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- 341: Streetcar Desire
- ... his first piece of work with Williams), a socially conscious director who insisted that the film be true to the play. The film challenged the Production Code's censors with its bold adult drama and sexual subjects (rape, domestic violence, homosexuality, and female promiscuity or nymphomania) - it is the story of the pathetic mental and emotional demise of a determined, yet fragile, repressed and delicate Southern lady born to a once ... Where I'm not wanted and where I'm ashamed to be. Stella: Don't you think your superior attitude is a little out of place? Furtively, Blanche betrays an envy of her sister's sexual involvement with her earthy husband. (Stanley, wearing a grease-stained undershirt, has returned from outside and overhears their conversation - in which he is condemned.) Then, Blanche describes him as obscene, bestial and common: May I ... delivery boy comes to the door to collect the bill for The Evening Star [Stella's name means 'celestial star'] one rainy afternoon, Blanche is attracted to him as a lonely woman pathologically desperate for sexual attention. He reminds her of her young husband who committed suicide [in her head, she hears polka music again - a flashback reverie of his suicide], and still neurotically grieving, she wants to subconsciously make ...
- 342: 1984 Reading Journal
- ... of his miserable life with his wife Katherine, that he has not seen in eleven years. Winston resents the intrusinon of the Party into the sex lives of its members. Also realizes the discouragement of sexual enjoyment, that makes any love affair with a party member impossible. Writing down the incident does not help him. He makes another entry in his diary, this one concerning the proles. He feels they are ... is sure it is the thought police and he will be arrested. Reaction We discover that people have a bond when it comes to sexuallity that the party connot control. Even thought the party rejects sexual relationships between its members. Sexual experience is no longer allowed in the society and Winston longs for one. He confesses in his Diary about his last expereince but it does not help. We find he has faith in the ...
- 343: Alcohol Consumption by Adolescents
- ... in learning impairment, hyperactivity, and personality and behavior problems, because today's society has accepted the casual use of alcohol (Effects, 1996, 1). Among men, research suggests that greater alcohol use is related to greater sexual aggression (Shalala, 1995, 2). Students living on campuses with higher proportions of binge drinkers experience more incidents of assault and unwanted sexual advances because of their peers' drinking than do students residing on campuses with lower proportions of binge drinkers (Shalala, 1995, 2). Some campuses sponsor alcohol awareness events and classroom lectures and distribute information about alcohol ... rates of alcohol problems. According to Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services at The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, it seems that binge drinkers appear to engage in more unplanned sexual activity and to abandon safe sex techniques more often than students who do not binge drink (Shalala, 1995, 2). The purpose of this paper will prove whether or not Ms. Shalala is right or ...
- 344: Metamorphosis 3
- ... s rapid deterioration and eventual death. My dear parents, things can t go on like this we must try to get rid of it, Grete declared (340). It is through their intimate relationship that the sexual themes of this story are revealed. Specifically, the first sexual theme is that women desire to be male and men desire to be women. Initially, Gregor is preoccupied with typical male attitudes. In dealing with work, he was going to make it to the office ... will eat. Gregor must hid under the sofa so as to hide himself from her. In this way she has grown to be more male. Gregor has a warped and misguided sense of sexuality and sexual urges. In the second paragraph of the story, Kafka describes a picture of a woman on Gregor s wall, it showed a lady, with a fur cap on and a fur stole, sitting upright ...
- 345: And Justice For All
- ... to homosexuals. They stand to this day segregated from the majority and denied of the rights given to heterosexuals. The majority of Americans today oppose same-sex marriage and adoption by gay couples, insisting that sexual orientation “can be changed through will power, therapy, or religious convictions.” But mainstream medical and psychiatric professional organizations have concluded that sexual orientation is innate and cannot be changed, and have strongly opposed attempts to “convert” gay people to heterosexuality as misguided and harmful. Even still, those in power to shape the minds and views of the ... similar Christian program on television, equates homosexuality with an “abomination,” a “pathology,” “Satanists,” and even “Adolf Hitler.” Even the Republican Majority Leader Trent Lott speaks out against homosexuality. He compares it to alcoholism, kleptomania, and sexual addiction. Sadly these views can have devastating effects on both the majority and the minority. Organizations have been formed out of hate for homosexuals, insisting gay bashings, outspoken speeches against homosexuals, and spreading of ...
