In addition to love and commitment motives (Lannutti, 2018 ), sexual minority individuals report legal protection and social validation as primary considerations that support their decision to pursue marriage (Rostosky et al., 2016 ). However, the …
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J. Kale Monk, TeKisha M. Rice, Brian G. Ogolsky, Stef Sloan, Pamela J. Lannutti
In Portugal, although there have been positive developments in the legal recognition of rights for LGB+ people (i.e., lesbian, gay, bisexual, and other minority sexual orientations), such as the ability for same-sex couples to co-adopt (in 2016) …
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Andreia A. Manão, Daniel Seabra, Maria do Céu Salvador
Approximately 1 in 10 people with a uterus are reported to have endometriosis, affecting at least 190 million globally (Horne & Missmer, 2022 ). However, uncertainty remains regarding endometriosis frequency, prevalence, and incidence rates due to …
Workplace violence is a serious threat to employees’ safety, wellbeing, and health. It encompasses incidents occurring in work-related situations where employees are abused, threatened, or assaulted (McPhaul & Lipscomb, 2004 ). Workplace sexual …
Teenage pregnancy (TP), of which 75% is unintended, can lead to adverse health, educational, and economic outcomes for both the mother and the child, costing over $9.4 billion annually in public care (National Campaign to Prevent Teen and …
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Romina L. Barral, J. Dennis Fortenberry, Astrid Guerrero Avitia, Mariana Ramirez, Abbey R. Masonbrink, Claire D. Brindis
The COVID-19 pandemic subjected most of the world’s population to national confinements, health risks, social isolation, and economic decline. This has had a considerable impact on multiple markers of physical and mental health (Cullen et al., 2020 …; Luo et al.,
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José Antonio Pérez-Escobar, David F. Carreno, Rosalía Pérez-Escobar, Nikolett Eisenbeck
The rich literature on representation posits that citizens place a premium on both policy representation and non-policy valence considerations. In pivotal work, Stokes ( 1963 ) argues that citizens value politicians who possess desirable valence …
Participants were recruited via contacting community organizations (e.g., LGBT community centers), distributing flyers (e.g., in libraries), attending in-person events (e.g., pride events), and through social media advertising. This analysis …
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Jae A. Puckett, Sarah Price, Terra Dunn, Kelsi Kuehn, Devon Kimball, Debra A. Hope, Richard Mocarski, Robert-Paul Juster, L. Zachary DuBois
Broadly, the term gender refers to the social categorization of females and males (Helgeson, 2017 ; Lindsey, 2016 ). These categorizations span social, cultural, and psychological attributes and roles that are assigned based on anatomical sex; …
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Marissa Stanziani, Jennifer Cox, Elizabeth MacNeil, Keisha Carden
Sexual challenges as a result of a cancer diagnosis and treatment are well-documented, with between 25 and 94% of people across tumour groups affected (Bond et al., 2019 ; Downing et al., 2019 ; Maiorino et al., 2016 ). Distressing and long-lasting …
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Sharon Linsey Bingham, Claire Victoria Cassells, Cherith Jane Semple
Notions of good practice regarding sexual communication and sexual consent have shifted towards an enthusiastic consent discourse, emphasising that good sexual consent practice in sexual situations is ongoing, active, and verbal (Darnell, 2020 ).
Religion may be a facilitator of compassion toward others, still numerous studies have demonstrated the divisive nature of religious beliefs that co-occur with prejudice and avoidance of certain groups of people, such as, for instance, sexual or …
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Theofilos Gkinopoulos, Manuel Teresi, Chiara Ballone, Hakan Çakmak, Maria Giuseppina Pacilli, Stefano Pagliaro
Currently, and for the first time in history, most people can expect to live beyond the age of 60 (WHO, 2015 ), with one in six people across the world expected to be older adult by 2050 (UN, 2019 ). These rapid and significant changes in world …
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José Alberto Ribeiro-Gonçalves, Joana Correia Jesus, Pedro Alexandre Costa, Isabel Leal
Sex and intimacy are among the basic drives that motivate all other human behavior (Finger & Mook, 1971 ; Maslow, 1943 ). In the search to satisfy these desires, people must select from among a variety of potential mates and intimates within their …
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Douglas N. Evans, Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill, Chunrye Kim
The healthy sexual behaviours of adolescents are a major concern of the public and global health community. Both physical and psychological development occur during adolescence when many young people begin actively engaging in sexual and romantic …
As has been shown in the literature and as the empirical evidence indicates, legal, economic, religious, and political mechanisms and institutions (Freeman, 1995 ) constrain women’s practices through differential gender inequalities and …