scholarly journals Család és/vagy karrier: Fiatal női életutak szociális konstrukciós megközelítésben

2000 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Kende
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Constructionist ◽  
Social Expectations ◽  
Value System ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Societal Changes ◽  
Biological Differences

A tanulmány mélyinterjús technikával készült empirikus kutatásról számol be, amely húsz fiatal értelmiségi nő életútján keresztül igyekszik elemezni a nemekkel és nőiséggel kapcsolatos társadalmi elvárásokat és személyes tapasztalatokat. A kutatás hátteréül szolgáló szociális konstrukciós elmélet lehetővé teszi, hogy a biológiai különbségek tárgyalásán túllépve, a nőiség fogalmát a testbe, társadalomba és személyes élményekbe ágyazottan értelmezzük. Az interjúk tartalomelemzése során kiderül, hogy a női szerepekkel kapcsolatos ellentmondásos elvárások közül a csoport tagjainak egy része az egalitáriánus, míg mások a konzervatív szemlélettel azonosulnak, illetve megismerjük, hogy a kiválasztott értékrend harmonikusan vagy konfliktusosan épül-e be az életútba. Az így keletkezett négy csoport jellemzése annak megértéséhez igyekszik hozzájárulni, hogy jelen társadalmi változások milyen hatást gyakorolnak a személyes életutakra a nemi szerepek terén.The article summarizes the results of an empirical study conducted using the method of indepth interviews. Social expectations, as well as personal experiences of gender and femininity are analysed based on the life-routes of twenty young women. Social constructionist theories, providing the theoretical background of the study, enable us to understand the concept of femininity beyond biological differences, as it is embedded in the body, society, and personal experiences. From the content analysis of the interviews we see that part of the group identifies with an egalitarian viewpoint, while others identify with a conservative one in the context of the contradictory social expectations toward gender roles. Furthermore, we can perceive whether the chosen value system in incorporated in a harmonious or conflituous way into the life-route. The characterisation of the four groups that were gained as a result of the categorisation contributes to the understanding of the effects of societal changes on personal lives in the area of gender roles.

Race on Both Sides of the Razor

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence D. Keel
Keyword(s):  
Social Constructionism ◽  
Political Correctness ◽  
Genetic Basis ◽  
Genetic Research ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Social Constructionist ◽  
Behavioral Differences ◽  
Social Activists ◽  
Continued Use ◽  
Biological Differences

The proliferation of studies declaring that there is a genetic basis to health disparities and behavioral differences across the so-called races has encouraged the opponents of social constructionism to assert a victory for scientific progress over political correctness. I am not concerned in this essay with providing a response to critics who believe races are expressions of innate genetic or biological differences. Instead, I am interested in how genetic research on human differences has divided social constructionists over whether the race concept in science can be used for social justice and redressing embodied forms of discrimination. On one side, there is the position that race is an inherently flawed concept and that its continued use by scientists, medical professionals, and even social activists keeps alive the notion that it has a biological basis. On the other side of this debate are those who maintain a social constructionist position yet argue that not all instances of race in science stem from discriminatory politics or the desire to prove that humans belong to discrete biological units that can then be classified as superior or inferior. I would like to shift this debate away from the question of whether race is real and move instead toward thinking about the intellectual commitments necessary for science to expose past legacies of discrimination.

Hypothetical Role of Growth Factors to Reduce Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Significantly through Trained Biological Transformations

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristian Muresanu ◽  
Siva G. Somasundaram ◽  
Sergey V. Vissarionov ◽  
Liliya V. Gavryushova ◽  
Vladimir N. Nikolenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factors ◽  
Blood Circulation ◽  
Seminal Fluid ◽  
Prostate Gland ◽  
The Body ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Biological Transformation ◽  
The Mind

Background: From the evidence of failed injection-based growth factor therapies, it has been proposed that a naturally triggered uninterrupted blood circulation of the growth factors would be superior. Objective: We seek to stimulate discussions and more research about the possibility of using the already available growth factors found in the prostate gland and endometrium by starting a novel educable physiology, known as biological transformations controlled by the mind. Methods: We summarized the stretch-gated ion channel mechanism of the cell membrane, and offer several practical methods that can be applied by anyone, in order to stimulate and enhance the blood circulation of the growth factors from the seminal fluid to sites throughout the body. This details the practical application of our earlier published studies about biological transformations. Results: A previously reported single-patient case study has been extended, adding more from his personal experiences continually improving this novel physiological training and extending the ideas from our earlier findings in detail. Conclusion: The biological transformation findings demonstrate the need additional research to establish the benefits of these natural therapies to repair and rejuvenate tissues affected by various chronic diseases or aging processes.

scholarly journals “It’s Always Been a Second Class Cancer”: An Exploration of the Experiences and Journeys of Bereaved Family Carers of People with Sarcoma

