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- 141: Lesbian by Choice
- ... Does one lesbian have an identical feature or character as another lesbian? Does a lesbian have something extra or something missing from heterosexual women? This notion that we can classify a human being by their sexual preference is absolutely ludicrous and unsubstantiated! Women are just that, women. Sexual attraction to humans, be it the same sex or not, is not a concrete science that can allow society to label women. The choice of heterosexuality may not truly be a choice. In a recent survey of women, 57% stated that heterosexuality was not something that was considered and then chosen. For these women, there was no decision to be made regarding their sexual preference (Marrow, 1997). This is an interesting figure when you consider of those above women, some admitted to having sexual encounters with other women. I believe the choice is heavily tied to our culture, ...
- 142: Simone Debeauvoir The Second S
- ... Second Sex. The destiny, history, myths, and situations of women's life today, are the principal subjects of the book. In The Second Sex, Part IV called, "The Formative Years," the information within chapter XIV, "Sexual Initiation," is focused on closely. Simone de Beauvoir expressed, that love and sex should be possessed within free relationships built on desire and equality, and stressed the importance of openly discussing the traumas surrounding menstruation and sexual awareness. She rationalizes, "in a sense, women's sexual initiation, like man's, begins in earliest childhood...But the erotic experiences of the young girl are not simply an extension of her former sexual activities; very often they are unexpected and disagreeable; and ...
- 143: Looking For Alibrandi
- ... in these times.. I don't think I could ever handle the quiet world she lived in." Another important discovery which is threaded throughout the book is Josephine's discovery on the whole issue of sexual relationships. We can see throughout the novel there is great pressure from Josephine's friends to have a sexual relationships. She is always hearing about the sexual relationships the people around her are having and is often made fun of by Sera, one of her best friends. Talking about Sera, on page 137, Josephine states, "I mean she knows I'm ...
- 144: Gays In the Military
- ... is unless you are in the military and are gay. The issue of gays in the military has developed into a case of whether our country should discriminate against a group merely because of involuntary sexual orientation. Two persistent principles are evident within this topic: that homosexuals are ever present throughout all branches of the military and a persistent hostility against this group is in American society and the military. In ... This concept pitted the gay community against the traditionalists who want to keep them out. The result is a compromising "Don't ask / Don't Tell" policy which prevents recruiters from inquiring about an enlistees sexual preference. The purpose of the military is to kill people and complete the mission at hand. Therefore anything that hinders the military from fulfilling this role is a potential threat to national security and must ... back to the Revolutionary War when General George Washington approved the discharge and court martial of an officer for attempted sodomy. Every year more than 800 service members are separated from the military based on sexual orientation. The Department Of Defense current policy is both discriminatory and ineffective. Homosexuals should have the right to serve their country as long as their job performance is not affected by their private life. ...
- 145: Loves Alchemy
- ... who are searching for it are only wasting their time. Donne cleverly uses language that both allows the reader to see the connections between the alchemists and the Platonists and that allows for a more sexual interpretation of the piece. The poem opens with two lines that lay the groundwork for the analogy and that have a sexual implication. The word digged and the image of love s mine , obviously allow for the comparison between the Platonist s and the alchemists. Donne explains that some have experienced more love than he has, and ... attempts, have been able to extract gold from other metals. Due to the diction that Donne uses and the manner in which he expresses himself in these two lines, it is possible to extract their sexual meaning that serves to ridicule the claims and means of the Platonists as well as the alchemists. The words digged love s mine can be interpreted as the sexual act. And when combined with ...
- 146: Controversial Pornography
- ... belief among many individuals, a number of topics and issues have become controversial in society today. Similar to the varied responses to the red splotch of paint, photographs, video tapes and paintings portraying nudity and sexual content receive a number of clashing opinions. There are artists who paint and photograph nudity and pornography who find the human body and sex portrayed in many forms to be beautiful. However, there are also many extremely conservative individuals who take offense to such "artwork" and find its contents appalling. And those who enjoy the nudity and sexual content exhibited in pornographic materials should marvel and delight in its details. Those who do not should simply look away. In the words of Justice William O. Douglas, "no one is compelled to look" (Brownmiller ... In previous instances, such as the Miller Case of 1973, the Court attempted to define which materials could be judged as lewd or indecent: The materials are obscene if they depict patently offensive, hard-core sexual conduct; lack serious scientific, literary, artistic, or political value; and appeal to the prurient interests of an average personas measured by contemporary community standards (Brownmiller 662). In accordance with the opinions of Susan ...
- 147: Sexual Abuse
- The impact of sexual abuse reaches all levels of a childs emotions. These emotions and the effects are listed below: Confusion: This is usually the initial reaction of the child. They will usually question, "What is going on?" and ... well as the confusion which goes through a childs mind. "Since I was a little ten year old child, I had to deceive and hide from the world and my mother that my father tooka sexual interest in me. Remember how you taught me that art of deceit? First you put me in a situation that had to be kept a secret then you pledged me to secrecy...As a tenold ...
- 148: Themes Of Death And Desire In
- ... nobody gets out of life alive. "1 The themes of death and desire are central in the play A Streetcar Named to Desire. When the play was released in 1948 it caused a storm, its sexual content was controversial to say the least, but also it was, "virtually unique as a stage piece that is both personal and social and wholly a product of our life today." 2 The play tells ... factors in her tragedy".8 The reference to promiscuity brings about another important form of "desire" that Blanche had developed prior to the time of the play. After the death of her husband Blanche's sexual desires started to take the form of nymphomania, she entertained sailors at the Flamingo, and developed a penchant for adolescent boys. This desire in the form of "the 17 year-old boy- she'd gotten ... this issue for Blanche is evident in Scene 1, when she says, "I want to be near you, got to be with somebody, I cannot be alone!" Another paradox that Blanche brings is her raw sexual desires. These are firmly in contrast with this image she wishes to present as Southern gentlewoman. In the first scene, there is a neat confrontation between Blanche's conflicting desires as she, "regards Stanley' ...
- 149: Sexual Discrimination
- Sexual Discrimination The world today must deal with many problems. Our society has been struggling to cope with difficulties ranging from environmental problems to economic problems. Solutions to these problems, however, are not too hard to find. There is one problem, however, that our society has been dealing with for a very long time. The problem is sexual discrimination. When thinking of discrimination, one tends to think mostly of sexism directed against women.. Sexism against women has become a noticeable part of our society and it is slowly on it's way to ...
- 150: Looking For Alibrandi
- ... in these times.. I don't think I could ever handle the quiet world she lived in." Another important discovery which is threaded throughout the book is Josephine's discovery on the whole issue of sexual relationships. We can see throughout the novel there is great pressure from Josephine's friends to have a sexual relationships. She is always hearing about the sexual relationships the people around her are having and is often made fun of by Sera, one of her best friends. Talking about Sera, on page 137, Josephine states, "I mean she knows I'm ...
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