Search results for "Human sexuality"
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Terms of abuse as expression and reinforcement of cultures
2008
In this study terms of abuse are investigated in 11 different cultures, Spontaneous verbal aggression is to a certain extent reminiscent of the values of a certain culture. Almost 3000 subjects from Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Croatia, Poland, Great Britain, USA, Norway, Greece, and The Netherlands were asked to write down terms of abuse that they would use given a certain stimulus situation, and in addition, to give their rating of the offensive character of those terms. A total set of 12,000 expressions was collected. The frequencies of the expressions were established, and the total list of expressions was reduced to 16 categories. Results point to some etic taboos, like sexuality and…
Sexual satisfaction in male infertility.
1999
Infertility is proposed to be a continuing stressor for couples suffering from involuntary childlessness. A long duration of the desire for a child and, correspondingly, a longer period of diagnostic and treatment procedures could have a negative impact on sexual satisfaction, thus leading to an unfavorable psychological circuit. The present evaluation should clarify the state of sexual satisfaction and relationships, with relevant parameters in 68 men with fertility problems, of couples with involuntary childlessness. Subjects reported relatively high average levels of present sexual satisfaction with only nonsignificant lower scores (p = .08) compared to recalled sexual satisfaction prior…
Sukupuolistunut väkivalta Vares- ja Wallander-elokuvissa
2017
Sukupuolistunut väkivalta Vares- ja Wallander-elokuvissaArtikkelissa tarkastellaan sukupuolistuneen väkivallan representaatioita ruotsalaisissa Wallander-elokuvissa (2005–2006) ja suomalaisissa Vares-elokuvissa (2004–2015). Huomion kohteena on, miten sukupuoli ja seksuaalisuus näyttäytyvät näiden pohjoismaisten rikoselokuvien kerronnassa osana väkivaltaan liitettyjä merkityksiä, selityksiä ja asenteita. Väkivallan kulttuurisia merkityksiä analysoidaan feministisen media- ja kulttuurintutkimuksen sekä feministisen väkivaltatutkimuksen näkökulmasta. Analyysi kohdistuu siihen, mitä ja millaista väkivaltaa Vareksissa ja Wallandereissa esitetään, mitä selityksiä väkivallalle tarjoutuu sekä milla…
The Intersections of Sexuality and Religion in the Anti-Interculturalist Rhetoric in Finnish Internet Discussion on Muslim Homosexuals in Amsterdam
2014
In recent decades, Europe has faced the rise of nationalist populist movements objecting to increased immigration, cultural pluralisation, and interculturalism in European societies. Public discussion on interculturalism have often focused on the encounters of – and the wrangles with – migrants and local people and their diverse values. The members of anti-immigrant movements commonly object to cultural pluralism and intercultural practices and foster ‘traditional’, ‘Western’, and ‘national’ values. The discourse influenced by conservative ideologies also often embraces traces of xenophobia, homophobia, and misogyny. In this paper, we ask how and why interculturalism is opposed in populist …
Dislocated Temporalities : Immigration, Identity, and Sexuality in Najat El Hachmi?s «L?últim patriarca»
2018
Recent Catalan criticism has focused on place and space, as well as immigration, but has overlooked temporality. Yet migrations are not only a matter of space (of demographic movements and geographical relocations), but also of time: immigration questions the idea of origins and the possibility of a shared future, and problematizes the rhythms of everyday life. Temporality, in fact, is a key axis in the formation of identities and in cultural conflicts, not just regarding the uses of the past and the projection of societies towards the future, but also in relation to the normative uses of the body. The coexistence of asynchronous temporalities provoked by immigration is a factor in both cul…
Leo Tolstoy’s and Joseph Conrad’s Relation to Music
2017
It is important to stress that Tolstoy’s and Conrad’s texts are to be understood to include not only literary, and thus verbal, texts but also elements of other media, such as music, theatre and visual arts. It should be noted that for Conrad music was also one of the arts that he greatly appreciated. Though Conrad’s main concern was to make us “see,” he was also concerned with making us “hear.” The use of music to accompany sexual desire, frustration and violence is a technique often used by the writer. Likewise, music had an enormous infl uence on Tolstoy. He was fascinated with its power, just as with the power of sexuality, beauty and war. His favourite composer was Chopin, but he also …
Écrire sans honte: la sexualité féminine en question dans les traductions anglo-américaines de Passion simple, L’Événement et L’Occupation d’Annie Er…
2011
Cet article prend le parti d’étudier le rendu du discours sur la sexualité dans Passion simple et L’Occupation et celui sur la procréation dans L’Événement dans les traductions anglo-américaines de ces trois textes. Annie Ernaux conçoit l’écriture comme une activité politique destinée, entre autres tâches, à dénoncer la domination masculine. Ce travail passe par l’inscription textuelle de la sexualité et de la corporalité féminines. Il s’agit en effet pour l’auteure de s’approprier la liberté d’écrire « sans honte » et de transgresser une loi du silence imposée par la société. L’effort d’objectivation qui caractérise l’écriture ernausienne s’appuie sur un style dépourvu de métaphores et mar…
Amor y erotismo en Vargas Llosa y su traducción al inglés
2017
En este artículo analizaremos uno de los ejes de la creación novelística de Mario Vargas Llosa (la exploración del amor y el sexo) a través de las traducciones inglesas de las novelas Pantaleón y las visitadoras (1973), La tía Julia y el escribidor (1977), Elogio de la madrastra (1988) y Los cuadernos de don Rigoberto (1997). Si bien en casi todas las obras de Vargas Llosa el amor juega un papel relevante, en estas cuatro obras hay una fabulación explícita sobre la sexualidad humana y un notable trabajo sobre la elaboración lingüística y retórica del lenguaje del amor y el sexo. Traducir el lenguaje relativo al sexo es, sin duda, un área muy sensible, el lugar de confluencia entre las inter…
”Pitikö runouskin vetää ihan läskiksi?”
2015
The Affective Reception of Tytti Heikkinen’s Poem “Ryhavalaan tasoa” In this article, I analyze the reception of Tytti Heikkinen’s poem ”Ryhavalaan tasoa” (”On par with whales”) from the viewpoint of affectivity. ”Ryhavalaan tasoa” is a Flarf poem which means that it has been made of material found from the internet with weird search terms. Flarf poetry is also based on a kind of aesthetics of ugliness. The poem is a dramatic monologue in which the speaking I – a girl called ”Fatty XL” – talks unrestrainedly and vulgarly about fatness, sexuality and shame. Theoretically, the article relies mainly on Rita Felski’s and Sianne Ngai’s views on affectivity of reading. The research material consi…
Sind sexuelle Aktivitäten in der Adoleszenz für zukünftige Partnerbeziehungen gut?
2020
Is sexual activity during adolescence good for future romantic relationships?Objectives: The study examines the effects of different forms of sexual activity at the age of 16 on sexuality and the quality of romantic relationships at the age of 23. Methods: In a multimodal longitudinal study (diaries, questionnaires), 144 16-year-old adolescents (59.7 % female) reported on their sexual activities and their relationship status. At the age of 23, they reported on their romantic and sexual experiences in the past two years and the quality of their current romantic relationship. Regressions analyzed the predictive power of adolescent predictors for future sexuality and relationship quality. Resu…