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- 321: One Thousand Years of Chinese Footbinding: Its Origins, Popularity and Demise
- ... practice without criticism in order to understand the symbolic and personal meanings of footbinding, which embraced a number of purposes. Its origins may be perceived as a means of enforcing the imperial male's exclusive sexual access to his female consorts, ensuring their chastity and fidelity, but its impact extended far beyond these boundaries.[10] Since the family was the most important organizational unit in Chinese society, and the family and ... resistant to the pressures of footbinding from north China.[28] For Chinese men, bound feet were associated with higher-status love and sex, carrying strong connotations of both modesty and lasciviousness. Bound feet became a sexual fetish and were said to be conducive to better intercourse.[29] It was accepted that these golden lotuses had developed not only an aesthetic appeal for the Chinese male, but also a sexual one. A widespread male fantasy claimed that footbinding produced the development of a highly-muscled vagina "full of wondrous folds", with the tiny appearance of the foot arousing a combination of lust and pity. ...
- 322: Banned And Censored Music
- ... the most laughable incidences when songs were banned. There was a Billie Holiday song by the name of "Love For Sale," none of the radio stations were allowed to play it because of its strong sexual content and its depiction of prostitution. In even a funnier case there was a song by the name of "Transfusion" banned because it was felt that a blood transfusion was not a laughing matter. Perhaps ... so did the censors. Although the censorship supposedly diversified, the uncalled-for censorship of certain music continued. In 1964 the state of Indiana banned the song " Louie Louie" because they felt that it had some sexual content in it. But if you listen to the words it is obvious that sexual content is no where to be found. In 1967, the Rolling Stones were forced to change the lyrics of a song in order to perform it on national television because, of course, it had ...
- 323: Araby A Revalation
- ... Araby by James Joyce you find what happens when you give up on faith. He also loses faith in romantic love, religious love, and material love. Evidence of this is found in the form of sexual, spiritual, and financial experiences throughout the story. The story is a more modern symbolism of the fall Of the Garden of Eden. James Joyce speaks of the death of the Church. Joyce grew up in ... sexually attracted to Mangan’s sister. It may be because of the influence of the church on all of his life. When the boy thinks of the girl he thinks of her not in a sexual manner but in a religious one. He confesses that he doesn’t understand why he is feeling confused about what he wants. One evening the boy is left alone on a rainy night. He is in the back drawing room and the evidence of his sexual tension. Trying to suppress his sexual feeling for the girl he feels his senses, “seem to desire and veil themselves until I felt I was about to slip.” This line refers to a classic ...
- 324: The Internet And Its Effects And Its Future
- ... who also misuse computers and related technology. The abuse is being photographed and distributed to an international marketplace of child pornography consumers via the Internet. That marketplace- along with related Internet sites that encourage child sexual abuse- is leading to new assaults against children. No longer are schools, public libraries and homes safe harbors from sexual pedophiles- people whose sexual fantasies focus on girls or boys- from around the world. In the past photographs of children being raped, sexually abused and exploited were sold at high prices through tightknit, difficult-to-access networks. Today, ...
- 325: The Storm
- ... sexuality and passion and a rejection of the suppression of it by society. The title of The Storm gives the reader a peek into the underlying meaning of the story. It obviously portrays feelings of sexual energy, passion, and explosiveness, but the storm refers to nature, which historically has a feminine association. The storm takes on the personification of a deep, rumbling cloud of feminine sexuality and passion waiting to explode ... approaching storm. She unfastened her white sacque at the throat. It began to grow dark, and suddenly realizing the situation she got up hurriedly and went about closing windows and doors. This scene foreshadows a sexual encounter to come, but more importantly tells the reader how unaware Calixta is of her own sexuality and passion. Her sexuality has been repressed by the constraints of her marriage and society s view of ... a rain! It s good two years sence it rained it rain like that, exclaimed Calixta as she rolled up a piece of bagging and Alcee helped her to thrust it beneath the crack. The sexual connotation of thrusting it beneath the crack is evident, but it is important to notice that Calixta initiates this sexual act, not Alcee. This is a far cry from an ordinary, repressed housewife. Quite ...
