How and why a patient begins to call his wife “mom”: cases of changing the terms of kinship

2021 ◽  
Vol LII (3) ◽  
pp. 88-94
Author(s):  
Iosif M. Zislin
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Dysfunction ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Sexual Partner ◽  
Oedipal Complex ◽  
Special Case ◽  
Clinical Cases

This is a paper showing how and why a patient starts calling his wife mom. An example of some cases is discussed. Such speech formulas, well known in everyday life, are described in linguistics as a pragmatic shift. It was demonstrated that such a temporary transposition of the name occurs in patients suffering from depression and associated sexual dysfunction. Methods of linguistics, anthropology and psychoanalysis have been used to analyze the described clinical cases. It is suggested that such transposition reflects an unconscious taboo and a mirror inversion of the oedipal complex. The standard and permissible marital sexual behaviour become incestuous through renaming the sexual partner in the described cases. The aforementioned transposition in the focus of therapy can be considered as a special case of (psychological) speech defense, which we have designated as rhetorical illocutionary defense.

scholarly journals Sexual dysfunction in old age

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 270-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Ludovic Phanjoo
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Dysfunction ◽  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Male Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Physical Problems ◽  
The Subject

The sexual behaviour of older people is more often the target of jocularity or ridicule than the subject of serious scientific research. As a consequence, relatively little is known about the sexual behaviour of the over-65s and such information as is available shows a polarisation according to gender, male sexual behaviour and dysfunction being viewed very much in the light of physical problems, whereas women's sexual behaviour revolves around attitudes towards sexuality and the psychological effects of ageing. This review will address the biological changes associated with ageing, the psychological and social concomitants, the prevalence of sexual dysfunction, its aetiological factors, and the management of common sexual problems including those found in an institutional setting.

The Development of a Scale for the Assessment of Sexual Behaviour in Australian Women

1977 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 233-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine Dennerstein ◽  
Graham D. Burrows ◽  
Carl Wood ◽  
Carol Poynton
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Dysfunction ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Sexual Problems ◽  
Sexual Response ◽  
Successful Therapy ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Clinical Investigations ◽  
Female Sexual Response

The aim of this study was to develop a simple method of assessing female sexual response, suitable for use in clinical investigations. Following a review of interview, physiological and psychological methods, a Scale of Sexual Response was developed. Sexually dysfunctional women and women who stated they had no sexual problems completed the Scale. The results demonstrated that 11 of the 15 subscales had concurrent validity. The 4 subscales relating to auto eroticism did not distinguish between groups. Significant changes were demonstrated in 4 subscales following successful therapy of the sexual dysfunction. The scale was shown to be reliable.

scholarly journals Auswirkungen der Pflege eines Partners auf Partnerschaft und Sexualität

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-116
Author(s):  
Ralph-Michael Karrasch ◽  
Monika Reichert
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Sexual Dysfunction ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Male Partner ◽  
Sexual Problems ◽  
The Relationship

This study shows that caregiving for a spouse with a chronic disease or disability can be a difficult task in many ways and can have a negative impact (e.g. lack of intimacity, sexual problems) on the quality of the relationship between the couple. With regard to sexual problems, for example, insufficient ways to handle sexual dysfunction of the (male) partner, the avoidance of talking about sexuality, a misleading perception of each other’s sexual needs and jealousy can be experienced as especially burdensome. As a consequence, very often caregivers and care receivers report a lower marital satisfaction compared to the time before the caregiving situation set in. In order to reduce the negative impact caregiving may have on the partnership, changes in everyday life and in the relationship have to be accepted and, adequate coping strategies have to be used or learned, respectively (e.g. improvement of verbal communication skills). Zusammenfassung: Diese Studie zeigt, dass die Pflege eines Partners mit chronischer Erkrankung oder Einschränkung in vielerlei Hinsicht eine schwierige Aufgabe darstellt und negative Auswirkungen – wie einen Mangel an Zärtlichkeit oder sexuelle Probleme – auf die Partnerschaftsqualität haben kann. In Hinblick auf sexuelle Probleme können unzureichende Wege mit sexueller Dysfunktion des (männlichen) Partners umzugehen, das Vermeiden von Gesprächen über Sexualität, eine irreführende Wahrnehmung der gegenseitigen sexuellen Bedürfnisse und Eifersucht als besonders belastend erlebt werden. Als Folge berichten Pflegende und Gepflegte über eine geringere Zufriedenheit mit der Partnerschaft als in der Zeit, bevor die Pflegesituation auftrat. Um die möglichen negativen Auswirkungen einer Pflegesituation auf die Partnerschaft zu verringern, müssen Veränderungen im alltäglichen Leben und in der Partnerschaft besser angenommen und adäquate Bewältigungsstrategien wie z.B. eine Verbesserung der verbalen Kommunikation genutzt bzw. erlernt werden.

