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Consumer Involvement In Japanese Pornography Production, Yukino Yamamoto, Caroline Norma, Ruwan Dep Weerasinghe Anti-Pornography and Prostitution Research Group

Consumer Involvement In Japanese Pornography Production, Yukino Yamamoto, Caroline Norma, Ruwan Dep Weerasinghe

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

The authors examined two pornographic film series produced in Japan in the first decade of the twenty-first century, as well as their DVD box cover advertising copy. Additionally, and crucially, these data were examined in light of online forum posts made by the producers and consumers of the two film series before, during and after their production. These posts indicate consumer-producer cooperation and collaboration in all aspects of the series’ planning and execution, in addition to consumer involvement in the perpetration of the filmed sex acts and abuses themselves. The discussion of the article emphasizes the accelerating effect of online …

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History Of The Indian Caste System And Its Impact On India Today, Manali S. Deshpande California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

History Of The Indian Caste System And Its Impact On India Today, Manali S. Deshpande

Social Sciences

The Indian Caste System is historically one of the main dimensions where people in India are socially differentiated through class, religion, region, tribe, gender, and language. Although this or other forms of differentiation exist in all human societies, it becomes a problem when one or more of these dimensions overlap each other and become the sole basis of systematic ranking and unequal access to valued resources like wealth, income, power and prestige. The Indian Caste System is considered a closed system of stratification, which means that a person’s social status is obligated to which caste they were born into. There …

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Happiness Index Methodology, Laura Musikanski, Scott Cloutier, Erica Bejarano, Davi Briggs, Julia Colbert, Gracie Strasser, Steven Russell Happiness Alliance

Happiness Index Methodology, Laura Musikanski, Scott Cloutier, Erica Bejarano, Davi Briggs, Julia Colbert, Gracie Strasser, Steven Russell

Journal of Sustainable Social Change

The Happiness Index is a comprehensive survey instrument that assesses happiness, well-being, and aspects of sustainability and resilience. The Happiness Alliance developed the Happiness Index to provide a survey instrument to community organizers, researchers, and others seeking to use a subjective well-being index and data. It is the only instrument of its kind freely available worldwide and translated into over ten languages. This instrument can be used to measure satisfaction with life and the conditions of life. It can also be used to define income inequality, trust in government, sense of community and other aspects of well-being within specific demographics …

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The Representation Of Women In Disney Animated Films, Sharik Jimenez University of Nebraska at Omaha

The Representation Of Women In Disney Animated Films, Sharik Jimenez

Theses/Capstones/Creative Projects

Disney animated feature film is a big global entertainment arena. This paper analyzes multiple animated Disney classic movies based on the subject of women’s representation. These films are interesting to study because the targeted audience is children, and the stereotypical patterns that these Disney classic films portray may play an important role in their lives. It was found that the character development in the Disney animation films, focuses on giving the primary or the central character more pervasive roles, especially in cases where they are considered the female gender. However, they are gender role concerns in the Disney films that …

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Slavery In The United States: Persons Or Property?, Paul Finkelman Duke Law School

Slavery In The United States: Persons Or Property?, Paul Finkelman

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“In This Industry, You're No Longer Human”: An Exploratory Study Of Women’S Experiences In Pornography Production In Sweden, Meghan Donevan Talita

“In This Industry, You're No Longer Human”: An Exploratory Study Of Women’S Experiences In Pornography Production In Sweden, Meghan Donevan

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

Despite being a global, billion-dollar industry, very little is known about the conditions women face within the pornography industry. The aim of this study was to explore women’s experiences in pornography production, with a particular focus on structural antecedents to entrance, coercion, and violence within the industry, as well as current needs and any barriers to exiting the industry. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with nine women with experiences in pornography production in Sweden. Participants identified young age, financial insecurity, earlier exposure to sexualized violence, and poor mental health as typical antecedents to entering the pornography industry. Once in the …

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Justifying Injustice: How Caricatured Depictions Of African Americans Impacted Worldwide Perception, Jaida Noble University of Washington Tacoma

Justifying Injustice: How Caricatured Depictions Of African Americans Impacted Worldwide Perception, Jaida Noble

Global Honors Theses

Despite racist depictions of African Americans in art seeming to be behind us, the consequences of such representation, including the baggage of stereotypes alongside them, live on. This paper will argue that the racist caricaturing of Black people throughout history has been used as a form of propaganda, affecting the overall perception of African Americans and influencing policies that have determined them as belonging to the lower levels of the American caste system.

