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- 491: Margaret Atwood`s The Handmaid's Tale
- ... beginning of the twenty-first century, in the oppressive and totalitarian Republic of Gilead. The regime demands high moral, retribution and a virtuous lifestyle. The Bible is the guiding principle. As a result of the sexual freedom, free abortion and a high increase of venereal diseases at the end of the twentieth century, many women, (and men also, but that is forbidden to say), are sterile. The women, who are still ... right to exist depends on her ovaries productivity. She lives with her commander and his wife in a highly supervised centre. Unlike men, women have been facing unique problems for centuries, and often women experience harassment and discrimination. In today's society, females are trying to combat their tribulations through lawsuits and protest rallies. Literature often deals with people being unable to articulate their problems. Often, unforeseen circumstances force people to ...
- 492: Godesses,whores,wives,and Slav
- ... women. Slave women worked around the house and most male slaves were sent to work and die in the mines. Woman slaves were wet nurses, housekeepers and baby-sitters. Women slaves were also subject to sexual relations with the man of the house. A free man could have sexual intercourse with his wife, his slaves, and with other males without fear of punishment. A woman, on the other hand, could only have sexual intercourse with her husband. From the time a woman is even starting in life in her mother's womb she will suffer at the hand of males. If a female survived abortion, it was ...
- 493: George Orwell
- ... excited because he caught O'Brien looking at him. He thinks O'Brien may be part of the Brotherhood pledged to overthrow Big Brother. In a unique mixture of sex and politics, the Party channels sexual frustration to its own purposes. He looks down and finds to his horror that he has been writing, over and over: DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER. Winston has committed the unforgivable Thought crime. He knows his ... ideal of handsome blonde stereotypes. Uncertain about how many of his rebellious thoughts show in his expression and gestures, Winston breaks into a sweat when he discovers he's being watched. Winston records his last sexual encounter in his diary. Being caught with a prostitute might get Winston five years in a labor camp, but the real crime is "promiscuity" between Party members, which at the moment Winston finds unthinkable because of his Party conditioning. The aim of the Party, Winston believes, is to remove all pleasure from sexual acts. Winston's remembered prostitute took him to her room where he discovered that she was old, ugly, and made him feel dirty. He took her anyway. Winston wakes from another dream. His dream ...
- 494: Woman on the Edge of Time: Mother To The Tribe
- ... the larger community toward adoption contributes to a sense of stigma….which influences [the] perception of [the] families as real or genuine" (34). "The community [Mattapoisett] feels that mothering should not get mixed up with sexual love because a child might become caught in the disagreements that are prone to occur in a love situation. For this reason, comothers….are not sexually involved with one another" (Adams 41). Because of the matriarchal society all member either male or female are able to benefit their culture without being restricted to the stereo- typical sexual roles. "Everybody takes turns [completing a required task]" (100). The children are considered adults at the age of twelve. All youths go through ritual passage where they wander into the wilderness and stay for a ... Connie Ramos is a strong individual that protects society from the menacing of future oppressive technologies. Piercy's utopian civilization allows the reader to see a completely free community without the restraint of stereo-typical sexual roles to prevent happiness and success. Piercy believes the key to a blissful utopia lies with the ability to nurture as the mother does. Works Cited Adams, Karen C. "The Utopian Vision Of Marge ...
- 495: Courtly And Uncourtly Views Of
- ... entirely for her fall, when society seems to have fitted her so well to be a victim. Dependent and without the protection afforded by either rank or education, serving-girls were clearly extremely vulnerable to sexual exploitation”(403). Many other poems follow the same theme of young women of lower status, often servants of upper-middle class folks, being wooed by and taken advantage of by upper class men. In cases such as these, where the woman comes out of the sexual encounter pregnant, the speaker often reveals herself to be foolish, vulgar, coarse and silly rather than wicked, cruel or tragic (which could be insinuated given that some of them imply infanticide or abortion). It is ... could bring upon the two of them. After many persuading words, she eventually agrees to his request and we assume he gets what he desires. This poem could represent the events leading up to the sexual relationships that lead to pregnancy and abandonment that I described in other poems. The woman in those poems talks often of the clerk’s sweet words and unceasing begging that woo her and convince ...
