The Lawrentian Woman: Monsters in the Margins of 20 th-Century British Literature by Dusty Brice Despite his own conservative values, D.H. Lawrence writes sexually liberated female characters. The most subversive female characters in Lawrence's oeuvre are the Brangwens of The Rainbow. The Brangwens are prototypical models of a form of femininity that connects women to Nature while distancing th...

One of the basic rituals of Islam is fasting during Ramadan. In this month, all able-bodied Muslims abstain from food, fluids, smoking, and oral medications from sunrise to sunset. According to the Quran, if fasting poses major health risks to individuals, fasting during this holy month is not allowed. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of fasting on maternal and fetal health. Therefore, ...

simindaneshvar is the first iranian  femalenovelist in persian literature and her famous novel, savushun, gives her a place beside othersuperioriranian writers and novelists. female perspective in savushun caused its eternitybecause it is the first novel that is written and published by a woman. although the woman is victim of patriarchy in iranian novels generally, both simindaneshvarand her h...

the primitive arab people ruled women’s (body) covering as well as chastity, and the poets were honored to praise these qualities in their poems.in the present article reasons of women’s (body) covering are studied.the main reasons to be mentioned are grief and sorrow, fear of captivity in wars, enthusiasm and interests and poverty.

nowadays, huge tendency to fashion and consumerism could be assumed as the origin of identitycrisis among women and in their houses. this phenomenon is like a veil between man and the fact of his human being. given that the physical properties of man-made environments (house) are influenced by human properties and, in return, have an important role in giving identity to their audience, identifi...

purpose to determine the prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) in women who exercise regularly. methods all women under age 45 from an industrial company who had past history of exercising more than 6 months enrolled in this cross-sectional study. prevalence of pcos and comparison of bmi between pcos and non-pcos subgroups was done. the diagnosis of pcos was based on the revised 2003 r...

background: osteoporosis is one of the most common metabolic bone diseases. the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of a walking education program based on the health belief model (hbm) on osteoporosis among women.   material and methods in this quasi-experimental research design, 120 patients (60 experimental and 60 control),who were registered with the health centers in fasa ci...