‘What hath God wrought’: Dystopia, Empathy and Revolution in Naomi Alderman’s The Future

Transforming Interprofessional Partnerships: A New Framework for Nursing and Partnership-Based Health Care Riane Eisler, JD and Teddie M. Potter, PhD, RN. Indianapolis, IN: Sigma Theta Tau International, 2014, 354 pages, $54.95.In Transforming Interprofessional Partnerships: A New Framework for Nursing and Partnership-Based Health Care, authors Riane Eisler and Teddie M. Potter examine the role of two contrasting paradigms, domination and partnership, in nursing education and practice. Their analysis depicts how a shift to the partnership model can achieve the three aims often cited as needed for an improved health care sys- tem: improved quality and satisfaction, improved access for all populations, and reduced costs per capita.Past health policy theories have posited that these three aims are impossible to improve simultaneously (e.g., increased quality and/or access will cost more). It has further been argued that these aims are even more difficult to achieve given the current shortage of health care workers and the increased acuity of the patient population, due in part to changes in Medicare reimbursement such as the evolu- tion of diagnosis-related groups which has led to earlier discharge of less acutely ill patients. However, the authors argue that through integration of the partnership paradigm into Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPECP), these goals can be met, and a more practice-ready workforce will be available.The authors detail the characteristics of each paradigm and present many ex- amples. The domination model is authoritarian (hierarchical), male-dominated, and tolerant of abuse, and based on a belief that these attributes should be the norm for all relations. The partnership model sees power as shared, gender roles as equal, and violence as abhorrent, and is based on a belief that relations should be empathic and mutually respectful. In the partnership model, nurses are free to implement nursing's unique medicine, with its holistic emphasis that ministers to the totality of body, mind, and spirit. Nursing is an integral part of interdisciplin- ary "medicine" and must reclaim the ancient meaning of that word. However, the uniqueness of nursing medicine must also be recognized, as demonstrated by Potter 's BASE model of nursing-Being present, Active caring, Stories (or narrative evidence), and Evidence from science. This model demonstrates how nurses go beyond allopathic medicine's emphasis on using only A and E (actions or treatments and scientific evidence). Nursing medicine adds the other compo- nents: being present (at the bedside, home, or community) and honoring stories or narratives of patients' and families' needs which, in turn, can provide the most cost-efficient treatment plans. Efficiency is achieved in part because in a partner- ship model, all health-related disciplines engage in sharing of knowledge, obser- vations, and i nnovations, thus reducing overlap and repetition. Partnering also decreases stress, thus lowering expensive turnover of providers.The authors see the need to incorporate two new sociological theories into IPECP: Eisler 's theories of Cultural Transformation and Caring Economics. These theories specifically address correcting the emphasis of imbalances in power, gender inequalities, and the low value assigned to the work of caring. A partner- ship model of Caring Economics measures economic growth as more than national gross domestic product. …

Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteVolume 18, Issue 3 p. 707-708 Subjugated nomads: the Lambadas under the rule of the Nizams – By Bhangya Bhukya KAREN LEONARD, KAREN LEONARD University of California, IrvineSearch for more papers by this author KAREN LEONARD, KAREN LEONARD University of California, IrvineSearch for more papers by this author First published: 07 August 2012 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2012.01787_16.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Volume18, Issue3September 2012Pages 707-708 RelatedInformation

This article discusses the evaluation results of the Environmental Educators' Initiative (EEI), a large-scale national environmental education (EE) project, that has generated extensive international and national visibility. One of the notable experiences of EEI is the successful tripartite management and partnership between the Ministry of education (MOE), the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) China, and British Petroleum (BP). Such a partnership model, involving the government, a business corporation, and a nongovernmental organization (NGO), could be adopted as a model for promoting EE/Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in other countries especially those with a centralized education system. However, both in-depth theoretical and practical exploration of a unique, “Chinese Green philosophy” and/or green approach(es) to EE/ESD (perhaps through a synthesis of Eastern and Western cultures and EE/ESD approaches) in the context of China is needed for long-term development.

