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{"title":"When a Woman “Becomes a Dog”: Metaphors of Menstruation in Central Kerala, India","authors":"Sherin Sabu","doi":"10.1080/08927936.2023.2261282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2023.2261282","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThis paper explores the shifting and contemporary manifestations of menstrual taboos in central Kerala, India, particularly through the evocation of zoomorphic language and symbolism. It specifically focuses on a seemingly commonplace metaphor, pattiyayi (has become a dog), and argues that its connotative and cultural meanings have negative consequences for the construction of gender in Keralan society. The metaphor likens a menstruating woman to a dog. Further correlations between dogs and rabies patients culturally place the three categories – the domesticated carnivore, the person with a stigmatized illness, and the menstruating woman – as liminal entities, equivalent by association. Additionally, examining dog idioms (patti) in Kottayam that refer to the Dalit castes, the paper elucidates how idiomatic expressions evince societal juxtapositions of menstruating women with socially disparaged castes. These allegorical concurrences also draw attention to how the body and its organic activities and the propensity of certain bodies to incur permanent and internal pollution are at the root of symbolic denigration and gender and caste hierarchies. Furthermore, through the Foucauldian perspective on language, the paper links the dog metaphor to a micro theory of power by signifying the role of gendered power relations and the coalescence of discursive and material processes in historically shaping it.KEYWORDS: Dalitsdogseveryday languagehuman–animal relationsmenstruationmetaphors AcknowledgementsThe author expresses her gratitude to Professor Rowena Robinson for her intellectual contributions, constructive suggestions, and encouragement during the development of this paper. The author also thanks Dr Anthony Louis Podberscek and the two anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.Notes1 Even though the regional caste hierarchies across the country and Kerala are complex, the Pan-Indian varna system divided them into four main categories: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Shudra. These groups were considered above the line of pollution and were considered savarna (with varna), below which fell the avarna (without varna) castes, considered polluting, even by touch (hence earlier called “untouchables”). At present, they are designated by the Indian state as Scheduled Castes and often refer to themselves as Dalit.2 By the same token, in many other religions and cultures around the world, female sexuality has been linked with death and catastrophe. In formative Christianity and its interpretations of the Fall, Eve is a symbol of “female physicality and “unruly” sexuality, which has the threatening power of getting out of control (Corrington & Streete, Citation1992, p. 54). The whole responsibility of sin and death is assigned to the woman (Corrington & Streete, Citation1992) – “from a woman sin had its beginning, and because of her we will die” (Ecclesiasticus 25:2","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135591956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Animals of Aotearoa: Kaupapa Māori Summaries","authors":"Georgina Tuari Stewart","doi":"10.1080/08927936.2023.2254552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2023.2254552","url":null,"abstract":"This article summarizes Māori knowledge of a selected range of animals through the literature as a first step in undertaking research into the potential of incorporating Māori concepts into animal ethics topics for senior school and post-school biology education. This article is based on a critical Māori “reading” of existing literature, a writing process that both collects and analyzes data from available records, examined through a Kaupapa Māori (i.e., Māori-centered lens). The scientific category of “animal” does not exist in te ao Māori (the Māori world), so the approach taken below is to give an introductory synopsis of Māori knowledge of a sample of animals of Aotearoa, mindful that Māori “knowledge” includes and embeds a Māori understanding of ethics. This summary of Māori knowledge of animals is presented in six sections: kurī (dog), kiore (rat), manu (birds), ika (fish), ngārara (reptiles), and aitanga pepeke (insects/invertebrates). Key points emerge about Māori knowledge of animals, including a final point reflecting on the nature and status of a synopsis, a genre of particular relevance to Kaupapa Māori scholars studying Māori knowledge.","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136060165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Addressing Barriers to Action: Increasing Cat Guardians’ Compliance with Professional Environmental Enrichment Advice","authors":"Esther van Leeuwen, Emma ter Mors","doi":"10.1080/08927936.2023.2254553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2023.2254553","url":null,"abstract":"Guardians of domestic cats may seek advice from a veterinarian or professional cat behavior advisor to address problematic cat behaviors. This advice typically involves a degree of environmental enrichment, which guardians sometimes experience as an encroachment on their personal lives and living environment. This may explain why compliance with enrichment advice is often poor and problem behaviors persist. The aim of this study was to investigate how advice compliance can be increased by addressing guardians’ barriers to action. Using the Theory of Planned Behavior as a theoretical foundation, we differentiated between motivational- and capacity-related perceived behavioral control (PBC) to better understand the root of guardians’ implementation resistance. We argue that motivational PBC is a more malleable construct than capacity PBC and tested the hypothesis that motivational PBC can increase when guardians experience social pressure when other guardians hold positive beliefs about environmental enrichment (subjective norm). We conducted a survey of 221 cat guardians who were asked to imagine they had sought and received enrichment advice to address their cat’s behavioral problems. The positive or negative beliefs and actions of other cat guardians with respect to environmental enrichment were varied experimentally as a means of influencing the subjective norm. Results confirmed the prediction that exposure to others’ positive enrichment beliefs (versus negative enrichment beliefs) results in a more positive subjective norm with respect to enrichment, which subsequently increases motivational PBC and compliance intention. Although compliance intention was also predicted by capacity PBC, capacity PBC was not influenced by subjective norm, as expected. This study is the first to differentiate