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- 581: In Search Of Our Mothers Garde
- ... and mutilated in body, so dimmed and confused by pain, that they considered themselves unworthy even of hope. In the selfless abstractions their bodies became to the men who used them, they became more than “sexual objects,” more even than mere women: they became “Saints.” Instead of being perceived as whole persons, their bodies became shrines: what were thought to be their minds became temples suitable for worship. These crazy Saints ... at the world, wildly, like lunatics – or quietly, like suicides; and the “God” that was in their gaze was as mute as a great stone. This attitude towards women, especially black women, as being a sexual object presents a sensitive subject. We are presented with an image of black women as helpless beings, and the only form of artistic expression available to them is their daily life. In the ordinary tasks ... of feminists and feminism, incorporating what she calls the "womanist" tradition of black women. She proposes questions that invite the reader to respond with feeling. First, she discusses a touchy subject, being used as a sexual object. The color of our skin, direction of our lives, experiences as a male or female, knowledge of suffering, prejudice and sanity will all affect how we respond to her writing. This response could ...
- 582: Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre An
- ... The history of the land in which she lived, and the role of the woman in it, was a tale of Victorian, patriarchal values and colonial exploitation; polarised ideology, division and confrontation in racial, cultural, sexual and historical issues. In a literary sense, Antoinette s voice, once heard, would not only offer mitigating reasons for her madness, but would ensure that Jane Eyre could never be read without her voice being ... freedom. The exploited once again becomes the exploiter. But if Antoinette sees her own displaced , deracinated condition in terms of historically specific shifts in class and economic power, Rochester ... interprets racial difference in moral and sexual terms, specifically in terms of miscegenation and contamination 8. This reflects the Victorian preoccupation that syphilis - the precursor of madness and contracted by the sexually promiscuous - originated in Africa. The commonplace assumptions of British abolitionist writing, such as Montgomery and Wilberforce, linked slavery with pervasive sexual promiscuity. The Emancipation Act had the following consequence: Licentiousness, whatever it might have been before, was almost entirely banished from society: young men no longer exposed to the same temptations as before, acquired new ...
- 583: Homosexuality
- ... of the ‘closet’ has moved to the forefront of homosexual individuals when it used to be the exception. The Government of Canada has recently passed law making it illegal to discriminate against an individual’s sexual preference. With this in mind, the government would then require all facets of society, including religious communities, to welcome the marriages, adoptions, and families of homosexuals as though they were in no way different from ... to understand how or why any part of these individuals lives were spent as heterosexual. Of course it is possible that these people were always gay, but simply had not come to terms with their sexual orientation. However, the idea that homosexuality is genetic is weakened further when the foregoing is coupled with the fact that many gay individuals have become heterosexual. If one is destined to be homosexual from birth ... unnatural and immoral. One need not look far to realize that members of the same sex are not sexually compatible. The basic, fundamental function of human beings is reproduction. Homosexuals cannot possibly reproduce with their sexual behaviour in mind. If it is natural to reproduce, then the homosexual lifestyle which inhibits human reproduction must be, by definition, unnatural. Moreover, if homosexuality were in fact natural and reproduction ceased, the human ...
- 584: Police Corruption
- ... formal goals of the organization and may lead to "the use of organizational power to encourage and create crime rather than to deter it" (Sherman 1978: p 31) General police deviance can include brutality, discrimination, sexual harassment, intimidation, and illicit use of weapons. However it is not particularly obvious where brutality, discrimination, and misconduct end and corruption begin. Essentially, police corruption falls into two major categories-- external corruption which concerns police contacts ...
- 585: Analysis of Police Corruption
- ... formal goals of the organization and may lead to "the use of organizational power to encourage and create crime rather than to deter it" (Sherman 1978: p 31) General police deviance can include brutality, discrimination, sexual harassment, intimidation, and illicit use of weapons. However it is not particularly obvious where brutality, discrimination, and misconduct end and corruption begin. Essentially, police corruption falls into two major categories-- external corruption which concerns police contacts ...
