Dracula makes an effort to portray what the role of sexuality and gender had in the Victorian Era. It does a good job of making the novel more realistic and adding a different aspect to it. Women were very naive and were not allowed to show affection towards men or do anything that would show […]
Craftsman’s 1894 tract Homogenic Love, and its Place in a Free Society might be an eminent takeoff from the pervasive showed and pathologising talks of homosexuality in battle on the hour of its production. Craftsman expresses that the ‘overmastering man or woman’ of same-sex want, which he phrases ‘homogenic’ love, ‘might qualifies it for rank […]
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Get startedCarmilla was an interesting novella, on in which I had not yet read. I agree with Maureen and liked her observation of the difference between this work and Strokers. It was interesting to see how Mina Harker awoke from Count Dracula’s embrace, and then asks the men around her, “What have I done to deserve […]
People, quite often, assume that there is no “other side” to the story. That only women are attacked by sexism. But, actually, men are just as affected by it. In fact, 9% of rape victims are men. No, that is not that high, but it is still way too much. Men are included in sexism […]
Sexism has always been a popular hurdle between the sexes. The idea that females are not equal to males has always existed. We see this in the bible with the story of Adam and Eve. From the book of exodus, Eve’s roll was to be considered as a temptress, a servant, and the sole reason […]
The House on Mango Street is a novel written by Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros. Cisneros depicts the life of a twelve-year-old girl, Esperanza, who within a year transforms into a woman. She outlines Esperanza’s life as she grows hips, starts to be curious about boys, evolves emotionally, and suffers sexual assault. In The House on […]
The House on Mango Street, a fictional novel written by Sandra Cisneros in 2009, takes place in a poor city in Mexico. Esperanza, the narrator and the main character of this novel feels insecure about herself and feels like she doesn’t belong in her neighborhood. The book shows how Esperanza has grown throughout the year. […]
When it comes to the developed nations, the United States does not rank number one in many things. Until you look at the rates of unplanned teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The United States currently holds the number one spot for both unplanned teenage pregnancy and STDs (Stanger-Hall & Hall, 2011). There appears […]
Executive Summary In Nigeria, adolescent pregnancies are an often-undesirable situation that occurs disproportionately in educationally and economically under-privileged females (Undiyaundeye, Agba, & Mandeun, 2015). The continued high prevalence of adolescent pregnancies, coupled with the increased risk of negative social and health consequences on both the mother and child, makes this issue one of increased importance […]
“What he did. Where he touched me. I didn’t want it, Sally. The way he said it, the way it’s supposed to be, all the storybooks and movies..” says Esperanza, the narrator in The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Esperanza and other girls on Mango Street struggle with growing up and being objectified […]
In the book Dracula, one of the most important themes is the threat of female sexual expression. I believe Bram Stoker wrote this book to deliver some of the awareness of the threats of female expressions going on at the time. Bram Stoker seemed to get this idea across by pampering the concept of how […]
18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible […]
Homosexuality is surely a hot-button topic these days. It has caught the attention of almost everyone throughout the world today. A large percentage of the world’s population is spilt on whether or not homosexuality is acceptable. Those that believe that sexual orientation can not be controlled feel that gay people should not be treated any […]
The play Angels in America written by Tony Kushner depicts the harsh reality that homosexual men faced during the 1980s: the peak of the AIDS epidemic. The play follows the journey of two distraught relationships: one which involves a closeted gay Mormon named Joseph and his wife Harper, and the other a gay man named […]
Homosexuality has been around for a very long time but the term “homosexual” was actually invented in the 19th century. Social arrogances towards same sex relationships have changed over time, from expecting all males to engage in same sex relationships, to casual integration, through acceptance, to seeing the practice as a minor sin, repressing it […]
Doctors and researchers have been studying sexual orientation and human behavior since the 1950s. The research looks at the factors that can cause someone who carries homosexual genes to differ from someone who carries heterosexual genes. The data validates points regarding DNA, social background, and environmental change factors. This explains how the first medical researcher to […]
A Streetcar Named Desire is a play that was first published in 1947 by a guy named Tennessee Williams. He introduces us characters like Blanche, who is a young, upper class lady from Mississippi that lost her job, her mansion and her reputation all at once. She wants to start a new life and is […]
My area of film focus is the genre of coming-of- age films and today I am going to be comparing two films, The American film Lady Bird directed by Greta Gerwig, 2017, and Peppermint Soda 1977 directed by Diane Kurys in France and investigating how the transitions from youth to adulthood in different cultures are […]
Prostitution is to obtain material rewards (money, gifts), in exchange for a price or a cost of acceptance of the contract with the object of sex is not fixed. Simple understanding is to charge sexual behaviour. Traditionally, this has involved some kind of direct physical contact. However, with the revolution in electronic technology and the […]
Rape culture perpetuates the belief that victims have contributed to their own victimization and are responsible for what has happened to them. Behaviors commonly associated with rape culture include victim blaming, slut shaming, sexual objectification, trivializing rape, denial of widespread rape, refusing to acknowledge the harm caused by sexual violence or some combination of these. […]
What is sex trafficking According to Shared Hope International, sex trafficking can be defined as “recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining patronizing, or soliciting of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act where such an act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion”. Most people who end up being trafficked are tricked into […]
Southeast Asia is one amongst the sexual Disneyland spots for sex tourism. In Cambodia, prostitution is prohibited, but it’s tolerated. Where plenty of sex tourist spots which supply young women who wear a mini skirt and smoking cigarettes outside the motels. Although sex selling is prohibited in Thailand. It’s estimated that they have 3 million […]
