“Anorexia is not a eating. It an eating Nothing.” – Lacan I am standing in the middle of school playground sucking on caramel Fudgie Bear when it occurs to me. should stop If eating, will be absolved need, tempered my shame (of which there much). Reverse female body decorated by getting as close can Eden. Put apple back tree. Ergo: solve all problems, need only make myself smaller. do quite gra...

Affection games are ludic experiences in which players are required to express culturally recognized expressions of liking as a primary goal in the game. Interestingly, while the physical world of analog play has many such activities, the digital world has been relatively limited in affording players the ability to express affection as the primary game goal. Affection games in digital play exis...

Gynaecological examination of girls during childhood is undertaken somewhat infrequently. These genital examinations should not be taboo or a frightening experience for the girl, for her parents or for the physician. Studies of children suspected of sexual abuse have paid attention to the wide variety of gynaecological conditions already present in childhood. In 1988 we founded a special gynaec...

BACKGROUND Several studies have identified discrete symptom dimensions in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), derived from factor analyses of the individual items or symptom categories of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale Symptom Checklist (YBOCS-SC). This study aims to extend previous work on the relationship between obsessions and compulsions by specifically including mental compulsi...

Abstract Background Sexual Health and Relationships Education (SHRE) provides individuals with knowledge skills to manage risky behaviors take informed decisions protect themselves against STIs, unintended pregnancy. Only minimal SHRE is provided in Iranian schools universities previous research has highlighted needs demands for improved sexual services Iran. This study explored young, adults’ ...

This study discusses the translation procedure of taboo words and acceptability aspects in Indonesian novel Me Earl Dying Girl. applied a descriptive-qualitative approach using Vinay Darbelnet’s modulation theory Nababan’s concept. As result, 92 procedures unfindable words, 30 fixed modulations, 62 free modulations were found. Those classified into Jay’s classification terms, which consisted 22...

The ‘prohibitionist’ idea that slurs have the same linguistic properties as their neutral counterparts hasn’t received much support in literature. Here I offer a modified version of prohibitionism, according to which taboo on using is part conventional meaning. conclude with explanations behaviour embedded constructions.

BACKGROUND Child maltreatment can cause significant physical and psychological problems. The present study aimed to investigate the prevalence and determinants of child maltreatment in Guangzhou, China, where such issues are often considered a taboo subject. METHODS A school-based survey was conducted in southern China in 2005. 24 high schools were selected using stratified random sampling st...