The United States has experienced and, at times, promulgated a long history of inequality among its citizens. From civil rights violations and suffrage restrictions that only started to resolve in the past 60 years, to increasing income gaps between the poor and rich through the early 21st century, inequality continues to pervade many aspects of modern life including education, employment, hous...

This literature review examines social science research on blind women’s experiences with sexual relationships. The findings suggest that socially constructed barriers marginalize blind women, often resulting in blind women being labeled as asexual. The intersection of able-ism and sexism positions many blind women as outsiders who do not possess sexual attractiveness. After discussing perspect...

based on both animal and human studies, inequality in food intake and social instability has adverse effects on the health of individuals and the community. however, it is not known whether social instability, food deprivation and food inequality affect neuronal death and premature aging in young animals. to address this question, the effects of these adverse situations, histopathological chang...

this study aims to investigate the effect of xylopia aethiopica on the sexual behavior of adult male rats. fort eight adult male wistar rats were used for the study. they were randomly divided into four groups of 6 animals each: group 1 was control, while groups 2, 3 and 4 were test groups treated daily with 0.5, 2 and 10 mg/kg body weight respectively of hydro-methanolic fruit extract of xylop...

the increasing trend of divorce during recent decade and consequently a rise in the number of men and women who have experienced divorce, clarifies the importance of paying attention to post-divorce life. however the study of how divorced subjects deal with life after divorce and also their perception, especially with a gender approach has been a neglected area in the iranian sociology. therefo...

This article analyzes the presence of gender inequality and violence in the lives of elderly women who have attempted suicide. This survey is part of a qualitative research study developed in twelve municipal regions in Brazil with high levels of suicide, and is coordinated by Claves-Fiocruz. Information was obtained by means of semi-structured interviews with thirty-two women from a sampling o...

BACKGROUND Inequalities in cervical cancer may be increased following mass vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) if girls with low vaccine uptake also have low future participation in cervical cancer screening. We evaluated how vaccine uptake distribution affects inequalities in squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) incidence between groups with different screening participation. METHODS...

Intimate partner violence is a serious global problem that damages the health and prosperity of individuals, their families, community, and society. WHO endorses an 'ecological model,' which states that there are multi-level intersecting factors enabling perpetration and victimization of violence. Intervention science to prevent or reduce the problem is in its infancy, and the few existing inte...

Background. Negative attitudes towards members of the opposite sex, traditionally defined as sexism, include such a cognitive aspect to gender inequality. Close relationships between men and women represent an understudied though significant context for actualization both hostile benevolent stereotypes, well emotional states they cause. Objective. The study focuses on relationship inequality in...

Advertising is one of the most powerful and effective tool that directly affect buying behavior consumers also it shapes people's perception beauty, gender roles, societal norms. Women representation their objectification in advertisements have received attention throughout world general particular Pakistan. In Pakistan, advertising industry has historically depicted women stereotypical objecti...