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 2670
Author(s):  
Moira O’Connor ◽  
Greta Smith ◽  
Ashleigh Pantaleo ◽  
Darren Haywood ◽  
Rhys Weaver ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Family Member ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Constructionist ◽  
Family Carers ◽  
Writing Therapy ◽  
The Family ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Bereaved Family ◽  
Delays In Diagnosis

Sarcomas are a group of rare and aggressive cancers, which develop in bones and connective tissue throughout the body. Sarcomas account for only 1–2% of all cancers worldwide; however, mortality rates for sarcoma are high with approximately two in four sarcoma patients dying following a diagnosis. Delays in diagnosis, poor management of symptoms, patients’ high symptom loads and high carer burden are all associated with carer distress, which may lead to complications after bereavement. The experience of having a family member referred for palliative care is also distressing for carers, with the realisation that their family member is dying. This study aimed to explore the experiences of bereaved family carers of people diagnosed with sarcoma. A qualitative descriptive design using a social constructionist framework was adopted. Interviews were conducted with sixteen participants, and thematic analysis was used to identify patterns in the data. Four overarching themes emerged: beginning the journey; moving through treatment; transitioning to palliative care; and experiencing bereavement. The narratives were coherent and potent, and people reflected on their journeys. Interventions and supports for bereaved carers could include opportunities for counselling to support reflections, supports for developing a narrative such as writing therapy, and preparation for the death of the family member.

scholarly journals An Important Need to Monitor from an Early Age the Neurotoxins in the Blood or by an Equivalent Biomarker

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (18) ◽  
pp. 3425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Schofield
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
The Body ◽  
Excessive Amount ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Broad Distribution ◽  
Societal Changes ◽  
Collaborative Interaction

An overwhelming amount of evidence now suggests that some people are becoming overloaded with neurotoxins. This is mainly from changes in their living environment and style, coupled with the fact that all people are different and display a broad distribution of genetic susceptibilities. It is important for individuals to know where they lie concerning their ability to either reject or retain toxins. Everyone is contaminated with a certain baseline of toxins that are alien to the body, namely aluminum, arsenic, lead, and mercury. Major societal changes have modified their intake, such as vaccines in enhanced inoculation procedures and the addition of sushi into diets, coupled with the ever-present lead, arsenic, and traces of manganese. It is now apparent that no single toxin is responsible for the current neurological epidemics, but rather a collaborative interaction with possible synergistic components. Selenium, although also a neurotoxin if in an excessive amount, is always present and is generally more present than other toxins. It performs as the body’s natural chelator. However, it is possible that the formation rates of active selenium proteins may become overburdened by other toxins. Every person is different and it now appears imperative that the medical profession establish an individual’s neurotoxicity baseline. Moreover, young women should certainly establish their baselines long before pregnancy in order to identify possible risk factors.

Legal Change and Stigma in Surrogacy and Abortion

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-195
Author(s):  
John A. Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
Social Expectations ◽  
Legal Change ◽  
Procreative Liberty ◽  
Traditional Gender Roles ◽  
Cultural Paradigm ◽  
Good Mother

The role of stigma in limiting reproductive rights has long hovered in the air. Paula Abrams has sorted through the concept and shown how it operates in two major areas of procreative liberty — having a child through surrogacy and avoiding childbirth by abortion. Her paper is especially useful for showing how legal change initially dilutes stigma but may reinstall it with post-legalization regulation.Abrams argues that both abortion and surrogacy are stigmatized because they deviate from traditional gender roles and social expectations about pregnancy and maternity. Past restrictions have rested on a common legal and cultural paradigm of the good mother: a woman who conceives, carries her child to term, and then rears the child. Indeed, as she later argues, evidence of stigma surrounding a practice is “relevant to determining whether laws regulating abortion or surrogacy are based on impermissible stereotyping.”

Ciało poza Człowiekiem, czyli Ciało Wyemancypowane w ujęciu Elizabeth Grosz

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Rogowska-Stangret
Keyword(s):  
Women's Movement ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Biological Aspect ◽  
Theory Of Evolution

The article presents the philosophy of Elizabeth Grosz, its theoretical background and methods. It concentrates mainly on the category of the body which is present in her thought from the very beginning. The author pays particular attention to the problem of materiality of the body raised in The Nick of Time and Time Travels: why is the body docile? What makes it so vulnerable? What precedes social inscriptions? Those questions underline the problem of the biological aspect of the body as a part of nature which comes together with Grosz's interpretation of Darwin. The theory of evolution shows the temporality of human being and its culture and introduces future possibilities of overcoming the humankind and creating new ways of knowing, new sexes, new forms of living etc. The author suggests that this understanding of the body takes us beyond the human being and beyond subjectivity, it faces us with the process of becoming different which is perceived as emancipating. The author also suggests that Grosz's idea of the politics of imperceptibility is close to Foucault's recognition of the value of women's movement which, in his opinion, lies not in identity struggles but above all in struggles concentrating on broader cultural, social etc. changes. Both Foucault and Grosz aim at potential practices that involve giving up the question of our identities.

