Sexual discrimination and sexual harassment have been receiving increasing attention. Women who are subject to this harassment often find themselves under severe psychiatric stress. Because there is an increased economic, as well as personal, need to work, women often find themselves trapped in a very stressful situation. The forensic psychiatrist working in this area must be aware of the vario...

Results Mean age of the participants was 24 years. More than half of them (67.1%) reported having a sexual partner and 75.8% of them reported having sexual intercourse more than once a week. The decision preceded the act by a few seconds or minutes in 82.6% of subjects. Foreplay was important, very important or essential for 97.4% of subjects, while most of them (73.5%) considered that foreplay...

All human beings are sexual from birth to death and all children and adolescents with or without disability or chronic illness must incorporate appropriate sexuality concepts into their processes of development from childhood to adolescence. This article considers sexuality issues and reproductive care of adolescents with developmental disabilities. Potential consequences of disability on sexua...

Sexual revolution, which became a social movement in 1960s, had its antecedents in early 20th century Freudian and certain French social theories.[1] Sexual discourse and expression ever since have turned toward a highly charged political and rights‐based movement. On the other hand, sexual revolution helped people seek professional help for their intimate relationship issues and thereby receiv...

PURPOSE To explore childhood cancer survivors' views about sex and sexual experiences and, as an additional aim, their possible needs for care and support from health care professionals regarding sexual life. METHODS Written online focus group discussions were performed with survivors of childhood cancer, identified through the Swedish Childhood Cancer Registry; 133 (36%; aged 16-25) particip...

Sexual violence is one of the important public health issues, as it significantly affects the wellbeing of an individual physically, psychologically, and socially [1-3]. One of the main studies on sexual violence is among college students, as the fact that college students compared to adults have more frequently have parties and engage in alcohol consumption [4-5]; substance use; and physical, ...

Premature menopause, that is, menopause - spontaneous or iatrogenic - occurring at or before the age of 40 years, affects sexual identity, sexual function and sexual relationships. The woman's health, wellbeing and achievement of life's goals may be variably impaired. Factors modulating the individual's sexual outcome after premature menopause include: etiological heterogeneity of premature men...

INTRODUCTION EVELYNE MICOLLIER Plural discourses on sex, components and methods of workings of sexual cultures in Asia need to be explored in more depth, and this book should be taken as one brick added to the edifice of this specific body of knowledge. The main focus of our book is the study of sexual cultures and commercial sex work in East Asian societies. Most chapters have been revised fro...

Background & objectives: The World Health Organization has introduced health literacy as one of the most important determinants of health which in turn can affect the quantity and quality of sexual relationship and sexual and marital satisfaction of individuals. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the relationship between health literacy and marital and sexual satisfaction in women...