Public Meets Private

2019 ◽  
pp. 147-159
Author(s):  
Ana Lopez ◽  
Michelle Greene ◽  
Terri Minniear ◽  
Annalisa Enrile
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Status Change ◽  
Family Structures ◽  
International Support ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Own Name ◽  
Gender Specific ◽  
Close Family

Japan is a conservative shame-based collectivist culture. Abuse of girls has been overt since the 1980s. In particular, fetishes such as the “schoolgirl” obsession plague the country. Privately, Japan has a history of incest, close family structures, and few home interventions to stop this abuse. As a masculine and patriarchal society in which men recently saw their status change during Japan’s last recession, sexual taboos have been both normalized and ignored in the public domain, resulting in fetish clubs, virtual reality dating sims, love hotels, and burusera shops. Groping of girls on packed trains has become so rampant in Japan that offenders now have their own name—“chikan.” The rise of technology has helped facilitate these fetishes, crossing borders and requiring a transnational understanding and response to address these issues. Movements such as the “stop chikan campaign” and gender-specific train cars are local remedies that have garnered international support.

scholarly journals Men of Parts: Masculine Embodiment and the Male Leg in Eighteenth-Century England

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 797-821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Sexual Difference ◽  
Visual Representations ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
The Body ◽  
Material Objects ◽  
Sex And Gender ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Gender

AbstractThis essay explores changes in eighteenth-century male clothing in the context of the history of sexual difference, gender roles, and masculinity. The essay contributes to a history of dress by reconstructing a range of meanings and social practices through which men's clothing was understood by its consumers. Furthermore, critically engaging with work on the “great male renunciation,” the essay argues that the public authority that accrued to men through their clothing was based not on a new image of a rational disembodied man but instead on an emphasis on the male anatomy and masculinity as intrinsically embodied. Drawing on findings from the material objects of eighteenth-century clothing, visual representations, and evidence from the archival records of male consumers, the essay adopts an interdisciplinary approach that allows historians to study sex and gender as embodied, rather than simply performed. In so doing, the essay not only treats “embodiment” as an historical category but also responds to recent shifts in the historical discipline and the wider academy towards a more corporealist approach to the body.

scholarly journals Políticas públicas para a inclusão de mulheres brasileiras: O Programa Mulheres Mil como interface entre a educação e trabalho

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Andréa Simoni Manarin Tunin ◽  
Fernando César Ferreira Gouvêa
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Critical Ethnography ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
The Public ◽  
Brazilian Society ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Gender

This paper presents the Women Thousand Program as a policy of inclusion through education and jobs. It traces the history of public policies designed for women through the Thousand Women Program in the Brazil, and the women’s’ experiences at the Volta Redonda campus. The authors evaluate the public policies that include vulnerable women and efficiently assist them through school. Ethnographical methods were used, based on data obtained from participative observation and detailed monitoring of the daily life of the research participants. Through the lens of critical ethnography, which considers cultural, political, and economic factors, the results show a dissonance between the Thousand Women Program and the daily reality of its participants. In addition, the “salvationist” orientation of the school helps to perpetuate the exclusion of women and gender inequalities within Brazilian society.  

The Clinical Supervision of COVID-19 Infection: The Italian Experience of Home Care Unit in Lombardy Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Clinical History ◽  
Home Healthcare ◽  
Lombardy Region ◽  
The Public ◽  
Italian Experience ◽  
History Of ◽  
Older Subjects ◽  
And Gender

From March to June 2020 the Home Care Unit of Paxme Group evaluated and monitored 245 subjects COVID-19 positive or clinical suspected living in Lombardy Region. There were 101 males, 144 females, with mean age 59.1 years. The females had lower mean age than males (57.4 vs 61.9). In 67 cases (27%) the subjects were discharged from hospitals, the other 178 cases (73%) stay at home with no clinical history of hospitalization. The COVID-19 positive group had 35 males (52%) and 32 females (48%), in the clinical suspected 67 males (38%) and 111 females (62%). There were 2 deaths (1%) and 11 hospitalizations (5%). The 11 hospitalized subjects had a higher mean age (72 years), a higher presence of clinical suspected (72%) and a higher presence of females (72%). The 2 deaths were only in clinical suspected with mean age 87 ys. Older subjects (>65 years) had a higher presence of hospitalization and death. Our study suggests that the age and gender are important in the clinical evolution of COVID-19 infection. The Home Care supervision was an adequate answer to the public health needs, but for the future home healthcare should increase.

