Woman Suffers Research Articles

Investigating Factors Causing Sectarian Militancy and Its Association with Rural Women Sufferings

The study titled “Investigating factors causing sectarian militancy and its association with rural women suffering” was carried out in tribal district Kurram erstwhile known as Kurram Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan. A proportionally determined sample size of 335 female respondents was randomly selected within the age group of 30 years and above. The collected data was quantitatively analyzed and presented with the help of frequencies and percentages. The study concluded that sectarian militancy has devastating effects on rural women in terms of getting educations, access to health care facilities and administrative domains, social capital and networking, and political freedom. The prevalence of long standing sectarian tendencies and subsequent violence in the area, also contributed towards women increasing economic dependency on men. The study further concluded that women focused social institutions were socially disintegrated in terms of its physical infrastructure and deliverance due to sectarian conflicts. Likely, it’s also resulted into weakened control of women over livelihood, while on the other hand; women opt for secular ideologies in migrated areas after their displacement from home towns. To overcome with women sufferings in war effected areas, strict regulations need to be implemented especially targeting women folks, introduction of consistent efforts to challenge the prevailing patriarchal social structure, creation of awareness among the local leaders about gender sensitivity and punishing anti-state actors like Taliban and Zainebiyoun etc., were forwarded some of the recommendations in light of the study results.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing of Maleficium: Case Study of a “Cursed” Woman Suffering From Unexplained Pain

The present case study describes the application of the eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) approach to a patient experiencing the distressing memory of an act of apparent ‘maleficium.’ The patient was in treatment due to somatic symptom disorder. Transcripts from the EMDR desensitization session were used to qualitatively describe both the dysfunctional stored memories associated with the apparent sorcery and the healing associations contributing to the zeroing of the alleged subjective unit of disturbance. Changes in psychometric measures of symptoms showed that the patient experienced a relevant and unexpected reduction of different clinical outcomes, with a specific notable effect on the subjective evaluation of pain. An explanation based on adaptive information processing is offered to explain this last unexpected finding.

Evaluation of Some Biochemical Parameters in Women Suffer from Systemic Lupus Erythmatosis

A rise in the number of women suffering from SLE has been noted by researchers. The research comprised 70 patients and thirty healthy normals. They were between the ages of fifteen and fifty-three; the sample was gathered from different clinics in Iraq. The Blood samples were taken for serum isolation. The serumis used for evaluation of serum glucose level, triglyceride level, cholesterol level, alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), urea nitrogen level, uric acid. The results showed that AST and ALT were increased significantly in SLE patients. cholesterol and triglycerides have increased significantly, according to biochemical tests. Serum glucose, urea nitrogen, and uric acid levels changed by a negligible amount. In conclusion, SLE has an effect on liver functions and lipid profile while it doesn’t affect Kidney functions and fasting glucose levels.

THE EFFICACY OF LEKHANIYA GANA SIDDHA ANUVASANA BASTI ON PCOS

Infertility is the failure of a person /couple to conceive after one year of regular sexual attempts without contra-ception. Ayurveda says fertility factors are Ritu, kshetra, ambu and beeja. Any ailments in any of these four fac-tors are causes of infertility. Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is the most common cause of chronic anovula-tion associated with hyperandrogenism. PCOS is responsible for more than half of infertility in women. An obese woman suffers mental stress due to obesity, and if she suffers from PCOS, it leads to infertility. At pre-sent, PCOS is treated by hormonal therapy, anti–diabetic, symptomatic treatment and surgical drilling. They may lead to obesity. Herbal medicines, according to Ayurveda, followed by Shodhana karma like ANUVASANA-BASTI, can be a great benefit in PCOS. In Charak Samhita, lekhaniyadashemani, which is a group of 10 drugs, acts by scraping, scratching, or by removal of the excess Doshas. In this regard, the Lekhana drug could be ef-fective in reducing obesity. Considering this view, Lekhaniyagana savasana basti has been selected for treating PCOS. This study focuses on the effect of LEKHANIYAGANA SIDDHA TAILAANUVASANABASTI on PCOS. We have compared the effects of Kuberakshavati and Lekhaniyagana siddha Anuvasana basti on 30 patients for three months. By comparing both the drugs given for PCOS, we have concluded that Shodhanachikitsa, followed by Shamana chikitsa, helps in treating PCOS.

