Kadınların günlük yaşam aktivitelerini ve pratiklerini derinden etkileyen konulardan biri menstrüasyondur. Menstrüasyon hem biyolojik de sosyal etkileri olan özellikle geleneksel uygulamaların sergilendiği toplumlarda kültürel şartlanma değerler çerçevesinde yaşanılan bir süreçtir. kadınların yaşamını önemli konu olmakla birlikte, kimi kültürlerde sadece kadını ilgilendiren değil, aynı zamanda ...

BACKGROUND For decades, the rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as gonorrhoea, chlamydia and syphilis, have increased in Greenland, especially within the young age groups (15-29 years). From 2006 to 2013, the number of abortions has been consistent with approximately 800-900 abortions per year in Greenland, which is nearly as high as the total number of births during the same ...

Others have noticed that taboo terms in spoken language present unusual morphological and syntactic behavior. In this paper we examine a number of predicates in American Sign Language that have recently been formed from what were, historically, taboo-terms, as well as one more recently coined mildly taboo-term, and we show that they, likewise, behave in unusual ways morphologically and syntacti...

While both semantic and highly emotional (i.e., taboo) words can interfere with speech production, different theoretical mechanisms have been proposed to explain why interference occurs. Two experiments investigated these theoretical approaches by comparing the magnitude of these two types of interference and the stages at which they occur during picture naming. Participants named target pictur...

Abstract The phenomenon of faking orgasms has been the subject extensive feminist inquiry, but in contemporary Iran, where sex and sexuality remain sensitive controversial topics, topic not received much scholarly attention. This exploratory pilot study uses qualitative methods to explore prevalence reasons for among a group women living urban Iran. addresses possible consequences implications ...