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Social Sciences, Volume 11, Issue 5

May 2022 - 46 articles

Cover Story: Violence against women is a persistent, cross-cultural feature of societies. A surplus of men is assumed to play a key role because they are the primary perpetrators of violence, yet it is unclear if an excess or, rather, a shortage of men drives negative outcomes. To test these differing views, we examined sexual violence against women in the US. We found that violence does not simply increase with male surplus or shortage, but instead with sex ratio imbalance. However, our findings are particularly challenging to interpret from a ‘more males = more violence’ stance because violence increases most quickly with male scarcity and is lowest at low levels of male excess. Ultimately, these results highlight a need to target the specific type of violent behavior expected to be motivated by the sex ratio, rather than simplistic predictions of male surfeit or deficit leading to excess violence. View this paper
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Articles (46)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,505 Views
18 Pages

The COVID-19 pandemic is testing the ability of the national governments to manage a crisis by covering policy sectors, which are decisive for health, well-being, sustainability of individuals, and society at large. Communication plays a crucial role...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
10,697 Views
21 Pages

Youths’ Perceptions and Aspiration towards Participating in the Agricultural Sector: A South African Case Study

  • Johannes I. F. Henning,
  • Nicolette Matthews,
  • Moatlhodi August and
  • Primrose Madende

Agriculture is considered as a leading source of employment while ensuring food security to the world and especially rural communities. However, the youth do not appear to be interested in the agricultural sector due to various reasons such as their...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,372 Views
13 Pages

Slave labour or work in conditions analogous to slavery continues on all continents and sometimes tends to be mistaken for “simple” violations of labour laws. Therefore, this work aims to identify parameters that allow distinguishing betw...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,009 Views
21 Pages

This paper puts in perspective the reforms of the Portuguese and Finnish higher education (HE) sectors in the light of the role intergovernmental organisations have—especially the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)&mda...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,128 Views
19 Pages

The paper investigates China’s effort to create an eldercare market to shed light on how China’s economic reform entailed the creation of new institutions (e.g., eldercare market including eldercare labour market) and the reconfiguration...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,093 Views
15 Pages

Who Are the People at Socio-Economic Risk? Socio-Demographical Analysis of the Czech People in Specific Economical Situations Recognized in Value-Based Risk Prediction Model

  • Jiří Pospíšil,
  • Ivana Olecká,
  • Nataša Matulayová,
  • Helena Pospíšilová,
  • Pavlína Jurníčková and
  • Pavla Macháčková

The aim of this study was to analyze the dependence of personal economic situation on gender, age, education, occupational status, field of work or study, family situation, and number of children in the family. The research was designed as cross-sect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,095 Views
12 Pages

Muted Voices: The Underrepresentation of Women in COVID-19 News in Portugal

  • Rita Araújo,
  • Felisbela Lopes,
  • Olga Magalhães and
  • Carla Cerqueira

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Portuguese media seemed to contribute to the symbolic annihilation of women. In spite of the fact that women play leading political roles as the Minister of Health and the Directorate-General of Health, women were al...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,731 Views
20 Pages

Suicidal ideation and deaths among children and adolescents have seen an unprecedented rise over the last ten years, recently further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This research explores mental health professionals’ approaches to delive...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,264 Views
9 Pages

Patterning of Sexual Violence against Women across US Cities and Counties

  • Jennifer Pabst,
  • Scott M. Walfield and
  • Ryan Schacht

Sexual violence against women is a global public health concern; yet, determining its patterning is still largely understudied. An excess of males has emerged as a central concern given that men are the primary perpetrators of violent behavior, parti...

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Soc. Sci. - ISSN 2076-0760