- 586: Live Together Before The Arrma
- ... sign of conflict or disillusionment. There is no lasting commitment when times get tough. Good relationships are built upon knowing and enjoying each other on social, recreational, spiritual, intellectual, and communicative levels, not only the sexual level. However, premarital sex may fool someone into marrying a person who may not be right for him or her. Sex can emotionally blind. Real love can stand the test of time without the support of physical intimacy. "If you establish a mutually satisfying sexual relationship, you lose objectivity and actually cheat on the test of time. The only way to rationally decide whether your love is for keeps is to remove any preoccupation with sexual love. Otherwise you may marry a mirage, not a person you really know. In addition, love can never be a reason for premarital sex; rather, it is one of the greatest reasons to avoid ...
- 587: Modern Torture
- ... beating, electric shock (especially to the genitals), stretching (as on a rack), asphyxiation techniques such as submersion in contaminated water and smothering with plastic, burning, blows to the ears, forced standing or forms of suspension, sexual assault of men and women, sometimes with trained dogs. Psychological methods include sensory deprivation, anonymity and dehumanizing experiences, exposure to the sounds/sight of others being tortured. Physical effects are both acute and chronic. Physicians may see survivors with symptoms and disabilities related to their torture experiences. Some typical debilitating symptoms include: sleeplessness, headache, fatigue, chronic musculoskeletal pains, gastrointestinal problems, neurologic disorders, and sexual dysfunction. The long-term psychological effects of torture may be manifested by symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and alcohol/substance abuse. But in order to stop the use of illegal torture there ... specific support programs are important in meeting the mental health and social needs of seniors in this situation so their participation if facilitated. Psychological symptoms of torture frequently include anxiety, depression, irritability, paranoia, guilt, suspiciousness, sexual dysfunction, loss of concentration, confusion, insomnia, nightmares, impaired memory, and memory loss. Survivors of torture are often unwilling to disclose information about their experiences. They may be suspicious, frightened, or anxious to forget about ...
- 588: A Season In Purgatory
- ... Bradley wanted Harrison to act as if nothing ever happened. He promised Harrison (Harry) a full tuition payment to Yale and allowance. Harrison met up with Constants younger sister (Kitt) in Maine and had and sexual encounter with her. Then she invited him back with her to their house for the holidays. Insisting that everyone wanted him there. She also told him that her father wanted to meet with him being ... he got their the family was different but the same.. He finally got up with Constant to ask again to act as if he didn’t know what Harrison was saying. Then Constant made a sexual come on to Harrison saying, “I know this is what you want here take it” (waving his penis around). Harrison did not want Constant sexually, but Constant was a freak and a looney tune. Constant ... in Scarborough Hill. In the court all the ladies of constant’s past were called upon. Wiggie Somerset the young lady that loved him dearly. He hit under the cabana for not giving him any sexual intercourse. Maud Firth the other young lady which he had been with which ended up with seventeen stitches. The young women could not be an witness do to “pattern of behavior.” Constant was found ...
- 589: Injustice of Abortion
- ... like a very contradictory and unnecessary practice. One major problem with the injustice of abortion is the fact that people actually support it. With almost every other major injustice in America, including domestic violence, discrimination, sexual harassment, and others, the vast majority are strongly opposed to its existence. However, the majority of Americans support abortion by declining to ban it. When a majority of people support one of the biggest injustices in ...
- 590: Elizabethan Revenge In Hamlet
- ... the revenger to go through with the deed. The revenger also usually had a very close relationship with the audience through soliloquies and asides. The original crime that will eventually be avenged is nearly always sexual or violent or both. The crime has been committed against a family member of the revenger. “ The revenger places himself outside the normal moral order of things, and often becomes more isolated as the play ... sets up for the major theme in the play which is of course revenge. The ghost appears to talk to Hamlet. It is quite obvious that the play had a gruesome, violent death and the sexual aspect of the play was clearly introduced when Claudius married Hamlet’s mother Gertrude. The ghost tells Hamlet that he has been given the role of the person who will take revenge upon Claudius. Hamlet ... to be...”(Act 3 Scene 1). The play also consists of a mad scene where Ophelia has gone mad because her father Polonius had been killed and because Hamlet was sent off to England. The sexual aspect of the play was brought in when Claudius married Gertrude after he had dreadfully killed Old Hamlet and taken his throne. Hamlet also follows almost every aspect of Thomas Kyd’s formula for ...
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