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- 831: Tv Shows Influence On Society
- ... Cosby Show and Mash. These shows had strong influence on society, and made us look at certain things with a different point of view. Three's Company had an influence in the way of the sexual revolutions. People started to see that it was ok for one guy to live with two women. People saw that women were the same as men and asked the question, why is it not ok for these people to live together. Three's Company made its influence in society by dealing with the sexual revolution and showing that men and women are equal. The Cosby Show had a great impact on society by being the African American show on TV. The show helped break down barriers of racism. Bill ...
- 832: Damsels In Address
- ... begin to intertwine them with their own budding personalities. Boys begin to see women as weak and Girls may interpret these behavior traits as indicative of their being the lesser part of relationships with men. Sexual roles, although not overtly discussed within the pages of fairytales, becomes the focus for these young people. Marcia Lieberman reiterates the idea of inherent roles stating, "a picture of sexual roles, behavior psychology, and a way of predicting outcome or fate according to sex"(Lieberman, 384). As they grow older, the children may begin to fall into the roles they discovered in the fairytales; boys ...
- 833: The Gothic Novel
- ... Andriano implies that the "haunting Other" is a projection of the author, not separated from the movement of the text, but locked irrevocably to the text as victim. According to Camille Paglia in her book Sexual Personae, the "Gothic darkness and roughness oppose the Apolloian Enlightenment's light, contour, and symmetry. Protestant rationalism is defeated by GothicÕs return to the ritualism and mysticism of medieval Catholicism, with its residual paganism. . . Gothic ... the supposed actualization of the authorÕs intent. The validity of the text is then subject to a criticÕs language not the presence of the reader. In psychoanalytical criticism, the Age of Enlightenment gave birth to sexual misgivings and sadism in individuals and Gothic literature is an offspring of its harsh order and its scientific ideals. This critical language is often used to describe the oedipal nature of Gothic. It was a ...
- 834: Pornography Censorship
- ... pornography is which a broad word used in many different contexts and is difficult to determine what should be censored. Pornography is defined in Webster's dictionary as pictures, film, or writing which deliberately arouse sexual excitement. Well one thing might sexually excite one person but not another person. So by this definition one can understand why there is a lot of room for discrepancy. Until there is a universal definition ... not want to see this happen. What most people want is, as Susan Wendell explains, “society has the right to protect itself from the disorder and moral disintegration that result from individuals unduly pursuing their sexual self-interest... the government has the right, therefore, to limit such forms of expression.” What she is essentially saying is that if person are going to have no couth and continue to be indecent then ...
- 835: The Writings of Joyce Carol Oates
- ... who has failed minister training because of child molestation convictions. Josie and Jared begin a love affair whose acts are graphic and bloody. Upon releasing this controversial novel, Oates’ publishing company, Ecco promised its readers, "Sexual obsession. Psychological manipulation. Masochism. Religious fanaticism. Adolescent fantasy.. Child Abuse" (princetoninfo.com). In Zombie, Oates explores the mind of a serial killer, taking a glimpse into the violent world of a psychological derangement. As described ... in the very absence of horror, as we enter the mind of a murderer who has not a trace of what we like to call conscience as he depicts the people he manipulates and the sexual savagery he perpetuates upon his victims" (Souther, zombie.html). It seems as if Joyce Carol Oates only writes about gruesome topics such as murder, rape, incest, and assault, but Oates has also written an essay ...
- 836: Family: Good or Evil?
- ... young teenage girls end up on the street and not in college trying to get a job is usually problems at home. The teenager experiences one, possible all three types of violence or abuse: physical, sexual, or mental. This abuse can start at any age anywhere from birth up through adulthood. Children who are abused at a young age according to the textbook are likely to view the world as hostile, have suspicion or even fear of the outside world. A girl at the age of 15 gives a really good insight into why sexual abuse made her turn to the streets. "Things were not going very well at home. After dad died, mom just kept drinking and was always going out with idiots. One of her boyfriends raped me ...
- 837: Consent and its Place in SM Sex
- ... only be found in spontaneity, would definitely be lost). Yet, this very factor creates the potential for millions of things to go in a direction unsafe for the people not directing the action. In any sexual engagement, my ultimate satisfaction comes from bringing my partner to a most gratified state. To have him or her look at me with their eyes begging for more without sound is indescribable. Knowing that they ... stated, gives privileges. It also encompasses a greater trust, one involving life and death or, at least, a risk of disease. If an individual is using equipment used in a scene that involved blood and sexual aids, such as dildos, medical devises, and an enormous and ever expanding list of other items, there is a tremendous responsibility of those playing to wash clean and/or throw away items that pose any ...
- 838: Female Dominance or Male Failure?
- ... also attributes the similarity of constructed rules and regulations in need of much guidance with the help of a hand manual. Culture also places demands on males. Males who are lacking in outer appearance and sexual appeal try to diminish their faults by acquiring gifts “to win her attention... and bring her candy, flowers, and the furs of animals” (p 340) for the lady in courting. Women's refusals became men ... to “sorrowful lengths ... to arouse the interest of a lady.” (p 340) This would prevent her from, [going] quietly to sleep.” (p 341) He also reiterates the issue of female desire. Their desires are not sexual but consume in material possessions. This also supports, “the age-old desire of the male for the female, the age- old desire of the female to be amused and entertained.” (p 343) Males are displayed ...
- 839: Cultural Anthropology
- ... for generating hypotheses about behavioral causes of obesity,” (Brown 93). Brown states that the problem of obesity and overweight is that today’s industry thrives on the culture belief about having the perfect body and sexual attractiveness rather on the medical perspective. Obesity and being overweight is not just a psychological issue but a serious health issue. Brown claims that there are four facts about the social distribution of society that ... I am never satisfied with the way I look. Every where we look thin women are displayed on pedestals and obese and overweight people are shunned. I personally consider somebody who is overweight lacking in sexual appeal and self-confidence. The thinner that I am the more desirable I feel. I know that other cultures do not view obesity in this manner. For example I am sure that a person in ...
- 840: Cathedral
- ... his description of how the blind man touched her, he speaks about "her face, her nose" and how he "even [touched] her neck!" The way the blind man touched her neck suggests that it was sexual and intimate. It is not the physical contact, rather the husband’s focus on the alleged sexual implications of it. He views this incident as being suggestive, however the wife, who is not disturbed, writes a poem about it. The husband comments, "She even tried to write a poem about it. She ...
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