Tokophobia: A dread of pregnancy - NCBI - NIH
每日一詞 ：吸貓吸狗，就是不想“吸小孩”
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現代女性不生孩子的原因很多：不斷增長的富裕程度、就業新機會、養孩子的高昂成本等都可能讓她們對生育卻步。有人則從科學的角度探討了這個現象——一些人似乎只會為貓貓狗狗的可愛而瘋狂，但從未在嬰兒身上獲得這種愉悅情緒。
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一名時報觀點作者在最近的文章中寫道：“有一個醫學術語來描述那些害怕懷孕的女性，即'恐育症( tokophobia )'。這個詞在字典中的意思是“對生孩子或懷孕的不正常恐懼”，由toko和phobia組成，tokos意為“生孩子”；phobia源自希臘語phobos，意指“恐懼”，常與其他詞組合用來指對特定事物的恐懼症，如acrophobia （恐高症）、 xenophobia （外國人恐懼症）等。
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儘管許多人將“恐育症”描述為病態的、不正常的，但許多人並不覺得自己需要被“治愈”。一些女性認為，生育意願和性取向一樣，是生而如此、無法改變也不願改變的個人特質。
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QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"It didn't eliminate the lack of affordable housing. It didn't eliminate poverty. It didn't eliminate domestic violence."
STEVEN BANKS, the commissioner of the New York City Department of Social Services overseeing homeless services, on a 1999 order meant to keep families with children from sleeping at an intake center in the Bronx.
A new $65.5 million homeless intake center has opened on 151st Street in the Bronx on the site of the infamous Emergency Assistance Unit, which was known for its inhumane conditions and was torn down in 2006.
At a ribbon cutting for the new facility Wednesday, Bronx City Council member Annabel Palma became emotional as she recalled how she had gone to the old facility seeking shelter 15 years ago but ended up leaving because of the conditions.
"When people walk into a place looking for help they don't want to be dehumanized and the old building did that to people like myself and people in the community," Palma said.
The seven-story facility includes child-friendly waiting rooms, storage for personal belongings and electronic signs that keep track of who has been served.
After the old facility was torn down, the city started conducting intake for homeless families at a nearby building on Powers Avenue. The Department of Homeless Services said that site is now being used as extra office space
A new $65.5 million homeless intake center has opened on 151st Street in the Bronx on the site of the infamous Emergency Assistance Unit, which was known for its inhumane conditions and was torn down in 2006.
At a ribbon cutting for the new facility Wednesday, Bronx City Council member Annabel Palma became emotional as she recalled how she had gone to the old facility seeking shelter 15 years ago but ended up leaving because of the conditions.
"When people walk into a place looking for help they don't want to be dehumanized and the old building did that to people like myself and people in the community," Palma said.
"When people walk into a place looking for help they don't want to be dehumanized and the old building did that to people like myself and people in the community," Palma said.
The seven-story facility includes child-friendly waiting rooms, storage for personal belongings and electronic signs that keep track of who has been served.
After the old facility was torn down, the city started conducting intake for homeless families at a nearby building on Powers Avenue. The Department of Homeless Services said that site is now being used as extra office space
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pregnant (FEMALE)
adjective
(of a woman and some female animals) having young developing inside the womb:
She's five and a half months pregnant.
My mother stopped smoking when she became pregnant.
He believes that men who get (= make) young girls pregnant should be severely punished.
My sister is pregnant with twins.
pregnancy
noun [C or U]
Most women feel sick in the mornings during their first months of pregnancy.
My first pregnancy was very straightforward - there were no complications.intake (AMOUNT)
noun [U]
the amount of a particular substance which is eaten or drunk during a particular time:
It says on the packet that four slices of this bread contains one half of your recommended daily intake of fibre.
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