scholarly journals HPV vaccination and sexual behaviour in healthcare seeking young women in Luxembourg

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e8516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camille Soudeyns ◽  
Niko Speybroeck ◽  
Marc Brisson ◽  
Joël Mossong ◽  
Ardashel Latsuzbaia
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Sexual Partner ◽  
Sexual Debut ◽  
Hpv Vaccination ◽  
Sexual Partners ◽  
Age Difference ◽  
Relationship Duration ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Unsafe Sexual Behaviour

Introduction Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) worldwide. Despite recommendations for HPV vaccination of young women from health authorities, parental concerns were raised whether vaccination could induce unsafe sexual behaviour in young women. Therefore, the primary aim of this study was to investigate if HPV vaccination in healthcare seeking adult women in Luxembourg was associated with unsafe sexual behaviour. Methods Seven hundred twenty-nine women (mean age = 22.5; range 18–43 years) were recruited either at Luxembourg family planning centres or at private gynaecology practices. All participants completed a questionnaire on vaccination status and sexual behaviour. Poisson and logistic regressions were used to study the association between sexual behaviour and vaccination status (N = 538). Both models were restricted to women younger than 26 years, since the first cohort being vaccinated would be 25 years old at the time of sampling. Assortativity of sexual mixing by age was also assessed for further transmission modelling for women <30 years reporting age of last/current sexual partner (N = 649). Women older than 29 years were excluded from the assortativity analysis due to restricted sample size. Results In total, 386/538 (71.8%) of participants reported receiving HPV vaccine. Vaccination uptake significantly varied by nationality and was higher in Portuguese 112/142 (78.9%) and in Luxembourgish 224/313(71.6%) residents, and lower in residents of other nationalities 50/83 (60.2%) (p = 0.011). HPV vaccination was not associated with unsafe sexual behaviour such as shorter relationship duration with current or last sexual partner (odds ratio (OR) = 1.05, 95% CI [0.94–1.16]), younger age of sexual debut (OR = 1.00, 95% CI [0.88–1.14]), increased number of lifetime sexual partners (OR = 0.95, 95% CI [0.87–1.03), higher age difference with sexual partner (OR = 1.01, 95% CI [0.95–1.08]), condom use (OR = 0.97, 95% CI [0.60–1.56]), nor with other factors like smoking (OR = 0.73, 95% CI [0.47–1.15]) and nationality. HPV vaccination was only associated with younger age (OR = 0.84, 95% CI [0.75–0.94]). Relationship duration, age of sexual debut, age difference with sexual partner, smoking, age and non-Portuguese foreign nationality were predictors of number of lifetime sexual partners. Assortativity analysis revealed that young women chose sexual partners who were 2.3 years older on average. Conclusions Our study found no association between unsafe sexual behaviour and HPV vaccination.

Is imprinting such a special case?

1990 ◽  
Vol 329 (1253) ◽  
pp. 125-131 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Internal Representation ◽  
Familiar Object ◽  
Early Experience ◽  
Sensitive Period ◽  
Sexual Preferences ◽  
Naive Animal ◽  
Filial Imprinting ◽  
Special Case ◽  
Plastic Change

As the result of relatively brief exposure to a particular type of object early in life, many birds and mammals will form strong and exclusive attachments to that object. This is known as ‘filial imprinting’. Early experience can also have long-lasting effects on sexual preferences, but the conditions are different from those in which the first attachments are formed. Some of the characteristics of imprinting are undoubtedly because of the naive animal searching for and responding selectively to particular stimuli. But that is not all. At least two types of plastic change seem to be involved: establishing an internal representation of the familiar object and pre-emptive capturing by that representation of the systems controlling filial behaviour and, much later in development, sexual behaviour. The second plastic change is likely to generate the phenomenon of a sensitive period and gives the formation of social attachments some of its other peculiar properties. The first change is likely to be the process used in most forms of recognition. Distinguishing between the sub-processes that underlie an overall change in behaviour serves to make some overdue links between different areas of knowledge about learning which have hitherto been poorly connected.

scholarly journals This is Rape Culture, Ladies and Gentlemen

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Kuttainen
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Short Fiction ◽  
College Campus ◽  
Rape Culture ◽  
Heterosexual Woman ◽  
Thick Description

“This is Rape Culture, Ladies and Gentlemen” uses the affordances offeredby multi-perspectival short fiction and thick description to re-centre attention on first-personexperience and the “taken-for-granted” complexities of everyday life that are at the heart of rape culture. It attempts to highlight the “everydayness” of rape culture which makes rape almost invisible within a normalised milieu of predatory sexual behaviour. In this, it draws on sociological theories of the practices of everyday life (Lefebvre, 1947/1991; de Certeau, 1974/1984; Felski, 1999), in which commonplace situations, mundane routines, and normal behaviours — that are usually taken for granted — are focalised. My story takes place on a college campus in North America, and involves a pivotal conversation between a homosexual man and a heterosexual woman that draws attention to the different ways in which rape is visible or invisible depending on characters’ (and readers’) positioning in relation to hegemonic social norms.