between motivational- and capacity-related PBC as barriers to action, which proved fruitful. Understanding the nature of clients’ implementation resistance helps practitioners select the most appropriate technique to address barriers to action. We offer several practical recommendations to this end.","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135740602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Attractiveness of Freshwater Species Correlates Positively With Conservation Support","authors":"Boris Lipták, Antonín Kouba, Katarina Zorić, Lazaros Salvaras, Pavol Prokop, Momir Paunović","doi":"10.1080/08927936.2023.2254551","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2023.2254551","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe attractiveness of a species influences human perceptions and attitudes toward it, while flagship species play a significant role in shaping public conservation interests. This research investigated how humans perceive the attractiveness of and their willingness to protect vertebrate and invertebrate aquatic representatives. The study focused on endangered and invasive fish and crayfish species presented to the participants through pictures shared via an online questionnaire. Participants rated the attractiveness of the species and indicated their willingness to protect them using a 7-point scale. The analysis was conducted based on 118 responses from men and women whose backgrounds varied in terms of their age, education, and knowledge regarding biological invasions. The findings indicate that the perceived attractiveness of a species was the primary factor influencing the participants’ willingness to protect the species: the more attractive a species was rated, the greater the willingness to protect it. Overall, endangered fish and crayfish species received higher willingness-to-protect scores than invasive species, with crayfish species being perceived as significantly more attractive than fish. Using attractive or flagship aquatic species, such as crayfish, in the conservation efforts of endangered freshwater taxa can enhance public, stakeholder, and policymaker awareness, thereby potentially contributing to the conservation and restoration of freshwater ecosystems and the protection of native biota.KEYWORDS: Aquatic invasionsbiological invasionsconservationcrayfishfishhuman–animal interaction AcknowledgementsSpecial thanks go to Goran Poznanović and Mayra for correcting the language of the manuscript. The contribution of the anonymous reviewers is also appreciated.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingThe research was supported by the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia, Contract No. 451-03-47/2023-01/ 200007. P.P. was also supported by the Operation Program of Integrated Infrastructure for the project UpScale of Comenius University Capacities and Competence in Research, Development and Innovation, ITMS2014+: 313021BUZ3, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134990572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychometric Evaluation of the Comfort from Companion Animals Scale in a Sexual and Gender Minority Sample.","authors":"Camie A Tomlinson,&nbsp;Sarah K Pittman,&nbsp;Jennifer L Murphy,&nbsp;Angela Matijczak,&nbsp;Shelby E McDonald","doi":"10.1080/08927936.2021.1963548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2021.1963548","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human-animal interaction research is growing in popularity and methodological rigor; however, there remains a need for psychometrically validated measures and inclusion of broader populations. This study addressed these gaps by reporting on the psychometric properties of the Comfort from Companion Animals Scale (CCAS) in a sample of sexual and gender minority emerging adults. Participants included 138 emerging adults between the ages of 18-21 years (<i>M =</i> 19.33 years, <i>SD =</i> 1.11; 38.4% racial/ethnic minority) who identified as a gender (48.6%) and/or sexual minority (98.6%) and who reported living with a companion animal in the past year. We utilized the following analytic methods: (a) confirmatory factor analyses to compare the unidimensional structure of the CCAS with the two alternative models, (b) multiple group analyses to test measurement invariance across demographic groups, and (c) structural equation models to evaluate construct validity. Preliminary analysis found that the majority of participants did not endorse the two lowest response options. To conduct invariance testing, we eliminated items 3, 5, and 8 from the CCAS and collapsed the lowest response options. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis supported the use of this revised unidimensional model. We found evidence of measurement invariance across gender identity, sexual orientation, and race/ethnicity groups. Construct validity was supported by comparing the CCAS with factors on the Pet Attachment and Life Impact Scale; the positive association between the CCAS and anxiety are discussed in the context of prior research. Overall, our findings highlight the importance of validating human-animal interaction measures across samples from diverse backgrounds. We recommend that future studies continue to test the CCAS and other measures of human-animal attachment among diverse samples to delineate which aspects of human-animal interaction may be most beneficial in promoting mental health in vulnerable populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"35 1","pages":"143-163"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8887696/pdf/nihms-1733126.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10825329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Companion Animals and Adolescent Stress and Adaptive Coping During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Megan K Mueller, Erin K King, Eli D Halbreich, Kristina S Callina","doi":"10.1080/08927936.2022.2027093","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08927936.2022.2027093","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant social disruptions for youth caused by lockdowns, school closures, and a lack of in-person social interactions. Companion animals are prevalent in US households and may provide a source of emotional support and motivation for youth to engage in adaptive coping behaviors during social challenges. The goals of this study were to assess if dog owners, non-dog pet owners, and non-pet owners differed in stress levels, positive affect, and use of adaptive coping strategies such as increased time outdoors, regular walking, and healthy behaviors. This study used data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development^SM (ABCD) Study, a large, nationally representative dataset of American youth. In a cross-sectional sample of 6,069 adolescents, there were significant, but small, relationships between owning a non-dog pet and lower levels of positive affect, and both dog owners and non-dog pet owners reported higher perceived stress compared with non-pet owners. Dog ownership was associated with higher odds of using healthy coping strategies compared with non-pet owners, but this relationship was not significant when controlling for demographic variables. Dog owners reported higher odds of having a walking routine and spending time outdoors compared with non-pet owners. Overall, the results suggest no buffering effect of pet ownership on youth mental wellbeing, but dog ownership is associated with some healthy coping behaviors linked to walking.