Jan Trost

Male multiple orgasms: a descriptive study.

Little is known about the phenomenon of multiple orgasms among men. The traditional view assumes there are two stages of orgasm in the healthy male: emission following orgasm almost instantly, followed by a refractory period. Contradictory experiences have been reported by men. Data from interviews with 21 multiply orgasmic men are presented. Men reported that detumescence does not always follow an orgasm, that a nonejaculatory orgasm can occur prior to as well as after an ejaculatory orgasm, and that it is possible to have a series of orgasms. Some of the men reported always having been multiply orgasmic, whereas others experienced it relatively late in life. Others have actively learned to become multiply orgasmic. It may be that our traditional expectations regarding the possible limited range of male orgasmic capacity have profoundly influenced mens behavior as well as research in this area.

Family from a Dyadic Perspective

There are a great number of concepts connected to the term family. These concepts are quite different from one another and many are unclear. The term and the concept dyad are used to sort the differences to provide greater understanding. To demonstrate how the dyadic approach can successfully be used, some illustrative data are presented. The data come from legislation as well as from qualitative and quantitative studies.

Cohabitation in the Nordic countries

This article examines recent trends in nonmarital cohabitation in the Nordic countries. The data from the Nordic countries suggest that nonmarital cohabitation has moved from being a deviant phenomenon to an institutionalized pattern of entering family life.

Coalitions in Triads

We will here briefly discuss the triad and some experiments that have been done with coalitions in it and give an account of experiments performed by us. The symbolic environment (see below) of the members of the triads have earlier been disregarded to a great extent. Since we believe that this factor is of great importance for the formation of coalitions in triads and other groups we have inserted it in experiments that are similar to some of the experiments which have been performed elsewhere. Through our discussions and experiments we hope

What Holds Marriages Together

The question of why some divorce is turned around to the question of why some do not divorce When a number of marital bonds keeping marriages together are weakened, the likelihood of divorce Increases Initially , only an emotional bond exists, by and by more bonds form If the emotional bond disappears, the other bonds might keep the marriage intact. The increase in the divorce rate is explained in the various marital bonds.

Abortions in relation to age coital frequency and fecundity.

Abortion rates show variations by age in the United States. This article addresses the question of age variations in abortions. Since the probability of pregancy is increased in direct proportion to increased coital frequency, age and coitus-specific abortion rates are calculated. Since the probability of pregnancy is related to fecundity, age and fecundity abortion rates are also calculated. When combining coital frequency and fecundity with the agespecific abortion rates, the variation by age disappears for all women except teen-agers.

Remarriage in Sweden

Remarriage rates in Sweden were examined from two cohorts of divorcing couples 1971 and 1978. Rates of remarriage/cohabitation were examined as well as factors influencing remarriage. The data are from official sources and from a mail survey conducted in 1980. (EXCERPT)

Parejas sin domesticidad común

With this work refute the idea that couples just live together in marriage or cohabitation. Relations lat (Living Apart Together) • can be considered now as an alternative to traditional living arrangements. Shall present quantitative and qualitative information on the lat board relations and the possibilities that this phenomenon becomes an institution really social institutions such as marriage and cohabitation.

Book Reviews : Psychological Dimensions of Social Inter action. Readings and Perspectives. By Linder, Darwyn E. (ed.), Edison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1973, paper back, no price indi cated, 288 pp

to sociology and psychology. That is the subject of lots of nonsense which has been written lately. The authors limited the use of supporting references and adopted a rather telegraphic style of writing. Together with some formal notation this makes the book heavy to read, apparently too simple for convincing, too complicated for practical use. The great strength of this work is its sound methodological basis. Its occasional failures may be rather regarded as evidence for the need to further develop the suggested ideas which fall outside the scope of some science that declares itself &dquo;beyond freedom and dignity&dquo;. The book is to b~ stuclte~l preferably with the support of Churchman’s early theoretical work, Theory oj Expenmental Inference, and PredlctlUn (Jlld Optwzal DecIsIOn. The student-reader, who feels victim of fashionable pseudo-research based on &dquo;data-analysis&dquo; will get encouragement from the authors’ implications on the differences between persons and &dquo;objects&dquo;, identification versus individuation (relevant to the issue of privacy), action versus reaction and outcome, etc. In any case, besides of this and Churchman’s latest book The Design of Inqutring Systems I do not know of any alternative approach that permits to challenge the new information-technocrats on their own grounds about the ethical implications of computerized research. Rejection of outliers, sources of refusals to answer surveys, statistical imputations, interview techniques based on randomized response for preventing evasive-

Roles, an introduction to study of social relations - Banton, M.

The idea of class consciousness is so central to the book that it appears in every chapter and indeed in every table and chart. Yet it was treated, weighed and measured by utterly unimaginative, conventional, and faulty methods of classifying and summarizing responses to dull questions on a standardized interview schedule. To illustrate: the idea of the militancy of workers, their willingness to engage in the class struggle, was examined by asking workers one single question whether they would participate in a neighborhood demonstration against a landlord accused by his tenants of charging high rents in return for poor housing. And it