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From the moment intersexuality-the condition of having physical gender markers (genitals, gonads, or chromosomes) that are neither clearly female nor male-is suspected and diagnosed, social institutions are mobilized in order to maintain the two seemingly objective sexual categories. Infants' bodies are altered, and what was "ambiguous" is made "normal." Kessler's interviews with pediatric surgeons and endocrinologists reveal how the intersex condition is normalized for parents and she argues that the way in which intersexuality is managed by the medical and psychological professions displays our culture's beliefs about gender and genitals. Parents of intersexed children are rarely heard from, but in this book they provide another perspective on reasons for genital surgeries and the quality of medical and psychological management. Although physicians educate parents about how to think about their children's condition, Kessler learned from parents of intersexed children that some parents are able to accept atypical genitals. Based on analysis of the medical literature and interview with adults who had received treatment as interesexed children, Kessler proposes new approaches for physicians to use in talking with parents and children. She also evaluates the appearance of a politicized vanguard, many of who are promoting an intersexual identity, who seek to alter the way physicians respond to intersexuality. Kessler explores the possibilities and implications of suspending a commitment to two "natural" genders and addresses gender destabilization issues arising from intersexuality. She thus compels readers to re-think the meaning of gender, genitals, and sexuality.
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"Lessons from the Damned challenges the notion that public health theories and official organizations have the greatest impact on the fight against AIDS. Instead, Stoller looks closely at the ways the most disenfranchised - the poor, people of color, drug users, gay men and lesbians, and women - have built social movements to fight the epidemic. Drawing upon extensive ethnographic research and the words of the activists themselves, as well as the literature of social movements and theories of bureaucracy, Stoller offers guidelines for dealing with diversity and conflict and also with both theoretical and practical perspectives on cross-community and international organizing."--BOOK JACKET.
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À partir du suivi sociologique d'une expérience domotique portant sur quinze logements du secteur HLM, cette étude traite des conditions d'appropriation sociale d'une nouvelle technologie domestique. Après un exposé de la méthode de recueil des données, basée sur la réalisation de trois vagues ď entretiens - réparties sur trois ans - auprès des ménages du lotissement domotique, l'article présente les premiers résultats ainsi que les nouvelles pistes de recherche à approfondir lors de la troisième et dernière phase du suivi. L'analyse comparative des deux premières vagues d'entretiens a permis de noter la permanence des attentes et des attitudes des ménages à l'égard de la domotique mais aussi le caractère hétérogène et ambivalent de ces dernières. Des freins ď ordre socio-économique et socio-culturel à l'intégration sociale de la technique ont été identifiés. Ainsi, des liens se dessinent entre l'automatisation des tâches et certains éléments tels que le statut et l'identité de la femme, l'organisation et la hiérarchisation des activités domestiques, les pratiques de délégation et ď externalisation du travail domestique.
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Ce texte a pour objet les relations que les concepteurs d'appareils électroménagers établissent avec les pratiques domestiques au cours de leur travail. Il traite de la mise en forme des pratiques culinaires des femmes opérée par l'innovateur pour leur transmutation en opérations mécaniques d'appareils de cuisine. Divers processus par lesquels l'expérience pratique domestique est traduite pour être rendue lisible et façonnable dans le monde industriel sont ainsi mis en évidence. Puis on tente de montrer comment les activités domestiques sont prises en compte et reconfigurées dans le travail que fait l'innovateur sur les propriétés et les dispositifs des appareils offerts à la perception, à la réflexion et à la manipulation au cours de l'usage.
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Cet article décrit la problématique et les cinq dimensions d'analyse d'une recherche portant sur les cultures organisationnelles propres aux organismes communautaires au Québec. Dans un premier temps, nous examinons en quoi la notion de culture organisationnelle peut être une piste utile dans l'identification de la « différence » des organismes communautaires. Ensuite, nous cernons, à partir d'une recension des écrits, ces différences par rapport aux organismes du réseau et soulignons les éléments organisationnels spécifiques aux groupes de femmes. Enfin, nous présentons le contenu de nos cinq dimensions d'analyse. Il s'agit des modes de gestion, du rapport aux membres, du rapport au travail salarié, du rapport à la vie privée et du rapport à l'Etat. Il est primordial de mieux cerner la spécificité des pratiques et les éléments de la culture organisationnelle des groupes communautaires pour mettre en valeur leur apport au renouvellement des pratiques sociales.
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This paper discusses the role of ideologies of love and intimacy in heterosexual coupledom, and examines the applicability of theories of the gender division of 'emotion work' to the field of intimate personal relationships. Research on the private sphere of the family has recently focused on quantifying instrumental aspects of relationships, such as financial management, the domestic division of labour and informal care. However, although fruitful, such approaches neglect the expressive or emotional; particularly the experiences of love and intimacy, which many people say they regard as a key element in their personal relationships. We suggest reasons for British sociology's neglect of what is almost a cliche in everyday discourse. And we present evidence (including preliminary findings from our own research on heterosexual couples) that - despite dissatisfaction with gender inequalities in domestic tasks and finance - many women express unhappiness primarily with what they perceive as men's unwillingness or incapacity to `do' the emotional intimacy which appears to them necessary to sustain close heterosexual couple relationships. We illustrate how similar discussions of gender differences in emotional behaviour have emerged elsewhere (including in the new masculinity literature), raising questions about how far men's and women's emotional behaviour can and should change.; The exploration of socially-regulated or `managed' gender divisions in intimate emotional behaviour entails two related but distinct questions: are men and women equally `susceptible' to the emotions or discourses of love and intimacy; and, do they handle such emotions in similar ways in the context of close personal relationships. We suggest how research findings on heterosexual couple relationships can be linked to work on the social regulation of emotion, which argues that there is a `gender division of emotion work' where it is assumed that women will take responsibility for the management of emotion in the private sphere.
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A contribution to the feminist discussion on moral theory, exploring the debate between moral impartiality and the partiality that characterizes personal relationships, the ethic of care and its relation to justice in a gender asymmetrical society, and the role of intimate friendship in an era of the dissolution of both extended and nuclear families.