scholarly journals The Anti-Value Concept of Cowardice in Humorous Discourse of Anglo-Saxon Linguistic Culture

2022 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 1016-1023
Author(s):  
A. I. Bochkarev
Keyword(s):  
Gender Stereotype ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Loss Of Control ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Scientific Attention ◽  
Gender Aspect ◽  
Value Concept

The article introduced the anti-value concept of cowardice in the humorous discourse of Anglo-Saxon linguistic culture. This concept is one of the main anti-values of modern Anglo-Saxon linguistic culture; however, it received very little scientific attention. Based on cognitive and axiological analyses, the author identified and analyzed the main characteristics of cowardice in humorous discourse. The analysis involved 50 episodes of stand-up specials and 500 episodes of various sitcoms. The key features of the anti-value concept of cowardice included fear, the level of danger, and the importance of overcoming danger. Other important characteristics of cowardice included immoral actions, avoiding danger, inaction, loss of control over one’s bodily functions, and unreasonable behavior. The fear of death / injury / social disapproval proved to be the main reasons for cowardice. The author also analyzed the gender aspect of the concept. Cowardice appeared to be a typical male feature because humor is often derived from breaking the gender stereotype "a man is stronger / braver than a woman".

scholarly journals How End-of-Life Blogs Re-Affirm the “Power to be Oneself”

2022 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gill Green
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Patient Empowerment ◽  
Moral Authority ◽  
Loss Of Control ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Control ◽  
Terminal Diagnosis

Powerlessness generally denotes loss of control and may be experienced among those with a terminal diagnosis and, as such, empowerment is a dominant discourse in end-of-life policy in the western Anglo-Saxon world. This paper analyzes thematically blogs authored by three people with a terminal diagnosis to examine the “power to be oneself,” a concept which was identified in the “Ethics of Powerlessness” project conducted in the UK. The analysis demonstrates that the bloggers assert the “power to be themselves” which is expressed in three principal ways. Firstly, through assertion of agency to promote self-affirmation and control. Secondly, through claiming a “moral authority” expressed by providing advice not just on illness and death but also on how life should be lived. Thirdly, through discussing ideas about the future and creating a legacy. The blogs are a mechanism used to express and reinforce self-identity and to carve out a “sacred space” between life and death to nurture personal change and to project this onto a public arena. This analysis demonstrates the key role patient empowerment plays in constructing an identity with a terminal diagnosis, an element that is often overlooked in end-of-life policy.

scholarly journals WHEN SEXUAL INFIDELITY TRIGGERS MURDER: EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF HOMICIDE LAW REFORM ON JUDICIAL ATTITUDES IN SENTENCING

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Horder ◽  
Kate Fitz-Gibbon
Keyword(s):  
Case Law ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Loss Of Control ◽  
Sexual Infidelity ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Homicide Law ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Substantive Law ◽  
The Impact

AbstractIn October 2010, the UK Parliament brought into effect law that replaced the partial defence to murder of provocation with a new partial defence of “loss of control”, applicable to England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Although it retained some key features of its controversial predecessor, the new partial defence was in part designed better to address the gendered contexts within which a large number of homicides are committed. In examining the impact of the reforms, we will focus on long-held concerns about the treatment of sexual infidelity as a trigger for loss of control in murder cases. The article undertakes an analysis of English case law to evaluate the way in which sexual infidelity-related evidence has influenced perceptions of a homicide defendant's culpability, for the purposes of sentencing, both before and after the implementation of reform. The analysis reveals that, in sentencing offenders post reform, the higher courts have failed to follow the spirit of the reforms respecting the substantive law by effecting a corresponding change in sentencing practice.

Characterizing Loss of Control Associated With Binge Eating in College-Age Men

2021 ◽  
pp. 107839032098760
Author(s):  
Barbara E. Wolfe ◽  
Susan Kelly-Weeder ◽  
Danny G. Willis ◽  
Mary Leveillee
Keyword(s):  
Binge Eating ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Loss Of Control ◽  
Tailored Therapy ◽  
Statistical Manual ◽  
College Age ◽  
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual ◽  
Key Features

BACKGROUND The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.) identifies key features of binge eating (BE) to include the consumption of a large amount of food and the perception of loss of control (LOC) over eating during a distinct episode. While earlier research has focused on food consumption, findings are now emerging on the role of LOC associated with the BE episodes, particularly in women. However, it is unclear that these findings are applicable to men without knowing how men experience LOC associated with BE. AIMS This study examined how college-age men describe LOC associated with BE. METHOD Previously collected qualitative data from a study examining BE in college age-students were used to examine responses from 53 men (mean age 19.9 ± 1.1 [ SD] years). Respondents were asked about their individual experiences of LOC associated with BE episodes. Data were analyzed using content analysis. RESULTS Four categories emerged from the data: (1) keep eating, (2) can’t stop, (3) without thinking, and (4) food so good. CONCLUSIONS Findings extend the current understanding of LOC associated with BE in men and point to potential gender differences, and/or weight influences, based on previous reports. Identified categories may be potentially targeted areas for tailored therapy to enhance awareness and self-regulation of BE behavior.

Some Clinical Notes on Forced Stuttering

1972 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Bloodstein ◽  
Roberta Levy Shogan
Keyword(s):  
Loss Of Control ◽  
Clinical Notes ◽  
High Degree

Stutterers sometimes report that by exerting articulatory pressure they can force themselves to have “real” blocks. A procedure was devised for instructing subjects to force stuttering under various conditions and for recording their introspections. Most subjects were able to force at least a few blocks which they regarded as real. Most of the words on which the attempts were said to succeed were feared or difficult words, and at times subjects assisted the process by “telling” themselves that they would not be able to say the word. Fewer subjects were able to force blocks on isolated sounds than on words, and almost none claimed to succeed on mere articulatory contacts. Subjects repeatedly characterized “real” stuttering as involving feelings of physical tension and loss of control over speech. The nature of the forced block is discussed with reference to a concept of stuttering as a struggle reaction which has acquired a high degree of automaticity.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Thorpe
Keyword(s):  
Anglo Saxon

The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfric Abbot of Eynsham ◽  
Benjamin Thorpe
Keyword(s):  
Anglo Saxon

Men Are Hierarchical, Women Are Egalitarian: An Implicit Gender Stereotype

2004 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Schmid Mast
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Implicit Association Test ◽  
Gender Stereotype ◽  
Association Test ◽  
Implicit Association ◽  
Two Samples

The goal of the present study was to provide empirical evidence for the existence of an implicit hierarchy gender stereotype indicating that men are more readily associated with hierarchies and women are more readily associated with egalitarian structures. To measure the implicit hierarchy gender stereotype, the Implicit Association Test (IAT, Greenwald et al., 1998) was used. Two samples of undergraduates (Sample 1: 41 females, 22 males; Sample 2: 35 females, 37 males) completed a newly developed paper-based hierarchy-gender IAT. Results showed that there was an implicit hierarchy gender stereotype: the association between male and hierarchical and between female and egalitarian was stronger than the association between female and hierarchical and between male and egalitarian. Additionally, men had a more pronounced implicit hierarchy gender stereotype than women.

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