Search results for " sex"

Identification of a new nonsense mutation (Tyr129Stop) of the SRY gene in a newborn infant with XY sex-reversal.

2004

Point mutations and deletions of SRY gene have been described in several cases of XY gonadal dysgenesis. To date, most of these mutations affect the HMG domain of SRY which plays a central role in DNA binding activity of SRY. We report on a non-mosaic XY sex-reversed newborn girl (completely female external genitalia). The direct sequencing of SRY showed a new nonsense mutation in a codon of SRY gene flanking the 3' end of the HMG domain: a thymine is replaced by a guanine at position +387 in codon 129, resulting in the replacement of the amino acid tyrosine (TAT) by a stop codon (TAG). The new mutation of this patient provides further evidence to support the functional importance of the pu…

Genetic variability of the blue and red shrimp Aristeus antennatus in the Western Mediterranean Sea inferred by DNA microsatellite loci

2012

Genetic variation at eight microsatellite loci was studied in nine populations of the blue and red shrimp Aristeus antennatus to investigate whether distinct stocks are present in the Western Mediterranean Sea. A high level of gene flow and no evidence of genetic partitioning were discovered. No significant variation was found (FST = 0.00673, P-value = 0.067) even when shrimps from exploited and those from deep-water unexploited grounds were compared. No evidence of reduction or expansion of population size in the recent past was found, as indicated by the bottleneck and interlocus g-tests. Our results are consistent with previous studies using mitochondrial gene methods and allozymes, indi…

Culture as an influence on sexting attitudes and behaviors: A differential analysis comparing adolescents from Spain and Colombia

2020

Abstract This study analyses the prevalence of sexting and the reasons and attitudes associated with its practice in adolescents with different cultural backgrounds (Colombia and Spain). The sample is made up of 489 Spaniards and 510 Colombians aged between 13 and 18 years. The results show that sexting is strongly influenced by gender and the country, in favor of men and Colombians respectively. The interaction between gender and country establishes that in Spain women and men practice sexting equally, while in Colombia men practice much more sexting than women. Although the practice of sexting increases progressively with age, the levels are higher among Colombian adolescents, especially …

Copioni sessuali

2016

«Il Sé, nel momento in cui diviene l’attore di una sceneggiatura [sessuale] diventa anche produttore di se stesso, gestisce risorse, investe in vantaggi a lungo termine e in liquidità a breve termine proprio quando diventa drammaturgo di se stesso». Il volume raccoglie una delle più recenti elaborazioni del primo e coerente approccio sociologico della sessualità di cui gli autori, John H. Gagnon e William Simon, sono fondatori, per la prima volta presentato al pubblico italiano. Pur «essendo» sessuali (ovvero disponendo di un corredo cromosomico, gonadico, genetico e biologico), gli individui diventano sessuali. Nasciamo all’interno di un contesto sociale che ci fornisce repertori culturali…

Omosessualità ed esclusione sociale nella donazione di sangue: divieti permanenti e divieti temporanei come fattore di discriminazione

2016

Around the world, as a consequence of the contamination of the blood supply by HIV and Hepatitis C and B in the early 1980s, public and private blood banks have required blood donors to complete a donor health assessment questionnaire to identify various risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases including, for men, the act of having sex with a male partner. In this latter case the policy provides for a permanent or temporary ban on donation. This deferral policy, which aimed to protect recipients of blood and blood products, in recent years has been subject to criticism in so far as this exclusion seems to be an unfair discrimination against gay men on the basis of sexual orientation. …

« Modes de socialisation et construction des genres : l'exemple des jouets »

2007

L'article analyse les modes de socialisation sexuée au travers de l'exemple du jouet destiné aux enfants, et notamment aux petites filles

Non-abusing mothers’ formal support needs after child sexual abuse disclosure : the case of North Cyprus

2023

This article investigates the formal support needs of mothers whose child has been sexually abused. Previous research has focused mostly on the provision of support for abused children to the relative neglect of mothers’ support needs. Here, formal support refers to resources and services from organisations, professionals and authorities, with a specific focus on social welfare services. This article is based on a thematic analysis of semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 15 non-abusing mothers in North Cyprus. Analysis of the mothers’ experiences revealed needs of support in four important domains: financial support; child day-care services and social facilities for children and adults…

Osoba pozostająca we wspólnym pożyciu na tle doktryny i judykatury w prawie karnym materialnym i procesowym

2017

Quaderni del Laboratorio Interdisciplinare di ricerca su Corpi, Diritti, Conflitti - I

2021

Il volume raccoglie i contributi dei relatori che hanno animato gli incontri e le attività seminariale del Laboratorio di ricerca Interdisciplinare di Corpi, Diritti, Conflitti, Dipartimento Culture e Società, Università di palermo, AA. 2018-2019/2019-2020

Crossing Boundaries: Bodily Paradigms in Jeanette Winterson’s Fiction 1985-2000

2008

Since the publication of her first novel, Jeanette Winterson has been acclaimed as one of the most promising writers on the English postmodern literary scene. This study takes into consideration seven works, from Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985) to The PowerBook (2000) in which Winterson codifies bodies as culturally constructed signs which can be re-signified and transformed. The strategies she adopts to remodel the body reveal a narrative itinerary that goes from the assertion of the lesbian body of the protagonist in Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit to the virtual bodies of the interactive world in The PowerBook. Winterson works out new body paradigms to subvert the effects of social …