• Interestingly, women are more likely than men to suffer from, possibly related to biological differences and sex/gender-role identity factors. (irunfar.com)
  • Hooven, who teaches on hormones and sex differences in behavior at Harvard, said using the terms "male" and "female" to refer to biological sex does not inhibit people from recognizing other people's gender identities and pronouns. (thecrimson.com)
  • There were substantial differences among Hispanics by origin, nativity, and sex. (cdc.gov)
  • Differences by origin, nativity, and sex are important considerations when targeting health programs to specific audiences. (cdc.gov)
  • In this study, we take a step back from individual-level variables and examine relationship between societal-level measures and sex differences in attitudes towards IPVAW. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Thus, there is an important gap in documenting and explaining sex differences in attitudes towards IPVAW. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore gender differences in attitudes toward IPVAW in SSA and to examine societal level factors associated with it. (biomedcentral.com)
  • LaFrance also examines gender differences: women tend to smile and reciprocate smiles of others more than men%E2%80%94but only when they're being observed by others. (publishersweekly.com)
  • To examine changes in the positive infectious syphilis test rate among women and heterosexual men in major Australian cities, and rate differences by social, biomedical, and behavioural determinants of health. (mja.com.au)
  • The review and consultation concluded that peer reviewed research provides evidence that there are physical differences between those people whose sex was assigned as male and those as female at birth, and advantages in strength, stamina and physique brought about by male puberty are significant and retained even after testosterone suppression. (womensforumaustralia.org)
  • According to this paradigm, women are susceptible to HIV because of biological differences in susceptibility, reduced sexual autonomy, and men's sexual power and privilege. (aphapublications.org)
  • In addition, the unequal power dimension is distorted further by large age differences in relationships. (thepoint.gm)
  • When peak power was standardized for body mass or lean leg mass the differences were reduced but still existed. (sdsu.edu)
  • Other factors as well as body composition account for power differences between the genders during growth. (sdsu.edu)
  • Body composition is one factor that partially contributes to gender differences in peak power in maturing individuals. (sdsu.edu)
  • Our findings provide anatomic evidence of sex differences in interhemispheric connectivity. (ajnr.org)
  • Several neuroimaging studies have used the midsagittal area of the corpus callosum to show differences in morphology related to sex ( 12 , 13 ), handedness ( 14 ), aging ( 15 , 16 ), and pathologic states ( 17 ). (ajnr.org)
  • We did not observe significant sex differences in the etiology of AMC, although follow-up is warranted in other well-powered studies. (lu.se)
  • The purpose of this article is to review recent studies on examining sex differences in cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease. (medscape.com)
  • We searched electronically for articles, reviews and meta-analyses published between 1/2016 and 12/2017 and identified 298 articles on sex differences in cognition in Alzheimer's disease. (medscape.com)
  • The key themes to emerge were sex differences in cognitive function, risk factors, resilience, and cognitive reserve. (medscape.com)
  • Explanations have been linked to a variety of factors including differences in cognitive reserve, resilience, as well as genetics (apolipoprotein ε4) and functional and structural brain changes. (medscape.com)
  • Sex-related differences in risk factors, resilience, cognitive reserve, and rates of deterioration have implications for clinical practice. (medscape.com)
  • Thus, they are more likely to infect their younger female partners, especially where women cannot negotiate for safe sex because of unequal power in the relationship. (thepoint.gm)
  • In the tradition of Margaret Sanger, Ida Comstock and all the un named , unrecognized women who acted for the reproductive rights of women and our modern day safe sex educators of the early days of the HIV epidemic. (blogspot.com)
  • We aimed to estimate the prevalence of depressive disorder in people living with HIV (PLWH) and evaluate its association with non-HIV-specific and HIV-specific factors in PLWH and in PLWH compared to the general population (GP). (nature.com)
  • The crude prevalence of depressive disorder was 2.49 (95%CI 1.92-3.22) and 4.20 (95%CI 3.48-5.05) times higher in women and men living with HIV respectively compared to GP counterparts and 1.46 (95%CI 1.09-1.95) and 2.45 (95%CI 1.93-3.09) times higher after adjustment for non-HIV specific factors. (nature.com)
  • The adjusted prevalence ratio of depressive disorder was not significantly different in HIV-stigma free women, but remained twice as high in HIV-stigma free men. (nature.com)
  • They recommend that countries with high HIV prevalence address transactional sex directly within existing HIV prevention and intervention programs. (umd.edu)
