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Land of the Clean and the Home of the Segregated: Sex-Separated Bathrooms in the Northeastern United States, 1870-1920
Get PDFIn 2016, a young woman named Chloe appeared in an advertisement created by the Institute for Faith and Family in support of Governor Pat McCory’s Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, commonly known as HB2. This bill mandated that people use the restroom that corresponded to their sex assigned at birth and barred them from using the one that corresponded to their gender identity. Chloe argued that the bill would protect her privacy and her safety. In doing so, Chloe became part of a legacy of upper-middle class, cis-gendered white women who have argued that sex-segregated bathrooms are necessary for women’s health, safety, and protection. This paper will trace the roots of women’s professed discomfort and fear of sexual endangerment in bathrooms. Focusing on public and semi-public bathrooms in the Northeastern United States during the Victorian and Progressive Eras (1870-1920), I examine how sexism, propriety, and white supremacy played an integral role in the construction of these gendered spaces. I unearth the writings of purity and moral reformers and sanitary engineers to analyze how narratives of sexual danger led to the development of sex-segregated bathrooms. To probe into the ideological architecture of these neatly organize spaces is to reckon with the complex sewer system that lies below
Primary Care For Disease Patients: Exploring Services Received, Healthcare Providers Involved, And Patient Satisfaction
Get PDFRare disease is a significant healthcare burden, affecting an estimated 25-30 million U.S. citizens. This equates to 1 in 10 Americans, over half of which are children. It has been suggested that primary care can significantly aid the medical management of rare disease patients’ unique conditions, but data on the relationship between rare disease and primary care is limited. Current knowledge consists of physician opinion pieces and analyses of medical records, but it lacks patient-reported data and perspectives. For the first time, 282 U.S. patients with rare diseases were surveyed regarding which primary care services they were receiving and which healthcare professionals were involved. Our study was limited to metabolic disorders listed by the National Institute of Health Genetic and Rare Diseases (GARD) Information Center and excluded conditions with a life expectancy under 12 years. The anonymous 12-question online survey was sent to patient organizations and advocacy groups associated with these conditions. Overall, respondents reported receiving the majority of their primary care from primary care physicians (PCPs), including family physicians, internists, and pediatricians, rather than specialists. The majority (86%) of respondents reported being satisfied with their primary care. Factors like distance from a major urban area, gender, and age did not significantly correlate to patient satisfaction. Our study suggests that despite their generalist training, PCPs play an important role for rare disease patients. It is therefore important that PCPs be prepared to care for these patients. Future research into health insurance, rare disease subtypes, and the training PCPs receive regarding rare disease would further our ability to address this healthcare burden
Ruins: A Novel: Parts 1 & 2
No full textRuins is literary fiction. Parts one and two amount to 28122 words. It is set in my hometown of Omaha, Nebraska and Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The reader follows the protagonist Mia Knoll, a nihilist and fiery woman, as she looks at her life in retrospect. Mia seeks to name the melancholic love she wants through her sometimes requited relationship with her high school obsession, Steph Stein. Ruins is an unapologetically millennial novel, featuring an unreliable narrator, disillusioned characters, and immense feigned privilege. It is no secret to the reader, she will never get the love she seeks
How to Support Trauma in Schools
No full textThis paper is an analysis of three different programs serving children who have gone through trauma in early childhood. A typical Westchester public school special education program, Ramapo for Children located in Rhinebeck, NY, and Mulberry Bush School in Oxford, England provide a closer look into the options and treatment these students receive. Most of the methods are grounded in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), trauma-informed education, and social-emotional learning curriculums. Through examining the structures and approaches of these schools and camps, most effective and ineffective evidence-based practices are distilled.https://digitalcommons.slc.edu/undergrad_selectedworks/1001/thumbnail.jp
Patterns In Wild Places: Approaching Dance/Movement Therapy Through The Lens Of Ecopsychology
Get PDFNature’s connection to the improvement of human well-being is longstanding and has become of growing interest in various health related fields. While certain therapeutic practices have begun to explore a nature-based approach, there is a lack of information and inquiry into the relationship between nature and the field of dance/movement therapy. This thesis investigates the connection between nature and well-being through the lens of ecopsychology, which can be used to understand people and their bond with nature. This thesis posits that there is a parallel relationship between particular elements of nature and the practice of dance/movement therapy, and that this relationship supports the integration of nature into dance/movement therapy’s pre- existing frameworks. The discussion offers a conceptualization of the body that integrates nature, offering a new approach to the practice of dance/movement therapy
Restoring The Body\u27s Ability To Connect: Using Principles Of Contact Improvisation In Dance/Movement Therapy To Process Interpersonal Trauma
Get PDFSurvivors of interpersonal trauma face unique and pervasive challenges following repetitive emotional, physical, and sexual abuse that misuses the social contract of trust in human relationship. The impact of abuse is revealed through the vehicle of trauma, the body, seen through lasting effects such as disassociation, hypervigilance, and difficulty expressing oneself. In an abusive relationship, control is monopolized, and the survivor’s agency is diminished. To restore a survivor’s trust in their body, the relational dance form of contact improvisation is proposed as a relevant tool to be examined in dance/movement therapy. A theoretical analysis of contact improvisation principles and dance/movement therapy is outlined to safely, progressively, and contextually restore resources to survivors of trauma. Guidelines to enhance connection to oneself and to others are carefully explored to guide embodiment, repair the use of touch, and develop equitable relationships
Impact of Psychiatric Genetic Data on Tort Litigation and Its Relationship With Stigma
Get PDFBehavioral genetics and other “hard” sciences have the potential to wield great persuasive power in both the criminal and civil court systems. Scholars have suggested that testimony citing scientific evidence, regardless of the quality of that evidence, may be given undeserved credibility and unduly influence on jurors and judges. These worries reflect popular acceptance of biological determinism, the belief that all human behaviors can be explained or predicted by examining an individual’s genes or brain. In this study, we surveyed state trial court judges in the United States about their views on civil responsibility for behavior in tort litigation, and specifically the responsibility of a man who experienced auditory hallucinations and delusions that resulted in a car accident. This study is the first to explore judges’ views on tort liability in the presence or absence of evidence for genetic attribution. State trial court judges (n=465) were randomly chosen from a publicly available list of seated judges nationwide, and randomly assigned surveys detailing scenarios that varied in severity of behavior presented (battery versus negligence) and in whether or not there was evidence that the man’s illness might have a genetic component. Judges were asked to determine the legal responsibility of the defendant and related questions including their perceptions of: the defendant’s dangerousness to the public and level of control over his behavior; the causes of his mental health condition; the defendant’s overall capability to take legal action in various spheres of life. Over half of all judges found the defendant civilly responsible for battery (51.8%) or negligence (67.5%). In the negligence scenario, over half (56.1%) of the judges considered the defendant’s illness a biological disorder qualifying as a physical disability. The presence of genetic evidence did not significantly impact any key survey questions relating to responsibility. In the future, evidence of genetic attribution and chemical or structural changes to the brain may support the redefinition of schizophrenia as a physical disability. This could result in major changes in policy regarding the standards for responsibility for behavior in negligence cases involving individuals with schizophrenia, however, the presence of genetic evidence in the vignette was not associated with these views. This study provides insight into judges\u27 perspectives on psychiatric genetic evidence in civil court and serves as groundwork for future studies examining how genetic evidence will be used in court