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- 921: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: Conflicting Desires within a Doctrine
- ... The Count of Monte Cristo" while reading this story, Stephen starts to fantasize about Mercedes. As he fantasizes, he tries to bring her to life through another girl, known as E.C.. He has many sexual longings for E.C. but can not understand and is frustrated by his feelings. Knowing that his thoughts and his actions "perhaps he had been masturbating" put him into mortal sin, Stephen is very burdened ... life. Stephen has experienced many different feelings that were conflicting within him from his own desires to the doctrines of the Catholic Church. Through out his adolescent life was a roller-coaster of emotions of sexual desires and guilt of having those desires and confusion because of the guilty feelings. A lot of the confusion, stems from the absence of a strong recognition of his own self. He was always confused ...
- 922: A Modest Proposal: A Different Version
- ... this, it is not of a major concern to most loving and caring parents with their children's' education in the refront of their minds. This concern is related to the dancers being used as sexual objects in front of their children. I would like to restate that these are dancers hand-picked, of the highest quality and have years of experience to back up their credentials. The dancers are hired only as a learning stimulus for the class, there is no intention of using these highly experienced ladies as sexual objects, for that would only insult themselves and their profession. With the major points addressed, it should be clear to you that my proposal has been thoroughly thought out and is unmatched, for nobody else ...
- 923: Censorship of the Internet and the Tyranny of Our Government
- ... considered "indecent" or "patently offensive"(ACLU vs. Reno Brief 1), yet the question arises, what is "indecent" or "patently offensive"? According to the ACLU vs. Reno Brief, a communication is "measured by contemporary community standards, sexual or excretory activities or organs
in context, depicts or describes, in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards, sexual or excretory activities or organs"(ACLU vs. Reno Brief 1). Each person should be able to decide for himself what is acceptable to express and what is not. Hate literature and such has just as ...
- 924: Gender Marriage and the Cold War
- ... also has her place in society, and she plays her part quite well. Anita is just what she seems to be. (A trophy wife) Her sum value is wrapped around her social skills, beauty, and sexual prowess. The only outside interests in her life (interior design etc.) are superficial, and pursued in the hopes that they will help attain social status. Paul cannot shake this concept of his wife even in ... overcome emotional trauma and adverse conditions by expressing both sadness and fear. His wife Mary proves that a woman does not have to use sex as her only means of worth. The characters embrace their sexual differences and realize that they both serve a necessary aspect of their individual personalities. The two of them disagree on many issues, and yet Elihu and Mary communicate and compromise. They both have individual tactics ...
- 925: Where Are You Going, Where Hav
- ... relationship is the main target of a clever malicious stalker, a man who intends to kidnap, rape and murder her. She (Connie) is caught between her roles as a daughter, friend, sister, and object of sexual desire uncertain of which one represents the real her. (Short Stories For Students 259) Creighton writes Oates captures so well the viciousness, cheapness and narcissism of life for Connie and her friends who have nothing ... part of the story is the numbers 33, 19, 17 that are written on the side of Arnold s car. The most common interpretation is that added all together the numbers equal 69, a common sexual expression. Mark Robson states there is an illusion to Judges 19:17-the number 33 referring to the fact that Judges is the thirty-third book from the end of the Old Testament. (Piwinski 196 ...
- 926: Winesburg, Ohio
- ... sexist remark when scolding his son in saying, "You're not a fool and you're not a woman". This is blatantly a sexist remark. George Willard treats women poorly as well. He has a sexual relationship with Louise Trunion, yet he has no feelings for her. There is a double standard because while Louise Trunion is seen by the town as a slut, George is respected and trusted by most ... Virginia Richmond and Louise Trunion. Neurotic behavior, sex obsession and weakness abound in these portrayals. Wash Williams, Tom Willard and George Willard all are characters constructed by Anderson to show bad experiences with women. Unfaithfulness, sexual frivolity and an image of weakness to women are in these characters' tales. It is therefore quite easy to conclude that Anderson shows some evidence as to the nature of women, mainly in the perceptions ...
- 927: Should Unmarried Couples Live Together?
- ... many people to believe that love is an act rather than a commitment. So some people explain cohabitation its alright because they are really in love. Cohabitation always leads to fornication, which is defined as sexual intercourse between partners who are not married to each other ( Parker 42 ). Love can never be a reason for premarital sex, it is, rather one of the greatest reasons to avoid premarital sex. In Romans ... hopeful. Therefore, true love is patient in waiting for the proper time for sex (after marriage). Love is kind by not being involved in marital intimacy that can bring harm to a future spouse. Premarital sexual attitudes and behavior does not change after a person marries. Research shows that if a person is willing to experience sex before marriage, a higher lever of probability exist that he or she who has ...
- 928: Life The Courage To Change
- Cruel Intentions, is a film about a young man, Sebastian, and his stepsister, Kathryn, who together do everything in their power, sexual or not, to better their own reputation. They try everything, even if it means ruining someone elses life, reputation or well being, just to better themselves. They manipulate, use, and belittle every human being ... among the ladies. Although in the plot to ruin the young mans life Sebastian meets a young girl named Annette and slowly falls in love with her. Not for her body or for his sexual pleasure but for how she made him feel loved and wanted he enjoyed this feeling. Albeit a feeling that makes him confused it turns into a feeling he decides will make his life better. Proving ...
- 929: Violence Between Blacks and Whites
- ... nineties. A commonly ignored fact about this epidemic is that it is based on cultural biases. A person's ability or personality is not society's standards. Our country judges on the basis of gender, sexual preference and race. Enduring political and social prejudices about blacks in particular, created the environment in which this epidemic flourished. To date, the animosity has survived a civil war, lynchings, riots and countless protests. Events ... amongst plantation owners. Middle class whites latched onto this foothold of supremacy immediately. The notion held all classes of whites in the same regard and allowed them a base on which to act upon their sexual fears. Negroes accused of rape always met a quick fate. Most cases involved a whit woman charging a black man of rape. Even the 'protection' of the law could not ensure a black man his ...
- 930: Catcher in the Rye: How Holden Deals With Alcohol, Sex, and Violence
- ... constantly in the novel. In one of the chapters, he even has an opportunity for a prostitute to come to his hotel room. He jumps on the opportunity, but doesn't commit the act of sexual intercourse. After his encounter with the prostitute, an act of violence is committed. This will be talked about in my next paragraph. In about every chapter, he talks about how he or one of his ... they were introduced to the topics. Alcohol prevention is now being taught at an early age so that kids won't make any bad or harsh mistake which they will regret when they are older. Sexual education is something that either the young person will learn about on their own or their parnets will discuss the matter with them. Remember, ignorance is not the key in this matter, as mentioned earlier ...
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