Marriages among people with disabilities in 19th-century Sweden: marital age and spouse’s characteristics

ABSTRACT

While marrying was an expected event in 19th-century Western society and has been subject to much historical research, there are few studies on how disabilities influenced people’s marriage patterns and spouse selection. The aim of this analysis is to contribute clarification on this issue by examining with whom disabled men and women married and the marital age and socio-demographic characteristics of them and their spouses. In total, 188 disabled individuals born in the first half of the 19th century and who married in the Sundsvall region, Sweden, are studied. The results reveal that disabled men and women did not marry each other, and they entered into marriage at a slightly higher age than the average, although there was usually no marked age gap between them and their spouse. Endogamous patterns were primarily found regarding the socio-spatial background of the two spouses. This analysis is one of the few studies identifying the marriages among a comparatively large number of disabled people using demographic data. Their participation in the partner pool highlight their agency historically and emphasize that disability did not lead to distance from social life in past society.     

Transphobic discourse and moral panic convergence: A content analysis of my hate mail

Recently, new social anxieties about transgender people have begun to emerge, framed as an issue of “grooming”—a term typically used in the context of child sexual abuse. In this way, moral panic about transgender people seems to be merging with oft-repeated social fears about pedophilia, resulting not only in policies criminalizing trans people and their allies but also in escalating hatred and threats toward trans-affirming educators. This pattern requires further inquiry. As a trans academic who has been at the center of moral panic, my own hate mail can provide material for this exploration. I conducted a content analysis of 231 letters and e-mails sent to me containing messages of hate, to answer the following research questions:

1. What beliefs and understandings did my correspondents indicate having about me and my research?
2. To what extent did my correspondents’ beliefs and understandings about me reflect intersecting contemporary moral panics around trans and queer people, pedophilia, and educators?
3. What stated or implied goals did my correspondents aim to achieve by writing to me?

The findings of this study can add to understanding of how moral panics can converge, and the consequences of their convergence for marginalized groups in academia and beyond.     

引导大学生树立和践行社会主义荣辱观

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文化养成德育与健康社会文化环境建构——对优化社会文化环境以提高青少年德育实效性的思考

通过调查发现,当前一些大众传媒为了追求经济效益,在价值取向和内容选择上存在着篡改和妄言历史、一味沉溺娱乐、肆意渲染情色等等问题,青少年健康成长的社会文化环境被污染。要改变这种状况,把青少年培养成社会主义"四有"新人,就必须要优化社会养成环境、重视健康文化熏陶;重视综合素质与能力培养、塑造学生的优良公民品质;加强文化和道德建设的制度调控、培养学生知行合一的实践理性。     

"吾能''慎独''否?"——论"慎独"的道德主体规定性

“慎独”是儒家传统的道德修养方法，也是道德修养所达到的一种极高的境界．具有很强的道德主体规定性。“慎独”并非人人皆能做到，只有具有独立的道德意识、积极的自律精神和完整的道德人格。并能始终践行审慎的道德行为的人才能不断超越和完善自我，成为一位“能‘慎独’者”。     

传统德治经验的启示与借鉴

中国古代的德治思想从产生到发展,从萌芽到建立起完整的理论体系,不仅在理论上伴随着历史的脚步不断演进,而且在实践中也得到了广泛推行。尽管中国历史上的德治无论是理论上还是实践上都具有不可克服的历史和阶级的局限性,但对封建统治者具有约束和警示的作用,并在封建制度所能允许的范围内保护了下层民众的利益。同时,客观上对于中华民族注重道德理想,形成礼仪之邦亦产生了积极的作用。研究和借鉴古代德治的经验,有助于当前"以德治国"方略的实施。     

当代中国人的道德表现方式及其奥秘探微

改革开放以来中国人的道德表现方式实现了从隐性与显性相结合、以显性为主要特征向隐性与显性相结合、以隐性为主要特征的转换,人们在日常生活条件下选择隐性化的道德表现方式和在重大事件等特殊情况下选择显性化的道德表现方式,是隐性表现方式与显性表现方式相结合的基本形式.在改革开放以来的新时期,中国人的精神本质、中国人的基本道德质态是比较稳定的,只是在不同的条件下人们有不同的道德表现方式而已.人们究竟选择什么样的道德表现方式,取决于所处的环境,取决于与环境密切关联的社会道德诉求的程度、道德这一价值在社会核心价值序列中的位次、社会心理和民间舆论对人们道德行为之动机正当性的评价倾向等因素.     

“引咎辞职”：在道德自律与制度安排之间找一个平衡点

本文从理清“引咎辞职”研究中几个容易混淆的问题入手，指出引咎辞职在提高行政官员和公务员队伍责任意识、行政伦理意识中的精神导向性作用，并分析公务员退出机制及权力制约机制的缺陷，解析引咎辞职目前的地位和作用，指出引咎辞职是制度安排与道德自律的统一及其相辅相成的关系。     

道德律：道德生活的可能性

道德律是人们道德地生活的基本法则,唯有道德律才能提供一种道德生活,也才能使道德生活成为可能.我们的时代缺乏对我们生活的准则是否合乎道德法则的检视,康德的实践理性的基本法则--道德律给我们提供了可资思考的维度.康德实践理性的基本法则指出了一种道德地生活的可能性.道德是人之为人应有的生活方式,只有严格的道德规范,只有过一种严格的道德生活才是国民当下的道德选择,而伦理研究者的责任则尤为重要.     

中职学校德育创新的探索

中职学校要提高德育工作的针对性、实效性和主动性，应在德育观念、德育内容、德育方法等方面进行创新。