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Raw deal for foreign brides in Taiwan: study
Jul 17, 2008 |
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More than a quarter of a million women have been sold as wives and baby-makers in South East Asia, but they are getting a raw deal in health care and social inclusion.
Long work hours widen the gender gap
Aug 01, 2008 |
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Working overtime has a disproportionate impact on women in dual-earner households, exacerbating gender inequality and supporting the "separate sphere" phenomenon in which men are the breadwinners while women tend to the home, ...
Warriors do not always get the girl
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 11, 2009 |
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Aggressive, vengeful behavior of individuals in some South American groups has been considered the means for men to obtain more wives and more children, but an international team of anthropologists working in Ecuador among ...
Overworking husbands drive working wives back into the home, study finds
Aug 04, 2008 |
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Americans work longer hours than ever. That not only hurts women's careers but also widens the gender gap and threatens to trigger a resurgence of the traditional homemaker/breadwinner family structure in dual-earner households, ...
Men with wives, significant others more likely to be screened for prostate cancer
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Although the link between early screening and prostate cancer survival is well established, men are less likely to go for early screening unless they have a wife or significant other living with them, according to a study ...
Research highlights the negative effect of filarial hydrocele on marriage and sex
Apr 21, 2009 |
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A large proportion (94%) of lymphatic filariasis (LF) patients with hydrocele and their wives report the inability to have a satisfactory sexual life because of this condition. In a new ethnographic study, published on April ...
Theory explains why 25 percent of cultures cut male genitals
Mar 07, 2008 |
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Almost 25 percent of indigenous societies practice some form of male genital cutting, ranging from circumcision to the ritual removal of a testicle. The reason, reports a Cornell scientist, may be to reduce ...
Study finds wives have greater power in marriage problem-solving behavior
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 03, 2007 |
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Men may still have more power in the workplace, but apparently women really are "the boss" at home. That's according to a new study by a team of Iowa State University researchers.
Battle of the Sexes: Study Reveals Married Men Lag Behind in Household Chores
Aug 30, 2007 |
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A woman shouldn't be surprised if the man she's lived with suddenly stops taking out the trash or putting away the dirty dishes after they get married. The results of a recent international study conducted by researchers ...
Thoughtful words help couples stay fighting fit
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Couples who bring thoughtful words to a fight release lower amounts of stress-related proteins, suggesting that rational communication between partners can ease the impact of marital conflict on the immune system.
Spouses as campaign surrogates
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Spouses of presidential candidates are employed in campaigns more strategically and intensively than ever before. New research by political scientists concludes that the ability of presidential and vice-presidential candidates’ ...
More STDs for Older Widowers in ED Drug Era
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Widowers take care: Older men who have recently lost their wives are more likely than still-married peers to be diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease (STD), according to a new study.
Late motherhood boosts family lifespan
May 04, 2009 |
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Women who have babies naturally in their 40s or 50s tend to live longer than other women. Now, a new study shows their brothers also live longer, but the brothers' wives do not, suggesting the same genes prolong ...
Women in India abused by husbands at far greater risk for HIV infection
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 12, 2008 |
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India is home to the third-largest number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in the world and, as in the U.S. and many African nations, the rate of infection among women continues to rise faster than that among men. ...
Men are the weaker sex
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Nurses in the maternity ward often say that a difficult labor is a sign of a baby boy. Now, a Tel Aviv University study provides scientific proof that a male baby comes with a bigger package of associated ...
