The provision of care by health professionals seems to be related to cultural patterns in which these workers are inserted. The relationship between culture and care becomes a challenge for the provision of health car...The provision of care by health professionals seems to be related to cultural patterns in which these workers are inserted. The relationship between culture and care becomes a challenge for the provision of health care to homosexual and bisexual population. Thus, this study aimed to identify the perception of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgenders in relation to the care received from health professionals, in the light of Cross-Cultural Theory. This is a qualitative, ethnographic study, conducted with 30 members of sexual minorities in Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil. The data analysis lead to the elaboration of five categories based on of the Theory of Cultural Care Diversity and Universality. The participants emphasized the constant violation of their rights to universal and equitable access to the National Health System, stating that they have suffered from prejudice and exclusion, as result of a heteronormative culture. They highlighted that homophobia and dehumanization of care have a strong relation to sexual orientation. The transvestites are the most prone to humiliation and pejorative attitudes of professionals and such condition is a barrier to accessing services.展开更多
The sexual orientation discrimination in the labor market is a cause of failure and a source of inequity in the distribution of income and wealth. Discriminatory treatment of people belonging to a minority group leads...The sexual orientation discrimination in the labor market is a cause of failure and a source of inequity in the distribution of income and wealth. Discriminatory treatment of people belonging to a minority group leads to lower wages, and it interferes with their promotions and their productivity. The victims of discrimination are often professionally unvalued, and this can cause their eventual lack of growth for both position and salary, notwithstanding their abilities and creativeness would give a great impulse to the economics. In addition to this, the emotional and physical stress linked to （he concealing strategies of people, who are apt to conceal their homosexuality, increases their feelings of discomfort in the labor market. This paper analyzes the relation between sexual orientation and discrimination in the labor market from the theoretical and empirical points of view. It studies the results of a survey carried out in southern Italy and is based on the sample of 200 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender （GLBT） employees.展开更多
Can a reader,upon reading literary fictions,be moved into social actions or engage in socially meaningful activities?If it is so,then will reading gay-themed,popular fictions mean anything for the LGBTQ issue in conte...Can a reader,upon reading literary fictions,be moved into social actions or engage in socially meaningful activities?If it is so,then will reading gay-themed,popular fictions mean anything for the LGBTQ issue in contemporary China?This article argues that a reader of gay-themed,“Boys Love”(or“BL”for short)novels may be moved into taking some social actions for greater tolerance and acceptance of the LGBTQ community in contemporary China,based on the concept of“engaged spectator”,which is a reconstruct of Adam Smith’s moral-psychological model of“impartial spectator”into an actively reading,socially engaged agent taking affirmative actions to bring about greater social justice.This“engaged spectator”shall have a few steps in its active reading of fictions and engaging in transformative social actions,namely“subjective identification”,“ambience appreciation”,and finally,“social engagement”-the three of which are in a lexical order.This tri-step model is based on a neuropsychological reading of Adam Smith into the reader empathy theory.Furthermore,this model is illustrated with Kirin,a popular BL novel,where the reader may engage in social actions to create a more tolerant environment for the LGBTQ community in contemporary China.The three steps outlined above shall offer us an account of explaining how an active reading experience may lead to a socially transformative result.展开更多
文摘The provision of care by health professionals seems to be related to cultural patterns in which these workers are inserted. The relationship between culture and care becomes a challenge for the provision of health care to homosexual and bisexual population. Thus, this study aimed to identify the perception of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgenders in relation to the care received from health professionals, in the light of Cross-Cultural Theory. This is a qualitative, ethnographic study, conducted with 30 members of sexual minorities in Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil. The data analysis lead to the elaboration of five categories based on of the Theory of Cultural Care Diversity and Universality. The participants emphasized the constant violation of their rights to universal and equitable access to the National Health System, stating that they have suffered from prejudice and exclusion, as result of a heteronormative culture. They highlighted that homophobia and dehumanization of care have a strong relation to sexual orientation. The transvestites are the most prone to humiliation and pejorative attitudes of professionals and such condition is a barrier to accessing services.
文摘The sexual orientation discrimination in the labor market is a cause of failure and a source of inequity in the distribution of income and wealth. Discriminatory treatment of people belonging to a minority group leads to lower wages, and it interferes with their promotions and their productivity. The victims of discrimination are often professionally unvalued, and this can cause their eventual lack of growth for both position and salary, notwithstanding their abilities and creativeness would give a great impulse to the economics. In addition to this, the emotional and physical stress linked to （he concealing strategies of people, who are apt to conceal their homosexuality, increases their feelings of discomfort in the labor market. This paper analyzes the relation between sexual orientation and discrimination in the labor market from the theoretical and empirical points of view. It studies the results of a survey carried out in southern Italy and is based on the sample of 200 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender （GLBT） employees.
文摘Can a reader,upon reading literary fictions,be moved into social actions or engage in socially meaningful activities?If it is so,then will reading gay-themed,popular fictions mean anything for the LGBTQ issue in contemporary China?This article argues that a reader of gay-themed,“Boys Love”(or“BL”for short)novels may be moved into taking some social actions for greater tolerance and acceptance of the LGBTQ community in contemporary China,based on the concept of“engaged spectator”,which is a reconstruct of Adam Smith’s moral-psychological model of“impartial spectator”into an actively reading,socially engaged agent taking affirmative actions to bring about greater social justice.This“engaged spectator”shall have a few steps in its active reading of fictions and engaging in transformative social actions,namely“subjective identification”,“ambience appreciation”,and finally,“social engagement”-the three of which are in a lexical order.This tri-step model is based on a neuropsychological reading of Adam Smith into the reader empathy theory.Furthermore,this model is illustrated with Kirin,a popular BL novel,where the reader may engage in social actions to create a more tolerant environment for the LGBTQ community in contemporary China.The three steps outlined above shall offer us an account of explaining how an active reading experience may lead to a socially transformative result.
