Sexual agreements and intimate-partner violence among male couples

Objectives: In the United States, HIV continues to disproportionately affect men who have sex with men. One promising area of research that may inform the development of behavioral interventions among male–male couples is within the realm of sexual agreements. Methods: The purpose of our analysis was to determine whether respondents who report having an open agreement or an agreement breakage also report a higher incidence of recent (within the previous 12 months) intimate-partner violence (IPV) compared to respondents who report having a monogamous agreement or no agreement breakage after controlling for demographic variables. Results: Results showed that men who have an open agreement are less likely to report recent physical IPV. Conclusions: The results highlight the need to develop dyadic behavior interventions that address sexual agreements and stress management.     

Effectiveness of training to promote routine enquiry for domestic violence by midwives and nurses: A pre-post evaluation study

Background

Asking women about experiences of domestic violence in the perinatal period is accepted best practice. However, midwives and nurses may be reluctant to engage with, or effectively respond to disclosures of domestic violence due a lack of knowledge and skills.

Absent bodies and present memories: marking out the everyday and the future in Eastern Sri Lanka

Drawing from ethnographic work carried out between 2005 and 2007, this article considers the ways in which a women’s network has developed strategies to find meaning around the absences of loved ones, killed or ‘disappeared’ during the decades of conflict in Sri Lanka. For most of these women, the fate of their husbands, brothers, sons and fathers is not known and the lack of answers means that they are unable to fully grieve and find closure. In order to survive, they must find ways to deal with the absent bodies and present memories of those who may never be located and accounted for. These strategies include tree-planting ceremonies carried out as a way of not only remembering and mourning loved ones but also asking questions about how one makes sense of loss and what it means to carry the burden of unanswered absences through everyday life and into the future.     

略论高校校园文化的大众化和先进性

本文认为校园文化建设要坚持大众化和先进性 ,才能有效地适应社会主义文化建设 ,有利于大学生的素质培养 ,造就高素质的“四有”新人。     

张家山汉简所见“妻悍”“妻殴夫”等事论说

江陵张家山汉简中有关于“妻悍”、“妻殴夫”简文,可以体现当时社会的性别关系。有 关法律,在后代有所变化。讨论有关现象,对于认识汉代文化的特征,有积极的意义。     

论网络环境下的高校校园文化建设

网络正在改变人们的思想观念和行为方式。网络发展也给高校校园文化带来新的机遇和挑战 ,高校校园文化建设只有顺应时代潮流 ,调整思路 ,趋利避害 ,才能把握主动 ,使校园文化发挥应有的作用     

论数字化校园建设的要点和策略

“数字化校园”是基于现代教育技术的高速发展 ,对传统教育进行全新改革后形成的 ,符合建构主义要求的全新教育环境 ,要求从教育理念、教育体制、教学方式、教学内容等多方面进行全面的革新和改造。综合提出一种“数字化校园”的概念 ,对其组成、特征、要点和建设策略作了初步的探讨。     

关于完善特殊防卫权之立法构想

文章通过《刑法》第20条第3款关于防卫权的称谓、文字表述、针对的对象范围、整体价值和实质效果的分析,认为该条款无论是在立法上还是在司法实践中均存在重大缺陷,由此提出对该款的修改意见。     

对新时期高校校园文化建设的思考

高校校园文化建设对于大学生的全面成长、成才具有重要的意义，但新时期带来了许多新情况和新问题，解决好这些问题，需要从校园文化建设的组织运作和活动内容与目标重新定位、创新等方面入手，进一步加强高校校园文化建设。论文从校园文化建设的必要性和重要性出发，对高校校园文化现状进行分析，对新时期校园文化建设的具体措施进行了深入探讨。针对大学生自身情况，以全面教育作为校园文化建设的主要内容和目标，并以此为核心，设计了校园文化活动体系，创建了以月份为单位的校园文化框架。为高校大学生校园文化建设提供了可供参考的意见和建议。     

Projective Identification as a Contributor to Domestic Violence

Many explanations have been given as to why men batter. Rarely are deep unconscious intrapsychic processes identified as contributing reasons. One way that violent men may use their partner to fill emotional needs is through the primitive defense of projective identification. Projective identification may be invoked by men to induce the other partner to carry split off threatening parts of the self that are too anxiety provoking to retain. The occurrence of projective identification could therefore be an important intrapsychic and interpersonal dynamic that contributes to the escalation of tension prior to the violent episode.