The strangeness of "Rumpelstiltskin" continues to fascinate audiences and perplex folklorists long after reaching the Grimms from women storytellers in spinning chamber. Despite its discovery tale, Rumpelstiltskin's identity remains mysterious beginning end. While previous scholarship decodes figure as an avatar for male oppression or opportunity female resistance, this article argues that Rump...

Age-of-consent legislation serves to protect children from sexual abuse. In Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, however, reform laws against violence has led a criminalisation non-violent consensual interactions with between underage teenagers. These reforms have been inspired by evolving international norms, but discourses in both countries emphasised regulation female youth sexuality...

Roe v. Wade was heralded as an end to unequal access to abortion care in the United States. However, today, despite being common and safe, abortion is performed only selectively in hospitals and private practices. Drawing on 61 interviews with obstetrician-gynecologists in these settings, we examine how they determine which abortions to perform. We find that they distinguish between more and le...

Adolescence is a phase of life in which individuals experience rapid physical, emotional and intellectual change. In the midst of all these changes, distorted or incomplete information that adolescents receive on sexuality, including STD/AIDS, exposes them more readily to these diseases and early pregnancy. The scope of this work was to identify gender relations between adolescents. The method ...

The witch figure in popular culture has often been a symbol associated with subversion and women’s independence. Based on Matilda Joslyn Gage’s exploration of the role Church State limitation freedom, Silvia Federici’s work prosecution witches as patriarchal oppression, I investigate ability TV show Chilling Adventures Sabrina (CAOS) to construct feminist identity from its protagonist’s witchcr...