We believe that a changed consciousness will occur when the current constructions of sexuality are recognized as relatively arbitrary and derived from oppression, an oppression that has been normalized and made invisible. An important basis for a changed consciousness is to recognize the meaning and significance of patterns that are based on status and control. […]
День: 10.11.2015
Demographic changes and resistance to being constructed as Other
Over the last two decades there has been a marked increase in the percentage of all households with dependent children that consist of children with a lone mother (from 7 per cent in 1971 to 18 per cent in 1991, with lone fathers remaining at 1 per cent; Burghes 1993). This means that the appeal […]
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
VILLAGE PEOPLE US swimmer Nelson Diebel, who won two golds at Barcelona, told Scotland on Sunday the Olympic village is ‘a two week-long private party for thousands of hard bodies’. When 10,000 athletes, pumped up and primed for action, come into close proximity — with a free internet service to help them ‘hook up’ — […]
Is It a Boy or a Girl?
hroughout the world, people have relied on folk wisdom to predict the sex of their baby. Here are some examples: It’s a Girl! Baby sits on the left side of the womb (Nyinba, Nepal). Mother puts her left foot first crossing the threshold (Bihar, India). Baby sits low in the belly (Lepchas, Himalayas, and Bedouin […]
Sociology
One of the most seminal sociological investigations of e-dating resulted in the book, “Double click: Romance and commitment among online couples” byAndrea Baker (2005). The uniqueness of this publication is that it is not just empirical (based on a scientifically designed survey of 89 couples that met online) but also predictive. The major goal of […]
Sex Selection: Myth and Modern Methods
There are more male babies born every year than female; however, the ratio of male to female children has decreased significantly during the last few years. As we discussed in Chapter 3, although more males are conceived, a higher percentage of male fetuses spontaneously abort or die before birth than female fetuses (Fukuda et al., […]
Economics
One of the very first investigations of e-dating from an economic perspective is the article “What makes you click: An empirical analysis of online dating (Hitsch, Hortacsu, & Ariely, 2005). The data set for this research recorded the activities of23,000 users in the Boston and San Diego area during a 3 /-month period in 2003. […]
THE QUEST FOR TESTES AND MALE URINE
The success story of access to new sources for female sex hormones cannot be told about male sex hormones. Research on male sex hormones was far more constrained by the limited availability of organic material than was research on female sex hormones. In the early years, female gonads had been relatively easy for gynecologists to […]
Pregnancy Testing: Confirming the Signs
If you have had sexual intercourse without using birth control or have experienced any of the signs of pregnancy, it is a good idea to take a pregnancy test. Over-the-counter pregnancy tests can be purchased in drugstores, but sometimes tests are less expensive or even free in university health centers. Pregnancy tests measure for a […]
Parliamentary Roundtable on Trafficking, 1997
In 1997, one month before the Global Survival Network conference brought global feminist approaches to trafficking to Russian activists, the Russian Duma held its first roundtable on the subject. Co-sponsored by American University’s TraCCC (Highlights from the Duma Roundtable on Trafficking 1999), the roundtable followed an April seminar on organized crime and the exploitation of […]