Sex Ratio at Birth in China:Features and Influences

Sexratioatbirth(SRB)isoneofthethreedeterminantsofthesexstructureofapopulation(theothertwoaresexdisparitiesassociatedwithmigrationandmortality).Undernormalconditions,thesexratioisbetween102and107.Ifasufficientlylargesampleistakenandaccuratelyregistered,theSRBofacountryisquitestable.ThishasbeenthecaseinChinainthedecadesfollowingthefoundingofthePeople'sRepublicin1949.However,ChinahaswitnessedagradualincreaseintheSRBsince1980.Thefigurefromthethirdpopulationcensusconductedin1981was108.47(asco…     

Sex after divorce: older adult women’s reflections

People who divorce experience a number of negative impacts, and yet divorce also offers opportunities for growth and transformation. This qualitative study of older adult women offers the possibility that divorce may be sexually empowering, especially for women, based on in-depth interviewing of women who had gone through one or more divorces. Detailed examples of the experiences of fourteen women with divorce and sexual expression are offered, focusing on in which situations divorce might be empowering and how it could contribute to sexual exploration and satisfaction. Overall, for the fourteen women in the study who had experienced divorce, the quality of sex in the marriage impacted the quality of sexual expression after the divorce. Also, these findings supported the idea of transformational learning through divorce, and expand divorce-stress-adjustment and transformational learning perspectives to apply more specifically to sexual expression. Understanding possible impacts of divorce over the lifespan, including strengths-based aspects, is important for social workers as the population they serve ages.     

A Survey of Commercial Sex Traders with Regard to Their Understanding of,Attitudes to and Behaviors towards AIDS

This paper attempts to provide a basisfor analysis of the most private relationshipsbetween individuals’sex behavior andsociety,the economy,institutions and cul-ture through an investigation of the commer-cial sex trade behavior of both sexes.Thestudy is based on a sample from two deten-tion and education centers in Shanghai.Therewere250effective responses from the malegroup and760effective responses from thefemale group.Thirty were interviewed.Thefindings follow:a.The general prevalence of …