This article intended to reveal cultural variance from Trilogi Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk by Ahmad Tohari. The existence of Srintil as ronggeng showed peculiarity that can not be found in another areas. identity ceremonial stages such bathing procession candidate at Kisecamanggala cemetery before officially Ronggeng. ritual start with one round Dance without vulgar wawl and errotic moves. paraded the...

BACKGROUND Violence against women is a serious social problem and affects mainly young women. This study aimed to evaluate sexual violence against women in Campina Grande, Brazil. METHODS A retrospective study with analysis of 886 forensic medical reports of sexual violence from the Institute of Legal Medicine of Campina Grande, Brazil, was conducted between January 2005 and December 2009. So...

CONTEXT Teenagers have a high unintended pregnancy rate, in part because of inconsistent use or nonuse of contraceptives. It is important to determine how partner and relationship characteristics are related to contraceptive use and consistency within adolescents' first sexual relationships. METHODS Logistic and multinomial logistic regression analyses of data from 1,027 participants in the f...

With the constant rise of HIV/AIDS and pregnancies amongst teenagers in South Africa, it is important for research to investigate and evaluate attitudes held by teenagers towards their sexuality education. This research study examined teenagers attitudes towards sexuality education with a questionnaire, eliciting both quantitative and qualitative data, which was administered in two schools, one...

This article compares coital experience of Chiang Mai 17-20-year-olds who were: (1) out-of-school; (2) studying at vocational schools; and (3) studying at general schools or university. Four-fifths, two-thirds and one-third, respectively, of males in these groups had had intercourse, compared to 53, 62 and 15 per cent of females. The gender difference for general school/university students, but...

Abstract I argue that The Aspern Papers takes up the question of aesthetic chastity in terms unnamed narrator’s pretended courtship Tina when he was a lodger her home, through which she finally achieves aesthetic-ethical freedom as single woman. Like Isabel Portrait Lady , at first does not appreciate suitor’s self-interestedness, but then manages to establish autonomy by rendering virginal spi...

In human life, bio-psycho-socio-cultural and theological explanatory factors for the sexuality are determinative have an effect on sexual feelings, thoughts, attitudes behaviors. Religion is still seen as important predictor of thoughts about sexuality. The aim this research to assess perceptions believers in different religions faith groups non-believers who nationalities around world, which b...

The practice of female genital mutilations continues to be recurrent in African communities despite the campaigns, fights, and laws to ban it. A survey was carried out in infants and young girls at the General Hospital of Abobo in Cote D'Ivoire. The purpose of the study was to describe the epidemiological aspects and clinical findings related to FGM in young patients. Four hundred nine (409) fe...

FGSS123 Love, Sex, and Marriage in Renaissance Europe This writing-intensive seminar will compare literary and artistic depictions of love, sex, and marriage during the Renaissance by authors and artists from England, Spain, France, Flanders, Germany, and Italy. We will read both male and female writers in genres ranging from poetry, the short story, and theater to the essay, the travel narrati...