Cannabinoids, Reward, and Addiction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda A. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Dopamine Release ◽  
Morphological Changes ◽  
Reward Processing ◽  
Cannabis Use Disorder ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Induced Changes ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Special Case

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter critical for reward processing and is elevated by most addicting drugs. The effect of THC and other CB1 agonists moderately elevate dopamine in reward related regions of the rodent brain; however, there is less consistent evidence in humans for marijuana-induced changes in dopamine release or for morphological changes in brain reward areas. In humans, cannabis use disorder has been identified, which shows similar features of other substance use disorders, but not in the same extremes as opiates, psychostimulants or alcohol. This chapter discusses the interaction between cannabis and other drugs in relapse to drugs use, with a special case for the interaction between cannabinoids and opiates. Finally, the relationship between cannabinoid effects on men and women in sexual behaviour is discussed.

Bladder and sexual function among women with multiple sclerosis

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Borello-France ◽  
Wendy Leng ◽  
Margie O'Leary ◽  
Macrina Xavier ◽  
Janet Erickson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Sexual Dysfunction ◽  
Sexual Function ◽  
Sexual Partner ◽  
Urge Incontinence ◽  
Bladder Function ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression ◽  
Bladder Control ◽  
Voiding Symptoms

Objective: Genitourinary dysfunction is common in women with multiple sclerosis (MS), yet few studies have evaluated the association between bladder and sexual dysfunction in these women. The aim of this study was to determine factors, including demographic and bladder function, associated with sexual dysfunction in a sample of women with MS. Methods: One hundred and thirty-three women with MS completed questionnaires related to overall heath status, bladder function and sexual function. Response frequencies and percentages were calculated for questionnaire responses. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to determine predictors of sexual dysfunction. Results: Sixty-one per cent of the sample indicated that they had a problem with bladder control. Forty-seven per cent of respondents indicated that their neurological problems interfered with their sex life. Over 70% of the sample reported that they enjoyed, felt aroused and experienced orgasm during sexual activity. Not having a sexual partner and the indication of bothersome neurological problems were the best predictors of sexual dysfunction. Interestingly, patients bothered by their urge incontinence had higher levels of orgasm compared to women not bothered by urge incontinence. Conclusions: Although over half of the women reported voiding symptoms, most still enjoyed, felt aroused and could experience orgasm. Neurological symptoms and lacking a sexual partner emerged as the best predictors of sexual dysfunction. Urge incontinence may not be a risk factor for anorgasm. Our findings elucidate the complex nature of sexual dysfunction in women with MS.

scholarly journals Sexuality in psychosis: dysfunction, risk and mental capacity

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shubulade Smith ◽  
Daniel Herlihy
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Sexual Dysfunction ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Mental Capacity ◽  
Critical Importance ◽  
Sexual Activities ◽  
Patient Interactions ◽  
Psychiatric Intervention

SummaryIssues such as sexual dysfunction, hypersexuality, risky sexual behaviour and mental capacity in relation to sexual activities arise frequently in people with psychosis. However, they may not always be given a priority in doctor-patient interactions, despite their often critical importance from the patient's perspective. Having a working knowledge of these topics may improve the quality of psychiatric intervention for people with severe mental illness. This article explores these topics, with a particular emphasis on assessment and management in everyday practice.

scholarly journals AIDS, globalisation and ontological security

Comunicar ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (26) ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
Thomas Tufte
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Ontological Security ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Working Hypothesis ◽  
Colonial Theory ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion

The working hypothesis of this article is that many of the root causes of AIDS are intrinsically tied to the processes of globalisation. To develop efficient responses to AIDS requires more than conveying a clear message about sexual behaviour. It will often require broader strategies to empower the audiences to handle difficult conditions of everyday life. By drawing on post-colonial theory on the interrelation between media and migration, modernity and globalisation, this text seeks to re-assess the challenge of AIDS communication and prevention, suggesting a fundamental rethinking of current practice where the impacts of economic and cultural globalisation are taken into consideration. La hipótesis de trabajo de este artículo es que muchas de las causas primarias del SIDA están intrínsecamente ligadas a los procesos de globalización. Para desarrollar respuestas eficientes al problema del SIDA es necesario algo más que un mensaje claro acerca del comportamiento sexual. A menudo requerirá estrategias más amplias para animar a las audiencias a sobrellevar las difíciles condiciones de la vida cotidiana. Basándose en la teoría post-colonial de la relación existente entre medios de comunicación, migración, modernidad y globalización, este texto busca valorar el reto de la comunicación y prevención en SIDA, sugiriendo la reconsideración de las prácticas actuales donde los impactos de la globalización económica y cultural se tienen en consideración.

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