A Splendid Predicament: Young Men in Classic Maya Society

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Houston
Keyword(s):  
Young Men ◽  
Classic Maya ◽  
Ancient World ◽  
The Other ◽  
Male Youth ◽  
Thin Slice ◽  
Major Interest

The Classic Maya, like many peoples in the ancient world, paid keen attention to male youths as a key age/gender grade, and, in the Maya example, to those who would inherit a courtly world of privilege and domination. Detection of glyphic texts and images relevant to male youth reveals them to be a major interest of elite Classic society, participating in tribute, dances and battle. This transient status, marked by infancy and juvenility on one end, adulthood and ancestral status on the other, led to the production of drinking vessels and sundry goods owned by ‘great youths’, presumably those soon to marry or enter adulthood. Homosocial and homoerotic impulses conditioned male youth among the Classic Maya, if in ways that remain only faintly or intermittently visible. The probability nonetheless exists that this evidence represents a thin slice of Classic society, skewed by elite concerns with reproducing elite attributes across generations.

scholarly journals Uneasy bedfellows? Fusing participatory and psychosocial principles in research with youth workers and young people

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-257
Author(s):  
Peter Harris
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Young Men ◽  
The Other ◽  
Youth Work ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Male Youth ◽  
The Social ◽  
Methodological Approaches

This article charts an attempt to fuse two arguably incompatible formulations of social research; one rooted in a commitment to democratic, participatory practice and the other rooted in a psychosocial epistemological frame. After setting out the broad precepts of the two methodological approaches, the article explores some theoretical and practical tensions that surfaced during a doctoral criminological study examining the desistance-promoting potential of relationships between male youth workers and young men involved in violence. I show how the professional context in which the study was conducted (youth work) afforded the opportunity to work with participants while also retaining a psychosocial epistemological and analytic frame. The article concludes that while the two approaches are likely to remain ‘uneasy bedfellows’, more researchers in the youth work field might consider adopting a psychosocial standpoint as a means of keeping in sight both the psychic and the social forces imbricated in young people’s lives and within their relationships with youth professionals.

Methods of Countering Cyber Recruitment (Iraq Model)

2019 ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
Hind Mohammed Abdul Jabbar Ali
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Young People ◽  
Young Men ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information Network ◽  
Political Repression ◽  
Electronic Information ◽  
Terrorist Organizations ◽  
Other Hand

Connecting to the  electronic information network (internet) became the most characteristic that distinguish this era However , the long hours which young men daily spend on the internet On the other hand ,there are many people who are waiting for the chance to talk and convince them with their views This will lead the young people to be part in the project of the “cyber armies “that involved with states and terrorist organizations  This project has been able  to recruitment hundreds of people every day to work in its rank . It is very difficult to control these websites because we can see the terrorist presence in all its forms in the internet   In addition there are many incubation environments that feed in particular the young people minds                                                                                         Because they are suffering from the lack of social justice Also the unemployment, deprivation , social and political repression So , that terrorist organizations can attract young people through the internet by convincing them to their views and ideas . So these organizations will enable to be more  stronger.

Birth Dates and Death Dates: An Examination of two Baseline Procedures and Age at Time of Death

1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert A. Harrison ◽  
Neal E. A. Kroll
Keyword(s):  
Young Men ◽  
The Other ◽  
Birth Date ◽  
Time Of Death ◽  
Low Frequencies ◽  
Temporal Proximity ◽  
Rectangular Distribution ◽  
Old Men ◽  
Day By Day ◽  
Death Date

The present study continues analyses of variations in the frequencies of death in the near temporal proximity of decedents' birthdays. Observed frequencies were compared with expected frequencies as ascertained from two baseline distributions. One distribution was the usual rectangular distribution, based on summing the number of deaths across all frequency categories and then dividing by the number of categories. The other distribution was constructed by pairing one person's birth date with another person's death date. This latter distribution was intended to provide a true baseline, and provide a better gauge for assessing the likelihood that any obtained relationship reflected coincidence or chance. Two weeks before and two weeks after the birthday there were more deaths, and one week after the birthday there were fewer deaths, than would be expected on the basis of either baseline distribution. Day-by-day analyses within the birthweek confirmed earlier reports of high followed by low frequencies of death. Compared to relatively old men, relatively young men were more likely to die on the eve of their birthdays or on their birthdays themselves. Compared to relatively young men, relatively old men's death dip begins at an earlier point in time. Methodological and theoretical implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Adipokiny, insulinorezistentnost' i aktivnost' simpato-adrenalovoy sistemy u yunoshey s ozhireniem, manifestirovavshim v pubertatnyy period

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
A F Verbovoy ◽  
E V Mitroshina ◽  
Yu A Dolgih
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Blood Lipid ◽  
The Other ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Normal Blood Pressure ◽  
Sympathoadrenal System ◽  
Increased Activity ◽  
Lipid Spectrum

69 young men with obesity manifesting at puberty have been examined. The average age was 19,22±0,26. 17 healthy young men, whose average age was 22 ± 0,72 years old, constituted a control group. The examined were divided according to their blood pressure (BP): the first subgroup included 36 young men with normal blood pressure, the other subgroup included 33 young men with arterial hypertension. Levels of blood lipid spectrum, levels of leptin, resistin, adiponectin, insulin in serum, urinary metanephrine excretion were measured. We obtained the following results: young men with obesity identified atherogenic changes in lipid metabolism, insulin resistance and compensatory hyperinsulinemia. Regardless of the level of blood pressure they showed a significant increase in leptin levels. In the subgroup of patients with hypertension we found increased urinary excretion of metanephrine, indicating increased activity of the sympathoadrenal system and its involvement in the formation of hypertension. The level of adiponectin in the surveyed tended to decrease, more pronounced in the combination of obesity and hypertension.