  • Four national data sets were analyzed to compare Hispanics overall, non-Hispanic whites (whites), and Hispanic country/region of origin subgroups (Hispanic origin subgroups) for leading causes of death, prevalence of diseases and associated risk factors, and use of health services. (cdc.gov)
  • Hispanics had better health outcomes than whites for most analyzed health factors, despite facing worse socioeconomic barriers, but they had much higher death rates from diabetes, chronic liver disease/cirrhosis, and homicide, and a higher prevalence of obesity. (cdc.gov)
  • The prevalence of syphilis in Australia is higher among men who have sex with men and non‐urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. (mja.com.au)
  • To assess the prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among women who board foreign fishing vessels for sex work in Kiribati. (who.int)
  • Stigma and con- search included key words specific to epidemic was controlled in most re- servative beliefs surrounding socially HIV/AIDS, study designs (e.g. de- gions of the world and prevalence rates unacceptable behaviours--sex work, scriptive, case-control, comparative), in the Middle East and North Africa homosexuality and drug use--limit and sample characteristics (e.g. (who.int)
  • [ 1 ] Around 60-80% of all dementia cases are caused by Alzheimer's disease [ 2 ] and two-thirds of those diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease are women ( https://www.dementiastatistics.org/statistics/prevalence-by-gender-in-the-uk/ ). (medscape.com)
  • This cross-sectional study described the prevalence of depression in patients attending a diabetes clinic in Urmia and determined the associated sociodemographic, behavioural and clinical factors. (who.int)
  • BMI prevalence of major depression (based sociodemographic, behavioural and wasdividedinto2categories:normal onpsychiatricinterviews)as11%and clinical factors. (who.int)
  • Among the participants with CAD, black women (mean age, 59 years) had a higher BMI (31.4 vs 28.8), greater prevalence of high blood pressure (89.7% vs 63.5%), and higher rates of use of ACE inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARB, 82.6% vs 63.4%) compared with non-Black women. (medscape.com)
  • The vast majority of cross dressers have fantasy's about being with a member of the opposite sex, often while self pleasing themselfs, knowi g they would never act upon it. (crossdressers.com)
  • whilst in the other, the struggle is likewise between the individuals of the same sex, in order to excite or charm those of the opposite sex, generally the females, which no longer remain passive, but select the more agreeable partners. (wikipedia.org)
  • Faculty Associate Dr. Kirsten Stoebenau is co-chair of a working group under STRIVE, a UNAIDS research partner consortium which addresses the Structural Drivers of HIV / AIDS and focuses on understanding and alleviating the role of transactional sex in the ongoing high levels of HIV incidence among young girls and young women in the sub-Saharan Africa region. (umd.edu)
  • In a STRIVE report, "Transactional Sex and HIV Risk: From Analysis to Action," Dr. Stoebenau and her colleagues provide a deep analysis of young women's engagement in transactional sex and discusse policy options and principles of engagement about transactional sex in the light of HIV prevention. (umd.edu)
  • Both epidemiological evidence and intervention efforts have been hampered by confusion over the definition and approach to measuring transactional sex. (umd.edu)
  • We hope this report contributes to resolving some of that confusion, as well as enables effective combination intervention efforts that account for the structural drivers of transactional sex, along with interpersonal and individual-level approaches," Dr. Stoebenau said. (umd.edu)
  • According to the report, the practice of transactional sex among young women in African countries can reach 52 percent. (umd.edu)
  • Gender inequality contributes to young women's involvement in transactional sex: increasing by 50 percent the risk of being infected with HIV and carrying along other determinants of participation, "unequal customary and legal rights, uneven distribution of wealth and opportunities for its accumulation, and women's lower levels of social and political power. (umd.edu)
  • Transactional sex, thus, is associated with HIV risk factors such as having multiple sexual partners, intimate partner violence, abuse, alcohol consumption, and lack of condom use. (umd.edu)
  • In addition, the report emphasizes that transactional sex has often being overlooked. (umd.edu)
  • Transactional sex likely accounts for a higher proportion of HIV cases than previously appreciated because earlier work did not separate transactional sex from sex work or casual partnerships without transactions," the researchers say. (umd.edu)
  • Finally, to reduce the burden of new infections in young women, the researchers call for "greater emphasis on the role that transactional sex plays in HIV risk. (umd.edu)
  • Women who boarded foreign fishing vessels for transactional sex were younger, had less education, were less likely to live with a partner and were less likely to be otherwise employed. (who.int)