The Clinical Supervision of COVID-19 Infection: The Italian Experience of Home Care Unit in Lombardy Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Clinical History ◽  
Home Healthcare ◽  
Lombardy Region ◽  
The Public ◽  
Italian Experience ◽  
History Of ◽  
Older Subjects ◽  
And Gender

From March to June 2020 the Home Care Unit of Paxme Group evaluated and monitored 245 subjects COVID-19 positive or clinical suspected living in Lombardy Region. There were 101 males, 144 females, with mean age 59.1 years. The females had lower mean age than males (57.4 vs 61.9). In 67 cases (27%) the subjects were discharged from hospitals, the other 178 cases (73%) stay at home with no clinical history of hospitalization. The COVID-19 positive group had 35 males (52%) and 32 females (48%), in the clinical suspected 67 males (38%) and 111 females (62%). There were 2 deaths (1%) and 11 hospitalizations (5%). The 11 hospitalized subjects had a higher mean age (72 years), a higher presence of clinical suspected (72%) and a higher presence of females (72%). The 2 deaths were only in clinical suspected with mean age 87 ys. Older subjects (>65 years) had a higher presence of hospitalization and death. Our study suggests that the age and gender are important in the clinical evolution of COVID-19 infection. The Home Care supervision was an adequate answer to the public health needs, but for the future home healthcare should increase.

Romancing the Stones: Archaeology in Popular Cinema

2004 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Popular Fiction ◽  
Popular Cinema ◽  
Cultural Form ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
Politics And Gender ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Archaeology ◽  
Public Politics

This article looks at the depiction of archaeology and archaeologists in popular cinema. A number of key films are discussed to address the article's main themes of cultural appropriation and contested ground (encompassing treasure, the public, politics and gender). Archaeology in film cannot be divorced from the wider cultural contexts in which it operates and, though portrayals of archaeology and archaeologists are frequently unsatisfactory, a positive conclusion is attempted which seeks to understand the narrative drive of popular fiction and a long history of public exclusion from archaeology. Most of the films considered do not warrant labelling as great works of art, but they are part of a cultural form with perceptions to offer, able to stimulate debate within a vital framework of cultural practices by which identity – individual and social – is constructed and evolved.

Feminist archaeologies and gender studies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Esther Fries ◽  
Doris Gutsmiedl-Schümann
Keyword(s):  
Public Perception ◽  
Social Rules ◽  
Gender Expectations ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Feminist Theories ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Archaeology ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

This chapter discusses the influence of feminist theories on theory construction, self-conception, and the public perception of archaeology and its various sub-disciplines. The theoretical foundations of gender archaeology are also considered. As there are many feminist theories as well as archaeologies, the chapter also summarizes what can be described as broad sets of overlaps, and to an extent simplifies the variety of different points of view. Feminist criticism as well as new questions, models, and methods based on it reached archaeology in the 1980s, later than the other humanities. Initial efforts could be classified as women’s studies that mostly aimed to balance a male-biased view of the past by adding a female view to it. Since the 1990s, the term ‘gender’ with its various aspects is the focus of discussion. The number, convertibility, and history of genders are also important topics. In addition, feminist archaeology focuses on archaeology’s own institutions, their social rules, their language, and their image, which are also linked to the gender expectations of the surrounding society. These aspects are also connected to the way images of the past are presented to the public, and which effects they have on gender discourses.

scholarly journals Virtual Reality Museum Sunan Drajat Lamongan Berbasis Rulebased System untuk Pembelajaran Sejarah

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 473
Author(s):  
Ari Kusumaningsih ◽  
Cucun Very Angkoso ◽  
Novian Anggraeny
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Rule Based ◽  
The Public ◽  
Learning History ◽  
Rule Based System ◽  
Scenario Design ◽  
System Method ◽  
History Of ◽  
Strongly Agree

<p class="Abstrak">Perkembangan peradaban suatu bangsa dapat dilihat melalui museum yang dimilikinya. Dalam hal upaya untuk mencerdaskan masyarakat, museum diwajibkan selalu kreatif dalam menarik minat pengunjung, sehingga tujuan pendirian museum tetap terlaksana. Antusias masyarakat dalam menjelajahi museum saat ini semakin menurun, sehingga museum perlu melakukan inovasi agar tetap mampu menarik minat masyarakat untuk berkunjung. Pada penelitian ini berhasil dibuat aplikasi <em>Virtual Reality</em> Museum Sunan Drajat berbasis Android dalam memudahkan seseorang untuk belajar sejarah yang mampu membawa pengguna ke dalam dunia maya dengan merasakan sensasi nyata mengunjungi museum, dengan menerapkan metode <em>Rule-Based System</em> sebagai desain skenario sistem dalam penjelajahan museum. Diharapkan setelah menggunakan aplikasi ini, museum dapat menarik perhatian masyarakat sehingga kembali tertarik untuk mempelajari sejarah bangsanya. Dari hasil pengujian aplikasi diketahui bahwa 95.8% responden sangat setuju bahwa aplikasi ini dapat dijadikan sebagai pembelajaran sejarah. Berdasarkan hasil uji keefektifan aplikasi rata-rata nilai <em>Report Score</em> yang diperoleh pada menu <em>evaluation</em> yaitu 92% yang berarti aplikasi <em>Virtual Reality</em> Museum Sunan Drajat sangat efektif digunakan sebagai pembelajaran sejarah.</p><p class="Abstrak"> </p><p class="Judul2"><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong></p><p class="Judul2"> Historical journey of the nation's civilization can be seen through their museum. In terms of efforts to educate the public, the museum is always required to be creative in attracting visitors so that the purpose of establishment of the museum is still carried out. The enthusiasm of people in exploring the museum is now declining so that the museum need to innovate in order to remain able to attract the public interest to visit. In this research, the application of Virtual Reality Museum Sunan Drajat based on Android in facilitating someone to learn history that can bring users into the virtual world by feeling the real sensation of visiting the museum, by applying Rule-Based System method as a system scenario design in museum exploration. It is hoped that after using this application, it can attract the public's attention so that it is interested to learn about the history of the nation. From the results of application testing known that 95.8% of respondents strongly agree that this application can be used as a learning history. Based on the results of test effectiveness of the average application score Report Score obtained on the evaluation menu is 92% which means the application Virtual Reality Museum Sunan Drajat very effectively used as a learning history.</p>

