In the textbook, “Human Sexuality: Diversity In Contemporary America,” the author Yarber mentions, “next to sleeping, young people spend more time engaging with the media than any other activity- average of 7 ? hours per day, 7 days per week” (p. 5). By watching TV and films, listening to music, browsing the Internet, and playing … Read more
After choosing a total of four articles this workbook will critically compare and evaluate how the media represents offenders, the Criminal Justice System, victims and the crime. It will then analyse whether film and television cause people to commit crimes and if media news increases people’s’ fear of crime. In terms of finding stories worth … Read more
Depending on the cultural and religious beliefs, sex can be seen as either the ultimate form of intimacy and liberation or a repulsive and sinful behavior one should avoid. Dominance of the Catholic Church during the Medieval period made sex taboo and sinful. This negative view of sex strongly contrasts the positive views of sex … Read more
At the age of 12, my sister was diagnosed with Type 1, Juvenile Diabetes. I was only 7 years old, so I didn’t really understand what happened. All I can remember is crying because my sister was in pain and I hated to see her laying in that hospital bed. Every month we had to … Read more
Chlamydia (kla-mid-ee-uh) is a very common disease is caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis and is contracted through sexual intercourse: anal, oral, vaginal. (NWHRC Health Center, 2005) This sexually transmitted disease affects both men and women of any age. Chlamydia trachomatis is a Gram-negative bacterium that infects not only the columnar epithelium of the cervix … Read more
Military scholars have devoted countless hours studying the implications of the war on generals, allied soldiers, and Nazi Germany, but, much of this research has not since covered the effects war has had on European women—until the notion of gender relations arose. When scholars began to question the whereabouts of females, studies commenced in order … Read more
Sex is one of human beings primary needs and can be categorized in the same group of other basic needs such as hunger, thirst, and avoiding pain (Langer, 2009). In a sense, we are all influenced by sexual impulses from the time we are born to the time of our death. Our sexuality is integral … Read more
Frequently, people become victims of addictions of all types. An addiction is when people do not have control over what they do, take, or use. They are completely consumed and subject to all the flaws that can come with a specific addiction. Sex addiction is one of them and the focus for my paper. Previous … Read more
The case of Earl Mervin involved a nobleman that faced a trial for rape and sodomy and was presided by his peers. Rivers, a master gardener whose apprentice would accuse him of sodomizing in private and public. Captain Edward Rigby was charged with sodomy for soliciting sex toward William Minton. The case of Earl Mervin, … Read more
Many people think that as a man, or as a person who has not been affected by sexual assault, the problem of rape culture does not apply to them. To change the rape culture throughout the country, we need to make sexual assault a topic that everyone cares about and is willing to work toward … Read more
Claudia is a 13-year old Latino under probation. She undergoes a psychological evaluation, which reveals that she suffered neglect from her teenage mother Jennifer and abuse from her step-father. Having been abandoned by her mother in early childhood, Claudia was brought up by her grandparents and aunt. Although he was initially present in his daughter’s … Read more
As a society, social media impacts our daily lives in ways that we could have never imagined. Nowadays, social media such as music videos has a big influence in the way modern values are being formed in the family, especially when dating. For the purpose of the analysis, there will be three different sociological resources. … Read more
I was apart of an Internet group full of women. I was browsing the posts when I came across a fascinating woman and I clicked on her photo. My Person was sitting next to me when he said, “who is that?! ” So I clicked on her profile and viewed her photos with him. We … Read more
William Bonin, also known as “The Freeway Killer”, is classified as a serial killer. One way to describe him as a serial killer is as a homosexual rapist. Due to Bonin’s parents both being complete alcoholics, he was raised by his grandfather. He was raped by his own father at a very young age. This … Read more
Gender-specific violence is something that impacts women all over the world on a daily basis. Gender-specific violence against women is violence that is directed towards women due to their sex or violence that indirectly affects them. It can be the product of environment, religion, culture, music, and other situational factors. In this essay, the impacts … Read more
After watching almost every John Hughes film over the course of four weeks, I feel as though I have a good grasp as to whom Hughes is as a director/writer and what he was trying to convey through his films. If I wasn’t a big fan of John Hughes before, I definitely am now. I … Read more
Branching off into a different area of rape scripts. Five “Acquaintance” rape scripts were elicited. “The five acquainted rape scripts consist of: the Acquaintance rape script, the For Sex Only rape script, the Party rape script, the Not Ready For Sex rape script, and the Wrong Accusation script”, (Carroll & Chandler, 2008). The Acquaintance rape … Read more
Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita tells the story of a deeply disturbed man’s relationship with a young girl. In the novel, the character of Humbert Humbert is on a constant quest to discover the perfect nymphet, young girls “who… reveal their true nature which is not human, but nymphic,” (Nabokov 24). Humbert heightens these girls to a … Read more
Imagine trying to perform surgery, or trying to color in the lines of a coloring book while blindfolded. What would be the end result? Would you miraculously perform the surgery flawlessly? Would you be able to color each and every segment of the book to look like the next Mona Lisa? In truth the patient … Read more
The traditional perspective is helpful in analyzing the YouTube video, Wanna Have Sex? (Consent 101), by Laci Green. Explanation and evaluation are key concepts when approaching artifacts using the traditional perspective. The five components within this method are: recreating the context, identifying the audience, describing the source, analyzing the message, and evaluating the discourse. These … Read more
Technology and its Effect on Modern Relationships “Monogamy isn’t realistic” (Trainwreck) is a recurring theme in Aziz Ansari’s Modern Romance. Ansari’s argument is that with the ever growing influence of technology in modern relationships/dating it is ridiculous to expect you and/or your partner to remain monogamous. Here enters the idea of monogamish relationships; “the couple … Read more
“terrible person. ” However, he’s or she could have just been 18 while their partner was 16 and then they were convicted. Males go through so much hate and judgment more than women if people found out they are a registered sex offender. People think their mindset is all about messing with kids, and how … Read more
Firstly, one similarity of assault and battery is that they both form the mens rea. For example, both intention and recklessness form mens rea. The mens rea of assault is content when the defendant intends to cause the victim to apprehend violence or does it recklessly. This can be found in the case of Ry … Read more
I did a research paper on AIDS/HIV to find more information about the topic and how a family copes with a love one with the virus. In my paper I will address the AIDS virus and the cause and effect of the disease. Then I will discuss how it affects the world. In conclusion add … Read more