Abdolali Lahsaeizadeh’s research while affiliated with Shiraz University and other places

Sexual harassment in public places is a forbidden form of sex discrimination that includes both verbal and nonverbal behaviors—such as wolf whistles, leers, winks, grabs, pinches, catcalls, and street remarks—and is often overlooked by social science researchers. The present study, using mixed methods and “exploratory design-instrument development method” was conducted to investigate the aspects of Iranian women’s experiences of sexual harassment in public places using a student sample. Using the grounded theory method, the qualitative part of this study was conducted by face-to-face, in-depth interviews with 16 female students of Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, which resulted in seven axial categories and one core category. The results of the qualitative part of the study were used to develop the instrument of the quantitative part, the questionnaire. Using the survey technique, the quantitative phase of this study employed a sample of 369 female students of Shiraz University, selected by stratified sampling. Data analysis procedures included a theme analysis of the interviews, a statistical analysis of the survey, and an integrated consideration of the qualitative and quantitative results. We found that experiencing sexual harassment is significantly correlated with presence in public places, acceptance of gender rules, mother’s education and the kind of women’s dressing and make up.

The purpose of this paper is a survey of factors affecting acceptance and usage of ICT in rural Fars province. The theoretical frame is based on review of literature and sociological as well as informational society theories. The empirical model has 18 independent variables and "acceptance and usage of ICT" as a dependent variable. This research was based on survey method conducted in 68 villages with 389 households as a sample. After testing the hypotheses, the results are as follow: There are significant relationship between age, occupation, education, knowing English, rural people knowledge, attitude toward infrastructures, type of services, control, advertisements, incentive for using ICT, computer training, knowledge of ICT official, ICT official agenda, rural awareness of state aims, coast of ICT rural centers and acceptance and usage of ICT. In contrast, there are no significant relationship between sex, income and rural people attitude toward ICT management in rural offices and acceptance and usage of ICT.

This paper seeks to analyze the food and nutrition of Iran and the impact of the social elements on this system. Regards food and nutrition as a system with the following sub-systems: production, importation, processing, storing, distribution and consumption. In relation to production, there has been a production increase in recent years, yet food shortages continue to exist. Imports of food are on the rise except for beef. Food processing is getting modernized, but traditional processing is not yet standardized. The system of food storing has deficiencies. Food distribution takes place in three different ways, though with some malfunction. Finally, regarding food consumption, there are entirely different patterns among various social classes. Suggests that food production should increase, and that there should be a reduction of food imports, a reduction of food wastages, an increase in the level of processing standards, a reduction in food shortages and better distribution of food.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Sociology, 1984. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 483-516). Microfilm. s