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Richard Francis Burton. Victorian Explorer and Translator
2012
This volume offers a critical insight into the life and work of the controversial Victorian explorer and translator Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890). Analysis focuses on his travel accounts and erotic translations, which both re-elaborated and challenged dominant Victorian discourses on race, gender and sexuality, generating controversies in the fields of anthropology, sexology and medicine. The premise of the study is that Burton entertained an ambiguous relationship with the colonial institutions: on the one hand, he pursued the colonial project, while on the other, he was an irreverent outsider who clashed with the imperial authorities. As this investigation reveals, he defied British …
Prevalencia del sexting en adultos jóvenes universitarios: motivación y percepción del riesgo
2021
El sexting es un fenómeno en auge entre adolescentes y adultos jóvenes que consiste en enviar mensajes y/o archivos de carácter sexual a través de los smartphones y las redes sociales. Si bien no existe un claro consenso en su conceptualización, una mala gestión del sexting puede derivar en una serie de peligros como el cyberbullying o la sextorsión. El sexting es un fenómeno clave a la hora de diseñar programas de educativos sexuales en adultos jóvenes El presente estudio tiene como objetivo averiguar el grado de prevalencia del sexting en población adulta joven universitaria. Para ello se administró una serie de instrumentos a 288 estudiantes de entre 18 y 25 años de la Universitat de Val…
Salud, sexo y comportamiento sexual: la esperanza de vida sexual activa
2021
Resumen: Objetivo: Medir la esperanza de vida sexual activa (EVSA) para estimar la edad promedio a la que finaliza la actividad sexual en la población española, prestando especial atención a la población mayor. Asimismo, se introducen las autopercepciones de la salud y de la salud sexual para observar la variación que producen en la EVSA.Método: Análisis descriptivo transversal. Con los datos de la Human Mortality Database y de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud Sexual para 2009 se calcula la EVSA, mediante el método de Sullivan, clasificando a la población según si ha practicado o no sexo coital en el último año. También se introduce la percepción de la salud y de la salud sexual. Se calcula de…
Sexual communication in the egg parasitoid Trissolcus brochymenae
2009
The males of the egg parasitoid Trissolcus brochymenae (Hymenoptera Scelionidae) exploit a short range pheromone for recognition of the other gender. To evaluate the role of this pheromone, the behavior of virgin males has been studied in closed arena when exposed to the following cues: 1) virgin females (alive, dead "washed" with solvents, dead" unwashed"); 2) dissected and re-assembled virgin females (females dissected into head, mesosoma, and gaster, then reassembled using two solvent "washed" parts and an "unwashed” part, or "unwashed" legs assembled with entire" washed" body); 3) "washed" females treated with acetone extracts (of virgin females and of legs). Males antennate and mount v…
Seed germination data of three Hieracium and one Pilosella (Asteraceae) from Sicily and southern Italy
2020
This work reports the first seed germination data of three Hieracium and one Pilosella (Asteraceae) taxa from Sicily and southern Italy. The studied taxa are: Hieracium hypochoeroides subsp. cilentanum, endemic to Campania, H. schmidtii subsp. nebrodense, endemic to Sicily, H. terraccianoi, endemic to Calabria and Pilosella hoppeana subsp. sicula, endemic to Sicily. The obtained results showed that the investigated taxa produce non-dormant seeds, with a high percentage of germination at all tested thermoperiods (15°C to 25°C and the alternating temperature of 25/15°C). Germination tests carried out in gibberellic acid (GA3) provided similar germination percentages. The data presented in thi…
A GC-MS method for hormone analysis and modulation of ovarian histology and steroidogenic genes by TBT and Bisphenol-A in Ciona intestinalis
2009
El derecho de las mujeres a la salud reproductiva en el marco del Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos
2013
Vulnerability to Forced Labour and Trafficking: The case of Romanian women in the agricultural sector in Sicily
2015
This paper focuses on labour and sexual exploitation faced by Romanian female workers employed in the agricultural sector in Ragusa, Sicily, Italy. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in 2013 and 2014 with Romanian female farm workers in Ragusa, the paper identifies factors that contribute towards their vulnerability to exploitation. By paying specific attention to the experiences of women who are mothers with dependent children, we look at structural factors that increase their vulnerability and consider how this vulnerability ‘forces’ women into situations whereby they effectively accept and/or submit to abuse. We also highlight how European Union (EU) citizenship does not automatically protec…
The Slave Coasts. Transnational Sexual Exploitation from Nigeria to Italy. From human trafficking to human rights
2019
This research intends to open a global debate on the current strong link between migration and prostitution on the basis of the reality observed in Palermo in the timespan 2015-2017. The main three elements emerging from the analysis are criminality, poverty and exploitation. As data suggests, Italy is the favorite destination of the Nigerian sexual exploitation market. In particular, Sicily plays a major role in the sexual exploitation ring involving Nigerian migrants, besides headquartering the Italian as well the Nigerian mafia. The agreement between Cosa Nostra (Sicilian Mafia) and the two organizations known as Black Axe and Eye (Nigerian mafia) represents the starting point for sexual…
Medicina babilonese e antropologia medica. Sull’efficacia delle terapie per il ripristino del desiderio sessuale maschile in Mesopotamia
2021
Research on the medical systems of ancient Mesopotamia has progressed considerably in recent years and has been enriched by theoretical contributions from the social sciences. This paper aims to show how theories and methodologies of Medical Anthropology can be useful to understand the internal logic of nīš libbi therapies, which aim to regain the male sexual desire. The article explores Mesopotamian classificatory systems related to the body and pathologies, as well as the relationship between male and female agencies in the therapeutic itinerary. Other issues are investigated: recipients of treatment; symptomatology and ideology of binding; interrelationship between incantations and presc…