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Cyber Offending among Adolescents: The Role of Thoughtfully Reflective Decision-Making and Victimization
Full text linkThere has been growing attention to the role of the decision-making process in crime involvement in recent years. However, less is known about the association between the decision-making process and adolescents’ online offending. The present study examined whether thoughtfully reflective decision-making (TRDM) and cyber victimization are related to adolescents’ cybercrime. Data were obtained from self-report questionnaires administered to 510 Israeli adolescents aged 13-20. The results indicate that TRDM is negatively associated with engagement in online offending. Furthermore, cyber victimization is significantly associated with online offending. In addition, a significant predictor of online offending is intense activity on social media. We discuss the findings in the context of existing research and offer practical implications for dealing with adolescents\u27 online delinquency
the bridge, Volume 22, 2025
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Female Embodiment and Corporeality in Sanskrit Prognostication: A Study of the Bṛhatpārāśarahorā Śāstra
Full text linkThe connection between traditional Indian knowledge systems of astrology, medicine, and drama has been noted by scholars. Of particular concern for gender analysis is the reading of lakṣaṇas (bodily marks) that developed in astrology. The coded knowledge of astrology—the sharing of fundamental meanings with other Sanskrit knowledge systems—became a significant tool for gendered prognostication, which buttressed normative gender roles for men and women. In this paper, I attempt to unravel the code of lakṣaṇas given in the Bṛhatpārāśarahorā Śāstra, a text composed between the 7th and 9th centuries CE. The focus will be on the sections of the text concerning the predictions for women and the reading of the effects of the characteristic features of women’s bodies. From a decolonial feminist perspective, I reveal the way this corpus of knowledge, through somatic techniques and semiotic systems, was embodied by women while also examining the intersectionality of gender with other social hierarchies. The aim is to reveal the latent attitudes regarding gender and status that persist in the social fabric of South Asia through the continued cultural interest in astrology
Migration and Work: An Intersectional Perspective on Women Workers in Brick Kilns in the Sivasagar District of Assam, India
Full text linkThis paper is based on fieldwork regarding brick kiln workers in the Sivasagar district of Assam, located in Northeast India. Apart from family migration, women migrate alone to these brick kilns in search of work opportunities. Despite progress, evidence suggests that many women who work in brick kilns are not afforded workplace rights and are underrepresented, unregistered, and paid lesser wages compared to men workers. Many kilns are unregulated and remain outside the purview of workplace laws. Through interviews and conversations with women workers, this paper aims to understand and analyse the dynamics of gender, migration, and work in the brick kilns of the Sivasagar district of Assam. These personal narratives reveal opportunities for the state, NGOs, and the local community to collaborate to improve conditions. The paper concludes by recommending government and NGO intervention to enforce existing child labor laws, establish schools near the kilns, and register kilns so that workplace abuses and wage discrimination against women can be monitored and addressed. This intersectional study contributes new perspectives and strategies that can be used to develop gender-inclusive policies
(De)Constructing Desperation: The Dargah of Bu Ali Shah Qalandar as a Site of Emotional Wellbeing for Infertile Women
Full text linkInfertility is a health issue that requires serious consideration due to its impact on the social, emotional, and economic wellbeing of the affected individual. Despite the development of assisted reproductive technology (ART) that has successfully enabled conception, these methods are not universally accessible to all women. There can be many roadblocks in an individual’s journey that go beyond medical domains. Studies have indicated that, when paired with medical treatment, spiritual healing practices and religious interventions can have a positive effect on the emotional health of those struggling to conceive. This study employs a narrative approach to document the lived experiences of women who have placed their hopes on spiritual healing to achieve motherhood. Five in-depth, unstructured interviews were conducted with cisgender women aged 25 to 40 years who are grappling with primary or secondary infertility. These women have been regularly visiting the Dargah of Bu Ali Shah Qalandar in the city of Panipat in Haryana, India, drawing upon a social support system that aids them in coping with infertility-related desperation, stigma, anxiety, and social isolation. The findings highlight that the emotional and social support these women experience at the Dargah leads to a heightened sense of tranquillity and emotional wellbeing. As they witnessed successful cases of spiritual healing and interacted with people in critical situations, they were able to renew their hope and change their perspectives towards life and infertility