scholarly journals CHILDREN SOCIAL ATTRIBUTION BASED ON GENDER PERSPECTIVE

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Refika Mastanora ◽  
Rudi Pranata ◽  
Oktri Permata Lani
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Expectations ◽  
Attribution Style ◽  
Emotional Factors ◽  
Social Attribution ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Social Attributions ◽  
Thinking Process ◽  
Process Factors

Social attribution can appear spontaneously or through long considerations and thinking process. Factors influencing attribution is the attribution style; planned and unplanned attribution. This kind of behavior can arise due to emotional factors. Meanwhile, children's social attributions arise because of stereotypes or labeling that have been attached to society, thus it has an impact on children's understanding of gender since they were born. The existence of social construction regarding gender roles cannot be separated from how the paradigm views the labeling of the characteristics of women and men is. In children, this social attribution usually occurs because of the stereotype of gender roles taught to children. This stereotype is a labeling that begins based on the perception or point of view of a person. While gender role stereotypes are part of the discussion about gender "sex", namely social expectations that define how men and women think, feel, and act, which are part of the product of the stereotype itself.

The World-Relatedness of Affectivity: Heidegger and Richir

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (2 supplement) ◽  
pp. 55-77
Author(s):  
Dominic Nnaemeka Ekweariri
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Phenomenal Experience ◽  
Affective States ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
The World

" My investigation reveals that Heidegger’s account of affectivity – though his programmatical determination included an ontical dimension or otherwise lived, personal experiences – is overshadowed by a dense ontology that cannot enable real phenomenal experience. This is why he could not account for other affective states such as emotions, feel-ings and the role of the body in affectivity. Besides, in that account we are lost when we seek to answer the question of whether moods are “one” or “many”. My aim is to point out how these deficiencies in Heidegger’s account of mood could be overcome in Richir’s account of affectivity, where indeterminate background feelings (affections) could give rise to a deter-minate and occurent emotion (affects). The advantage of this move is a rich ontic account of affectivity where not only the body but also sense/meaning of affective episodes play a robust role in an encounter of world events. If Richir reproached Heidegger for existential solipsism, one could now reproach the former for existentiell/phenomenal solipsism. In the end I suggest that these two core but opposite aspects of affectivity (the ontological and the ontic) belong to the same reality: Dasein is not just in the world (ontology), but also the world is in Dasein (ontic/phenomenological). Keywords: mood, affection, affect, Heidegger’s ontology, Richir’s Leib and sense. "

Identity

2019 ◽  
pp. 15-46
Author(s):  
Varda Konstam
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Group Identification ◽  
American Woman ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Identity Statuses ◽  
Couple Identity ◽  
Personal Experiences

The dynamic processes of individual and couple identity formation are discussed against a theoretical background. Absence of strict codes of behavior creates an environment in which emerging adults feel freer to explore and experiment with identity options, both as individuals and as couples. Marcia’s four “identity statuses” are presented in a contemporary context, and the concept of group identification is discussed. The challenges of transitioning from an individual identity to a couple identity—from an I to a we—are analyzed. The 29 research participants discuss their personal experiences in forming a we identity and the difficulties in developing and maintaining an I while living in a we relationship. The chapter concludes with a case study of a young American woman of Middle-Eastern ethnicity who must contend with strong cultural and parental influences while trying to forge an individual and a couple identity.

Contemporary dance intervention in mild-tomoderate depression: A pilot study

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-156
Author(s):  
Hanna Pohjola ◽  
Maija K. Ratinen ◽  
Vilma Hänninen ◽  
Jussi Kauhanen ◽  
Soili M. Lehto
Keyword(s):  
Symptomatic Relief ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Body ◽  
Contemporary Dance ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Moderate Depression ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Dance Intervention ◽  
Pilot Intervention ◽  
Self Examination

Abstract This article describes a contemporary dance intervention among psychiatric outpatients with a diagnosis of mild-to-moderate depression. Five females participated in a pilot intervention, which was carried out twice a week over four consecutive weeks. During the intervention, the participants kept diaries about their personal experiences. The diaries were assessed using thematic content analysis. The dancing experience involved a combination of three elements: music, movement and creativity connected to the body. The qualitative findings were tentatively associated with positive mood over the short term. The participants experienced periods of relaxation, self-examination and elevated self-esteem during the session. Diary entries indicated that participating in contemporary dance may reduce mental anxiety and physical tension, and provide at least short-term symptomatic relief. Thus, participation in contemporary dance may be beneficial in the process of recovery from depression.

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