  • Despite the economic benefits, unfavourable consequences have arisen such as an expansion of transactional sex (defined as sex in exchange for money or resources) in Kiribati among fishermen and seafarers from Asia and other Pacific countries with Kiribati women. (who.int)
  • Transactional sex in Kiribati is on the rise. (who.int)
  • The estimated number of women engaging in transactional sex on relatively urban South Tarawa doubled from 30-50 in 2003 to 60-100 in 2006. (who.int)
  • Foreign fishing vessel crews are in port from days to weeks, during which time local women board the vessels for transactional sex. (who.int)
  • Attitudes towards intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) has been suggested as one of the prominent predictor of IPVAW. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A total of 803 respondents exchanged sex with an occasional or regular client in the 7 days before the interview. (nih.gov)
  • The sex of respondents was the primary discriminating factor of the typologies of reproductive trajectories. (bvsalud.org)
  • The magnitude in sex disparities in attitudes towards IPVAW increased with increasing percentage of men practicing polygamy in each country. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Furthermore, magnitude in sex disparities in attitudes towards IPVAW decreased monotonically with increasing adult male and female literacy rate, gender development index, gross domestic product and human development index. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As gender segregation in the field of study may be linked to wage gaps and other gender disparities in the labor market, studying the underlying factors that lead men and women to choose different types of education can inform policies aimed at improving gender equality. (cbs.dk)
  • In this blog I argue that a culture of silence continues to exist in some communities, and that silence can be a risk factor for health disparities. (cdc.gov)
  • There is power and freedom in knowing when to be silent and when silence is a risk factor for poor health and health disparities. (cdc.gov)
  • Treatment in universities and academic centers may be associated with a reduction in racial or ethnic disparities in long-term major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) or cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality among women with obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), new research suggests. (medscape.com)
  • We identified three types of power - collective power, control over work, and economic power, and three dimensions of collective power - collective identity, efficacy, and agency. (nih.gov)
  • then the West gave women rights, this allowed women to work, and the West, consequently, became wealthier than the East. (quarterly-review.org)
  • Women generally have more erotic capital than men because they work harder at it. (sundaystandard.info)
  • Controversy surrounds Batswana women who express their sexuality at work. (sundaystandard.info)
  • Women who express their sexuality at work may sometimes benefit because of a societal marketplace that places a value on women's sexuality. (sundaystandard.info)
  • Women who appear to strategically use their sexuality at work are often criticized because they are perceived as manipulative and promiscuous, which leads them to be devalued by both men and women. (sundaystandard.info)
  • In the same month, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced a work schedule ('roadmap') for stabilizing the critical situation at Fukushima Daiichi NPP. (cnic.jp)
  • This, among other factors, means that women's employment is dropping faster than average, even accounting for the fact that women and men work in different sectors. (mckinsey.com)
  • These estimates build on the McKinsey Global Institute's (MGI's) Power of Parity work since 2015. (mckinsey.com)
  • Our analysis finds that the gendered nature of work across industries explains one-fourth of the difference between job-loss rates for men and women. (mckinsey.com)
  • The nature of work remains significantly gender specific: women and men tend to cluster in different occupations in both mature and emerging economies. (mckinsey.com)
  • More women work, more women head households, and more women have market power in the labor force. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • The female groups´ conflicts seem to be related to goal-oriented process of work. (bvsalud.org)
  • Specifically, the highest intensity and frequency was related to the factors Acknowledgement, power and professional identity and Work teams, while the lowest was related to the factor Defense of values and rights. (bvs.br)
  • IPVAW has been linked to numerous kinds of immediate and long term physical and psychological injury in women[ 4 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • LaFrance draws on a wide range of psychological and biological factors, as well as culture and literature, in order to delineate the many different kinds of smiles and how to recognize and react to them: the seductive smile, the sometimes manipulative smiles of politicians, and the ingratiating ones of salespeople. (publishersweekly.com)
  • Deputy Director under the Department of Social Welfare, Fallu Sowe, who gave background information of NGBV, further stated thatgender-based violence is a violation of human rights, adding that it includes any act or threat that inflicts physical, sexual, or psychological harm on a person mostly a woman or a girl because of her gender. (thepoint.gm)