Vascular Diseases in Women: Do Women Suffer from Them Differently?

According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among women worldwide, yet its magnitude is often underestimated. Biological and gender differences affect health, diagnosis, and healthcare in numerous ways. The lack of sex and gender awareness in health research and healthcare is an ongoing issue that affects not only research but also treatment and outcomes. The importance of recognizing the impacts of both sex and gender on health and of knowing the differences between the two in healthcare is beginning to gain ground. There is more appreciation of the roles that biological differences (sex) and sociocultural power structures (gender) have, and both sex and gender affect health behavior, the development of diseases, their diagnosis, management, and the long-term effects of an illness. An important issue is the knowledge and awareness of women about vascular diseases. The risk of cardiovascular events is drastically underestimated by women themselves, as well as by those around them. The purpose of this review is to draw attention to improving the medical care and treatment of women with vascular diseases.

Molecular Detection of Ureaplasma Urealyticum in Pregnant Woman Suffering from Urinary Tract Infection

Mycoplasma is a genus of bacteria that lack a cell wall, The present study was designed to identify the Ureaplasma urelyticium which causes the pregnant women suffering uti. The study included 200 samples of 150 pregnant women and 50 controls from the Bint Al-Huda teaching Hospital and Al-Haboubi teaching Hospital in the Thi-Qar provainc. The presence of the GPO gene in urine samples by using the PCR used as an indicator for mycoplasma colonization of urinary tract of pregnant, then the species was detected by DNA sequencing. in this study Regarding the GPO gene most of the cases were carry mycoplasmas and majority of the control groups expressing the positive results so that there was no significant statistical differences where (p value = 0.069). The present results recorded that the presence of about 94% homology between studied samples with Ureaplasma urelyticium sequences. Twenty-one, 12 and 6 genetic variations of 16SrRNA gene were identified in Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma, ureaplasma urelyticium. Some variations were variably distributed in the majority of the studied samples. The study showed that the ureaplasma urelyticium.is an important cause of UTI in pregnant women in Iraqi population.

Representation of Women in the Partition Fiction: A Study through the short stories of Saadat Hasan Manto

The partition of India had led to a holocaust of almost one million deaths and displacement of innumerable numbers on the both side of the border. Out of this huge numbers of casualties the number of women’s death was not less than one lakh. This loss of life and property as well as separation from near and dear ones created a vacuum which could only be realistically portrayed through fiction. Partition fiction recreates that tumultuous period, through dramatization of emotions like anger, hatred, jealousy in order to enable the readers to re-live the past. However, there is a difference in magnitude and intensity to the sufferings of women than of men which most of the fictions failed to deal with. The pain and agony of women were never heard clearly in the bustling sound of violence. An in-depth study of stories of Khuswant Singh, Bapsi Sidhwa, Bhisam Sahni, Saadat Hasan Manto etc. will show that women were not only the subject to communal hatred and suspicion of that time, they were also subject to predatory gaze and beastly lust of the attackers. They suffered humiliation before their death. Even those who survived the onslaught could not overcome the traumatic pain that they went through. Because their pain was not only physical, it had a psychological dimension too. In the stories of Manto, we find a poignant and sensitive portrayal of the pitiable and traumatic condition of women during the partition. In this paper, an attempt is made to explain the psychological impact of the violence on the women through analyzing selected stories of Saadat Hasan Manto.

