scholarly journals Sexual Subversives Or Lonely Losers? Discourses Of Resistance And Containment In Women's Use Of Male Homoerotic Media

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Susann Cormier
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Desire ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Analytic Framework ◽  
Subject Positions ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Online Texts ◽  
Feminist Poststructuralist ◽  
Sexual Power

Very little academic work to date has investigated women’s use of male homoerotic media (for notable exceptions, see Marks, 1996; McCutcheon & Bishop, 2015; Neville, 2015; Ramsay, 2017; Salmon & Symons, 2004). The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the potential role of male homoerotic media, including gay pornography, slash fiction, and Yaoi, in facilitating women’s sexual desire, fantasy, and subjectivity – and the ways in which this expansion is circumscribed by dominant discourses regulating women’s gendered and sexual subjectivities. The dissertation begins with a review of the existing scholarship on women, pornography, and male homoerotic media, followed by an in-depth analysis of online texts discussing women’s use of these media. The analysis explores what subject positions are (un)available to women who use these media. Using a Foucauldian, feminist poststructuralist discourse analytic framework, online editorial articles and internet forum discussions were explored using an immersion/crystallization approach, revealing three broad thematic queries posed by online interlocutors: a) whether women as a generalized category use male homoerotic media, b) establishing boundaries constructing and constraining a normative woman user, and c) interrogating why women are drawn to male homoeroticism. A variety of discourses were deployed pertaining to each of these themes, some of which served to align women’s use with dominant heterosexual, patriarchal, postfeminist, and neoliberal imperatives, while others subverted these imperatives and broadened the availability of sexual subjectivities for women. The tensions between these competing discourses mark male homoerotic media as a fertile site of resistance and expansion of sexual power and possibility for women.

scholarly journals Sexual Subversives Or Lonely Losers? Discourses Of Resistance And Containment In Women's Use Of Male Homoerotic Media

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Susann Cormier
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Desire ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Analytic Framework ◽  
Subject Positions ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Online Texts ◽  
Feminist Poststructuralist ◽  
Sexual Power

Very little academic work to date has investigated women’s use of male homoerotic media (for notable exceptions, see Marks, 1996; McCutcheon & Bishop, 2015; Neville, 2015; Ramsay, 2017; Salmon & Symons, 2004). The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the potential role of male homoerotic media, including gay pornography, slash fiction, and Yaoi, in facilitating women’s sexual desire, fantasy, and subjectivity – and the ways in which this expansion is circumscribed by dominant discourses regulating women’s gendered and sexual subjectivities. The dissertation begins with a review of the existing scholarship on women, pornography, and male homoerotic media, followed by an in-depth analysis of online texts discussing women’s use of these media. The analysis explores what subject positions are (un)available to women who use these media. Using a Foucauldian, feminist poststructuralist discourse analytic framework, online editorial articles and internet forum discussions were explored using an immersion/crystallization approach, revealing three broad thematic queries posed by online interlocutors: a) whether women as a generalized category use male homoerotic media, b) establishing boundaries constructing and constraining a normative woman user, and c) interrogating why women are drawn to male homoeroticism. A variety of discourses were deployed pertaining to each of these themes, some of which served to align women’s use with dominant heterosexual, patriarchal, postfeminist, and neoliberal imperatives, while others subverted these imperatives and broadened the availability of sexual subjectivities for women. The tensions between these competing discourses mark male homoerotic media as a fertile site of resistance and expansion of sexual power and possibility for women.

Speciation and changes in male gene expression in Drosophila

Genome ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Bahar Patlar ◽  
Alberto Civetta
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Reproductive Isolation ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Regulation Of Gene Expression ◽  
Drosophila Model ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Plastic Responses ◽  
Male Gene

It has long been acknowledged that changes in the regulation of gene expression may account for major organismal differences. However, we still do not fully understand how changes in gene expression evolve and how do such changes influence organisms’ differences. We are even less aware of the impact such changes might have in restricting gene flow between species. Here, we focus on studies of gene expression and speciation in the Drosophila model. We review studies that have identified gene interactions in post-mating reproductive isolation and speciation, particularly those that modulate male gene expression. We also address studies that have experimentally manipulated changes in gene expression to test their effect in post-mating reproductive isolation. We highlight the need for a more in-depth analysis of the role of selection causing disrupted gene expression of such candidate genes in sterile/inviable hybrids. Moreover, we discuss the relevance to incorporate more routinely assays that simultaneously evaluate the potential effects of environmental factors and genetic background in modulating plastic responses in male genes and their potential role in speciation.

scholarly journals Potential Role of Androgens in the Treatment of Hypoactive Sexual Desire in Women

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita H Clayton
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Group ◽  
Postmenopausal Women ◽  
Clinical Experience ◽  
Sexual Desire ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Post Treatment ◽  
Salivary Testosterone ◽  
Testosterone Levels ◽  
Group Post