BackgroundAsian countries are making efforts to apply the partnership model in doctor-patient communication that has been used effectively in Western countries. However, notable differences between Western and Asian cultures, especially the acceptance of a hierarchical order and little attention to individuality in Asian cultures, could mean that the application of the partnership model in Vietnam requires adaptation.The study aimed to investigate whether communication models used in the Western world are appropriate in Southeast Asia, and to identify key items in doctor-patient communication that should be included in a doctor-patient communication model for training in Vietnam.MethodsIn six provinces, collaborating medical schools collected data from 480 patients using face-to-face surveys with a structured guideline following a consultation session, and from 473 doctors using a cross-sectional survey on how they usually conduct consultation sessions with patients. Data collection tools covered a list of communication skills based on Western models, adapted to fit with local legislation.Using logistic regression, we examined whether doctor patient communication items and other factors were predictors of patient satisfaction.ResultsBoth patients and doctors considered most elements in the list necessary for good doctor-patient communication. Both also felt that while actual communication was generally good, there was also room for improvement. Furthermore, the doctors had higher expectations than did the patients. Four items in the Western model for doctor-patient communication, all promoting the partnership relation between them, appeared to have lower priority for both patients and doctors in Vietnam.ConclusionThe communication model used in the Western world could be applied in Vietnam with minor adaptations. Increasing patients’ understanding of their partner role needs to be considered. The implications for medical training in universities are to focus first on the key skills perceived as needing to be strengthened by both doctors and patients. In the longer term, all of these items should be included in the training to prepare for the future.

Model prilagođavanja u partnerskim odnosima pretpostavlja postojanje tri komponente (individualne, partnerske i socijalne), koje određuju ishod i tok jedne partnerske relacije. Mnoga istraživanja govore u prilog tome da rodne uloge koje se formiraju kroz proces socijalizacije određuju kako jedna veza počinje, teče i kako se završava. Polazeći od ove pretpostavke može se pretpostaviti da se homoseksualne veze značajno razlikuju od heteroseksualnih veza, jer u homoseksualnim vezama imamo dve osobe istog pola kojima društvo nameće istu rodnu ulogu. Cilj ovog rada bila je provera primenjivosti opisanog teorijskog modela prilagođavanja u partnerskim relacijama na muškarce iz homoseksualne populacije u Srbiji. Ono što nas je posebno interesovalo su načini pokazivanja ljubavi muškaraca u homoseksualnim i heteroseksualnim vezama, a rezultati su tumačeni u skladu sa ranije dobijenim podacima o rodnim ulogama i njihovom uticaju na ponašanje u partnerskim relacijama. U istraživanju je učestvovalo 200 ispitanika muškog pola, uzrasta od 18 do 59 godina. Svi ispitanici bili su u homoseksualnim vezama koje su opisivali kao stabilne (100 ispitanika) ili u heteroseksualnim brakovima (100 ispitanika). Od instrumenata korišćene su: Skala ljubavi (Braiker & Kelly, 1979), Skala načina izražavanja ljubavi (Huić, Kamenov i Jugović, 2010) i Skala zadovoljstva partnerskom relacijom (Huić i sar., 2010). Rezultati ovog istraživanja pokazuju da muškarci homoseksualne orijentacije percipiraju veću bliskost u vezi, zadovoljniji su svojim vezama i izveštavaju o češćem izražavanju ljubavi partneru i od partnera. Načini pokazivanja ljubavi (Žrtvovanje, Verbalno ispoljavanje emocija i Instrumentalnost u ulogama van kuće) su značajni prediktori zadovoljstva partnerskom relacijom.