Oxidative Changes among Women Suffering From Urinary Tract Infection in Enugu Metropolis, Nigeria

Background: The action of bacterial infection in the urinary tract can trigger the release of free radicals which could progress and overwhelm endogenous antioxidants, hence oxidative changes occur. This work aimed to estimate the level of oxidized low density lipoprotein (Ox-LDL) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), among women suffering from urinary tract infection in Enugu metropolis. Materials and Methods: Ethical approval was obtained from the Health Research and Ethics committee (HREC) of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku–Ozalla, Enugu State. Informed consent was obtained from all recruited subjects. About forty (40) women diagnosed of UTIs at the UNTH were recruited for the study and twenty (20) women free of UTIs and who are not registered with UNTH were used as a control for this study. Blood specimens were collected and analysed using the ELISA technique to check for Ox-LDL and SOD levels. Results: The mean value of the antioxidant enzyme, SOD, was lower than that of the control which suggests a possibility of oxidative stress. However, Ox-LDL mean value was lower than that of the control population showing absence of lipid peroxidation in all sampled population, which may have been pronounced if the subjects had complicated UTI like pyelonephritis. Conclusion: This study showed a drop in the levels of an antioxidant enzyme among UTI patients placing the patients at risk of oxidative stress. Ox-LDL should be higher in test than in control population indicating lipid peroxidation. However, in this study, the Ox-LDL showed no increase in values. Oxidative stress should be looked out for and treated by physicians when treating UTIs.

Becoming Awakened: Four Yue Opera Segments in Xie Jin’s Two Stage Sisters

Abstract: A major work of the renowned director Xie Jin, the 1964 film Two Stage Sisters (Wutai jiemei 舞台姐妹) has received popular reception and critical acclaim both domestically and internationally. Existing scholarship has interpreted Two Stage Sisters primarily through the film analysis methodology, which overlooks the critical component of the film’s aesthetics—the Chinese Yue opera performance. My analysis will shed new light on the film’s depiction of Yue opera actresses by examining details of Yue opera performances and their intermedial interactions with the film. Examination of the “drama-within-drama” device in Two Stage Sisters —in which several excerpted opera segments are inserted into the film’s narrative—reveals that it serves both political and humanistic purposes. Drawing on my fifteen years of personal experience with Yue opera theater, I analyze the film through a new methodological approach that takes into account the film’s transmedial and multimedia connections with the operatic lyrics, singing, music, costume, and movement. This paper invites a rereading of Two Stage Sisters by presenting an original decoding of four Yue opera segments, particularly regarding the parallels and tensions between the onstage opera world and the off-stage film narrative. I demonstrate that each opera segment directly matches one step in the four-step framework of “escape → anger → half-awakened → awakened” identified by Wang Hui as the construction trajectory of female protagonist Zhu Chunhua’s revolutionary subjectivity. In this, I hold that all the Yue opera segments are carefully chosen and crafted into the film holistically to bear meaning and purpose, both in relationship with each other and in relationship to the overall film narrative. I will argue that the selected opera segments serve three central purposes in Two Stage Sisters . First, they externalize Chunhua’s interiority in her becoming a revolutionary subject. Second, they showcase the historical transformation of Yue opera theater. Third, rather than posing a stark disconnect, the premodern opera segments speak to and connect with the historicity and sufferings of women depicted in the last two modern segments, thus integrating gender and collective consciousness into the overarching revolutionary discourse. Overall, this paper uncovers the unacknowledged subtleties and richness of the film owing to the Yue opera segments.