Evaluation of: van Anders SM, Chernick AB, Chernick BA et al.: Preliminary clinical experience with androgen administration for pre- and postmenopausal women with hypoactive sexual desire. J. Sex Marital Ther. 31, 173–185 (2005). There has been significant debate about the potential role of androgens in the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire in women. In this study, pre- and postmenopausal women with hypoactive sexual desire were age-matched with women without such complaints (n = 33). The treatment group received 100 mg of testosterone cypionate intramuscularly once a month for 3 months. Measures of salivary testosterone indicated no difference between groups at baseline, with an increase in testosterone levels in the hypoactive sexual desire group post-treatment. While significant differences existed between the two groups at baseline in scores on the Sexual Desire Inventory, the treated women demonstrated a significant increase in sexual desire post-treatment, with no difference in Sexual Desire Inventory scores at study end point. This study suggests that supplemental testosterone may improve sexual desire in women with hypoactive sexual desire without hypoandrogenism.

Addressing The Evidence Gap in Medication for Pregnant Women: The Need for More Solidarity?

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (Special Issue) ◽  
pp. 90-90
Author(s):  
Marieke Hollestelle ◽  
◽  
Rieke van der Graaf ◽  
Miriam Sturkenboom ◽  
Hans van Delden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Rare Disease ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Shared Experiences ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
The Status

"Although the inclusion of pregnant women in clinical research has been widely promoted over the last decade, there is still a lack of evidence-based knowledge concerning risk and efficacy of medications used for obstetric and non-obstetric illnesses. It has been argued that solidarity is of key importance in changing the status quo for the group of rare disease patients, for whom, just like pregnant women, a poor evidence-base exists regarding treatments. Therefore, we explore the potential role of solidarity in changing the status quo in the field of pregnant women. By way of an in-depth analysis of the concept of solidarity developed by Barbara Prainsack and Alena Buyx, we assess the role of solidarity in the group of rare disease patients and apply the conditions for solidarity to the group of pregnant women. From this analysis, we derive three lessons for the group of pregnant women: 1) being able to self-organize can have a significant effect on the ability to demand change, 2) organizing and action can be triggered by commonalities, such as shared experiences 3) enabling change involves enacted commitments to accept a cost to assist others with whom one recognizes a similarity in a relevant respect. In this presentation, we argue that an active involvement of pregnant women described as an act of solidarity should be stimulated. With that, engagement and solidarity from other stakeholders involved are necessary to raise awareness about the shared experiences of pregnant women and to realize the infrastructure for active involvement. "

POPDC proteins and cardiac function

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 1393-1404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Brand
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
Striated Muscle ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Effector Proteins ◽  
Muscle Disease ◽  
Disease Genes ◽  
Protein Protein Interaction ◽  
Interaction Partners ◽  
And Function

Abstract The Popeye domain-containing gene family encodes a novel class of cAMP effector proteins in striated muscle tissue. In this short review, we first introduce the protein family and discuss their structure and function with an emphasis on their role in cyclic AMP signalling. Another focus of this review is the recently discovered role of POPDC genes as striated muscle disease genes, which have been associated with cardiac arrhythmia and muscular dystrophy. The pathological phenotypes observed in patients will be compared with phenotypes present in null and knockin mutations in zebrafish and mouse. A number of protein–protein interaction partners have been discovered and the potential role of POPDC proteins to control the subcellular localization and function of these interacting proteins will be discussed. Finally, we outline several areas, where research is urgently needed.

The Effect of Path Length and Display Size on Memory for Spatial Information

2012 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Guérard ◽  
Sébastien Tremblay
Keyword(s):  
Path Length ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Recall Performance ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Length Effect ◽  
Serial Memory ◽  
Fixed Reference ◽  
A Minor

In serial memory for spatial information, some studies showed that recall performance suffers when the distance between successive locations increases relatively to the size of the display in which they are presented (the path length effect; e.g., Parmentier et al., 2005) but not when distance is increased by enlarging the size of the display (e.g., Smyth & Scholey, 1994). In the present study, we examined the effect of varying the absolute and relative distance between to-be-remembered items on memory for spatial information. We manipulated path length using small (15″) and large (64″) screens within the same design. In two experiments, we showed that distance was disruptive mainly when it is varied relatively to a fixed reference frame, though increasing the size of the display also had a small deleterious effect on recall. The insertion of a retention interval did not influence these effects, suggesting that rehearsal plays a minor role in mediating the effects of distance on serial spatial memory. We discuss the potential role of perceptual organization in light of the pattern of results.

The Potential Role of the Cytochrome P-450 2D6 Pharmacogenetic Polymorphism in Drug Abuse

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward M. Sellers ◽  
S. Victoria Otton ◽  
Rachel F. Tyndale
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Cytochrome P 450
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