“…In their utopian efforts to reshape work, sexual relations and marriage, modern feminists ran headlong into the harsh realities of male power, the sexual double standard, the demands of motherhood and gendered social structures. …”

“…La autora realiza un recorrido a través de algunas de nuestras emociones, como la nostalgia, la angustia, la envidia, el remordimiento, los celos, la antipatía y la gratitud, en una guía que, ante todo, nos muestra que las palabras que utilizamos para expresar nuestros males tienen una historia: la de todas las personas que las han vivido, dicho, cantado, estudiado. …”

“…Cuatro décadas después, nos ofrece el relato de una búsqueda vital guiada por el impulso de ejercer con honestidad su profesión, y todo lo que a través de ella, a veces de forma muy dura, ha aprendido sobre los males sistémicos de la medicina y la sociedad moderna. …”

“…Born into a sexist society with rigidly defined roles, Judith better “played the man” than did any of her male compatriots. There is Holofernes, the Assyrian conqueror, unable to defeat a small Israelite village after dozens of countries had fallen under his sword. …”

“…Its features included belief in a guardian spirit that assumed the form of an a particular animal; a prohibition against marrying outside the clan combined with a powerful incest taboo; a sacrament in which members of the totemic clan slaughtered a representative of the totemic species; and the tracing of descent through the female rather than the male. These attributes struck a chord with the late Victorian mentality and its obsession with inappropriate sexual relations, evolutionary theory, and gender roles. …”

“…She discusses writings on Caesarean birth from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, when Church Councils ordered midwives to perform the operation if a mother died during childbirth in order that the child might be baptized; to the fourteenth century, when the first medical text, Bernard of Gordon's Lilium medicinae, mentioned the operation; up to the gradual replacement of midwives by male surgeons in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. …”

“…This dependency, coupled with societal norms that reinforce historically dominant perspectives (such as being heterosexual, male, middle-class, and/or white), fosters the internalization of discriminatory habits that function non-consciously in adulthood. …”

“…Adams argues that Isabeau handled her role astutely in such a contentious environment, preserving the monarchy from the incursions of the king's powerful male relatives." "Taking issue with history's harsh treatment of a woman who ruled under difficult circumstances. …”

“…O autor de Obesidade e Saúde Pública relaciona a introdução da modalidade de vale-refeição como uma das causas para o aumento de refeições realizadas em bares, restaurantes e lanchonetes e a conseqüente adoção de hábitos de alimentação não exatamente saudáveis. Entre os males ligados ao sobrepeso e à obesidade, o autor descreve a doença coronariana, o acidente vascular cerebral, a osteoartrite e o câncer do endométrio, da mama, da próstata e do cólon. …”

“…Pour chaque dose (au moins trois) au moins dix animaux avec une peau saine (cinq femelles et cinq mâles) sont utilisés. La plus forte dose doit provoquer un effet toxique mais pas de mortalité. …”

“…Learn how Mary Barra's willingness to take on diverse assignments helped steer her career trajectory Examine the fine details of Barra's management style and her ability to relate to colleagues Discover the qualities and experiences Barra had that drove her to lead this male-dominated profession Study the valuable lessons Barra learned at each stage in her professional life, and why they stuck with her throughout her journey to the top Barra is most certainly a pioneer for women in business, but she's also a living lesson as to how far the right outlook, skills, and drive can take you in your career. …”

“…Un pastor que ha elegido un nombre, Francisco, que es en sí mismo un programa, que busca recuperar los valores esenciales del Evangelio: estar del lado de quienes más lo necesitan, combatir con firmeza los males propios y ajenos, dialogar con todos "también otras religiones y no creyentes", promover la paz y, en definitiva, adaptar a la Iglesia a las nuevas exigencias del siglo XXI.Con una investigación rigurosa, el libro permite retratar a un hombre de extraordinaria humanidad, afable pero firme en sus convicciones, que, contrariamente a lo que sostienen sus adversarios, supo jugarse la vida para ayudar a víctimas de la dictadura militar en la Argentina, que tiene un formidable sentido del humor y que sabe moverse como pocos en los ambientes de poder. …”

“…Shifting the focus away from male tea masters complicates the history of tea in Japan and shows how women of different social backgrounds worked within and without traditionally accepted paradigms of tea practice. …”

“…Nos habla también de cómo esa mirada fuera de los marcos que nos enseñaron los grandes pensadores es el necesario primer paso para combatir los males que impregnan nuestra vida, como el lenguaje vacío y manipulado, la desmemoria, la «nueva teología» de la tecnología y las pantallas y una educación «entontencedora» e incapaz de promover el verdadero conocimiento y la libertad intelectual…”

“…La primera es desentrañar uno de los males que nos afligen, entender el mundo en el que vivimos y los obstáculos que encontramos. …”

“…La atención a los más pequeños, en tanto en cuanto más indefensos, ha de convertirse en una prioridad para poder paliar las carencias y remediar los males derivados de una inadecuada crianza y atención en el entorno familiar. …”

“…A un certo punto si volle denominare tutto ciò “decamerotico”, più nel male che nel bene. Col senno di poi, è suggerito qui di ribattezzarlo “cinema medievaloide”. -- Contracubierta…”

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“…. • The less favourable picture for the female children of migrants compared with their male counterparts is less clear-cut after controlling for socio-demographic characteristics, in particular marital status and number of children. …”

“…Ahora la justicia social también busca evitar o aminorar los grandes males que producen el sexismo, el recismo, la xenofobia, etc. …”