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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"sexual performance"”.
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Everything Is Drag: The Politics of Performing Beautiful Women in Cold War Chile
… examines productions, consumption, and performances of female bodies, genders, and sexualities in Chile under changing Cold War political regimes from 1950-1990. Drawing on deconstructionist and performance approaches, I consider the multiple, changing ways Cold War Chilean cisgender and …
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Deviant domesticity: an exploration of the spatial arrangement of erotic spaces of webcam models
… of the relationship between domestic space and sexual performance. From the data gathered in this research, I coined the term ‘constructed authenticity’ to show how performers carefully construct their performances spaces to appear authentic to their viewers, demonstrating the interplay between …
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Perceptions of HIV and Safe Male Circumcision in high HIV prevalence fishing communities on Lake Victoria, Uganda
… hygiene, disease prevention, and improved sexual performance and desirability were reported facilitators. Barriers included a perceived increase in SMC recipients’ physiological libido, post-surgical abstinence, lost income due to missed employment during convalescence, and lengthier …
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Masculinity, power, sexual negotiation and AIDS : a discourse analysis
… on the relationship between masculinity, power, sexuality and AIDS. It examines how discursive positioning within discourses of sexuality and masculinity affects the way heterosexual men negotiate safer sex. Four groups of sexually active men aged 17-28 were constituted to discuss masculinity, …
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Simple pornographers? The Marquis de Sade and the evolution of the hard-core pornographic film narrative
… way in which they frame, structure and pace the sexual performance, as well as analysing how they attempt to authenticate such representations. It concludes with a study of the hard-core initiation film, through which the political and philosophical meaning of such representations is assessed.
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Priapism Among Male Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease
… male adolescents, including: (a) Concerns with sexual performance, stigma, and associated psychological effects; (b) Quality of life and support systems; (c) Experiences with medical care; and (d) Knowledge of the condition and advice for others. The findings of this study confirm some previous …
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Somatic murmurs: a narrative inquiry into how women with low libido in long-term relationships experience sensate focus
Female Sexual Interest/Arousal Disorder (FSIAD – DSM 5) or lack or loss of sexual desire (ICD 11) is regularly cited as the most common and complex of sexual dysfunctions (Brotto, 2017), with treatment options being either: medical and/or pharmacological intervention/s, education or individual …
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Assessing the synergy between the Sterile Insect Technique and Classical Biological Control for sustainable management of the invasive pest Bagrada hilaris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
… inherent in the intraspecific communication and sexual behavior of treated individuals were investigated. From analyses of substrate-borne vibrational signals of irradiated males, it was found that the 100 Gy dose debilitates the insects' ability to emit vibrations of frequency comparable to that …
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Interazione dopamina-ossitocina nel controllo centrale della risposta erettile
… and consummatory aspects of male sexual behavior. When activated, this circuit facilitates not only the copulatory behavior through the activation of paraventricular oxytocinergic neurons projecting to the spinal cord, but also the mechanisms controlling sexual motivation and …