Secrecy Still the Best Policy: Donor Insemination in Cameroon

1995 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. M. Njikam Savage
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Male Infertility ◽  
Reproductive Failure ◽  
Human Reproduction ◽  
Donor Insemination ◽  
Traditional Concept ◽  
Reproductive Ability ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Parenthood

In their recent PLS article, Ken R. Daniels and Karyn Taylor (1993) advocate policies of openness in regard to donor insemination (DI). In this commentary, I examine openness within the social context of fertility, infertility, human reproduction, and social parenthood in Cameroon. The traditional concept of secrecy in reproductive failure, especially in the case of male infertility, is outlined. Some of the social alternatives, such as natural insemination and social parenthood, are discussed. The inappropriateness of openness in DI within a sociocultural milieu that places a high premium on male reproductive ability is highlighted.

scholarly journals Pregnant Teenager Involvement in Sexual Activity and the Social Context

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 998-1007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria José Carvalho Sant'Anna ◽  
Júlia Kerr Catunda ◽  
Kepler Alencar Mendes Carvalho ◽  
Veronica Coates ◽  
Hatim A. Omar
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Teen Pregnancy ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Dropout Rate ◽  
Human Reproduction ◽  
Teen Mothers ◽  
First Intercourse ◽  
The Social ◽  
Pregnant Teenager

Pregnancy during adolescence represents a challenge to society as a whole. Its incidence is increasing and brings about social and medical consequences to both the teen mothers and their children. The purpose of this study was to evaluate pregnant teenager involvement in sexual activity and the social context. The group studied comprised 152 pregnant teenagers attending the Department of Pediatrics, Santa Casa de Sao Paulo (SCSP) General Hospital. All information was analyzed. The age at first intercourse was 14.2 years and the average period between first intercourse and pregnancy was 1.4 years. Most pregnancies (75%) were neither planned nor wanted, however, most teen mothers (64.3%) did not use any contraceptive method. Of the pregnant teenagers, 68.1% came from unstructured families where in 71% of the teen pregnancy cases, there was a role model (mother, sister, or cousin who already experienced teen pregnancy). The average number of school years attended by the analyzed pregnant teenagers was 8.1 years, however, there was a high dropout rate of 40.1%. The age at first intercourse was low and concurs with the high incidence of unstructured families. The average number of school years attended was high, which would theoretically reflect a greater knowledge with regard to human reproduction, pointing to the multicausality of teen pregnancy and the role played by the family. Conclusions: We confirmed that teen pregnancy presents multicausal etiology; sexual initiation of pregnant teenagers was quite early with high dropout rates, which indicated that prevention methodology should be based on early detection of risk factors for elaboration of appropriate prevention proposals.

The Social Context of an Epidemic

1987 ◽  
Vol 32 (12) ◽  
pp. 1004-1007
Author(s):  
Gregory M. Herek
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
The Social

Attitudes in the Social Context

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penny S. Visser ◽  
Robert R. Mirabile
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
The Social

The social context of grieving

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Stroebe ◽  
H. A. W. Schut
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
The Social

Speaker-Oriented Attitude Datives in Social Context

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youssef A. Haddad
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Shared Values ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Rapport Management ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Levantine Arabic ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Social Acts

This chapter examines the social functions of speaker-oriented attitude datives in Levantine Arabic. It analyzes these datives as perspectivizers used by a speaker to instruct her hearer to view her as a form of authority in relation to him, to the content of her utterance, and to the activity they are both involved in. The nature of this authority depends on the sociocultural, situational, and co-textual context, including the speaker’s and hearer’s shared values and beliefs, their respective identities, and the social acts employed in interaction. The chapter analyzes specific instances of speaker-oriented attitude datives as used in different types of social acts (e.g., commands, complaints) and in different types of settings (e.g., family talk, gossip). It also examines how these datives interact with facework, politeness, and rapport management.

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