  • Violence increases the risk of HIV infection in women as a result of physiological and psychological reasons. (thepoint.gm)
  • For example, the gender wage gap that leads to lower pay and economic inequities for women than their male counterparts has serious health implications. (mcasa.org)
  • however, sex-specific resilience factors also exist and have implications for may have different care strategies to ameliorate cognitive decline. (medscape.com)
  • Anaerobic power output: Sex-related developmental changes. (sdsu.edu)
  • A major factor affecting one's ventilatory threshold is their maximal ventilation (amount of air entering and exiting lungs). (wikipedia.org)
  • I will focus on the effect of exogenous change in mothers' relative bargaining power, as well as the effect of the gender composition of one's siblings, on the sex typicality of people's educational and occupational choices. (cbs.dk)
  • Even though other factors have risen, cheating on one's spouse remains justification for divorce. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • The core reason for infidelity and adultery are the conception that one's partner is not the total right, good, and proper person for sex, passion, love, and friendship within a marriage. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • Some boys may develop gynecomastia due to an imbalance of sex hormones , tissue responsiveness or obesity . (wikipedia.org)
  • These restrictions uphold a culture that devalues women by taking away women's bodily autonomy and pregnant people's right to make decisions about their healthcare and body. (mcasa.org)
  • Its association with non-HIV-specific (demographic, socio-economic, behavioral, health status), HIV-specific factors (immuno-viral markers, antiretrovirals, level of perceived HIV-stigma), and HIV-status was assessed using Poisson regression models with robust variance in women and men separately. (nature.com)
  • Methods: Using data from Swedish national registries for a cohort born from 1932 to 1970 (N = 1,319,214, 48.9% women), we conducted twin-sibling biometric model fitting to examine the genetic and environmental sources of variance that contribute to the liability to alcohol-related medical conditions (AMC). (lu.se)
  • A higher proportion of total environmental variance was unique to AMC: 76.7% for women and 77.2% for men. (lu.se)
  • 71.7% in men) and environmental (84.5% in both sexes) variance. (lu.se)
  • Further the results evidenced all female group did have more conflicts then male and mixed groups, but primarily they did not have interpersonal. (bvsalud.org)
  • Given the large imbalance between men and women in sexual interest, women are well placed to exploit their erotic capital. (sundaystandard.info)
  • It was strongly associated with being younger and experiencing severe pain in both sexes. (nature.com)
  • Younger women seem quite comfortable - in a way the older generation never was - with combining sexuality and assertiveness, both on the job and off. (sundaystandard.info)
  • He reasoned that since the bodies of females are more nearly hairless, the loss of fur was due to sexual selection of females at a remote prehistoric time when males had overwhelming selective power, and that it nonetheless affected males due to genetic correlation between the sexes. (wikipedia.org)
  • After all, were it not for genetic superiority of women and blacks, the gaps would be much bigger than they in fact are, given the social forces arrayed against them. (crookedtimber.org)
  • However, only a subset of individuals with AUD develop these conditions and the extent to which genetic and environmental factors that are shared with AUD, versus those distinct from it, contribute to this progression has not yet been determined. (lu.se)
  • In the final models, we constrained the beta pathway from AUD to AMC and the genetic and unique environmental paths to be equal across sexes. (lu.se)
  • Unemployment in women, being single, and lack of family ties in men were also associated with depressive disorder. (nature.com)
  • However, unemployment data indicate that women make up 54 percent of the overall job losses to date. (mckinsey.com)
  • Obesity is a risk factor for both susceptibility to infections including postoperative infections and other nosocomial infections and the occurrence of a more severe disease course. (hrb.ie)
  • Additionally, women experiencing violence are at an increased risk of adverse health effects such as arthritis, asthma, heart disease, gynecological problems, and risk factors for HIV or sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) than those who do not experience violence (NASEM, 2017). (mcasa.org)
  • About 20 different risk factors are reported that contribute/predispose to occurrence of bovine brucellosis. (feedburner.com)
  • The risk factors could be classified in four groups: host factors, farmer's factors, managemental factors, and agro-ecological factors. (feedburner.com)
  • Critical risk factors for mental health are childhood maltreatment and peer victimization. (psychiatrist.com)
  • A cross-sectional study was designed to collect data on behavioural risk factors for STIs and knowledge of and attitudes towards HIV and STIs during 2007. (who.int)