</p>","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"35 5","pages":"693-712"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9662752/pdf/nihms-1774461.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9446935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals: by Katja M. Guenther, Stanford University Press, 2020, 295 pp., ISBN: 978-1-5036-1285-3","authors":"Michal Pregowski","doi":"10.1080/08927936.2021.1926720","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2021.1926720","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"57 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83990328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Relation Between Pet Ownership, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms in Late Life: Propensity Score Matched Analyses.","authors":"Courtney J Bolstad,&nbsp;Ben Porter,&nbsp;Cynthia J Brown,&nbsp;Richard E Kennedy,&nbsp;Michael R Nadorff","doi":"10.1080/08927936.2021.1926707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2021.1926707","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study was to explore the differences in anxiety and depressive symptoms between older adult pet owners and non-pet owners after accounting for various correlates. Research findings on the anxiety-relieving and antidepressant effects of late-life pet ownership are mixed and limited. This may be due in part to various characteristics that impact the likelihood of owning a pet. Propensity score matching was used to pair 169 pet owners with 169 non-pet owners aged 70 to 91 years who participated in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging. One set of propensity scores was created using age, sex, race, rurality, marital status, and income, as well as self-reported health, difficulty with activities of daily living, and difficulty with instrumental activities of daily living. A second set of scores was created using age, sex, race, rurality, marital status, and income. Multiple linear regression analyses were then used to explore the relation between pet ownership status and anxiety or depressive symptoms, controlling for the other symptoms. Pet ownership was significantly associated with lower self-reported anxiety symptoms (β = -0.14) but not depressive symptoms (β = -0.03) in the data matched without health variables. When propensity score matching included health variables, pet ownership was related to neither symptoms of anxiety (β = -0.08) nor depression (β = 0.05). These results suggest that owning a pet in later life is related to fewer anxiety symptoms, over and above the impact of depressive symptoms, even after accounting for various demographic and economic covariates. However, general and functional health appear to be critical to this relation, but the direction of this relation could not be determined from our analyses (i.e., it is not clear whether the relation between pet ownership and anxiety symptoms is confounded by, mediates, or is mediated by health). This study is the first large-scale analysis to find a significant relation between pet ownership and fewer anxiety symptoms in older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"34 5","pages":"671-684"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08927936.2021.1926707","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39622559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effect of a PTSD Service Dog on Military Veterans' Medication Regimens: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study.","authors":"Kerri E Rodriguez,&nbsp;Lindsey M Anderson,&nbsp;Carol A Ott,&nbsp;Marguerite E O'Haire","doi":"10.1080/08927936.2021.1898219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2021.1898219","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent research suggests that service dogs may have clinically-relevant benefits for military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, the effects of PTSD service dogs on veterans' medication use has been largely unexplored. The objective of this study was to quantify the effect of PTSD service dogs on medication use among a population of military veterans with PTSD. In a cross-sectional design, United States post-9/11 military veterans with PTSD were recruited from a single service dog provider including veterans living with a PTSD service dog (<i>n</i> = 52) and veterans on the waitlist (<i>n</i> = 44). Both populations of veterans received treatment as usual. Participants completed an online survey of self-reported medication regimens and medication changes. Regression models quantified the effect of having a service dog on physical health, mental health, pain, and sleep medications while controlling for confounding variables (age, sex, relationship status, traumatic brain injuries, and physical health). Results indicated that there were no significant effects of having a service dog on overall self-reported medication use nor any specific medication category (<i>p</i>'s > 0.06). However, veterans with a service dog were more likely than those on the waitlist to report that their doctor had decreased dosage or removed medications since getting their service dog. The results of this preliminary cross-sectional research should be interpreted with caution, as future within-subject and pharmacy-verified research is necessary to understand the causality of these findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"34 3","pages":"393-406"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08927936.2021.1898219","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39243749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Insolent Fox: Human–Animal Relations with Protected Predators in Central-Southern Chile","authors":"S. Medina","doi":"10.1080/08927936.2020.1799547","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2020.1799547","url":null,"abstract":"This paper analyzes human–animal relations with protected predators in central-southern Chile, focusing mainly on the case of foxes. It is based on 12 months of anthropological research undertaken ...","PeriodicalId":50748,"journal":{"name":"Anthrozoos","volume":"24 1","pages":"597-612"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2020-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90471946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}