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The Causes, Contributors, And Consequences Of Colorism Among Various Cultures, Mahima Rahman Wayne State University

The Causes, Contributors, And Consequences Of Colorism Among Various Cultures, Mahima Rahman

Honors College Theses

Along with issues like racism, sexism, and classism, colorism exists and works alongside these other “-isms” to dehumanize people with darker skin all around the world. To tackle the problem of colorism and have people unlearn it, a deeper analysis needs to be done of how it originated, how it continues to be perpetuated, and what its effects are. The causes, contributors, and consequences of colorism share similarities and vary across different cultures. This literature review will examine the three aspects of colorism mentioned within five different cultures: South Asian, Western, East Asian, Latino, and Caribbean culture. After examining previous …

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Who And What Is Amazigh? Self-Assertion, Erasure, And Standardization, Alexis Colon SIT Study Abroad

Who And What Is Amazigh? Self-Assertion, Erasure, And Standardization, Alexis Colon

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This research focuses on the identity of the indigenous peoples of Morocco, or the Amazigh. While this culture has endured different iterations of colonization, self-assertion and activism in favor of preserving culture and improving conditions for Amazigh can often be viewed as controversial to the elites of Morocco. This controversy, however, does not stop Moroccans from proclaiming their Amazigh background or portraying their culture. This paper aims to describe qualitative data taken from numerous interviews on the subject of self-identification of Amazigh and different hopes and expectations for the continuation of the language and culture of Amazigh among common peoples.

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India And Colorism: The Finer Nuances, Washington University in St. Louis

India And Colorism: The Finer Nuances

Washington University Global Studies Law Review

Most Indians show apparent ignorance about the practice of exclusion and discrimination based on the skin tone of a person although it is a deep-rooted problematic practice embraced by both the oppressor and the victim. This single practice has become so widespread in India, more so in the past four decades, that it has taken shape along the same lines as “colorism” of the Western world. However, the manifestation of the color discrimination in India differs as it hides behind various other variables. The questions that are still unclear and remain unanswered are: Whether colorism was prevalent in ancient India; …

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The Experience Of Pet Ownership In Transitional Housing, Kathryn Holden OTS, Susan MacDermott OTD, OTR/L 2024 University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

The Experience Of Pet Ownership In Transitional Housing, Kathryn Holden Ots, Susan Macdermott Otd, Otr/L

Summer 2024 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium

25% of people experiencing homelessness have pets, but few transitional housing programs allow pets (Rhoades et al., 2015); therefore, there is a gap in the literature about the experience of pet ownership during the transitional housing process. This study aimed to explore pet owners' experiences at a transitional housing site in San Diego County. The student interviewed two current dog owners and four recent dog owners. All participants prioritized their pets because it was their strongest relationship. The prioritization of their dogs positively and negatively influenced occupational engagement. While receiving services, owners experienced consequences when separated from their dogs, including …

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Neighborhood Socioeconomic Context Predicts Pediatric Asthma Exacerbation, Ashley W. Kranjac, Zeev N. Kain, Louis Ehwerhemuepha, Michael Weiss, Brooke N. Jenkins 2024 Chapman University

Neighborhood Socioeconomic Context Predicts Pediatric Asthma Exacerbation, Ashley W. Kranjac, Zeev N. Kain, Louis Ehwerhemuepha, Michael Weiss, Brooke N. Jenkins

Sociology Faculty Articles and Research

Causes of asthma exacerbation in children have been studied extensively at the individual level, but contributions of neighborhood-level factors are less explored. We test which distinctive residential characteristics produce variation in uncontrolled asthma among pediatric patients. We extracted electronic medical record data from pediatric patients living in Southern California and used multilevel modeling techniques to isolate which neighborhood characteristics drive inequitable asthma control. Above and beyond the individual-level factors known to predict inadequate disease control, neighborhoods with greater concentration of non-Hispanic black residents (odds ratios [OR] = 1.02; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.99-1.03; P < .05), higher proportions of female-headed households (OR = 1.01; 95% CI: 0.99-1.01; P < .05), and higher levels of ambient air pollution (OR = 1.05; 95% CI: 1.01-1.10; P < .001) associate with greater odds of asthma exacerbation. The interplay between community characteristics and asthma management during childhood is complex, and place-based initiatives are needed to narrow the gap in asthma exacerbation.