  • They are divided into subheadings of health education, materials development, public information, evaluation, and behavioral risk factors and groups at risk. (cdc.gov)
  • An analysis of 364 women with obstructive CAD found that Black race was associated with the same risk for MACE (hazard ratio [HR], 0.87) after adjustment for age and CV risk factors and a similar risk for CVD mortality (age-adjusted HR, 1.56) as non-Black race. (medscape.com)
  • It was surprising to find that despite black women having a relatively higher burden of CV risk factors and overall lower socioeconomic position, compared to non-Black women, long-term CVD outcomes were similar," lead author Judy M. Luu, MD, PhD, junior scientist at McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, Canada, told Medscape Medical News . (medscape.com)
  • It also supported the hypothesis that other risk factors contribute to CVD, beyond the traditional ones, including perhaps experience of systemic racism. (medscape.com)
  • After accounting for age and CV risk factors, the adjusted HR was 0.87, driven largely by angina hospitalization (50.7% in black vs 33.8% in non-Black women). (medscape.com)
  • In a proposed study, Luu, who is co-chair of the Canadian Women's Heart Health Alliance, and colleagues aim to develop "a comprehensive and improved primary prevention risk assessment tool for women across their lifespan that considers the relationship between sex, gender, psychosocial, environmental factors, and socioeconomic position, risk factors that are not routinely asked about during a medical examination. (medscape.com)
  • To contribute to a better understanding of the etiology in age-related hearing loss, we carried out a cross-sectional study of 3,315 participants (aged 52-99 years) in the Rotterdam Study, to analyze both low- and high-frequency hearing loss in men and women. (karger.com)
  • Remarkably, different associations were found for low- and high-frequency loss, as well as between men and women, suggesting that different mechanisms are involved in the etiology of age-related hearing loss. (karger.com)
  • Preventionists can advocate for health equity and access to reproductive care as primary prevention that breaks down harmful social norms about gender and power dynamics in society. (mcasa.org)
  • Most HIV prevention literature portrays women as especially vulnerable to HIV infection because of biological susceptibility and men's sexual power and privilege. (aphapublications.org)
  • 3 Meanwhile, men who have sex with women remain a forgotten group in the epidemic, 4 almost entirely unaddressed in HIV prevention programs. (aphapublications.org)
  • Furthermore, the prominent influence of environmental factors specific to AMC provides a promising area for the identification of prevention targets. (lu.se)
  • An Evaluation of AIDS Prevention Brochures for University Women and Men. (cdc.gov)
  • App user Maria, 16, says "When I started secondary school, we had something like sex education in our biology lessons. (plan-international.org)
  • Human Evolutionary Biology lecturer Carole K. Hooven's comments on a Fox News show last month maintaining the existence of two sexes and defending the usage of the terms "male" and "female" to refer to biological sex in medical classes sparked backlash on social media and within the department, with some arguing Hooven's remarks set back Harvard and the department's diversity and inclusion efforts. (thecrimson.com)
  • The ideology seems to be that biology really isn't as important as how somebody feels about themselves or feels their sex to be," Hooven said. (thecrimson.com)
  • Several other academics who study the biology of sex - outside of gender expression - said the concept is complicated and contested. (thecrimson.com)
  • We also call for an expanded model that acknowledges biology, gender inequality, and gendered power relations but also directly examines social structure, gender, and HIV risk for heterosexual women and men. (aphapublications.org)
  • Our results revealed that country's socio-economic factors may be associated with sex differential in attitudes towards IPVAW. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Etha Mota, Programme Manager, Plan International says "We already knew that talking about sex is a taboo in Timorese society and that knowledge about sexual and reproductive health is very limited. (plan-international.org)
  • Sexual selection is a biological way one sex chooses a mate for the best reproductive success. (wikipedia.org)
  • Of the eight Goals, three - improve maternal health, reduce child mortality and combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases - are directly related to reproductive and sexual health, while four others - eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women, and ensure environmental sustainability - have a close relationship with health, including reproductive health. (who.int)
  • UNAIDS country officer for Banjul Nuha Ceesay said a number of studies and research findings have established the increased vulnerability of women to HIV compared to their male counterpart. (thepoint.gm)
  • According to Ceesay, research findings in many parts of the world have confirmed that human trafficking in women is widespread and increasing. (thepoint.gm)