Community Based Study of Rural Tribal Women’s Prepregnancy Health

Background: In addition to health during pregnancy, labour, post-birth, an optimal state of physical and mental health at the onset of pregnancy is essential for health of women and their babies during pregnancy, birth, and post birth over decades. The concept of preconception health has been old; however it has received little attention until recently. There has now been momentum because of persisting sufferings of women during pregnancy, birth and beyond in spite of best of care during pregnancy. Objective: Present community based study was conducted to know about prepregnancy health, body mass index (BMI), hemoglobin (Hb), any major illnesses in women of a remote rural region. Material and methods: After the institution’s ethics committee’s approval, community based study was conducted in 100 villages with health facilities in forestry and hilly regions. Total 2400 women of reproductive age, likely to have pregnancy were included randomly, minimum 20 from each village to get information as per objective. Results: Among 2400 women, 22.8% had low BMI, 56.6% normal, 26.6% high BMI, 10% women had <5gm/dl Hb, 20.5% ≥ 5 but <7 gm/dl Hb, 33.7% ≥ 7 but <9 gm/dl Hb, 12% Hb ≥ 9 but <11gm/dl Hb, 23.6% women had Hb ≥ 11gm/dl Hb. Total 12.1% women had hypertension, 8.4% had diabetes, 79.5% had other disorders, mostly anemia. Conclusion: There were 22.8% underweight tribal women with chances of other nutritional deficiencies, 30.54% had severe and 33.75% had moderate anemia, 10% had alarming very severe anemia, real cause of concern. Government health providers need to identify various disorders of prepregnancy which can become dangerous during pregnancy, birth, post birth for both mother and baby. It is also important to address them in later life through various preventive and therapeutic interventions.

Objects Do Not Suffer: An Impact of Mechanistic Dehumanization on Perceptions of Women's Suffering and Lack of Justice in Domestic Assault.

Women constitute an overwhelming majority of those who experience domestic violence; furthermore, the vast majority of perpetrators of domestic violence go unsentenced. The objectification of women innately implies the denial of humanness, and dehumanization is known to play a role in willingness to engage in and acceptance of interpersonal harm. Yet, important questions remain. The current study examines the type of humanness objectified women are being denied, and how that denial implicates perceptions surrounding domestic assault. We predict that associating women with objects, and not animals, may be uniquely implicated in the lack of consequences for perpetrators-for objects cannot feel pain. In the current study (N = 319), we manipulated the presentation of a woman as sexualized or not and purported that she had been involved in a domestic violence incident. We found that when the target woman was sexualized (and thus objectified), participants associated her with an inert, non-human object (i.e., mechanistically dehumanized her) more than when she was not sexually objectified, but we found no effect of sexualization on animalistic dehumanization. Furthermore, mechanistic dehumanization mediated decreases in perceptions of the sexually objectified woman's suffering as a result of the domestic violence, which decreased the severity of the punishment participants recommended for the perpetrator, while also, increasing victim, and decreasing perpetrator, blame. We discuss critical considerations of the role of dehumanization in domestic violence directed toward women and the lack of consequences for perpetrators of these crimes.

Implications of 9/11 Attacks in Waldman’s The Submission

This paper scrutinizes the impacts of 9/11 attacks as portrayed in Amy Waldman’s The Submission that is written in 2011 after a decade of the incident. The research shows that the incident of 9/11 opens up both new challenges and opportunities for the people of the world in general and the Americans in particular. The article explains the reasons for the adversities that minorities and women experience in the aftermath of the attacks as depicted in the novel. As the terrorists are men, the incident of 9/11 is generally seen as a masculine event that overshadows the sufferings experienced by the women characters. The objective of the paper is to explore the repercussions of the attacks in the lives of the women as portrayed in the text. The article pictures the trials and tribulations of women from ethnic minorities of the non-western countries. The paper employs the feminist perspective to analyze the traumatic sufferings of the Asian women. I use the concept of E. Kaplan to analyze the fictional data to investigate into the status of ethnic minorities especially women in the post-9/11 situation in the United States of America. The finding of the research implies that women face more identity crisis than their counterparts in the aftermath of the incident regarding life, liberty and pursuit of happiness which are needed to lead lives with dignity.

