scene for an in-depth discussion of the situations in mainland China […]