Zimmerman, Bonnie, & McNaron, Toni A. H. (Eds.). 1996. The new lesbian studies: Into twenty-first century. New York: The Feminist Press at City University of New York, ISBN 1-55861-136-3, $17.95 paperback, 295 pp. Same sex, Different cultures: Gays and lesbians across cultures. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. ISBN 0-8133-3163-3, $26.00 cloth cover, 204 pp. Caution! These books should be read with an open mind. The material and information contained in these books will make visible invisible, challenge and deepen your understanding of human sexuality, gender roles, and heterosexism, and bring forth ideas and questions about social and cultural responses to same sex in contemporary and future cultures. While both books address aspects of sexual diversity, they approach subject matter using conflicting theoretical perspectives and address two different sets of issues in different cultural contexts. Gilbert Herdt (1997), drawing on cultural and historical material, discussed existence of same sex in a diversity of cultures ranging from Ancient Greece to contemporary societies. Bonnie Zimmerman and Toni McNaron (1996) focused on one specific culture, academia, in their collection of writings that provide a historical and reflective insight into growth and development of lesbian scholarship. Same sex, different cultures: Gays and lesbians across cultures is divided into seven chapters. In first chapter, Herdt addresses a few of more significant problems anthropologists experience in studying sexuality; his theoretical position, and anthropological concepts central to understanding further discussion. Herdt raises two primary challenges to studying sexuality. Anthropologists struggle over how one understands sexual behavior and practices without relating it to one's own sexuality. The second challenge relates to cultures that simply lack categories or concepts that cover meanings of contemporary notion of homosexual (p. 7). Herdt responds to these problems by approaching this book from a queer theory perspective. Queer theory argues that history and cultural descriptions are never distinguishable from authors and assumptions of normality through which subjects or objects are described (p. 9). In doing so, he challenges use of all categorical and classification systems and all notions of what is normal. Queer theorists view concepts such as `sexual identity' and `the body' as illusions in language and power relationships (p. 10). Herdt argued that we cannot understand one's sexual lifeway outside of context of their sexual culture. Herdt stated that the most important lesson to learn from cross-- cultural and historical study of homosexuality is that there is room for many at table of humankind in societies around world (p. 27). While there may be room for all at this table of humankind, Herdt suggests that in some countries, cultural myths associated with homosexuality have contributed to their not being welcomed or invited. In this second chapter, Herdt provides insight into dominant myths that permeate United States and other western cultures, revealing social and historical prerogatives of power from which they have been constructed. Chapter three focuses on existence of same sex in non-- western cultures. Drawing on ethnographic reports and existent literature, Herdt suggested that these were based on age, gender transformations, and specialized social roles or practices. Age structured homoerotic are reported to be more frequent amongst men than women. It was believed that these contributed to young men's training as warriors (i.e. ancient Greece, feudal Japan); development of their masculinity (i.e. Australian aboriginals, Sambia) and as responses to cultural taboos and restrictions (i.e. Africa). Gender transformed roles or third gender roles were related to cultural requirements requiring one of partners to take on behaviors, role, and dress of other gender (i. …

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In Western Culture, feminist campaigns have acted as a catalyst behind major societal changes regarding women's rights. Throughout history, feminism has encompassed a range of social and political movements aiming to establish and define equality of the sexes in societies where the male point of view is prioritised, and injustices occur towards women, solely because of their gender. This inequality in turn reinforces harmful gender stereotypes, roles and dynamics. Although this advocacy primarily focuses on women's rights, many feminists argue for the inclusion of men's liberation as men are also harmed by the perpetuation of traditional gender roles within themselves, which holds the power to harm women if these roles are broken. Feminist efforts fight to change such marginalising constraints. However, this fight is far from over – especially in Ciudad Juàrez, a Mexican border city experiencing a femicidal crisis where women are being murdered solely because they are women. This is likely due to toxic machismo and marianismo reinforcing the women's lack of rights to body autonomy and free thought. This chapter analyses and examines the many potential contributing factors to these heinous acts such as drug trafficking, organised crime, the emergence of the maquila industry and sociocultural factors like gender roles, and how these factors result in women being othered and viewed as deviant to their society which is so deeply rooted in traditional Catholicism and the gender roles that often apply to those who practice within the area. This notion of deviance ostracises and demonises women who are simply trying to get by, labelling them as monsters in their own society solely for breaking traditional gender roles.

