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Liga Portuguesa Abolicionista

Liga Portuguesa Abolicionista is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Liga Portuguesa Abolicionista rather than just read about it. In short: Liga Portuguesa Abolicionista (LPA) (English: "The Portuguese Abolitionist League"), was a Portuguese anti-prostitution women's organization, founded on 1 September 1926. It was the Portuguese equivalent of the British Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts.

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Reference excerpt

Liga Portuguesa Abolicionista (LPA) (English: "The Portuguese Abolitionist League"), was a Portuguese anti-prostitution women's organization, founded on 1 September 1926. It was the Portuguese equivalent of the British Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts. It was active until 1957.

History LPA was founded in 1926 by Arnaldo Brazão and Domingas Lazary do Amaral. LPA was a branch of the Conselho Nacional das Mulheres Portuguesas, and an associate with the International Abolitionist Federation. It was based in Lisbon. It was established with the purpose to repeal the so-called regulation system, which required prostitute women to register be and subject to regular medical examination to prevent sexually transmitted infections. It was a sub-group of the Conselho Nacional das Mulheres Portuguesas. It worked against the sexual exploitation of women and children within the sex industry, and the sexual double standards that excused it. The LPA condemned the opression of women and children under the regulation system of prostitution, and the sexual double standard that was the foundation for its toleration. Many well known feminists were members of the LPA, such as Adelaide Cabete, Vitória Pais Freire de Andrade, Aurora Teixeira de Castro and Angelica Viana Porto. LPA arranged two abolitionist congresses: in 1926 and in 1929. The LPA essentially achieved their goal in 1949, when a reform of the regulation system prohibited any new prostitute being registered at the brothels. This cut of the recruiting of new workers to the sex industry, causing it to die out (prostitution was eventually banned in 1963). LPA dissolved in 1957.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Liga Portuguesa Abolicionista

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Liga Portuguesa Abolicionista claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Liga Portuguesa Abolicionista before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Liga Portuguesa Abolicionista ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Liga Portuguesa Abolicionista

In research: Liga Portuguesa Abolicionista appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Liga Portuguesa Abolicionista in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Liga Portuguesa Abolicionista is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1920s establishments in Portugal, 1926 disestablishments in Europe, 20th century in Lisbon, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Liga Portuguesa Abolicionista outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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