- 326: Love In Today's Society
- ... their lives, but should not be taken to represent society as a whole. Love was quite important to Morrison- provided that he had it often and with different partners. One woman could never contain his sexual urges. In this reality many sociological concepts are found. Morrison cohabited with numerous women, mainly his life-long steady girlfriend Pamela. Morrison's male domineering attitude is evident in his line "Wanna be her daddy ... field. Pre- marital sex was easily brushed aside by Morrison in this era when society was more accepting of “free love.” Our Men's Health article is best understood by using the two gender's sexual scripts- or blueprints of our sexuality, to sort out society's expected roles. “50 Ways To Peeve Your Lover” does a decent job of informing men of the mistakes that women recognize in their sexual demeanor. Due to sexual scripts themselves, there are many learned behaviors and attitudes that men possess that they have always known as “the best way.” Men, due to the fact that they are less ...
- 327: Critical Analysis of "The Indifferent" by John Donne
- ... the concept of true versus false to stand for constancy and promiscuity. This is first introduced in the last line of the first stanza, and continues throughout the entire poem. The speaker desires a solely sexual relationship with his women, and he believes that such a relationship cannot exist if they are truthful to one another. According to Eleanor McNees, "Donne realizes that erotic license is irreconcilable with norms of truth ... and you and you,' and finally the very heavy accents on 'any' and 'true' in line 9" (Hunt 5). In the second stanza, the speaker continues upon the theme of faithfulness being a "vice," and sexual promiscuity being a virtue. "The sexual tone which was suggested in the first stanza in the anti-romantic details of 'spongy eyes' and 'dry cork' is intensified by the connotations of the words 'know' and 'rob me'; and the sexual ...
- 328: Child Abuse
- ... 036,000 of the cases were substantiated as victims of child maltreatment. This figure represents about 16 out of every 1,000 children. According to the 1994 survey, physical abuse represented 21% of confirmed cases, sexual abuse 11%, neglect 49%, emotional maltreatment 3%, and other forms of maltreatment 16%. An estimated 1,271 children died due to child abuse and neglect in 1994. Based on that statistic more than three children ... dirty clothes, obvious fatigue and listlessness, a child unattended for long periods of time, need for glasses, dental care, or other medical attention, stealing or begging for food, frequent absence from school. You should suspect sexual abuse when you see: physical signs of sexually transmitted diseases, evidence of injury to the genital area, pregnancy in a young girl, difficulty in sitting or walking, frequent expressions of sexual activity between adults and children, extreme fear of being alone with adults of a particular sex, sexually suggestive, inappropriate, or promiscuous behavior, knowledge about sexual relations beyond what is appropriate for child's age, ...
- 329: Men Are From Mars, Women Are F
- ... options to choose from (Pearson, et al, 1991:110). Some men are an exception to this rule, especially the ones that work with colors on a daily basis (i.e. interior designers). In terms of sexual language, or intimate contexts, male and female speech patterns differ greatly. They do not discuss genitalia and sexual functions similarly. While both sexes 6. are more hesitant to discuss female genitalia, females generally use more clinical and conservative language than males. They often use unclear, or vague words. Men are more likely to ... and females use more formal language in mixed company, or in the presence of family. With lovers, or friends, both sexes use more colloquial language. When asked the reasons why they were likely to initiate sexual relations, men generally responded with terms like "sexual release", while women normally cited "love" as their main motivation (Schwartz, et al, 1998:54). While philologist Havelock Ellis states that speech developed mainly from sexuality, ...
- 330: Sigmund Freud
- ... mechanisms. Tying up energy could affect a person’s ability to lead a productive life, causing an illness that Freud called neurosis. Freud also concluded that many childhood memories dealt with sex. He theorized that sexual functioning begins at birth, and that a person goes through several psychological stages of sexual development. Freud believed the normal pattern of psychosexual development is interrupted in some people. On the mind Freud divided the mind into three parts: (1) the id, (2) the ego, and (3) the superego. He recognized that each person is born with various natural drives that he called instincts, such as the need to satisfy sexual desires and the need to be aggressive. The id is the source of such instincts. At first, Freud treated neurotic patients by using the hypnotic techniques he had learned. But he later modified this ...
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