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Aim: To explore the perception of the impact of endometriosis on various aspects in affected women with endometriosis. Method: Data was gathered through in-depth and semi-structured individual interviews using open questions to comprehend women's experiences with endometriosis and their health-promoting lifestyle. The Conventional Qualitative Content Analysis approach was utilized, and sampling continued until data saturation. Ultimately, 14 women with endometriosis were interviewed. Results: The theme was following the dominance of the Black Cloud of Endometriosis on Different Aspects of the Life of Women with Endometriosis; with main categories involving (a) Physical depreciation caused by endometriosis, (b) psychological deterioration caused by endometriosis, (c) social isolation, (d) marital relationship disorder, and sexual dissatisfaction. Conclusions: The concepts show that endometriosis impacts negatively on different aspects of women's lives. Considering that endometriosis is a multi-dimensional disease, identifying the different aspects of this disease and paying attention to meeting the perceived needs of the affected women will help to improve the treatment process and bring the affected women to the end of their health. These should be improved by adopting appropriate approaches in health policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article draws on case studies or 'microhistories' from the author's own research to explore the ethical responsibility of family historians to represent the experiences of those whose lives have been 'hidden from history', and in particular the lives of one's female ancestors, as a way of correcting the omissions and erasures of official histories. It also discusses the ethical dilemmas posed by the discovery that one's ancestors were involved in activities that are now regarded as morally suspect, such as profiting from the ownership of slaves. Finally, the article debates ethical arguments about respecting the rights of the dead to privacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article draws on case studies or ‘microhistories’ from the author’s own research to explore the ethical responsibility of family historians to represent the experiences of those whose lives have been ‘hidden from history’, and in particular the lives of one’s female ancestors, as a way of correcting the omissions and erasures of official histories. It also discusses the ethical dilemmas posed by the discovery that one’s ancestors were involved in activities that are now regarded as morally suspect, such as profiting from the ownership of slaves. Finally, the article debates ethical arguments about respecting the rights of the dead to privacy.

How and why people construct, maintain, and transform the material styles associated with cultural boundaries is a central issue in understanding continuity and change in the archaeological record. Questions about transmission of domestic pottery style from mother to daughter in matrilocal societies were a fundamental impetus for the development of many archaeologists' interests in learning and cultural transmission. In such contexts, archaeologists initially expected strong intergenerational continuity in pottery style and well-delineated social boundaries. However, continuity in material culture is not simply the result of unconscious transmission of ideas from generation to generation, a form of native conservatism, or a propensity to do things in the same way as the previous generation, according to the manner in which one is taught. As shown in ethnoarchaeological research conducted in the Zapara Territory of the Ecuadorian Amazon, similarities and differences in women's pottery style can be associated with women's active strategies of signifying and building political alliances through their lives, even though kinship, the early learning context, and status also are important contributing factors. These political strategies of signification may change through women's lives, consistent with different stages of life history and the developmental cycle of their communities of practice. Patterned variation in pottery style may be understood in these terms, across time and space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]