  • VO2 max averages around 35-40 mL/(kg∙ min) in a healthy male and 27-31 mL/ (kg∙ min) in a healthy female. (wikipedia.org)
  • 10 876 transgender participants (male to female) were included in an additional analysis. (bmj.com)
  • The only women in this play are Desdemona, Emilia and Bianca compared to the main 6 male characters, not to mention the minor characters, who are also all male. (ipl.org)
  • Ancient plays throughout different cultures in history contained all male cast, failing to even cast women as they were deemed inferior. (ipl.org)
  • Even as female characters were indeed written in certain plays, the role were portrayed by a male. (ipl.org)
  • Herzog's article decries the "denial of sex" and the increased pressure for medical school professors to use gender neutral vocabulary instead of "male" and "female. (thecrimson.com)
  • There are male and female, and those sexes are designated by the kinds of gametes we produce. (thecrimson.com)
  • IPVAW is integrally linked to ideas of male superiority over women[ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This science provides the basis of the recommendation that the inclusion of trans people assigned male at birth in female contact rugby cannot be balanced against considerations of safety and fairness. (womensforumaustralia.org)
  • In the male category it is proposed that players whose sex recorded at birth is female may play if they provide their written consent and a risk assessment is carried out. (womensforumaustralia.org)
  • Asides from the fact that sex is not assigned, but rather observed, at birth, England Rugby is right - in events where power, stamina and strength are deciding factors, athletes that have passed through male puberty have life-long physiological advantages, even after testosterone suppression. (womensforumaustralia.org)
  • The recommendations are in line with World Rugby's guidelines, which regulate against trans inclusion in the female game based on extensive research, including modelling which shows a minimum 20-30% increased risk of injury to female players who compete against male-bodied transgender players. (womensforumaustralia.org)
  • Virtually invisible in the earliest phases of the US epidemic, then treated as stigmatized vectors of the virus, women were expected to protect themselves by insisting on male condom use-despite feminist recognition of the reasons this expectation would fail. (aphapublications.org)
  • male and female he created them. (cbeinternational.org)
  • This paper reports the results of a study aimed to establish whether the amount and types of conflicts vary in all male, all female and mixed gender groups working in asynchronous collaborative learning online settings. (bvsalud.org)
  • It is important to note that the impact could be more severe than the one we have modeled here if factors such as increased childcare burdens, attitudinal bias, a slower recovery, or reduced public and private spending on services such as education or childcare make women leave the labor market permanently. (mckinsey.com)
  • While inexcusable inequalities persist, more women have the education, money, and ability to survive without a husband, let alone without a cheating husband. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • It supports abstinence only education despite the success of comprehensive sex education programs which include abstinence. (blogspot.com)
  • In response to HB 1055, this bitch is forming a grassroots organization that will utilize the framework of comprehensive sex education and take it to the streets. (blogspot.com)
  • Multivariate multilevel Bayesian models were run using data from the first marriages of 358 women to assess the association between FGMC status and education and marriage-related outcomes: bride wealth payments, dowry costs, and age at marriage. (bvsalud.org)
  • School attendance is associated with higher bride wealth, particularly for women with four or more years of education, and with later age at marriage. (bvsalud.org)
  • The discriminating power of education was stronger for female youth in urban areas than rural females. (bvsalud.org)
  • In addition, a larger proportion of Black women had lower levels of education (50% vs 18.5%), lower levels of income, and public health insurance. (medscape.com)
  • A central feature of patriarchy has been the construction of 'moral' ideologies that inhibit women from exploiting their erotic capital to achieve economic and social benefits", she says. (sundaystandard.info)
  • Erotic capital refers to the ways in which people can manipulate their physical appearance and sex appeal to advance their social and economic status. (sundaystandard.info)
  • Another good way to increase the fun factor during winter runs is to be social. (irunfar.com)
  • For we now know that only by opening up educational, economic, social, and political opportunities for women can the world ensure progress in stabilizing population growth, protecting the environment, and improving human health, starting with the well-being of young children. (cdc.gov)
  • My recollection of his controversial remarks were that he said there were social pressures which hampered women and universities like Harvard should reform themselves to correct for that problem, which isn't controversial but sometimes forgotten that he said it. (crookedtimber.org)