scholarly journals Pre-adolescence DNA methylation is associated with BMI status change from pre- to post-adolescence

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiajing Wang ◽  
Hongmei Zhang ◽  
Faisal I. Rezwan ◽  
Caroline Relton ◽  
S. Hasan Arshad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dna Methylation ◽  
Status Change ◽  
Status Transition ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
Logistic Regressions ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Specific ◽  
Avon Longitudinal Study ◽  
Independent Cohort

Abstract Background Previous studies have shown that DNA methylation (DNAm) is associated with body mass index (BMI). However, it is unknown whether DNAm at pre-adolescence is associated with BMI status transition from pre- to post-adolescence. In the Isle of Wight (IoW) birth cohort, genome-wide DNA methylation in whole blood was measured using Illumina Infinium Human450 and EPIC BeadChip arrays in n = 325 subjects, and pre- to post-adolescence BMI transition was classified into four groups: (1) normal to normal, (2) normal to overweight or obese, (3) overweight or obese to normal, and (4) persistent overweight or obese. We used recursive random forest to screen genome-wide Cytosine-phosphate-Guanine (CpG) sites with DNAm potentially associated with BMI transition for each gender, and the association of BMI status transition with DNAm at an earlier age was assessed via logistic regressions. To evaluate gender specificity, interactions between DNAm and gender were included in the model. Findings in the IoW cohort were further tested in an independent cohort, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Results In total, 174 candidate CpGs were selected including CpGs from screening and CpGs previously associated correctionally with BMI in children and adults. Of these 174 CpGs, pre-adolescent DNAm of 38 CpGs in the IoW cohort was associated with BMI status transition, including 30 CpGs showing gender-specific associations. Thirteen CpGs showed consistent associations between the IoW cohort and the ALSPAC cohort (11 of which were gender-specific). Conclusion Pre-adolescence DNAm is associated with the change in BMI status from pre- to post-adolescence and such associations are likely to be gender-specific.

scholarly journals Postural instability in an immersive Virtual Reality adapts with repetition and includes directional and gender specific effects

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Per-Anders Fransson ◽  
Mitesh Patel ◽  
Hanna Jensen ◽  
Michèle Lundberg ◽  
Fredrik Tjernström ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Postural Instability ◽  
Immersive Virtual Reality ◽  
Specific Effects ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Specific

scholarly journals [Japanese] Investigating structure and gender difference of sexual consent/nonconsent

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoya Mukai ◽  
Yui FUKUSHIMA ◽  
Ikuo Aizawa ◽  
Masahiro Sadamura ◽  
Karin Tozuka
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Gender Difference ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Sexual Consent ◽  
The Public ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Specific ◽  
Three Factor

The pivotal topic of the debate regarding criminal code amendment involves expanding the scope of punishable acts to include “sex without consent.” In this context, this study aimed to exploratorily investigate how the public estimates sexual consent, focusing on gender differences. Specifically, 500 respondents were asked to read a scenario depicting two characters in a sexual situation and presented with possible 30 reactions one character could take when she/he was asked to engage in sexual intercourse. Subsequently, they were asked to estimate the degree to which the character consented when she/he had taken a particular reaction. Exploratory factor analysis extracted three factors: explicit nonconsent, implicit nonconsent, and implicit consent. Although three reactions loaded on different factors in female and male samples, a three-factor structure was maintained in the analysis using gender-specific samples. Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis revealed no significant differences in the scores of the three factors between the samples. These results suggest that sexual consent/nonconsent has a more complicated graduation than the present debate, and future possible amendments must consider this complication.

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