Trans Life Survivors by Walt Heyer powerfully portrays the human toll inflicted by so-called "gender experts", who push gender transition on people, who don't need it. Experience for yourself the raw emotions and "aha" moments from 30 people, who were convinced gender change was the answer, but came to see it was not. This one-of-a-kind book is packed with information: • Emails from 30 transgender survivors • The latest research and information •...

This volume, like its companion, Voices of Our Times, collects essays drawn from a series of public conferences held in autumn 2011 entitled "More than a Monologue." The series was the fruit of collaboration among four institutions of higher learning: two Catholic universities and two nondenominational divinity schools. The conferences aimed to raise awareness of and advance informed, compassionate, and dialogical conversation about issues of sexual...

The Second Vatican Council's landmark document Gaudium et spes called Catholics to cultivate robust, mutually enriching dialogue with the modern world by attentively and discerningly listening to the "voices of our times." This distinctive new publication, the first of two volumes that explore sexual diversity and the Catholic Church, gathers an important set of these voices: the testimonies and reflections of Catholic and former Catholic LGBTQ (lesbian,...

What does it mean to be a man? When a culture fails to answer that properly, the results can be disastrous. For men it can lead to broken identity, overcrowded prisons, spousal abuse, gang violence, chemical addiction and aggressive, anti-social tendencies that wreak havoc all over the world. For women it can mean living in a suppressed environment where involvement is, marginalized. Using medieval chivalry as a springboard, this book leads the reader...

Mujer, esposa, madre, a cargo de las tareas domésticas. Hombre, sostén del hogar, trabajador de tiempo completo fuera de su casa. En la intimidad, la diosa sexy y el macho siempre dispuesto. En pleno siglo XXI, atravesamos una época de cambios en la que muchos estereotipos sobre los géneros y la sexualidad parecen en entredicho. Sin embargo, lejos de haberse evaporado, siguen ahí: se activan cada vez que algo no encaja con nuestras ideas de "lo...

This book investigates the formation of Saudi female artistic identity within the context of religious and social values and customs. It proposes a theory about the uniqueness of this identity in terms of how Saudi female artists push the boundaries of creativity in a conservative culture. The book explores the influence of two main factors: Islamic doctrines and sociocultural norms. It examines how these factors relate to the temporal and spatial...

La juventud adulta de hoy en día ¿es rebelde respecto al género o está volviendo a la tradición? Barbara J. Risman nos revela las diversas estrategias que utiliza esta generación para negociar la revolución de género actual. Apoyándose en su teoría del género como estructura social, analiza las historias de vida de un conjunto diverso de "millennials" y sus identidades de género, sus ideologías y sus esperanzas y sueños para el futuro....

Scientific and engineering research is increasingly global, and international collaboration can be essential to academic success. Yet even as administrators and policymakers extol the benefits of global science, few recognize the diversity of international research collaborations and their participants, or take gendered inequalities into account. Women in Global Science is the first book to consider systematically the challenges and opportunities...

A discussion of pop culture messages about masculinity, their impact on boys, and the benefits of introducing more gender balance to boys lives.When most people think about gender stereotypes and children, they envision princesses, dolls, and pink clothing. Few consider the warriors, muscle-bound action figures, and T-shirts covered in graffiti and skulls that are assumed to signify masculinity. The pop culture environment that surrounds boys introduces...

Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición de certificados de profesionalidad. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.