Test of an alternative method for determining sex from the os coxae: applications for modern Americans

A recently proposed method for determining sex from the os coxae reports a 98% success rate using European collections. The purposes of the present study are to (1) evaluate the success rate of this proposed method using modern American os coxae from different population subgroups; (2) compare the success rate of the new method with that obtained using traditional techniques; and (3) determine replicability of the new method and interobserver error. Eight hundred and seventy-six adult left os coxae were independently evaluated by both authors. Summary statistics for sex classifications were calculated for the total sample and for a random sample of 400 individuals. The impact of sex and ancestry on the success of each method was calculated on the random sample using Pearson's chi2 values. Results demonstrate that for modern American os coxae, neither sex nor race have a significant impact on the success rate for either the new or traditional methods (p < 0.01). Additionally, the success rate of the new method is comparable with that obtained using traditional techniques. Finally, interobserver error using the new method for overall sex determination is low.     

论性贿赂犯罪的惩治

"性贿赂"使得行贿人对受贿人的"关照"从物质层面上升到感官、精神层面,在"体贴入微"的同时更具隐蔽性;"性贿赂"侵犯了国家工作人员职务的廉洁性,具有比财物贿赂更为严重的社会危害性,是贿赂犯罪的一种新形式."性贿赂"呈愈演愈烈之势,道德的调整已不足以抑制其危害,惩治性贿赂犯罪不违背刑法的谦抑性.     

乡土文化中的女性--简析小说《千江有水千江月》的特点和魅力

台湾女作家萧丽红的获奖小说《千江有水千江月》处于一个新旧文学潮流交替的连结点上。其成功和魅力在于它既描摹了乡土文化里鲜为人们具体表现的女性群像,描摹了她们与传统文化的互动关系和独特体认,又叙写了女性自身不同于一般男性的乡土想象和族群意识。     

恢复性司法述评

恢复性司法是指与特定犯罪有利害关系的各方共同参与犯罪处理的司法模式 ,具有恢复性、个人参与性、社会性、前瞻性和灵活性等特征。恢复性司法模式与传统报应性司法模式有很多不同特点 ,它把犯罪人的悔恨、忏悔和被害人的宽恕作为重要因素。恢复性司法的运作模式有社区恢复委员会、量刑小组、赔偿、社区服务、被害后果陈述、被害人犯罪人调解 ,家庭小组会议等七种类型。恢复性司法活动在司法实践中取得很好效果。     

牵连犯若干问题探析

各国刑事立法对牵连犯态度各异,理论界对牵连犯的概念和牵连关系的认定也存在很大争议,这种现象给刑事司法实践造成了极大不便,因此牵连犯的处罚原则应当以数罪并罚为准,而将具备吸收关系特征的牵连犯置于吸收犯理论中讨论。在此意义上,牵连犯概念没有存在的必要,应当予以废除。     

消除全球化背景下的性别"数字鸿沟"--读《e时代的女性--中外比较研究》

文章对黄育馥和刘霓的著作《e时代的女性———中外比较研究》做了评述,认为该书填补了我国从性别角度研究信息技术社会问题论著的空白。本文分析了该书揭示性别“数字鸿沟”的方法、过程,归纳了形成“数字鸿沟”的原因,重点论述了性别数字鸿沟使女性在全球化中处于不利地位的观点,并提出相应消除性别数字鸿沟的方针和建议。     

Sex Differences in the Health Risk Behavior Outcomes of Childhood Bullying Victimization

Short- and long-term health consequences of bullying victimization are well documented and include physical and mental health issues as well as increased involvement in risky behavior, but research exploring sex differences in victimization outcomes is still limited. This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth—1997 to examine the consequences of victimization by sex and, more specifically, relationships between bullying victimization and later health risk behaviors—including risky sexual activity, smoking, alcohol use, and drug use. Multivariate analyses identified sex differences for specific health risk indicators, and a substantial difference was evident for overall risk.     

When two become one: sexuality studies and critical studies of men and masculinities

Men think about sex … a lot. Is this a problem or is this a site for reformation? In this paper, we set out to think actively, deeply, about the question of sexuality, to penetrate the limits of men and masculinity studies, and to tease at a range of questions that it seems the field is not attending to for any number of reasons. When men’s studies scholars speak of sex, we often speak of rape culture, violent sex, ideas of entitlement to sex, sex workers and pornography. Many of these approaches would be framed and understood by many as ‘sex negative.’ This paper sets out to think about what a ‘sex positive’ vision of men’s studies might look like – and also to ask if a sex positive vision of the field is even possible, desirable or necessary. In this paper, we braid together sex positive feminist theory, queer theory and men’s studies to complicate the matter of sexuality, both as an actual site of the kinds of things we do, and as a site of psychic and affective possibility.     

Dehumanizing representations of women: the shaping of hostile sexist attitudes through animalistic metaphors*

Women are frequently depicted as non-human objects or animals. While female animalization has typically been conceptualized in the psychological literature as communicating a unitary perception of women, linguistic research suggests that there are at least two distinct animalizing linguistic metaphors for women that depict women at opposite ends of a sex-based power differential: ‘women-are-predators’ and ‘women-are-prey’. Are these linguistic metaphors able to shape sexist attitudes towards women? US Male and female undergraduates read an article, which concerned women voters in an election year, containing language that described women as predatory, prey-like, or in a humanized manner (baseline). They then reported their ambivalent sexist attitudes towards women in general. Consistent with both metaphors’ emphasis on sex-based power differentials, both male and female participants, who read about predatory women, exhibited greater agreement with hostile sexist attitudes than participants who read about prey-like women. This study suggests that the continued transmission of animalizing metaphors for women may help perpetuate prejudicial beliefs about appropriate roles for women in society. Media communicators might learn to identify and eliminate the use of the animalizing terms in their own work.     

Government Mapping of the Third Sector: A Government Innovation for Regulation and Coordination? Perspectives From the Third Sector

This article examines the policy tool of a registry of civil society organizations in a regulatory transparency framework. A registry serves as a government ‘mapping’ tool by collecting data on civil society and nonprofit organizations. Do government efforts to map the third sector hinder or foster nonprofit organizations’ capacity and their coordination? The balance between regulation and the strengthening of nonprofit organizations’ capacity and the coordination of goods and services through government innovations like the registries—i.e., third sector mappings—might indeed have the potential to foster a more effective and efficient third sector.