  • 1 Over the years, the effects of social anxiety disorder on an individual's development have been addressed in research, but few studies have actually looked at other factors that might increase the likelihood of developing the disorder. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Conversely, taking steps to redress the balance now could improve social and economic outcomes for millions of women globally and help boost economic growth. (mckinsey.com)
  • Being obese is a stigmatized condition in the U.S. Uncounted women of color are struggling to be healthy (physically and mentally) while trying to survive and thrive in stressful professional, social and economic environments. (cdc.gov)
  • How, why, and for whom did women become the primary vulnerable victims of the HIV epidemic? (aphapublications.org)
  • He stated that survivors of gender-based violence are mostly traumatized and suffer multiple negative effects from the violence, adding that victims of gender-based violence are often vulnerable women and girls. (thepoint.gm)
  • Women, he said, are more vulnerable to infection, and forced sex further increases the risk of HIV transmission to women due to tears and lacerations, especially in adolescent girls. (thepoint.gm)
  • Mr Sowe recommended that for the forum, men and women should be gathered in the same hall to discuss and analyze how certain factors based on gender and age in the community make them vulnerable to HIV. (thepoint.gm)
  • Now that the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant is stopped, we ask next that the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, which has been proven to be vulnerable to earthquakes, be decommissioned. (cnic.jp)
  • 8 Untreated infectious syphilis increases the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection 9 and can have serious effects in pregnant women, including stillbirth and miscarriage. (mja.com.au)
  • 2008]. Although consensus has been established about the associations with age, sex and occupational noise, less consistent results were found for determinants related to systemic diseases and lifestyle factors. (karger.com)
  • Results: We identified AUD registrations in 3.2% of women and 9.2% of men. (lu.se)
  • Inclusive language like "pregnant people" demonstrates respect for EVERYONE who has the ability to get pregnant, not just cis women," wrote Lewis, who volunteers as director of HEB's Diversity and Inclusion Task Force. (thecrimson.com)
  • 2016). Health equity is one approach to increase protective factors to ensure all people have equal access and opportunity to care for their health and wellbeing. (mcasa.org)
  • LaFrance is particularly interesting in discussing smiling and power: high-power people smile when they want to, low-power people when they have to. (publishersweekly.com)
  • In The Gambia, he went on, more that 90 percent of People Living with HIV who are attending HIV treatment services and joined support groups are women and girls. (thepoint.gm)
  • To account for this increased susceptibility, ATSDR applies age-dependent adjustment factors (ADAFs) to its cancer risk equation for these contaminants. (cdc.gov)
  • To be sure, both biological susceptibility and gendered power dynamics drastically disadvantage women worldwide. (aphapublications.org)
  • It is the stage of life characterized by the appearance and development of secondary sex characteristics (for example, a deeper voice and larger Adam's apple in boys, and development of breasts and more curved and prominent hips in girls) and a strong shift in hormonal balance towards an adult state. (wikipedia.org)
  • His experiment, together with a growing body of research, has revealed the profound power of disgust, showing that this emotion is a much more potent trigger for our behaviour and choices than we ever thought. (newscientist.com)
  • For according to research by Simon Baron-Cohen, women tend to be lower in systematizing but higher in empathizing than men. (quarterly-review.org)
  • The title of the proposed research study is "Empirical Study of Barriers to Women Entrepreneurship in Florida. (nova.edu)
  • Research shows that preventionists can do this by building protective factors in individuals, relationships, communities, and society as a whole that promote a new norm that sexual violence is unacceptable (Basile, et al. (mcasa.org)
  • Women are more impacted by Alzheimer's disease than men - they are at significantly greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, and recent research shows that they also appear to suffer a greater cognitive deterioration than men at the same disease stage. (medscape.com)
  • However, even the threat of violence can have serious negative consequences as women fearing violence are less able to protect themselves from infection. (thepoint.gm)
  • Female genital mutilation or cutting (FGMC) has profound consequences for an estimated 200 million women world-wide, yet affected communities often resist efforts to end the practice. (bvsalud.org)
  • Even small effects may have important consequences for how men and women might require more sex-specific approaches to their treatment and care. (medscape.com)
