Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a life-altering experience that affects sexuality as well as other aspects of an individual’s life. However, sexuality of women with SCI has received less attention than that of men. Objectives: This study focused on the sexual understanding of a sample of Iranian women with SCI. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted with 24 semi-structured interv...

Introduction: Although many epidemiological studies on sexuality have been published, none have specifically addressed male and female sexuality in repartnered couples. Aim: To investigate men and women’s sexual behaviors, perceptions and expectations, and the frequency of their sexual dysfunctions, with a focus on repartnered couples, i.e, subjects living with a partner in a stable relationshi...

Talking about sexuality has never been easy in most Namibians cultures and it seems that most parents feel uncomfortable and embarrassed to talk openly with their children about sexuality. They do not participate in the sexuality education of their children, because they believe they are unable to provide quality and adequate sexuality information due to their lack of knowledge about human sexu...

Cyberbullying has been the focus of much empirical research in the past decade. Several scholars have examined the effects of gender on cyberbullying with mixed results. Little research, however, has considered the effects of race and sexuality, and analyzing these demographic characteristics individually (i.e., non-interactively) provides a limited view of the influences of race, gender, and s...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate information communications technologies (ICT)-mediated inclusion and exclusion in terms of sexuality through a study of a commercial social networking web site for gay men. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses an approach based on technological inscription and the commodification of difference to study Gaydar, a commercial social net...

Major scientific findings about women’s sexuality and sexual orientation are reviewed. Sexual orientation is unrelated to mental health. There is no inherent association between gender conformity and women’s sexual orientation; masculinity and femininity are linked to sexual orientation in some social contexts but not in others. Research has so far failed to identify major biological or childho...

Although sexuality is a fundamental aspect of human existence, public attitudes towards the sexuality of people with intellectual disabilities may vary. In particular, different ethnic communities may have different perspectives. These differing perspectives may impact on the opportunities and support available for people with intellectual disabilities to express sexuality within 'normalized' l...

BACKGROUND Regardless of the relationship between aging and sexual dysfunction, most adults continue to be sexually active in their later years. Conditions such erectile dysfunction or hypoactive sexual desire disorder present one of many barriers to maintain a healthy sex life. OBJECTIVE This article links the concurrence between the social, cultural, political, and economic changes on a wor...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To better understand treatment-induced changes in sexuality from the patient perspective, to learn how women manage these changes in sexuality, and to identify what information they want from nurses about this symptom. RESEARCH APPROACH Qualitative descriptive methods. SETTING An outpatient gynecologic clinic in an urban area in the southeastern United States served as th...

The history of sexuality has undoubtedly been one of the booming areas in interdisciplinary historical studies in recent years. This two-volume collection of essays attempts to survey the state of the art with reference to different national contexts within Europe and also to explore new themes. The volume subtitled National histories offers eight essays on sexual cultures in Britain (by Lesley...