The analysis of open-minded attitudes towards sexuality in general requires a construct based on attitudinal dimensions. Although several existing studies involve sexual attitudes, they differ substantially and standardized conceptual work is missing. Thus, the authors introduce the latent variable sexual openness to develop a construct based on self-oriented attitudes towards different sexual ...

With a few rare exceptions, the vast majority of animals reproduce sexually. Some species have, however, evolved alternative modes of reproduction by shifting from classical bisexuality to unorthodox reproductive systems, like parthenogenesis, gynogenesis, or hybridogenesis. Under hybridogenesis, both the maternal and paternal genomes are expressed in somatic tissues, whereas the germline is pu...

Most animals begin their lives as a single cell, grow and develop into one of two sexes and, when mature, interact with the other sex to conceive a new single cell that starts the cycle anew. This basic equation underlies all aspects of sexuality; that is, specific traits evolved to attract members of the opposite sex, ensure copulation and thereby reproduction. It also suggests that all life f...

The article presents the theoretical and empirical study of prerequisites for formation sexual perversions in modern youth, carried out by scientific pedagogical staff Lviv State University Internal Affairs (Ukraine), working field social behavioral sciences. research was conducted using following methods: «O. Potemkina's profile assessment method», «Methodology determining tendency to deviant ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practices of women prisoners regarding the use of female and male condoms as a means of prevention against STD/HIV. This quantitative and evaluative Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) study included 155 female prisoners. Data collection was performed between January and March 2010 at the State of Ceará Women's Penitenti...

There are many similarities in gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals’ coming out experiences, but bisexual people face unique challenges. Despite this, an explicit focus on bisexual people is missing from family research. Using family systems and cultural sociological perspectives, the authors analyzed how social and cultural factors shape disclosure processes for bisexuals as they come out to...

Fūryū has been defined as the aesthetic of unconventionality (Qiu, 2001). In a broader, psychosocial context, it is associated with an iconoclastic attitudea freethinking, grounded idealism amidst myriad circumstances. Experientially, fūryū can be understood Zen poetic sensibility. Ikkyū Sōjun, Rinzai master (1394-1481), was embodiment fūryū. his poetry, Nature frequent metaphor for sexuality a...