Dishonorable killings
So-called honor killings take the wind out of a form of cultural relativism that I refer to as absolute cultural relativism. According to absolute cultural relativism, anything that goes on in a...
View ArticleDirty work: take it or leave it
By contributor Sean Carey I recently went to a car wash at a small, edge of town shopping area near where I live in an affluent commuter town around 10 miles north of London. It is located in rented...
View ArticleRow over corn rows hairstyle
By contributor Sean Carey An 11 year-old African-Caribbean boy was refused entry to a Roman Catholic secondary school in North London in 2009 because he was wearing ‘corn rows’ (braided hair close to...
View ArticleBook note: Shaping the Motherhood of Indigenous Mexico
Shaping the Motherhood of Indigenous Mexico by Vania Smith-Oka. Vanderbilt University Press, 2013. Vanderbilt University Press Mainstream Mexican views of indigenous women define them as problematic...
View ArticleAnthro in the news 8/19/13
• In Cairo: the Morsi camps A supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Aug. 12, 2013. VOA/Reuters Early this week, Voice of America reported that supporters of ousted Egyptian president...
View ArticleGW event: Prenatal sex selection — global patterns and a focus on South East...
The Global Gender Program will host “Prenatal sex selection: global patterns and a focus on South East Asia”. In this seminar Christophe Z Guilmoto, demographer and director of research at the Center...
View ArticleArticle of note: Women’s education levels and sexual satisfaction in Iran
An open-access article in The International Journal of Women’s Health and Reproduction Sciences, reports on findings from a study conducted in two cities of Iran with 270 married women aged 18-45...
View ArticleAnthro in the news 12/30/13
Calgary Herald. Scott Platt, Getty Images. E-cigarettes: good or bad? As of the end of 2013, e-cigarettes are hot. According to an article in The Calgary Herald, one sign of the burgeoning popularity...
View ArticleValentine’s Day goes global and so much news about it!
It’s fascinating to see how certain holidays spread around the world, and how they are marked, celebrated, and “localized” in different countries and regions and among different groups. Valentine’s Day...
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