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Oxford Journal of Legal StudiesAbstract Little attention has been paid to what the word ‘myth’ contributes to the concept of rape myths. Rape myths tend to be regarded as widely believed falsehoods that need to be debunked in order to address patriarchal injustices. This account draws upon a long-standing vernacular English association between myth and falsehood which
Hayes, D.J.
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Old Myths, New Myths: Challenging Myths in Public Health
American Journal of Public Health, 2015 Myths are widely held beliefs and are frequently perpetuated through telling and retelling. We examined 10 myths in public health research and practice. Where possible, we traced their origins, interrogated their current framing in relation to the evidence, and offered possible alternative ways of thinking about them.
Sarah M, Viehbeck +2 more
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Questionnaire on myths towards experimental sciences among university students [PDF]
, 2023 Podeu consultar la versió en català a: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/207613Podeu consultar la versió en castellà a: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/207616Questionnaire on scientific myths as a part of the doctoral thesis "Myths towards experimental sciences ...
Comet, Miriam
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To boldly go: Futuristic retellings of ancient Welsh myths [PDF]
, 2016 This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by University of Lisbon in Messengers from the Stars on 01/03/2017, available online: http://messengersfromthestars.letras.ulisboa.pt/journal/archives/article/to-boldly-go-futuristic-retellings-of ...
Steinke, Gabriela
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Mythological roots of medical theories of gender differentiation
Акушерство, гинекология и репродукция, 2019 Aim: to study the interrelation between the myths and the scientific understanding of sex differentiation of the fetus.Materials and methods. The study is based on the materials published in the XIX – early XX century in Russia; among them, reports by ...
S. D. Koldman
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Labour Economics, 2004 Worksharing is considered by many as a promising public policy to reduce unemployment. In this paper we present a review of the most pertinent theoretical and empirical contributions to the literature on worksharing. In addition, we also provide new empirical evidence on this issue, by a cross country analysis exploiting aggregate data for 13 OECD ...
Kapteyn, A., Kalwij, A.S., Zaidi, M.A.
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Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 2010 The Nahuas of Tzintzuntzan-Huitzitzilan, Michoacán: history, myth and legitimization of a Prehispanic señorío. Modern historiography on 15th and early 16th century Michoacán emphasizes the political-economical success of the Tarascans and their uacúsecha
Hans Roskamp
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Presentation: Exploring Myths About Addiction [PDF]
, 2001 Drug addiction is a subject of national concern. Dr. Erickson is one of the nation’s leading researchers on the physiology of drug addiction, and his research has helped us to better understand the physical basis of addiction. Dr.
Erickson, Carlton +1 more
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Science versus myths: the case of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
The Proceedings of the Nigerian Academy of Science, 2021 The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a new strain of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-COV-2) was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) from the first case in Wuhan, China on December 31, 2019.
Friday Okonofua, Rose Ugiagbe
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Sexual dysfunction in depressed Indian women attending a hospital out patient department in Mumbai
Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry, 2013 Introduction Female sexual dysfunction is a multifactorial and multidimensional condition with biological, psychological and interpersonal determinants. In India, talking about sex and issues related to sex is taboo and spouses are uncomfortable sharing ...
Niteen N Abhivant, Neena S Sawant
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