Essays Tagged: "Sexual attraction"

Ad Evaluation

an Advertising. It seems like all we see these days are advertisements which use the human body and sexuality to sell all kinds of products from food and cars to colognes and exercise equipment. It is ... impossible to tune into any type of media they days and not encounter some type of an ad which uses sexuality to sell it's product. Most of the time sexuality and the use of the product in a real worl ...

(7 pages) 173 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

The nature of sexual attraction. What makes a human attractive/unattractive.

y a part of nature that homo sapiens share with all other members of Kingdom Animalia who reproduce sexually. While many will argue that sexual attraction is controlled by a sex gland or society, the ... stream to signal the body for an innate and necessary response. Hunger, thirst, self-defense, and sexual reproduction are included in that list of important sensations. Just like the brain tells an ...

(4 pages) 139 4 4.9 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Attraction: Describe and evaluate two psychological theories of interpersonal attraction.

nsidered as a relatively simple process, which has a number of different forms such as friendships, sexual attraction and romantic love. There are various factors and processes which are involved in a ...

(7 pages) 204 0 4.1 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Can men and women be "just friends".

Can men and women be just friends without any sexual tension between them? I don't believe so. I believe, both from personal experience and from s ... from personal experience and from several scholarly sources, that there is always, at some point, a sexual attraction between two people of the opposite sex who have a friendly, pleasant relationship. ... e a friendly, pleasant relationship. There are too many natural human instincts that drive us to be sexually attracted to a person for male-female friends to not ever experience physical attraction to ...

(4 pages) 184 7 3.9 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Homosexuality and the Church. The Catholic Church's view on homosexuality.

Homosexuality and The ChurchAccording to the book, Morality an Invitation to Christian Living, homosexua ... ng, homosexuality is a sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. This books states that homosexual couples should not marry because it would undermine the nature of marriage. However, it also ... it would undermine the nature of marriage. However, it also states that homosexual people and heterosexual people living within the same Christian community should treat each other in a neighborly fas ...

(2 pages) 111 3 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

The Great Gatsby: Evidence of Insecurity and Ambiguity that Question Nick Carraway's Heterosexuality

these themes in mind, it is important to remember that in our complex reality, not all men are only sexually attracted to women as some would commonly assume. The character of Nick Carraway in F. Scot ... e. The character of Nick Carraway in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby can be characterized as sexually ambiguous and emotionally insecure. On the one hand, Nick Carraway is a person who came fro ...

(5 pages) 38 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Analyse the first chapter of Chloe Hooper's 'A Child's True Book of Crime'.

tel during her school lunch hour. The two appear to be restless in anticipation of fulfilling their sexual desires. Kate makes coarse references to her surroundings, relating passing boulders to "Mout ... bvious that Hooper wants us to see that the relationship between Kate and Thomas is solely based on sexual attraction. Thomas comments, "I'm going to rent the bed by the half hour," implies how brief ...

(3 pages) 12 0 0.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Best Man

rd) and the professionally motivated Jordan (Nia Long), with whom Harper has always shared a mutual sexual attraction. As the weekend unfolds, each member of the group had their turn reading Harper's ...

(3 pages) 23 0 3.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Compare and contrast the ways "Regeneration" by Pat Barker and "The Rights of Desire" by Andre Brink deal with the theme of Love

rs of different novels. In "The Rights of Desire" and "Regeneration", this is the case. Admiration, sexual attraction, respect and love in the family are seen and dealt with in different ways.In "T ... his soldiers. He wants to stay with to those people to whom he feels very closely linked.The homosexuality of Sassoon brings a whole new dimension between the relations he has with any man in the b ...

(5 pages) 29 0 4.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Origin of Sexual Attraction and Love: Plato's Symposium - Aristophanes' speech as a reflection of ancient sexuality

zation was focused on the development of the individual; physically,intellectually and emotionally. Sexuality is an intergral part of the individual. Each civilization develops its own views and attit ... ch in the philosopher Plato's Symposium, written around 400 BC, embodied the origin of eros - love, sexual attraction, and desire. These concepts were incorporated into myths as an explanation for the ...

(8 pages) 123 1 4.6 Apr/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

An Analysis of "Pride & Prejudice" (1995)- Simon Langton including techniques from Episode Two

ate and add to these above ideas.The idea of a love story draws in many contemporary audiences. The sexual attraction between Darcy and Elizabeth is interesting because of their clashing personalities ...

(8 pages) 25 0 5.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Womens Fashion

make the women look as if she had a very small waist. The small waist became known as a desirable, sexual attraction. When a women got married it was her ambition to have a waist measurement not exce ...

(3 pages) 36 0 3.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Oedipus Complex in Oedipus Rex

t he views as conflicts.The "Oedipus Complex," as described by Sigmund Freud, is the stage of psychosexual development where young males have unconscious sexual attraction towards their mother, and th ...

(4 pages) 35 0 0.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Factors contributing to the su

d one another to near fatal ends. Their marriage has been slightly arranged, but is more based on a sexual attraction, which Shakespeare challenges as being adequate for real commitment. Her outstandi ...

(5 pages) 972 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Before Brokeback: Homosexual Undertones in Double Indemnity and Classic Film Noir

alm of its major players: the sleazy smooth-talking criminal and the femme fatale. The ever-present sexual dynamic between these two provides the basis for much of the criminal action and, therefore, ... nipulative ulterior motives (often resulting in a double-cross being double-crossed) and legitimate sexual attraction are at the very least ambiguously intertwined and at the most, inseparable. Billy ...

(4 pages) 17 0 0.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Gun Crazy analysis - a dominant femme fatale, an erotic love and obsession with guns.

numerous stick-ups, a dominant femme fatale, an erotic love and obsession with guns, and the deadly sexual attraction between two memorable trigger-happy sharp-shooters who substitute gunplay for sex. ... him. Then his wife uses her sex appeal. These are both tremendous forces. The gun cult is linked to sexuality in Gun Crazy. Clearly, the hero finds guns sexually exciting. He has a strong need for a n ...

(5 pages) 19 0 4.3 May/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Homosexual: Born Gay or Learned Behavior?

Homosexual: Born Gay or Learned Behavior?Homosexuality can refer to both sexual behavior and sexual attr ... y can refer to both sexual behavior and sexual attraction between people of the same gender or to a sexual orientation. When describing a sexual orientation, it refers to enduring sexual and romantic ... ring sexual and romantic attraction toward others of the same sex, but does not necessarily involve sexual behavior. In helping people overcome homosexuality, we’ve found that many are in confusi ...

(3 pages) 43 1 3.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Allusion Research Paper

to solve mysteries and wanted the reader to enjoy the same things. Second, he wanted to give off a sexual attraction to dead corpses whether his own or strictly the short stories, I don't know.In The ...

(3 pages) 23 0 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Helen of Troy Fact vs. Fiction Research Paper

to be located), and Egypt. Helen was thought of as a divine figure because she represented beauty, sexual attraction, and the troubling power of women. If one were to examine and research Helen's ent ...

(8 pages) 21 0 0.0 Dec/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Perks of being wallflower and homo

Wang � PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT �3� Perks of Being Wallflower and HomosexualityLove not only refers to the emotion between the different genders, but also refers to the h ... ders. Most people believe it is absolutely wrong to fall in love with same gender. What's more, homosexuality is always rejected by society. In "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky, Ch ... ct gay and lesbian's troubled relationships. But the fact is, society and parents always reject homosexuality. As the aim of the book, the writer desires to lead us to show respect to gays by the lett ...

(4 pages) 1 0 0.0 Sep/2013

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American