Social Phobia is a prominent anxiety disorder that is not well-understood, especially among socially marginalized, non-heterosexual individuals. A case description of Social Phobia symptoms in a female who is unsure of her sexual identity is presented and analyzed. The diagnostic assumptions of Social Phobia as applied to the case are critically examined. The goal is to highlight unanswered que...

various forms of capital provide sources in social structure that facilitate social action. the aim of this study was to compare available capitals in different generations of women. questionnaire was completed by 386 women and their mothers (a total of 772 questionnaires). the results indicate that cultural capital of the present generation has increased compared to past generation. social cap...

Theory and research suggests that cultural norms for appearance present unrealistic standards of beauty which may contribute to women's body dissatisfaction. In Study 1, women described their appearance more negatively than men and made more upward social comparisons about their bodies, but not about other domains. Women also compared more than men with unrealistic targets (e.g., models). In St...

there is no single sociological theory which can explain the full extent of women's social participation in the developing countries. an analytical framework is developed to serve the objectives of the research. this article presents a summary of most important findings on the types and intensity of women's social participation in the city of tehran. factors related to their social pa...

There is a great deal of recent interest and debate concerning the linkages between inequality and health cross-nationally. The U.S. National Institutes of Health recommended in 2001 that any new research on health disparities should include social and cultural systems as units of analysis. Nevertheless, many public health interventions and policies continue to decontextualize risk factors from...

V iews on development and intelligence mirror mainstream Euro-American ethnocentrism and are presented as being applicable to all of human diversity. In contrast, an African worldview visualizes phases of human cyclical ontogenesis of systematic socialization of responsible intelligence in participatory curricula that assign stage-appropriate developmental tasks. In these curricula, knowledge i...

In this paper, I employ a feminist methodology of social criticism for political theory to ask what theory or theories of human rights are visible in women’s human rights activism and whether these theories can be useful tools of cross-cultural and intra-cultural social criticism. I find a critical theory of human rights. This theory of universal immanent human rights is non-foundational and ye...