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- 441: Sigmund Freud
- ... cause. In the following he discovered how mental energies may casue physical symptoms. After breaking with Breuer Freid found out that the abnormal emotional state of neurotics was almost invariably associated with conflicts involving the sexual impulse. Based on these findings he develoepd his theory on repression and defense as well as the sexual aspect of neurotic behaviour. Freud was unjustly blamed with "pansexualism". His theories created a storm in meical circles and were often and heavily rejected. However, what Freud had theoretically taught most of his life was rather a "dialectic of the sexual impulse" than its omnipotence. After breaking with Breuer Freud carried on his research work alone. Instead of hypnosis he applied the method of "free association" with his patients and soon recognized the traumtic impact ...
- 442: Female Genital Mutilation 2
- ... indigenous groups. Female genital mutilation is usually performed on girls before they reach puberty. It is a procedure where either part or the entire clitoris is surgically removed leaving a reduced or total lack of sexual feeling. This procedure is an attempt to reduce the sex drive of women, making them less likely to be sexually active before marriage or engage in extra-marital affairs. Although this procedure can be seen ... In the northern part of Somalia a midwife opens up the woman on her wedding night in the presence of her husbands relatives. Besides the initial pain of this operation there are long-term physiological, sexual and psychological effects. Unsanitary conditions result in infections of the genital and surrounding areas and often results in the transmission of the HIV virus. Other side effects include: hemorrhaging, shock, painful scars, keloid formation, labial ... blamed. In these cases, the death is blamed on the act of an enemy, the evil spirits, or is excused as God s will. Infibulated women experience depression, anxiety, irritability, and reduced feelings of femininity. Sexual and marital problems are very common because women become frigid and do not enjoy sexual intercourse because of the lack of nerve supply in the vaginal region. Pregnant women tend to eat less than ...
- 443: Love In Rosettis Goblin Market
- ... goods from the goblin men. The goblin men conveniently accept her hair as a barter. With the bought goods of fruit in her hands now, Laura becomes mesmerized by the succulent, sweet taste of its sexual nectar: "Then sucked their fruit globes fair or red:/ Sweeter than honey from the rock./ Stronger than man-rejoicing wine,/ Clearer than water flowed that juice;/ She never tasted such before." Here we see that ... and kissed her with a hungry mouth." Laura has chosen an incestuous lesbian love as an alternative to the love she once received from the goblin men. Christina Rosetti's "Goblin Market" portrays how evil sexual desires can be. The writer of this poem finds herself torn between a sexual love of man and a incestuous sexual love for her sister. In the end, Laura will do anything to taste the fruit, even have incestuous relations with her sister. The poem thus defends its ...
- 444: The Arrival Of The Internet
- ... These issues will be debated for years to come. In the meantime there are many ways that one can protect themselves and their children from Internet obscenity. One of the greatest dangers for children are sexual predators lurking on the Internet. One way these individuals are able to contact your child is through Chat, a program that people can send and receive text in real time. A sexual predator could obtain information from children, as well as adults. There have been instances where a sexual predator has obtained information as to where the child lives and actually came into contact with them. These situations are rare, but they do pose a serious threat to the safety of children. In ...
- 445: Domestic Violence
- ... endanger, or cause physical pain. The second type is emotional abuse which consists of consistently doing or saying things to shame , insult, ridicule, embarrass, demean, belittle, or mentally hurt another person. The third type is sexual abuse. Sexual abuse is when someone is forced to have sex when he/she does not want to. Forcing someone to engage in sexual acts that he/she does not like or finds unpleasant, frightening, or violent. Because some one is married to or has been seeing their partner for a long time does not require that their ...
