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Disentangling the complex association between female genital cutting and HIV among Kenyan women [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Female genital cutting (FGC) is a widespread cultural practice in Africa and the Middle East, with a number of potential adverse health consequences for women.
Baltazar   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

The mythological and archaeological perspectives on penectomy and orchiectomy: The case of Cybele and Attis

open access: yesAndrology, EarlyView.
Abstract Castration has been a significant theme in mythology, religious traditions, and historical practices, often symbolizing transformation, sacrifice, and divine punishment. While the term is frequently associated with orchiectomy (removal of the testes), this study argues that penectomy (removal of the penis) must also be considered, particularly
Coskun Kaya
wiley   +1 more source

“I have to listen to them or they might harm me” and other narratives of why women endure obstetric violence in Bihar, India

open access: yesBirth, EarlyView.
Gender, power, structure and, culture can make women more vulnerable to obstetric violence. Figure 3 shows various aspects of these four cross‐cutting domains. For instance, women’s lack of choice is gender‐based and deep rooted in the cultural conditioning in and about women in the patriarchal post‐colonial societal structure, which sustains the ...
Kaveri Mayra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

External Genitalia Trauma Following the First Manic Episode in an Elderly Woman With Sexual Disinhibition

open access: yesArchives of Trauma Research, 2016
Introduction Late onset bipolar disorder is not common. In addition, bipolar disorder with a dominancy over sexual behaviors is very rare. Hence, traumatic and vigorous sexual behavior, such as masturbation and self-mutilation, are odd and rare
Bidaki, Kholasezade, Abedinzadeh, Karami
doaj   +1 more source

Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?

open access: yes, 2014
This memoir investigates the roots of my core anxiety, the incessant but impossible ability to achieve perfection. It is framed by my experience getting a second tattoo, which is a line from T.S. Eliot\u27s modernist poem, The Love Song of J.
Bonner, Ryan A.
core  

Law, Order, and the Consent Defense [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
[Excerpt] Among the benefits that we gain on leaving the state of nature and joining together in a civilized society is some amount of added protection of our individual possessions and person.
Harrison, Keith M.
core   +1 more source

Phantom Limbs: Affect, Haptics and ‘Partes De Mucha Gente’ in Mariana Enriquez's Nuestra Parte De Noche

open access: yesBulletin of Latin American Research, EarlyView.
In Mariana Enriquez's Nuestra parte de noche (Our Share of Night), the insistence on narrating putrid wounds and hewn limbs seeks to reinvigorate stagnant tropes, to highlight the corporeal cruelty obfuscated by the ghostly. This article explores the association between textures and emotions, specifically questioning what it can lead to when remains ...
Ana María Villaveces Galofre
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Study of Suicide Methods During 1991-2008 in the Ulaanbaatar Community

open access: yesCentral Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
Objectives: The purpose of our study is to compare the prevalence and the methods used for fatal suicidal behaviors among the population in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Oyunsuren Davaasuren   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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