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“There are too many naked pictures found in papers and on the net”: Factors encouraging pre-marital sex among young people of Nepal. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background: A conventional Nepalese society still regards sexuality as a taboo and sexual activities outside marriage are rarely accepted. However, attitudes of young Nepalese people towards sexual relationships have steadily changed with the ...
Regmi, Pramod   +2 more
core  

Marriage, Wealth, and the Spread of Cohabitation in Canada

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research demonstrates a robust link between marriage and wealth. Wealth facilitates marriage, which then fosters wealth accumulation, resulting in significant net worth disparities between married and cohabiting couples. Does the decline of marriage and growth of cohabitation alter this relationship?
Maude Pugliese
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and Determinants of Premarital Sexual Practice Among Youths in Ethiopia: Further analysis of the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
AbstractIntroductionPremarital sexual practice becomes a common phenomenon among youths in Ethiopia. It is usually associated with an unwanted pregnancy, abortion, and sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS.ObjectiveThis study aimed to assess the prevalence and determinants of premarital sexual practice among Ethiopian youths.Methods and ...
Kegnie Shitu Getie   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

De Stupro: First Insights on Rape and Its Prosecution in Maltese Courts (1701–10)

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article constitutes a first in‐depth investigation of rape and the prosecution of this crime in early eighteenth‐century Malta. The research, which is based on sixteen rape accusations claimed at the secular courts in Malta between 1701 and 1710, has analysed cases categorized as ‘simple rape’, ‘violent rape’ and rape committed under the ...
Vanessa Buhagiar
wiley   +1 more source

‘It's Like a Horror Movie That You Walk Through’: Experiencing Horror Through Immersive Recreation

open access: yesThe Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Horror stories have provided enjoyable forms of leisure for centuries. Over the past five decades, however, these experiences have evolved into increasingly immersive forms of popular culture. What once involved constructing the narrative world internally through reading has expanded into sensory engagement through visual and auditory media ...
Susan Weidmann
wiley   +1 more source

Sexually transmitted infections among patients attending the General Practice Clinic, Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, Nigeria

open access: yesSouth African Family Practice, 2011
Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are among the most common infectious diseases in the world today. There are few reliable statistics on the true prevalence of STIs in developing countries, especially in the general practice setting ...
S.S. Olakolu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors determining premarital sexual practice of school students, institutional based cross sectional study in northern Ethiopia

open access: yes, 2019
Abstract Objective Reports indicating that adolescents Sexual activities have been increasing worldwide, and the issue is most of the Sexual activities are happening before marriage, which makes vulnerable for multi-sexual behaviors, but there is limited data in this title in the region.
Alem Girmay   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Premarital Sexual Practices, Consequences and Associated Factors among Regular Undergraduate Female Students in Ambo University, Oromia Regional State, Central Ethiopia,2015 [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Science Journal, 2017
Background: Significant numbers of adolescents are involved in sexual activities at an early age which exposes them to the risk of unintended pregnancy, abortion and STIs. Even though, the reproductive health problem of young people is critical among both sexes, adolescent’s girls are more affected because of their biological, economic and social ...
Bayisa Abdissa   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

A new species of inseminating catfish of the genus Tympanopleura (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from the Ituxi River, Amazon River basin, northern Brazil, revealed by integrative taxonomy

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract A new species of the genus Tympanopleura is described from the Iquiri River, a tributary of the Ituxi River, a right‐bank tributary to the Purus River, Amazon River, northern Brazil. The new species is distinguished from all its congeners by a combination of features, such as the presence of an intensely pigmented square‐shaped blotch on the ...
Frank Raynner V. Ribeiro   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of premarital sexual practices and its associated factors among high school students in Addis Zemen Town, South Gondar, Ethiopia, 2017 [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Public Health and Epidemiology, 2018
Pre-marital sex is a penetrative vaginal or anal sexual intercourse performed before formal marriage in younger population. Moreover, these population groups are less likely than adults to have the information, skills and support to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS and other consequences of premarital sex.
Habte Netsanet   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

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