A Phenomenological Study of Arranged Friendships between Young Boys and Men

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-64
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Single Mother ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Male Body ◽  
Male Adult ◽  
Phenomenological Perspective ◽  
Empirical Material ◽  
Single Mother Families

We explore the experience and meaning of being in an arranged male adult friendship for 7–10-year-old boys from single-mother families; we look at this from the perspective of the boys, their mothers, and their adult friends. In analyzing empirical material from a two-year fieldwork study, we draw on methodology and concepts from phenomenology. We propose that boy–adult friendships provide boys with a realization of masculine embodiment and reflect hierarchical masculinity, but that the presence of the male body is essential. We discuss how the analysis contributes to the literature on adult–child friendships, particularly between boys and male nonrelative adults, and to that on masculinity and boyhood studies, exploring boys’ embodiment from a phenomenological perspective.

Child Support, Consumption, and Labor Supply Decisions of Single-Mother Families

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 530-541
Author(s):  
Ilyar Heydari Barardehi ◽  
Patryk Babiarz ◽  
Teresa Mauldin
Keyword(s):  
Labor Supply ◽  
Child Support ◽  
Single Mother ◽  
Single Mother Families

Youth Functioning in the Coparenting Context: A Mixed Methods Study of African American Single Mother Families

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 455-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma M. Sterrett ◽  
Carlye Kincaid ◽  
Erin Ness ◽  
Michelle Gonzalez ◽  
Laura G. McKee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Single Mother ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Single Mother Families

Gender Dysphoria “I Am A Woman Soul Trapped In Male Body”: A Case Report

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Tenali. Rajini ◽  
Dr. Podaralla. Ramakrishna
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Case History ◽  
Gender Dysphoria ◽  
Male Body ◽  
Male Adult ◽  
Psychological Assessments ◽  
History Of

The etiology of Gender Dysphoria case is explored through the case history of a male adult with depressive features. Elicited Psychological ramifications. Emotional turmoil and cultural obligations are also highlighted. Standardardized Psychological Assessments were administered and interpreted accordingly.

scholarly journals Um estudo fenomenológico sobre o filme “a pele que habito”

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 280
Author(s):  
Maria Aparecida Viggiani Bicudo ◽  
Débora Candido de Azevedo
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Flow ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Lived Body ◽  
Life World ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Phenomenological Perspective ◽  
Mode Of Being

Resumo: Este estudo da película A Pele que Habito foi realizado da perspectiva fenomenológica e traz uma descrição do filme tomado como a coisa, ela mesma, mote da fenomenologia, lançando luz sobre o que ele nos traz, como a pele que eu habito. Buscamos compreender do que se trata essa pele, olhada na totalidade do corpo-vivente entendido como unidade física-psíquica-espiritual que, na temporalidade e espacialidade do mundo-vida que habita junto aos outros, vivencia experiências e se dá conta de si, vivenciando-as. Nosso estudo aponta para a compreensão de que a pele que eu habito diz do corpo-vivente que sou no fluxo contínuo das vivências que vão se entrelaçando e constituindo, pelos atos da consciência, pelas retenções e protensões do vivenciado, estilos de modos de ser da pessoa olhada em todos seus aspectos, destacando-se as diferenças e nuanças do modo de ser pessoa do sexo masculino e do sexo feminino.Palavras-chave: Fenomenologia; Corpo-vivente; Antropologia dual; A Pele que Habito. A phenomenological study on the movie “the skin i live in”Abstract: This study on the film The Skin I Live In was carried out from the phenomenological perspective, describing it as the thing itself, theme of phenomenology, shedding light on what it brings to us, as the skin I live in. We attempted to understand what this skin is about, seen from the wholeness of the lived body understood as physical-psychical-spiritual3 unit that, in the temporality and spatiality of the life-world that live next to others, senses experiences, and realizes itself, experiencing them. Our study points to the comprehension that the skin I live in represents the lived body that I am in the continuous flow of experiences that intertwine and become, through acts of conscience, retentions and protensions of the experienced, styles of being of the person, seen considering all aspects, highlighting differences and shades of the mode of being of the male and female genders.Keywords: Phenomenology; Lived body; Dual anthropology, The Skin I Live In. 

Living single: A phenomenological study of a group of South African single women

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 390-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elmien Lesch ◽  
Alberta SJ van der Watt
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
African Women ◽  
Developmental Task ◽  
Phenomenological Perspective ◽  
The Individual ◽  
South African Women

Worldwide, societies continue to privilege the ideology of couplehood to the detriment of other relationship states, like singlehood, that are steadily increasing in number. Furthermore, according to developmental psychology theory, the formation of a committed romantic relationship is viewed as an important psychosocial developmental task in adulthood. It is therefore not surprising that women’s experience of being single has generally been neglected by psychological theory and research. Situated in a feminist-phenomenological perspective, this study explored the experiences of tertiary-educated, child-free, never-married, White, South African women between the ages of 30 and 40. Giorgi’s descriptive-phenomenological method was used to analyse the individual interview data. In this article, we discuss four of the prominent themes that best reflect the collective views and multi-faceted experiences of the participants: singlehood brings both freedom and loneliness; career as both fulfilment and singlehood coping mechanism; committed partners as sources of both restriction and connection; and hoping for a committed relationship. We highlight how the notion of a committed sexual relationship as the ultimate relationship that provides effortless connectedness and companionship underpins all of these themes. We argue that alternative discourses and mechanisms of connection that accommodate people who live as single adults, should be fostered.

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