- 496: Abortion
- ... people try very hard not get pregnant, they do not have a "special responsibility" for the conception. I completely disagree and think that two mature individuals have to be held responsible for the results of sexual intercourse. The couple engaged in an act that is understood to have significant consequences, and the couple has to be held responsible for the products of intercourse. Furthermore, if a couple had engaged in sexual intercourse and both contracted a sexually transmitted disease, both people would be held responsible for their actions. Thus, I feel a woman possesses the right to decide whether or not she wants to bear a child, but I do think individuals have to realize that they are responsible for the results of a serious act like sexual intercourse. However, Thomson does respond to this criticism of the people seed argument by offering asking the question, "Is it realistic for a woman to get a hysterectomy, so she never has to worry ...
- 497: The Bill Clinton Story
- ... information that President William Jefferson Clinton committed acts that may constitute grounds for an impeachment. The information reveals that President Clinton: * lied under oath at a civil deposition while he was a defendant in a sexual harassment lawsuit; * Lied under oath to a grand jury; * Attempted to influence a testimony of a potential witness who had direct knowledge of facts that would reveal the falsity of his deposition testimony; * Lied to potential ...
- 498: Boccaccio
- ... writes in fiction, the characters are similar to actual people of that period. In the "Eighth Day" of The Decameron, Boccaccio accurately depicts women's submissive role in the family, male dominance in society, and sexual promiscuity of the fourteenth century. In the "Eighth Day", a majority of the stories told represent women as submissive wives to what their husbands say. In the second story told, Boccaccio tells of a woman ... This shows that women were not viewed as capable of undertaking all of the activities and duties that men obtained. The third main characteristic of fourteenth century Europeans exemplified in The Decameron is that of sexual promiscuity. Six of the ten stories relayed by Boccaccio contain either extra-marital affairs or attempts at intercourse outside of marriage. The second story is based on the idea of a priest desiring to have ... and conveyed him to her bedroom, where, not only on that occasion, but on many others before her husband's return from Genoa, she placed her person freely at his disposal." (554) This suggests repeated sexual misconduct and affairs. This was an instance that was not uncommon at this time. The basic family included the husband, his wife and their children. Included this also is any of the husband's ...
- 499: Sigmund Freud
- ... displacement; directing energy toward another object when the original object is inaccessible. Rationalization is the way of explaining ways of failures and losses. Yet another defense mechanism is sublimation. Sublimation is the act of diverting sexual or aggressive energy into other channels. Regression is a process of an individual reverting to an earlier phase of development. For example crying. Introjection is another defense mechanism. Introjection consists of taking in the values ... 1924). Some portion of aggressiveness will always remain within an individual. (Freud, 1924). There is no question that the libido steams to the Ego from various organs and parts of the body. For example through sexual stimulation. The erotogenic zones are known as the most prominent, and Freud even suggests that the whole body is an erotogenic zone of some kind. (Schur, 1972). Freud also suggests that there are certain stages ... bud. You made use of the feeling of anxiety that arises after a coitus of that kind as material For your dream." (Bonaparte, 1950). Freud suggests that the dream is using patient E's frustrated sexual energy to drive a fantasy of punishment for his affair. Freud also believes that many details in the dreams by patients have certain meanings, for example the remembering of a clock represents time. Freud ...
- 500: Gregory Efimovich Rasputin
- ... monk was loved, and why he was hated in the circles he traveled. I will also reveal the dark side of this so-called holy man; one of a man with a debauched, and endless sexual appetite. Undoubtedly, the Empress Alexandra never had relations of a sexual nature with Rasputin; he was a healer to her son, Alex, the heir to the throne, when he had a bleeding crisis. Alexandra put her faith into Rasputin, she became dependent on him, and she ... pieces. Rasputin had great influence over the imperial family, and his actions causing outrage , gave a scandalous image to the imperial family. Without delay , from rumors about the monk, and his drunken parties, of wild sexual behavior, Nicholas punished Rasputin by sending him back to the provinces. Rasputin as summoned by Alexandra not long after his departure , when the Empresses son had another bleeding crisis. A penitent Rasputin, was never ...
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