scholarly journals Onnipotenza divina e ordine naturale nel Medioevo

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Possamai
Keyword(s):  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Theological Reflection ◽  
Ancient World ◽  
The Other ◽  
Augustine Of Hippo ◽  
The Past ◽  
Present Essay ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Pliny The Elder ◽  
The One

The present essay aims, on the one hand, to recall the reasons of anti-naturalism, intended in a metaphysical perspective, of a large part of medieval philosophical and theological reflection and, on the other hand, to show how the same type of problems, specifically those concerning the possible mutability or immutability of the past, can be employed in favour of various conflicting positions on the matter. To demonstrate this, reference was made to some thinkers who could represent emblematic positions on the theme, in particular: Pliny the Elder for the ancient world, Augustine of Hippo, Peter Damian, Bonaventure and Thomas Aquinas for the medieval era.

Being a Father and a Soldier in the Civil War, 1861–1865

2019 ◽  
pp. 81-93
Author(s):  
Jürgen Martschukat
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Young Men ◽  
The Other ◽  
Southern Culture ◽  
Confederate Army ◽  
Conflicting Demands ◽  
Citizen Soldiers ◽  
The One ◽  
White Womanhood

The fifth chapter depicts the conflicting demands addressed to young men as family fathers on the one hand and as citizen-soldiers on the other hand. It discusses the Civil War and its effects on fathers, mothers, and family life through close readings of the diary and letters of Confederate soldier John C. West, who saw himself as fighting this war for his family and his country. While West was scared to death by the bloody battles and the fierce fighting of the Civil War, he nevertheless romanticized the war as a struggle for southern family life and patriarchal masculinity in his diary and letters. He portrayed his service in the Confederate Army as fulfilment of his masculinity in the name of white womanhood, southern culture, and family life, a message he sought to send to his wife and, in particular, to his four-year-old son back home.

scholarly journals “Don’t Drink Too Much!” Reactance Among Young Men Following Health-Related Social Control

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 155798831982592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Sieverding ◽  
Nicole K. Specht ◽  
Sabrina G. Agines
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Alcohol Intake ◽  
Young Men ◽  
The Other ◽  
Perceived Threat ◽  
Negative Thoughts ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Male Friend ◽  
Perceived Probability

This study investigated conditions under which young men responded with reactance to the suggestion to reduce their alcohol consumption. In an experimental study, 84 young men (university students, mean age: 24 years) listened to a recorded telephone call and were asked to imagine that they themselves were the recipients of this call. In this call, either a girlfriend or a male friend suggested that the recipient of the call should reduce his alcohol intake that evening. In one condition, the suggestion was highly restrictive; in the other condition, the suggestion was framed in a nonrestrictive way. Perceived threat, negative thoughts, and feelings of anger after listening to the call were assessed. Further outcome variables were intention and perceived probability of complying with the suggestion. Participants felt more anger after hearing the highly restrictive suggestion and more threatened by the suggestion made by the girlfriend. Interaction effects emerged. Participants reported more negative thoughts and lower intention and perceived probability to comply when a highly restrictive suggestion was made by the girlfriend. The male friend’s highly restrictive suggestion resulted in a perceived probability of complying (54%) that was similar to the probability of the girlfriend’s nonrestrictive suggestion (55%). Women’s efforts to reduce their male partners’ alcohol consumption can result in boomerang effects. Male peers might be more effective in motivating other men to behave in a healthier way. These results support recent findings with regard to the potential of peer positive social control.

Garments of Shame, Garments of War: Clothing Imagery in 1 Maccabees 1:25-28, 14:9

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 670-681
Author(s):  
Atar Livneh
Keyword(s):  
Young Men ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The People ◽  
The Temple

AbstractTwo poetic passages in 1 Maccabees depict historical circumstances via the use of apparel. 14:9 portrays the young men as wearing “glories and garments of war” as a marker of the peace and prosperity characterizing Simon’s reign. These contrast with the “shame” that shrouds the people following Antiochus Epiphanes’ desecration of the temple in 1:28. This paper explores the biblical background of the dress imagery, suggesting that the Maccabean author transformed the “robe of righteousness” in Isa 61:10 into “garments of war” on the basis of a gezerah shava with Isa 59:17. The biblical metaphor of “being clothed with shame” in 1 Macc 1:28, on the other hand, refers to the “putting on of mourning dress”—a practice also alluded to in v. 26.

“What They Had between Their Legs Was a Form of Cash”

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-78
Author(s):  
Alessio Ponzio
Keyword(s):  
Young Men ◽  
Italian Society ◽  
Male Youth ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
The Media ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Mass Circulation ◽  
Queer Spaces ◽  
Bear Witness

This article, showing how ubiquitous male youth prostitution was in 1950s Italy, exposes the pederastic and (homo)sexual vivacity of this decade. Moreover, this article also suggests that even if police, the media, and medical institutions were trying to crystallize a rigid chasm between homo- and heterosexuality, there were still forces in Italian society that resisted such strict categorization. The young hustlers described by contemporary observers bear witness to the sexual flexibility of the 1950s in Italy. These youths inhabited queer spaces lacking a clear-cut hetero–homo divide, spaces where “modern” sexological categories and identities had not yet entered. Prior to the mass circulation of rigid sexual labels, it was still possible for many Italian boys, youths, and young men to dwell in liminal queer spaces. The exchange of money purified their acts, guaranteed their maleness, and effaced potential stigmatization.

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