Opinion Sur Joven

Coping with Burnout Syndrome?

January 2010, by Alejandro Urman, Ariel Taub

Are you feeling tired of your job? Do you feel like nothing you do make a difference? Do your coworkers annoy you? Do you feel sad for no reason? Do you think that roles are not clear in your workplace and that your bosses are incompetent? Maybe you are suffering from Burnout Syndrome. Here we explain what it is and how to treat it.

How to price professional services?

December 2009, by Pablo Winokur

A frequent question among young freelance professionals is how much to charge for their services. How to calculate the value of an hour? Why is it important to know the difference between prices and costs? Why are fixed-wages good for office or studio owners?

Permissive parents, uncontrollable children

October 2009, by Alejandro Urman, Fabián Barmak

Are you about to become a parent? Are you considering having children over the next years? Are you already a parent and don’t know how to educate your children? In any of these circumstances, setting limits is always a difficult matter to deal with. In this article, two young specialists describe the difficulties of parents in their 20s, 30s or 40s to set limits on their children. The confusion between authority and authoritarianism. According to the authors, “love and limits go hand in hand”.

The multiple sclerosis nightmare

October 2009, by Daniel Galvalizi

Its origin is unknown; its cure hasn’t been found yet. Multiple sclerosis is one of the worst diseases of our times since it is chronic: those affected may suffer muscular pain and even paralysis. It is usually detected in young adults aged between 20 and 30.

How to deal with our phobias

September 2009, by Alejandro Urman, Pablo Winokur

“Intense fear of a certain situation”. That’s what the swine flu outbreak caused in many people. Based on that reality, we’ve decided to explore the phobia phenomenon. What are phobias? How can they be detected and treated? The particular case of social phobias. With the opinion of an anxiety disorders specialist.

Myths and truths about child sexual abuse

More than just a media phenomenon

August 2009, by Alejandro Urman, Fabián Barmak

It’s an underestimated type of crime. Many times people prefer not to talk about it or don’t take it seriously. Many times they believe it only happens in lower social classes, or that abusers are mostly strangers. This article attempts to refute those myths and proposes some measures to approach the subject with the seriousness it deserves.

Nudism and sexuality

On nudity and prejudice

May 2009, by Alejandro Urman, Magalí Sztejn

Nudists are considered to be exotic or sexually hyperactive people, and some even believe they have a disorder. But what lies behind the necessity to show the body without clothes? Members of different nudist associations explain why they choose that practice. They insist on the idea that wearing clothes is a cultural matter, and make it clear that they don’t practice nudism with a sexual purpose, but they try to explore a different lifestyle.

The other side of infidelity

In the lovers’ shoes

April 2009, by Alejandro Urman, Magalí Sztejn

Every infidelity situation involves at least three people: the cheated partner, the cheater and the lover. Female lovers tend to suffer more while at this role. Some of them hope for the man to leave his home and choose them. Some of them want to let them go but they can’t, and others are comfortable in that position. This article analyzes the lovers’ complicated situation.

Women’s football in the slums

Sports for emotional support

March 2009, by Alejandro Urman

An Argentine NGO leads a group of girls who play football at Villa 31, one of the largest villas miseria in Buenos Aires. This sport provides emotional support to the girls, so they can succeed in other fields and express other types of problems: discrimination inside and outside the slums, sexuality and their vision of their future are some of the issues they approach along with their trainer and a social psychologist.

Sexuality myths

Interview with Argentine sexologist J. C. Kusnetzoff

February 2009, by Alejandro Urman, Magalí Sztejn

Is virginity still important today? What happens if a young man takes Viagra? What are the most common fears among men and women? Have sexual orientation prejudices changed over the years? Dr. Kusnetzoff, one of Argentina’s most famous sexologist, answers these and other questions related to sex.

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