This paper articulates Sigmund Freud‟s conceptualization of the social world by surveying and critically examining four of his major sociological works: Civilized‟ Sexual Morality and Modern Nervous Illness (Freud, 1908/1991b), Totem and Taboo (Freud, 1913/1946), The Future of An Illusion (Freud, 1927/1991d), and Civilization and Its Discontents (Freud, 1930/1991a). The paper also embeds the de...

Evolutionary psychological theories assume that sexual aversions toward kin are triggered by a nonconscious mechanism that estimates the genetic relatedness between self and other. This article presents an alternative perspective that assumes that incest avoidance arises from consciously acknowledged taboos and that when awareness of the relationship between self and other is bypassed, people f...

Objectives: To determine the nature and frequency of the exposure of female students to sexual harassment at the higher educational institutes; and also to explore the adverse effects of sexual harassment on the victims and coping strategies implied by them. Background: Sexual harassment, whether at workplace, educational institution, street or leisure is a problem gaining increasing recognitio...

Background: Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood where new behaviors are more easily learned than when in adulthood. sexual and reproductive health are among the most essential aspects of life for adolescents, but due to cultural taboo and political sensitivities, they often obtain little attention in public health policy discussion. In Ethiopia, sexual and reproduc...

Background: Language is the most powerful diagnostic tool available to any doctor. provides doctor with information needed for appropriate diagnosis hence successful health care service delivery. Culture influences choice of language in various context such as hospital. Little known on used by men seeking reproductive services at clinic despite so many researches having focused doctor-patient c...

The COVID-19 pandemic is a disease that has spread all over the world. Premarital sexual behavior driven by desire with opposite sex or same sex. Talking about sexuality and reproductive health still taboo subject for teenagers, so children will seek it from various sources, one of which social media not information can be accounted for. This study aims to collect scientific evidence on impact ...

Peter Singer is used to controversy—indeed, he seems to court it—but nothing could have prepared him for the reaction which followed his recent review of Midas Dekker’s Dearest Pet for the on-line version of Nerve magazine. Dekker’s book is a social, historical, and psychological examination of bestiality, and Singer’s review has been widely perceived as condoning the practice. The horrified re...