Voicing the Voiceless Dalits with Special reference to Bama’s Karukku

In India, Dalit Literature has become a prominent concept or genre in the field of literature in several Indian languages. Dalit literature is a distinct genre that offers a voice to those who have experienced humiliation, exploitation, marginalization, and revolt in India's underprivileged communities. The discourse of the dissenting Dalit writer Bama Faustina, whose work provides a comprehensive and integrated portrayal of Dalit's suffering, gives Dalit literature a gendered perspective. Faustina Mary Fatima Rani, better known by her pen name Bama, she was lauded as India's first Dalit woman writer with her autobiography ‘Karukku’. Her work depicts the situation of Dalit women, about their suffering and persecution at the hands of patriarchs. This paper focuses on the suppressed voice of Dalits and represents Bama as a voice of Voiceless Dalits. 'Karukku' examines many forms of brutal persecution of Dalits, as well as the atrocities perpetrated upon oppressed women in the paraiyar caste. In light of the growing relevance and awareness of Dalit Literature, this research aims to depict the sufferings of women both inside and outside the community. This paper also tries to demonstrate how a Dalit woman expresses herself by accepting and embracing Dalit society's paradoxes.

A Critical Study of Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter through the Lens of Radical Feminism

The study is an exploration of Hawthorne’ The Scarlet Letter (1851) using feminist lens. The present study seeks to investigate the women sufferings in the character of Hester Prynne in the novel The Scarlet Letter (1851). Moreover, the study also aims to explore the factors of women sufferings in the light of Morgan’s theory of Radical feminism (1992). The sttudy is qualitative in nature. Textual analysis is done to see the sufferings of Hester and the factors contributing to women sufferings. Findings of the present study indicate that woman suffered with their status in the society and the physical state of mind that is not accepted by the patriarchal society. Hawthorn’s novel The Scarlet Letter (1851) had depicted the real picture of women sufferings in a male dominated society and also the factors that led women towards suppression.

Патогенетические особенности формирования несостоятельности тазового дна у женщин репродуктивного возраста

Background. Today, the issue of genital prolapse remains in the spotlight all over the world. This condition accounts for 30–40% of all cases of gynecological diseases. It should be noted that a third of women are women of child-bearing age. The problem of understanding true prevalence of pelvic organ prolapse (РОР) in various age groups is that there are no severe clinical symptoms during early stages of the disease, which ham-pers the diagnosis and, consequently, assessment of the prevalence of genital prolapse. That is why the prevalence of genital prolapse in women of child-bearing age has been little studied in the world literature. The other feature of the РОР diagnosis in young women is that it is difficult to verify pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) before POP manifestation. Patients often do not seek medical care, since the complaints they present with are not typical for the concept of PFD. The patients’ complaints most often turn out to be related to abnormal vaginal biocenosis or even inflam-matory diseases of the pelvis, sexual dysfunctions. No treatment of such conditions results in abnormal anatomic and topographic interaction be-tween vaginal walls, reduced barrier function of introitus vaginae and altered vaginal microbiota composition, therefore, the woman suffers from recurrent pain that significantly reduces her quality of life. Aim. To study the perineal tissue state during the development of PFD. Methods. The prospective randomized comparative cohort study involved 155 women, who contacted the Department of Gynecology for elective surgical treatment. All patients underwent standard clinical and instrumental assessment for gynecological patients: history taking, physical ex-amination, advanced gynecological assessment, pelvic ultrasound. The assessment program was expanded to complex perineological examination including pelvic floor evaluation according to the method by L.R. Toktar, perineal manometry using the iEase XFT-0010 perineometer (according to the unit user manual), transperineal ultrasound. In addition, evaluation of vaginal biotope and morphological assessment of the levator com-plex were performed. Results. According to the data obtained, abnormal vaginal biotope is the major atypical PFD symptom. This condition is recurrent. The vaginal wall loss of elasticity and abnormal collagenization result in the more profound perineal tissue alterations. Morphological assessment of perineal tissues has revealed levator ani inflammation in 20% of cases and fibrosis in 100% of cases. Conclusions. Recurrent vaginal biocenosis abnormality is a clinical symptom of PFD. Vaginal dysbiosis results in morphological alterations in the vaginal wall structure and probably in the entire levator complex.