This thesis seeks to examine the relationship between gender and musical participation by boys. The problem of males' non-participation in certain musical activities has been the subject of research for many years. This thesis considers some of the issues in relation to this phenomenon. The notion of gender is discussed. Historical and contemporary perspectives in stereotyping are investigated to determine the extent of the problem, with a view to enhancing the experience of boys in musical endeavours. There are no studies of this nature in existence in Australia and the existing research from other western cultures, while providing some basis, cannot be directly applied to this setting. Furthermore, existing studies have not brought about significant change in the gender order in music education. This project seeks to address these shortcomings. Masculinity in Australia is examined, with particular emphasis on the effects of hegemonic masculinity on those who do not fit this stereotype. Issues of bullying, depression and suicide are addressed. Empirical and sociological studies are re-examined in the light of more recent thought on the subject, particularly with regard to the possible causes of non-participation in singing and playing of certain instruments. The extent to which stereotyping of musical activities exists in Australian schools is reviewed through a series of studies of participation and literature. A number of subjects are interviewed to discover some of the reasons behind the choice of particular instruments. The thesis concludes with some perspectives arising from recent case studies of schools that have, to some extent, overcome some of the gender issues raised in earlier discussion. Constructs of masculinity and femininity effect musical participation in Australian schools and the extent of this effect is examined in this thesis.

Employing performance studies and queer studies, this article explores the subversive nature of western female fandom’s consumption of male dancing bodies in Korean pop (K-pop) culture. By offering close readings of fan-made compilation videos and analysing fans’ comments on YouTube, this article analyses how K-pop male idols’ androgynous gender fluidity provides a space for queering female desire against normative white masculinity. Through video editing, fans ‘choreograph’ their desire by fetishizing K-pop male dancers’ specific body parts and movements and transform themselves from displayed objects to subjects of the gaze. Moreover, through active engagement online, fans transcend their status from spectators to performers who actively enact alternative sexualities and gender roles in a public space. K-pop male singers’ gender performativity is significant, as it challenges rigid gender binaries in western culture – homosexuality/heterosexuality, masculine/feminine body and behaviour, and masculinized gaze/feminized object – as embodiments of hybridized male femininity, which this article calls liminal masculinity.

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The Suspicious Figure of the Female Forensic Pathologist Investigator in Crime Fiction

Crises have always brought along transformations in gender identities, roles, and relations: while much has changed in Western culture regarding the role of women and notions of masculinity are also challenged, efforts to control female roles, bodies, and sexualities persist. For example, Susan Faludi’s The Terror Dream has described the post-9/11 age as an era of reconstituted “traditional” manhood, redomesticated femininity and nuclear family “togetherness.” The question that lies at the basis of this paper is whether – and if so, how –science fiction cinema continues to respond to moments of crisis and vulnerability through the old myth of protective manhood and feminine weakness. By identifying two cases of insecurity – climate change and the coronavirus pandemic – we analyse a recent film (Bird Box, 2018) and two TV series on pandemic outbreaks from the US (Sweet Tooth, 2021) and Italy (Anna, 2021). All three works break new ground – though not devoid of limits – about family structures and parental care: while Bird Box proposes a reversal of gender roles, Anna elaborates on the notion of motherhood by presenting unconventional models of mothering; in Sweet Tooth, the ethics of care is extended to the relationship between humans, animals, and the endangered environment.

The concepts of traditional and nontraditional gender roles in Western culture, the impact of family of origin on gender role development, and different developmental theories of gender role identification are reviewed. In order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of gender role identification, the Cognitive-Active Gender Role Identification Continuum model is introduced. This model aids in the understanding of differences between cognitions and actions and levels of flexibility and rigidity that may be displayed in individuals in regard to gender roles. This model may be beneficial in understanding conflicts pertaining to gender role differences in a therapeutic setting with couples and families.