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Female Sexuality Safe Sex
1,333 words"The construction of female sexuality and it is position in heterosexuality drawing upon recent feminist discussions" An area of great focus in contemporary feminist theory has been looking at the construction of female sexuality, particularly its position in heterosexuality. Of the recent discussions, much of this has been influenced or at least based around Freud's theory of psychoanalysis and the his account of sexual development that follows from it. In very simplistic terms his account plac...
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Men And Women Sexual Liberation
1,332 words... way we think about power in sexual relations. She draws her ideas upon the following quote made by the lesbian protagonist in Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, "I want someone who will destroy and be destroyed be me." Her interpretation of this statement is the reason why the lesbian protagonist left heterosexuality behind is because of the one way process of "destruction", namely the man's destruction of the women, whilst in a lesbian relationship she can reciprocate this destruction. With th...
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Promotion Of Homosexuality Hate Crimes People
950 wordsIn Edinburgh, a homosexual man is four times more likely to be attacked than a heterosexual man. This fact has been iterated so much by the media over the past few weeks that it would be a challenge to find one Scot who could not quote it accurately. One would think that this alarming statistic could be greatly improved if people were educated from an early age in the aspects of homosexuality, and taught, even if not to agree with it, at least to be tolerating towards it. Why, then, is there suc...
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Esther Greenwood Socially Constructed
1,753 wordsIn Sylvia Plaths novel The Bell Jar, Esther Greenwood seems incapable of healthy relationships with other women. She is trapped in a patriarchal society with rigid expectations of womanhood. The cost of transgressing social norms is isolation, institutionalization and a loss identity as woman. The struggle for an individual identity under this regime is enough to drive a person to the verge of suicide. Given the oppressive system under which she must operate, Esther Greenwood's problems with wom...
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Identity Confusion Identity Formation
1,289 words"The unprecedented growth of the gay community in recent history has transformed our culture and consciousness, creating radically new possibilities for people to 'come out' and live more openly as homosexuals" (Herdt 2). Before the 1969 's Stonewall riot in New York, homosexuality was a taboo subject. Research concerning homosexuality emphasized the etiology, treatment, and psychological adjustment of homosexuals. Times have changed since 1969. Homosexuals have gained great attention in arts, e...
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Year Old Girl Child Molestation
2,259 words"If the occurrence of rape were audible, its decibel level equal to its frequency, it would overpower our days and nights, interrupt our meals, our bedtime stories, howl behind our love-making, an insistent jackhammer of distress. We would demand an end to it. And if we failed to locate its source, we would condemn the whole structure. We would refuse to live under such conditions. " Women have grown to accept, not without resentment though, the male-dominated atmosphere of the world. Because of...
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Civil Rights Movement 20 Th Century
2,270 wordsWomen and Equality Equality of man has been one of the most pursued activities throughout human history. Mankind has made several mistakes during this long quest for a prejudice-free society. However, in order for humans to continue evolving in the making of ourselves as better, we must look back at these mistakes and learn from them. Women's suffrage is an applicable topic when discussing this. If we look back upon the injustices that women faced, then perhaps we can look ahead and spare oursel...
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Sexual Liberation Liberation Movement
2,677 wordsThe construction of female sexuality and it is position in heterosexuality drawing upon recent feminist discussions An area of great focus in contemporary feminist theory has been looking at the construction of female sexuality, particularly its position in heterosexuality. Of the recent discussions, much of this has been influenced or at least based around Freud's theory of psychoanalysis and the his account of sexual development that follows from it. In very simplistic terms his account places...
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Andro Centric Female Sexuality
1,048 wordsFeminism and the Standpoint of Lesbianism In chapter ten of her text Whose Science Whose Knowledge, Sandra Harding introduces the standpoint of a distinct lesbian epistemology. Her objective is to acknowledge a perspective that will recognize the viewpoint of all women and not just heterosexual women that are seen by the andro centric stipulations as essential or typical. Harding's valuable argument begins with the conceptualization of what is a lesbian (Harding, 250): if that is definable in an...
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Black Or White Institution Of Marriage
1,321 wordsHomosexuals should be allowed to marry because the disallowance of it violates their constitutional rights. Marriage is an institution long recognized by our government under the right to pursue happiness, and denying that right to any couple, regardless of gender, is unconstitutional. This argument, though, is not disputed. In fact, none of the arguments raised in opposition to the allowance of homosexual marriages takes into account the constitutional rights afforded to all humans. The argumen...
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Hate Crimes People
912 wordsClause and Effect: Anti-Homosexual Laws One would think that this alarming statistic could be greatly improved if people were educated from an early age in the aspects of homosexuality, and taught that even if they do not agree with it, they must at least be tolerant towards it. Why, then, is there such an opposition to the repealing of Section 28 of the Local Government Act, a clause which prohibits the? promotion of homosexuality? , thereby increasing homophobic prejudice, legitimizing the bul...
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Sexual Preference Sexual Attraction
654 wordsThere are many labels, names and categories that have been assigned or given to lesbians. What is lesbian? Is it a certain type of woman? Does one lesbian have an identical feature or character as another lesbian? Does a lesbian have something extra or something missing from heterosexual women? This notion that we can classify a human being by their sexual preference is absolutely ludicrous and unsubstantiated! Women are just that, women. Sexual attraction to humans, be it the same sex or not, i...
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Sexual Identity Sexual Orientation
1,615 wordsExercise 1: Social Construction and Social Identity The article? The Social Construction of Social Identity? by Ruth Hubbard begins with the simple statement? There is no? natural human sexuality. ? This is the basis for the entire article which outlines how society has constructed a? right? sexual orientation, and a wrong one. To understand how this is done, we must first understand the concept of sexuality and sexual identity. Sexuality can be defined as one? s sexual preferences, or, the mann...
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