Abstract Introduction The practice of female genital mutilation (FGM/C) in traditional African societies is grounded traditions patriarchy that subjugate women. It widely assumed approaches to eradicating the must therefore focus on women’s empowerment and changing gender roles. Methods This paper presents findings from a qualitative study FGM/C beliefs opinions men women Kassena-Nankana Distri...

Developmental theories of the biological basis of sexual orientation suggest that sexually differentiated psychological and behavioural traits should be linked with sexual orientation. Subgroups of gay men delineated by anal sex roles differ according to at least one such trait: gender expression. The present study assessed the hypothesis that handedness, a biologically determined sexually diff...

reduced sperm quantity and motility are primary causes of infertility in men. before researchers showed that, nsun7 gene has roles in sperm motility of mouse, that creation defect in this gene is cause infertility. this gene in human located in chromosome 4, with 12 exons and a hot spot exon (exon7). our aim is study of the mutations of the exon7 in the normospermic and asthenoteratospermic men...

It has been well established that politicians attack their competitors to reach political goals. As such, there is a considerable amount of literature on behaviour. However, this almost exclusively investigates behaviour during campaigns, and so far, few studies have addressed the nature attacks more routine times in parliaments. This article aims fill gap by examining in-parliament and, specif...

Chronic disease conditions can degrade men physically and psychologically which has the effect of making is not being able to meet social demands about masculinity (ideal self-image for men). This study aimed develop a conceptual understanding dilemmas that occur in with chronic diseases carrying out roles. was qualitative meta-synthesis examine critically all relevant previous studies. A syste...

The aim of this study was to investigate the relevance of self-identification in traditional gender roles of masculinity and femininity in women’s and men’s life satisfaction. Participants consisted of 1233 women and 1233 men from the Spanish general population aged between 20 and 60 years. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed that although in both genders the most important predict...