OBJECTIVES To describe the size and distribution of female sex worker (FSW) populations and the distribution of client-FSW encounters in seven major cities of Pakistan. METHODS Mapping of FSWs was done using a two-stage process of identifying and validating locations where FSWs solicit and/or meet clients, estimating the size of the FSW population at each location and describing the type of s...

How contraceptives affect women's sexual well-being is critically understudied. Fortunately, a growing literature focuses on sexual aspects of contraception, especially hormonal contraception's associations with libido. However, a more holistic approach to contraceptive sexual acceptability is needed to capture the full range of women's sexual experiences. We conducted a narrative literature re...

Persons with severe mental illness (SMI) engage in risky sexual behaviours and have high prevalence of HIV in high-income countries. Little is known about sexual behaviours and HIV risk among persons with SMI in sub-Saharan Africa. In this qualitative study we explored how SMI may influence sexual risk behaviours and sexual health risks in Uganda. Individual semi-structured interviews were cond...

For decades, men have sexually harassed and sexually assaulted women on college campuses with impunity. Although Title IX was passed in 1972 to provide sex equality in education, that equality still does not exist. In recent years, campus sexual assault has been recognized as a national epidemic and a manifestation of sex inequality. The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR...

This article argues that feminist analyses of patriarchy should be expanded to address the evolutionary basis of male motivation to control female sexuality. Evidence from other primates of male sexual coercion and female resistance to it indicates that the sexual conflicts of interest that underlie patriarchy predate the emergence of the human species. Humans, however, exhibit more extensive m...

The relationship between economic inequality and HIV infection among young Malawian women is estimated with multi-level logit models of the individual probability of being infected. Two community levels are considered: the immediate neighbourhood, and Malawi‟s districts. We find a strong positive association between communal inequality and the risk of HIV infection. The relationship between eco...

The article analyzes the categories and classifications of social inequality by asking which linguistic possibilities are available for developing concepts inequality. builds on Koselleck’s three kinds differentiation: above below, inner outer, earlier later. It examines how these used in demonstrates processes shifting from one kind differentiation to another. In conclusion, I claim that reach...

This research is focused on feminist studies. It further discussing gender inequality reflected in Mulan, the impact of Mulan and Mulan's efforts to realize equality. based theory sexual politics by Kate Millett which explains that women must be able have masculine feminine behavior fighting for means also play role men. On other hand, can only serve their husbands raise children when they are ...