We review the relationship between polygyny and HIV and identify a positive individual-level correlation, and a negative ecological correlation. We subsequently examine two mechanisms that contribute to the individual-level correlation. First, we find that men in polygynous marriages have more extramarital sex than men in monogamous unions (both in terms of self reports and in terms of spousal ...

This study aims to assess the potency of smear campaigns in politics and whether damage can be mitigated. The main effects of and interactions between different types of scandals (adultery, misuse of public money/tax evasion & abuses of power), types of accounting strategies (excuse, justification, refusal & concession), and the gender of the politician are tested. Respondents evaluate the poli...

In the interaction between agents we can have an explicative discourse, when communicating preferences or intentions, and a normative discourse, when considering normative knowledge. For justifying their actions our agents are endowed with a Justification and Explanation Logic (JEL), capable to cover both the justification for their commitments and explanations why they had to act in that way, ...

Memory researchers long have speculated that certain tactics may lead people to recall crimes that never occurred, and thus could potentially lead to false confessions. This is the first study to provide evidence suggesting that full episodic false memories of committing crime can be generated in a controlled experimental setting. With suggestive memory-retrieval techniques, participants were i...

the ḥadīth, “backbiting is more severe than adultery” (al-ghaybatu ashaddu min al-zinā), quoted from the apostle of allah (s.a.w.), by four of his companions: abū dhar al-ghifārī, abū sa‘īd al-khudrī, jābir b. ‘abd allāh al-anṣārī, and anas b. al-mālik is reported in the shī‘ī and sunnī sources – except for the kutub al-‘arba‘a and ṣiḥāḥ al-sitta. while analyzing and explaining the text of the ...

protecting hymen is related to sharia laws. sharia law has stressed on protecting honor, virtue, chastity and purity. in jurisprudence, the person who removes the hymen must be punished. this study aimed to review the jurisprudence of restoration of virginity. this study was based on a theoretical approach. it was conducted by studying the documents on this field and searching the topics on the...

This study aims to discuss the legal position of children incest, opinions madhhab scholars, and provisions on inheritance rights incest according Islamic law. normative used law methodological approach (ushul fiqh) legislation/ statute approach. The data were obtained through a literature review laws or rules. results revealed that in is terms civil matters (i.e., lineage/blood relations) betw...