Sexuality Information Seeking and Sexual Function Among Women Attending In-Home Sex Toy Parties

ABSTRACT. Outside traditional risk-oriented public health campaigns, few sexuality education opportunities exist for adult women, particularly those in partnered relationships, that address issues related to sexual desire and pleasure. Data were collected from 677 women attending in-home sex toy parties to assess whether they sought sexuality-related information at a recent party they attended. Participants reported asking 765 questions at parties. The questions were analyzed for their content and for relations with sexual function scores. Question topics were varied, related to various domains of sexual function, and provided insight into the contributions that these parties may make to women's sexual health.     

过程与结果:网恋现象的社会心理分析

因特网作为现代信息技术的集中体现 ,它的出现和长足发展正在或将要对人类婚恋方式产生深刻的影响。网络技术对感情生活影响的研究也成了一个颇具现代性或后现代性的论域。文章从社会心理学的角度出发 ,提出了网恋的可能性与现实性问题 ,认为网恋的社会心理特征主要表现在浪漫性、剧化性、偶遇性和神秘性等十个方面 ;而上瘾与痴迷、承诺与信任、存在性焦虑和烦、性张力等问题 ,则是网恋过程中几个突出的社会心理问题。     

Women's work in UK official statistics and the 1980 reclassification of occupations

Analyses using either time series or longitudinal data can be complicated by having to disentangle real changes from the artefactual effects imposed by the reclassification of key variables. In this paper the Warwick occupational conversion program is used to create adjustment tables which correct for the artefactual effect of the 1980 reclassification, along with coder errors, on 1971–1981 patterns of occupational sex segregation in longitudinal data from the Office for National Statistics's Longitudinal Study. The crowding of large numbers of women into a few occupational groups, which is consistent through the reclassification, arises in part because classification schemes fail to recognize the diversity in their work. This reflects past practice and the undervaluation of women's skills.     

凡·高的色彩与情感

读凡·高短暂的艺术生命,可以看到凡.高通过艺术实践,深切的体会到那些表面的美丽,并不是绘画的主要目标。他用自己的色彩打破了条条框框实现了色彩本质的解放,用自己的情感去绘画,强调艺术家的主观精神,在现实与想象中释放出动感、绚丽的色彩,使艺术具有了更多的抽象因素,用自己的生命感动世人,创造了绘画史上的一个奇迹;他在绘画中用全新的视角去认识和感应世界,为推动艺术的向前发展起到了不可磨灭的作用。因为他的存在,绘画艺术更加有了生气,色彩艺术再次迸发新的真谛,为人们对色彩的进一步认识以及艺术实践指引了方向。     

Gender and Democratization

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‘He enjoyed it more than I did’!: young British Sikh women negotiating safe sex in heterosexual encounters

ABSTRACT

Sex education and relationship strategy of the U.K. allows parents to withdraw their children from sex education, which has left many young people especially those from Black Minority and Ethnic communities with low or no sex education. Similarly, the government's policy environment enables faith schools to teach these subjects under the tenets of their faith. This empirical research was carried out in South-West London using 12 qualitative interviews with women and men (ages 18–20 years) discusses young women's experiences of their first sexual encounter who navigate their reputations, relationships as well as negotiate safe sex in the absence of appropriate relationships and sex education. Sex education not only brings into focus sensitivities around gender but also tensions around religion in the U.K. Evidence from the study suggests that despite the importance placed by the Indian community on maintaining virginity, young women asserted that religion and culture did not prohibit them from exploring their sexuality. In this study, the priority is to present young women's voices and experience of sexual encounters.     

Perceived Competencies of Social Workers in Adolescent Practice

Abstract

This investigation yielded data on the perceived competencies of social workers in adolescent practice. On average, survey respondents related that their perceived knowledge/skill levels ranged from moderate to high when working with depressed, sexually abused youths, or those with behavioral issues. However, respondents also perceived their knowledge/skill levels as moderate to poor when adolescent clients presented with: chronic physical conditions including HIV+/AIDS, sexual orientation issues, gang involvement, or were youths of color. Survey respondents credited work experience and conferences as the primary sources of their perceived practice knowledge/skill. Greater knowledge/skill levels in adolescent practice were associated with greater years of practice.     

语言相对论研究述评

从时间、色彩、位值与运动事件等四个方面介绍与述评国外近期对萨丕尔．沃尔夫假说的实证研究，同时结合国内一些学者的成果，来探讨语言与思维之间的关系。