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African American Women’S Experience With Invisibility And Hypervisibility In The Workplace: Does It Matter To Career Advancement?, Elisha R. Peters 2024 Abilene Christian University

African American Women’S Experience With Invisibility And Hypervisibility In The Workplace: Does It Matter To Career Advancement?, Elisha R. Peters

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Black women continue to be underrepresented in senior leadership positions in the workplace although they are the most educated in the workplace. This study explores the lived experience of African American women who work for the federal sector and their career advancement into leadership and managerial positions. A qualitative method was used, and the participants consisted of Black women who worked for the federal sector who had either promoted to a leadership position within the last 3 to 5 years or aspired to be in a leadership position.

Interviews were conducted via Zoom, and in vivo coding was used to …

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From Academia To Action: The Aligncare Journey In Pet Health Equity, Michael J. Blackwell DVM, MPH, Candice Hinkle MBA, Katy H. Carpenter, Linda Daugherty MPA, T' Fisher, Kayla Anderson MSSW, Jamie Clanin DVM, Brittany Permaul MPH, Beth Fagiola 2024 University of Tennessee, Knoxville

From Academia To Action: The Aligncare Journey In Pet Health Equity, Michael J. Blackwell Dvm, Mph, Candice Hinkle Mba, Katy H. Carpenter, Linda Daugherty Mpa, T' Fisher, Kayla Anderson Mssw, Jamie Clanin Dvm, Brittany Permaul Mph, Beth Fagiola

Social Work Publications and Other Works

Imagine a future where every family, regardless of their financial situation, has access to the veterinary care their beloved pets need, along with essential services such as housing and transportation. In this vision of aligned communities, pets are recognized as integral family members, and their well-being is vital to the entire family's health and happiness. AlignCare offers a pathway to this future by providing a comprehensive, community based One Health system that aligns resources and services to support families holistically.

This report details the research, development, and testing of AlignCare by the Program for Pet Health Equity at the University …

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Why Courageous Cuentos?, Back Matter 05 2024 Cal Poly Humboldt

Why Courageous Cuentos?, Back Matter 05

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Author Bios, Back Matter 04 2024 Cal Poly Humboldt

Author Bios, Back Matter 04

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Volume 7 Poster Design, Back Matter 03 2024 Cal Poly Humboldt

Volume 7 Poster Design, Back Matter 03

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Featured Artist: Yaire Thaiz Barboza, Back Matter 02 2024 Cal Poly Humboldt

Featured Artist: Yaire Thaiz Barboza, Back Matter 02

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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The Hieroglyph, Back Matter 01 2024 Cal Poly Humboldt

The Hieroglyph, Back Matter 01

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Ciudad De Oaxaca, Oax, Mexico. 2024, Nancy Perez 2024 Cal Poly Humboldt

Ciudad De Oaxaca, Oax, Mexico. 2024, Nancy Perez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Uno, Anonymous . 2024 Cal Poly Humboldt

Uno, Anonymous .

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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El Viento De Mi Ser, Marisol Ruiz 2024 Cal Poly Humboldt

El Viento De Mi Ser, Marisol Ruiz

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Unos Simples Tamales De Piloncillo, Naomy Melecio Estrada 2024 Cal Poly Humboldt

Unos Simples Tamales De Piloncillo, Naomy Melecio Estrada

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Sordos, Ciegos Y Mudos, Mis . 2024 Cal Poly Humboldt

Sordos, Ciegos Y Mudos, Mis .

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Semillas De Esperanza, Joahnna Tool 2024 Cal Poly Humboldt

Semillas De Esperanza, Joahnna Tool

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Sembrando Tradiciones, Pamela Hernandez 2024 Cal Poly Humboldt

Sembrando Tradiciones, Pamela Hernandez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Manso Sahuayo Maguey, Mariela Alvarez 2024 Cal Poly Humboldt

Manso Sahuayo Maguey, Mariela Alvarez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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¿Quien Soy Yo?, Santiago K. Ballesteros Lora 2024 Cal Poly Humboldt

¿Quien Soy Yo?, Santiago K. Ballesteros Lora

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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White Oak Bayou, Jade Khalid 2024 Cal Poly Humboldt

White Oak Bayou, Jade Khalid

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Menage A Moi, Kimberly Alexsandra Madrigal 2024 Cal Poly Humboldt

Menage A Moi, Kimberly Alexsandra Madrigal

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Caroline Norma RMIT University

Ruwan Weerasinghe Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University)

Yukino Yamamoto Anti-Pornography and Prostitution Research Group

Manali Deshpande California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

Laura Musikanski Happiness Alliance

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