The female athlete triad (triad) refers to the co-occurrence of three interrelated conditions: low energy availability, menstrual dysfunction, and low bone-mineral density Factors within sport and exercise environments can increase the risk of developing these conditions. Though the prevalence of the full triad is low, many girls and women will experience one or two of
The ways in which “the audience” has been conceptualized have moved, historically, through an arc from passive to active to interactive, and the embodied audience has become fragmented as the media industry tries to deliver niche audiences to particular advertisers. One such segmented audience is that of the group “women,” even though an archetypal “woman”
Female masculinity refers to a range of masculine inflected identities and identifications. Debates over the status and meaning of female masculinity and the bodies and selves to whom the terms may be ascribed emerge in the context of analyses of sex, gender, and sexuality. Research in social and cultural history has documented the lives of
Domestic violence is a factor in up to one-quarter of female suicide attempts. Female victims of domestic violence have eight times the risk for suicide compared with the general population. Fifty percent of battered women who attempt suicide undertake subsequent attempts. Married females experience lower suicide rates compared with single females; however, if domestic violence
The female athlete triad (triad) refers to the co-occurrence of three interrelated conditions: low energy availability, menstrual dysfunction, and low bone-mineral density Factors within sport and exercise environments can increase the risk of developing these conditions. Though the prevalence of the full triad is low, many girls and women will experience one or two of