Sexual scripts

Abstract

The wide geographical distribution of Agkistrodon and the slight morphological differences among the snakes of the genus Agkistrodon in China have posed a problem to taxonomists. We have employed polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunological diffusion techniques for comparison of the venoms of different species and subspecies of Agkistrodon from various localities. The electrophoretic patterns of the proteins of the venoms were different from each other, but showed certain relations within species and subspecies. We used Ouchterlony double diffusion of a rabbit antiserum against the purified "neurotoxin" from the venom of Agkistrodon blomhoffii brevicaudaus (from the Zhejiang Province of China) on the various venoms of Agkistrodon. Precipitin lines formed with immunological identity between the same species, partial identity between closely related species and no precipitin line between different species. Combining experimental data, morphological characteristics and geographical distribution, we propose that the genus Agkistrodon (sensu stricto) in China consists of seven species and subspecies: (1) Agkistrodon blomhoffii brevicaudus Stejneger, (2) A. b ussuriensis Emelianov, (3) A. intermedius (Strauch), (4) A. saxatilis Emelianov, (5) A. shedaoensis Zhao, (6) A. strauchii Bedriaga, (7) A. monticola Werner. Agkistrodon acutus (Guenther) has recently been changed to a new genus, Deinagkitrodon, established by Gloyd in 1978.

The Limits of Heteronormative Sexual Scripting: College Student Development of Individual Sexual Scripts and Descriptions of Lesbian Sexual Behavior

“…Instead, this study acknowledges script theory's identification of multiple levels from which sexuality and sexual practice is depicted, discussed, and conceived of. According to script theory, dominant, cultural-level scripts frame how sex is socialized by major social institutions, such as schools, families, and media, though individual agency allows for shifting, adaptation, and/or experimentation with new scripts, whether these are acted upon or not (Simon and Gagnon, 1999). Thus, asking individuals to describe sex between two women, an act which the majority of the participants had not participated in, becomes a means from which to theorize about how sex is understood as a physical experience and how the development of individual sexual scripts informed by both cultural sexual messages and personal experience structures this understanding.…”

“…This has attendant consequences for how individuals are socialized to sex. Describing the process by which sexual knowledge is transmitted, Simon and Gagnon's script theory acknowledges the individual's role in both receiving and adapting macro-level messages about, and conceptions of, sex (Simon and Gagnon, 1999). Namely, they identify three levels of scripting -cultural, interpersonal, and intrapsychic -which collectively inform individual understanding of sex as a physical act.…”

“…procedures Simon and Gagnon's (1999) three levels of sexual scripting (cultural, interpersonal, and intrapsychic) were used to organize the interview guide, though the semi-structured, in-depth nature of these interviews provided participants the space to reflect or elaborate on their experiences and/or thought processes. Each participant was asked to define sex and recount the process by which they learned about sex, to include what was learned and from which sources.…”

Intervenção em adesão baseada na abordagem construcionista do cuidado: perspectiva dos profissionais de saúde

“…Desenvolvida nos estudos sobre promoção da saúde sexual e reprodutiva, essa noção compreende que cada "cenário" intersubjetivo mobiliza diferentes "scripts" -sistemas simbólicos que são traduzidos em códigos de conduta, compondo repertórios que se traduzem nas performances nas diferentes situações e interações (Gagnon & Parker, 1995;Paiva, 2007Paiva, , 2008Paiva, , 2012aParker & Aggleton, 1999;Simon & Gagnon, 1984). Nessa vertente, a experiência concreta e singular da pessoa como "sujeito em cena" é a unidade de análise e o foco das ações em saúde.…”

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender immigrant acculturation experience

“…Zea et al (2003) argued that these traditional approaches grounded in personological theories are not effective on their own when studying LGBT immigrants because they ignore cultural and socioeconomic factors that play an important role in defining the immigrant experience. Even some of the traditional writings conceptualized sexuality as a sociallyconstructed phenomenon, where the culture played a large role in shaping the sexual expression of individuals (Foucault, 1978;Simon, 1987). In more recent research, the role of cultural factors has become a consistent theme when studying sexuality of various populations (Becker, 1998;Marin, 1996;Peterson, 1998).…”