  • The high rate of STIs in this population of sex workers is concerning given the potential of severe pregnancy-related and chronic health problems and the increased risk of transmission within the general population of Kiribati. (who.int)
  • In a 2005 conference on diversifying the science and engineering workforce, Lawrence Summers, then president of Harvard University, controversially suggested that women might be intrinsically less capable, on average, of high-level science. (crookedtimber.org)
  • While there may be debate as to whether his marriage to the woman of Timnah is sinful or not, it is clear that Samson was not exactly mindful of his Nazaritic lifestyle. (grunge.com)
  • Religion, Religiosity, and Opposition toward Same-Sex Marriage: Sanctity of Marriage or Heterosexist Beliefs? (usf.edu)
  • This project seeks to deepen our understanding of why men and women differ in their educational and occupational choices with a particular focus on the role that family background and sex role socialization play. (cbs.dk)
  • The lack of systemic progress to resolve other societal barriers for women explains the rest. (mckinsey.com)
  • The Canadian Women's Heart Health Alliance "has developed resources in 17 languages to raise awareness about CVD in women and reduce barriers for women of different ethnicities," she added. (medscape.com)
  • However, there are steps women can take to ease some of the symptoms of menopause, beginning with maintaining healthy sleep practices, adjusting clothing and room temperature to stay cooler, and managing stress. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Durable, powerful, quiet enjoyment: With its high-quality construction, this sex machine ensures a long-lasting and reliable performance. (iheartbucks.com)
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of age and body composition on short-term cycling power output in prepubescent, pubescent, and postpubescent girls (N = 465) and boys (N = 443). (sdsu.edu)
  • We sought to define a reliable and easily repeatable method for CCA measurement and to examine the effects of sex, age, handedness, and cerebral volume. (ajnr.org)
  • According to a 2016 study by Lina Korea, over half of Korean men have had one or more affairs, and 40 percent didn't consider paying for sex as adultery. (koreatimes.co.kr)
  • Some of these women drink alcohol with the foreign fishermen and also engage in sex with local men. (who.int)
  • Puberty typically begins during preadolescence , particularly in females. (wikipedia.org)
  • The sampling design typically involves selecting and interviewing separately nationally representative probability samples of women aged 15-49 years and men aged 15-59 years based on multi-stage cluster sampling, using strata for rural and urban areas and for different regions of the countries. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Although small in size, the effects occur across a broad range of cognitive domains including visuospatial, verbal, episodic memory, and semantic memory - some of which typically reveal a sex-related processing advantage for healthy women. (medscape.com)
  • Parasites are ubiquitous components of all major ecosystems, but the biogeographical factors that determine parasite species richness and community composition remain poorly studied. (nova.edu)
  • Factoring in industry-mix effects suggests that women would make up 43 percent of job losses. (mckinsey.com)
  • Women sexually select for high status men because such men are more likely to have the resources to look after them and their offspring, elevating their chances of survival. (quarterly-review.org)
  • The sexual marketplace dictates that women's sexuality is worth more than men's, so women can demand a premium for their sexuality and men must exchange favors with women to gain access to them sexually. (sundaystandard.info)
  • It is common for women in The Gambia to marry at a young age or have older intimate partners who are sexually more experienced and are also more likely to have been exposed to HIV/AIDS. (thepoint.gm)
  • Another sport says no to males in women's teams," tweeted Fair Play For Women. (womensforumaustralia.org)
  • As the Sports Councils set out last year there is [a] choice between including trans identifying males in women's sports or ensuring fairness and safety for female participants. (womensforumaustralia.org)
  • When will Rugby Australia, the NRL and AFL stop allowing males to play full contact football against women? (womensforumaustralia.org)
  • In a typical Venetian society, a woman was considered to be a man's property, so if a woman was disobedient, it negatively impacted the man, while also questioning his masculinity. (ipl.org)
  • It is by the will of God, and not by man's nature, that man is superior to woman. (cbeinternational.org)
  • Meanwhile, as in naming the animals the man finds no real companion, Yahweh God "builds" one of the man's ribs into a woman, and the man recognizes her spiritual unity with him, naming her accordingly. (studylight.org)
  • Moreover, the positive aspects of globalization have begun to make a difference in areas where women suffer disproportionately, especially from two leading diseases with high death rates, malaria, and HIV/AIDS. (cdc.gov)
  • One reason for this greater effect on women is that the virus is significantly increasing the burden of unpaid care, which is disproportionately carried by women. (mckinsey.com)