- 346: Gender Differences
- ... them into sex at the parties avoid them in the halls at school. Also, our society doesn't have clearly defined and universally accepted rules about sexuality. We live in a pluralistic culture with contradictory sexual paradigms. We hear diverse messages from our families, our churches, our schools and the media, and each of us must integrate these messages and arrive at some value system that makes sense to us. Another ... trouble, when I was a boy. Another thing I would be concerned with, if I was a girl, is sex and violence. Since females are on average smaller than males they are more prone to sexual attacks such as rape. In one of my psychology courses, I was surprised when the professor asked her students to raise their hands if they were or knew a person who has been a victim ... before I considered being intimate with a male is to take a self- defense course and learn to "shout, push, punch, and escape". I think it's healthy for girls to enjoy their own developing sexual responsiveness and to want to explore their sexuality, but there is no easy or established way to stop a sexual encounter. Some of my friends avoid dating and touching because they do not know ...
- 347: Teenage Pregnancy
- ... the occurence of teenage pregnancy by helping to educate children of the risks involved and the consequences after. Some research indicates that "the percentage of teenage birthrates has declined simply because fewer teenagers are having sexual intercourse and more adolescents are using contraceptives." Researchers say that the recent trends in sexual activity and contraceptive use are the result of a number of factors, including greater emphasis on abstinence, more conservative attitudes about sex, fear of contracting sexually transmitted diseases, the popularity of long-lasting birthcontrol methods ... out-of-wedlock childbearing. Some attribute this change in attitude mainly to concern about sexually transmitted diseases. Others say that it is because of the involvement of conservative religious groups in the public debate over sexual behavior. Many researchers believe that the strong economy and the increasing availability of jobs at minimum wage have contributed to fewer births among teenagers. (Donovan 32) Americans, however, seem to be against some of ...
- 348: Government Censorship would damage the atmosphere of the freedom to express ideas on the Internet; therefore, government should not encourage censorship
- ... problem that concerns most people is offensive material such as pornography. As pointed out by Allison and Baxter, "Possible (offensive) topics are behavior (drugs, ... ), nudity, political/economic/social opinion, violence, racial/ethnic, religious, coarse language, sexual/gender orientation, [and] sexuality" (Allison and Baxter 3). Since the Internet is open to everyone, children are very easily exposed to such material. According to Allison and Baxter, "the information provided on the Internet, particularly ... their children well. The only protection that has a chance of working is to give their sons and daughters moral grounding and some common sense" (Rheingold n.p.). In America, minors can be exposed to sexual material in many media. Providing children with moral guidance is the foremost solution to the problem. However, at the same time that parents carry out moral guidance, Americans have to come out with some short ... software and get it to market. One example of technological fix is the "SurfWatch" software, as described by Allison and Baxter, "SurfWatch is a breakthrough software product which helps parents deal with the flood of sexual material on the Internet. By allowing parents to be responsible for blocking what is being received at any individual computer, children and others have less chance of accidentally or deliberately being exposed to unwanted ...
- 349: The Paparazzi And The Legislat
- ... four hours, they came up with the rough wording of S. 2103 (Quill, 27). Before that, Rep. Sonny Bono introduced the first bill, H. Rep. 2448, going so far as to specify prison terms for harassment that results in injury (five years) or death (20 years) (Quill, 27). The bill states that harassment would be considered "persistently physically following or chasing a victim, in circumstances where the victim has a reasonable expectation of privacy." The way that is defined, victims can sue the police department if they were ... of bill that would take this into account. The bill would protect those who are harassed by being persistently followed for the purpose of making a visual or audio recording. In a case where the harassment would cause a person to fear injury, a cause of action would be created. If the harassment results in serious bodily injury, or death, it would constitute a crime (Quill, 29). The argument here ...
- 350: Study on Juvenile Psychopaths
- ... call urban "super predators"; young people, often from broken homes or so-called dysfunctional families, who commit murder, rape, robbery, kidnapping, and other violent acts. These emotionally damaged young people, often are the products of sexual or physical abuse. They live in an aimless and violent present; have no sense of the past and no hope for the future; they commit unspeakably brutal crimes against other people, often to gratify whatever ... 6 who'll be the super-predators." According to Fagan: Child abuse and alcohol ruin these children. But the groundwork was laid three decades ago with the widespread adoption of birth control, which made the sexual revolution possible. It altered people's dedication to their children and altered a fundamental orientation of society. Sexual morality got unanchored in the 1960s, followed by the legalization of abortion. "Abortion is a very definite rejection of the child. So is out-of- wedlock births, as well as divorce," he says. "The [ ...
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