- 446: Othello - Values And Attitudes
- ... shown to Othello by characters such as Iago and Roderigo. This attitude may have been encouraged by the widespread belief in the legend that blacks were descendants of Ham in the Genesis story, punished for sexual excess by their blackness. The Elizabethan's discussed at length whether this skin colour was due to life in a hot climate or whether it was a punishment for sin. To the Elizabethan's, who ... tupping your white ewe"(I.i.90) - not just that Desdemona has run off with anyone, but with a BLACK anyone. And Iago, as usual, reduces the romance and love in the situation into blatant sexual terms. Roderigo maintains that Desdemona's infatuation with Othello cannot possibly last very long because it defies nature for her to be attracted to a man of Othello's complexion. And Roderigo has his share ... says "You rise to play, and go to bed to work". (II.i.115) This presents the sixteenth-century view of women being held to be unstable, potentially or actually unchaste, and morally frail. Their sexual desires were represented as unnatural appetites. They were also thought to be "unstable sexual creatures, likely to betray men" with "Appetites never satisfied" . The history of the handkerchief also suggests the power of female ...
- 447: Birth Control
- ... pills may cause birth defects in established pregnancies, emergency doses should not be taken later than 72 hours after unprotected intercourse. It has been shown that Tiphasic birth control pills may increase a woman's sexual desires far more than the more conventional ones that do not vary the dose of progesterone throughout the menstrual cycle. Most birth control pills contain both major female hormones. Of these, most do not vary ... pills, they significantly delay the suppression of masculinizing hormones normally produced after an egg is released, so women on the triphasic birth control pills have higher blood levels of masculinizing hormones, and therefore feel more sexual. Indeed, a study in the May issue of Psychosomatic medicine shows that giving the male hormone, testosterone, to women markedly increases their sexual vaginal sexual responses. Birth control pills prevent pregnancy by preventing an egg from being released from the ovaries into the uterus. Of all contraceptive methods, they are the most effective with a failure rate ...
- 448: Homosexuality
- ... numbers. Ongoing legal battles over same-sex marriage have drawn increasing public attention to the question of whether lesbian and gay families can raise happy, healthy children. However, there is no evidence that person’s sexual orientation will influence the child and make him a worst parent. In order to find out if homosexual couples could raise happy and healthy children, researchers presented a study of lesbian mothers and their children ... about 23 years old. This study was performed in order to see if children who grow up in a family led by a lesbian mother would have disadvantages in terms of their social, psychological and sexual orientation in comparison to children who were raised by heterosexual couple. It was found: 1. Children from lesbian mother families were no more likely than heterosexual families to experience peer pressure during adolescence, and most ... life. They also were no more likely to recall being teased specifically about their mother. I think every child gets teased either he is tall or short, thin or fat. 2. Findings relating to the sexual orientation of children are generally that children from lesbian family were not more likely to identify themselves as homosexual or bisexual. 3. In regards to psychological adjustment men and women raised by lesbian mothers ...
- 449: Bulemia
- ... was in a glossy covered periodical, Parents' Magazine. It briefly outlined the mechanics of both eating disorders, and stated that the majority of anorectics and a large percentage of bulimics develop the disorders because of sexual repression in childhood. Dissatisfied with the magazines explanation, I decided to investigate the topic further. I went to Palmer College of Chiropractic's library hoping to consume as much information as possible to prove Parents ... so depression could have been a factor as well. Another aspect of eating disorders that I discovered is a lack of self-esteem, something I never imagined. The first source I found to dispute the sexual repression hypothesis was in Psychology Today. Dr. Sarah Leibowitz theorized that sexual maturity is a consequence of the disorder, not the raison d'etre. She contends that a lack of self-esteem is a major cause of eating disorders in teenage girls and young women according ...
- 450: How the Media Can Effect Children
- ... that’s right. Right there!” or “Hold it or I’ll shoot you in the a--” are just a few phrases that are all to common in today’s society, whether it would be a sexual or violent comment. Kids all across this country are observing this material everyday, most of the time without parental supervision. The material that is shown on the different forms of media are influencing our children ... just as easily as the behaviors from the parents. Television is one of the greatest influences on children in today’s society. However, many people say that television is just television and that violence and sexual conduct does not have an influence on children, yet they let their kids watch “Sesame Street” or “Barney” in hopes that they will pick up valuable lessons. To a child the behaviors on “Sesame Street ... children from observing “inappropriate” material, but if they want to watch it, they will get their hands on it sooner or later. Movies are usually much more explicit or graphic than television mostly due to sexual content. That is why adolescence and young children like these kind of movies. “Taken individually, teenage favorites such as Beverly Hills Cop, Die Hard, and Terminator probably do little to either advance or inhibit ...
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