Girls, Violence, and Patriarchal Desire in Hispanic Caribbean Women’s Narratives

Womens Working Status and Physical Spousal Violence in India

The purpose of this study is to identify the causal relationship between women’s working status and the risk of spousal violence against them. In India, working women tend to be more subject to physical spousal violence than non-working women. Given that there is virtually no option outside marriage for women in India, more spousal violence against working women can be understood as a result of...

Hormonal findings in African-American and Caribbean Hispanic girls with premature adrenarche: implications for polycystic ovarian syndrome.

BACKGROUND Premature adrenarche refers to the early maturation of the adrenal zona reticularis such that the resultant modest hyperandrogenism causes the early appearance of pubic hair before the age of 8 years in girls and 9 years in boys. The precise etiology of premature adrenarche is not known. However, recent studies indicate that certain girls with premature adrenarche are at risk of deve...

Passive Voice in Narratives Describing Domestic Violence

Physical activity interventions in Hispanic American girls and women.

The purpose of this article was to review physical activity interventions done with Hispanic American girls and women that were published between 1994 and 2007, and suggest ways of enhancing these interventions. A total of 12 such interventions were found. Majority of the interventions focused on both physical activity and nutrition behaviours. Only half of the interventions were based on a beh...

Sex before Violence: Girls, Dating Violence, and (perceived) Sexual Autonomy

This article explores the phenomenon of girl violence by examining teen dating violence and girls’ experiences with intimate abuse both as victims and as perpetrators. While there is a tendency to view women’s experiences as victims of violence as separate and distinct from their experiences as victims of violence, the two phenomena are interrelated. A girl’s violent victimization can lead her ...