AN ACTION RESEARCH ON MANAGING AND DIRECTING DRAMA IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND BLENDING THE POSTCOLONIAL FEMINIST DRAMA

This paper focusses on the difficulties in the production of a live drama in an educational institution from auditioning the actors to seamless performance on stage. The actors were chosen from students of literature doing their undergraduate and postgraduate studies. A postcolonial drama, The Lion and The Jewel by Wole Soyinka was chosen and the drama was staged. The researcher has been the director of the drama and a field study has been studied on the process of creating a successful drama. It involves stage management, producing the play, directing, acting, light design, set design and costume design. Stage management is one of the crucial factors in a drama which needs to be taken care of from the practice sessions to the show time. The outcome of the show relies entirely on the management of the stage. In this study Yoruba’s drama is taken and replicating them was a tougher one which includes costume, realistic stage setting, lighting, sound setting and their dances. The drama is also chosen to highlight the sufferings of women in African society and how they are victimized. All these aspects are previously designed and experimented practically to find out the shortcomings in staging a live drama in an educational institution. Questionnaires are also designed and circulated among the actors for further study.

Sophie, Greta, Cuiyuan, and Feminist Desire

Sophie, Greta, Cuiyuan, and Feminist Desire

«Petruska Says That in General, Men Suffer from a Lack of Love, and Women Suffer from a Lack of Orgasms»

Kristina Melnikovas review of the book All You Ever Wanted to Know About Extraordinary Sex by Petruska Clarkson.

Efficacy of a long-term acting triptan for Headache attributed to aeroplane travel: a case report.

Headache attributed to aeroplane travel (AH) is a well-defined nosological entity whose diagnostic criteria have been published in the third provisional International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD) and confirmed in the definitive version. Despite the severe intensity of pain, less than half of the AH cases described used medications for preventing the attack. The most frequent prophylactic therapy spontaneously used by sufferers are simple analgesics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and nasal decongestants, achieving a complete or partial benefit in about 50% of patients. A complete response of AH to fast-acting triptans has been reported. We describe the case of a 37-year-old migrainous woman suffers from AH in about 75% of her flights who preempted the attacks by using a long-acting triptan (frovatriptan). Giving triptans' mechanism of action, an involvement of the trigemino-vascular system in the pathogenesis of AH could be advanced.

The political and social challenges facing the empowerment of Arab women in the shadow of technological development

Arab women have assumed an important social, economic and political status throughout the ages after long conflicts and struggles and a series of failures and successes to realize their rights as human beings, and in light of the new changes that societies have undergone in an era characterized by rapid real-time technological development and scientific progress, women's practical, scientific, vital and influential contribution has become a fundamental necessity in all aspects of economic, social and politics. The research has reached important results, including: the need to work on spreading a culture of balance and equality between men and women, which is the basic principle for facing many challenges that stand as an obstacle towards empowering women, supporting their participation in development, and advancing the wheel of development in society. It is the main strong foundation for realizing all the rights that women seek to obtain in various aspects of life, as well as empowering women by the force of law, which is the strict hand of their support in entitlement to their rights, as many countries have put in place laws according to which women are empowered with compulsory education and Free to be a basic supporter of self-development for her children and building her community. The quota system that was created as a means to support women’s political empowerment with a limited positive impact is not reliable as a final goal with regard to the fairness of women’s political participation, since political parties’ choices for female candidates within the quota are not subject to the criteria of competencies and the appropriate scientific, cultural or popular level of well-earned achievements. Also, the dominance of tribal, clan and interest relations, where the capabilities of these female candidates are negated or have limited ability to absorb and present problems, solutions and sufferings of women, in order to reach positive legislation for those who represent them according to a mandatory political agenda that seeks to achieve it. The modern global standards brought about by the digital information revolution and its requirements in lifestyles necessitated their employment in creating mechanisms to empower women by preparing distinguished women not only within the educational level, but also with the expertise and skills that qualify them for leadership positions and active political participation and support them with all developmental means, especially with regard to the use of social media to educate women in order to change the stereotype set by the patriarchal culture and at the same time provide them with the skills and expertise necessary to qualify them scientifically, technically and politically to reach their primary role in community development through its political culture that qualifies them to build a better politician, a better social role model improving women political future .