Escaping loneliness in adolescence: The case for androgyny

The purpose of the present study was to assess the relationship between sex-role orientation and loneliness in adolescence. Two hundred and twenty-five junior and senior high school students completed the Bem Sex Role Inventory Short Form (Bem, 1981) and the UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russell et al., 1978). Results indicated that androgynous individuals were significantly less lonely than masculine, feminine, and undifferentiated individuals. An assessment of the independent contributions of masculinity and femininity indicated that both masculinity and femininity significantly predicted loneliness. Additional analysis revealed that the impact of sex-role orientation on loneliness varied by sex and tended to be greater for males than females. The need to further examine the relationship between androgyny, sex-role development, and adjustment in adolescence is discussed.Received his M.S. and Ph.D. in human development and family studies from The Pennsylvania State University. Research interests are social competence, interpersonal skills development, and adjustment.     

Selfless androgyny: Gregory Rose as ‘virile woman’ in Olive Schreiner's the story of an African farm

While Lyndall, the feminist heroine of Olive Schreiner's The Story of an African Farm, articulates and enacts a critique of the position of women in male-dominated society, Gregory Rose's transformation from a vain and self-centred man into a nurturing female nurse is an important part of Schreiner's feminist vision. His womanhood both complements and critiques Lyndall's ‘virility,’ allowing Schreiner to present a fictional version of her theoretical ideal of selfless androgyny.     

Women Ninety Years On: a quiet revolution

In this article, the 2008 annual lecture of The Women’s Library, London Metropolitan University, the author reflects on the ninety years since 1918 when certain categories of women over the age of thirty (about 8 million) won the right to the parliamentary vote in Britain. In particular, women’s participation in politics in societies worldwide is discussed.     

Governing Legal Embodiment: On the Limits of Self-Declaration

This article presents the first empirically-based and theoretically-informed investigation of the effectiveness of the ‘self-declaration model’ of legal gender recognition in Denmark, the first European state to adopt it. Drawing upon analysis of legislative materials, as well as interviews with stakeholders in the legislative process and trans and intersex legal subjects, it contends that self-declaration is not without its limitations. By conceptualising embodiment as an ontological and epistemological process of becoming, and emphasising the institutional dimensions and effects of such processes, it demonstrates that self-declaration may not address the complexities of legal embodiment, particularly concerning restrictions on trans and intersex people’s access to health care. The article’s empirical findings are directed towards the policymakers and activists tasked with shaping reforms of gender recognition legislation in the UK and elsewhere. The analytical agenda it develops may be adopted, and adapted, by scholars working in this area and other regulatory contexts.     

Wanting Pictures After Feminism: Re-reading On Our Backs

Abstract

This article explores the relationship between photography and feminism that emerges through the pages of the lesbian sex magazine On Our Backs (1984–2006). The San Francisco-based magazine represents an exceptional archive of images made in the context of lesbian community. Returning to the photographs that were published in early issues of the magazine, the article argues that On Our Backs, whilst explicitly addressed to a paucity of available images of lesbian culture, reflects a complex engagement with the meaning of the photographic image in dialogue with contemporaneous feminist debates. Through the work of Tee Corinne, Morgan Gwenwald and Honey Lee Cottrell, a desire for pictures renders the image a site of fantasy in which different ways of inhabiting lesbian identity form in dialogue with a community of readers.     

On Moving the Table: Reflections on an Author-Meets-Reader Session

Through a commentary on the enriching experience of receiving feedback through the Brewing Legal Times author-meets-reader session in February 2018, this piece reflects on the intellectual generosity and scholarly labour that makes such sessions an important form of academic social reproduction.     

合同相对无效论:以劳动合同为重点——技术化的评价规则和目的逻辑的关联

有效、可撤销、效力未定及无效制度仅仅是合同法上的一种合同效力评价规则,不妨碍其他规则的同时适用.有时,合同有效可以更好地惩戒不法当事人.合同相对无效能更有效保护善意相对人和善意第三人,满足现代商事交易安全的需要.在劳动合同法的理论和实务中,应当确立劳动合同的相对无效制度,更好地保护劳动合同中善意当事人以及与劳动合同存在...     

成人学习者学习需求性别比较研究——基于对本校成人学习者学习需求调查

利用spss17.0对成人学习者学习需求进行性别差异分析,结果表明,男女性在学习动机与目的、成绩评定方法、学校归属感方面有显著性差异.对学习方式、教师教学方法男女性无显著性差异.基于以上结论有针对性展开成人教育教学工作.     

工作场所的民主何以可能:委内瑞拉实验的意义

工作场所民主是权利平等的内在要求,是政治权利平等向经济领域的延伸,而且有利于改进企业内部的关系,在社会主义国家,它是工人阶级政治地位的体现.要实现工作场所民主,需要克服政治权利如何能够延伸到工作场所等一系列障碍,但这些障碍并非无法克服的.工作场所民主能否实现,关键在国家政权的态度,而国家政权的态度往往取决于国家工人运动与政治民主的发展程度,同时,工人阶级的阶级意识与集体意识的发展状况也会对工作场所民主的实现产生重要影响.     

论所有权

所有权是任意支配之权利 ,是具体支配权利和抽象支配权利的总和 ,是全部权利、绝对权利、永久权利的统一 ,是最完备的权利集合。具体支配权利是改变权利客体的物质形态的权利 ,抽象支配权利是转移具体支配权利、改变权利关系的权利。所有权存在着自然限制和社会限制 ,所有者只能在自然限制和社会限制的范围内行使任意支配之权。使用权、经营管理权、用益权等非完备的权利集合只是所有权中的部分权利。“三权说”与“四权说”均在逻辑上难以成立。所有权不是“天赋权利” ,而是获得的权利     

论取得时效制度

取得时效制度是一项非常重要的法律制度。我国在市场经济条件下有必要建立取得时效制度。它具有确定财产归属、定分止争的功能;具有维护社会秩序和交易的安全的功能;具有解决土地纠纷等疑难案件的取证和判决的功能。     

On Not Making Ourselves the Prey of Others: Jean Hampton's Feminist Contractarianism

This article assesses Jean Hampton’s feminist contractarianism by considering the way in which she draws together the contradictory positions of Hobbes and Kant to produce a test for exploitation in personal relationships. The ways in which this work fits with her other analysis of retribution, gratitude and self-worth are examined. Hampton’s work is evaluated in the context of Carole Pateman’s argument that moral theories distract from the political analysis of who has a voice in relationships. Hampton’s work presumes the social and economic structures that Pateman has done so much to understand. It is useful as a claim for justice in personal relationships, to be considered as part of consciousness-raising or public debate.