Essays Tagged: "Human sexual activity"

Critique of "Smut, Erotic Reality/ Obscene Ideology" by Murray Davis and a philosophy of sex

e Ideology", by Murray Davis (1983),the author expresses the idea that the best source for studying human sexuality objectivelyis "soft core", rather than "hard core" pornography. (Davis p. xix). The ... s p. xix). The purpose of thispaper is to critique Davis's claim and to study what understanding of human sexualitysomeone might have if they used some other resource that is available today, in this ...

(6 pages) 108 0 4.1 Oct/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

AIDS

s - and a situation develops in which an entire aspect of the medical establishment can divert from humanitarian purpose and become just a business, more concerned with the financial exploitation of A ...

(3 pages) 172 0 3.4 Sep/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

This essay is about sex and what it is today

ht kissing, holding hands, or even hugging the other gender they were considered doing some kind of sexual intercourse, and for their consequences, they would become pregnant (that is if they were the ... e that they share. Nowadays, sex is misused and abused. For the most part, sex is used as drive for sexual pleasure. There is no deep consideration for sex. When having sex, most people are in situati ...

(7 pages) 344 2 4.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

The essay title is : a reflection on figurative nudes (usually used for art history class)

nd the facial expression and the thigh and leg positions.As opposed to precedents of display of the human body as either being owned or being on display for beauty, I feel that this body is on display ...

(4 pages) 132 1 4.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Difference Bonobo and Chimpanzee Essay

Aggressive behavior is typical of most primates. Gorillas, humans and chimpanzees kill members of their own species. The need for social and physical contact i ... tion of Bonobo sex." Sex in Bonobo society is definitively a mechanism for keeping the peace.Bonobo-Human Comparisons: Human nuclear families are presumably incongruous with the sex habits found in Bo ... milies are presumably incongruous with the sex habits found in Bonobo culture. Many of the roots of human behavior can be traced to our primate heritage, including survival through cooperation and mut ...

(2 pages) 76 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

Argumentative paper for sex education in school

that abstinence is best? Sex education is not helping to promote that a child go out and engage in sexual activity, it merely educates them on the consequences of having sex and makes them aware of w ... ces of having sex and makes them aware of ways to protect themselves if they do choose to engage in sexual activity. It is important to educate our children on sex and how to protect themselves.Many p ...

(3 pages) 347 1 4.8 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Debate - Condoms in High School

"Making condoms available in high schools doesn't spur teens to become sexually active, new research shows.""There are never any increases in sexual behavior" [in the even ... I feel that they should be liberally distributed. Those opposed to this say that it would increase sexual activity among teenagers, but based on personal observations and conversations with friends, ... and conversations with friends, I believe that that is not the case. Moreover, research shows that "sexual activity did not increase among teens who were already sexually active, nor among youth who'd ...

(2 pages) 42 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Effects of Child Abuse

subsequent identification with them);4. Reframing.Child sexual abuse has always been present in the human society throughout its history. It can be viewed as a manifestation of the animal nature of hu ... e strong ones (adults) over the weak ones (children). The sexual drive is such a prominent force in human life that it acts through the layer of human culture and norms, often defying them. But sexual ...

(10 pages) 289 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Frotteurism and Pedophilia.

Frotteurism is characterized by either intense sexually arousing fantasies, urges, or behaviors in which the individual touches or rubs against a n ... s, urges, or behaviors in which the individual touches or rubs against a non-consenting person in a sexual manner. This often occurs in somewhat conspicuous situations such as on a crowded bus or subw ... . (http://www.allpsych.com/disorders/paraphilias/frotteurism.html)Pedophilia is the act of deriving sexual excitement through the physical contact of children. This disorder is characterized by either ...

(2 pages) 53 0 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

Birth Control in School

That is a very big percentage of people having sex which greatly increases their risk of catching a sexually transmitted disease or even becoming pregnant.An increase in reported sexually transmitted ... ny communities to take action to protect their youth. One proven method is to provide comprehensive sexuality education along with school based programs that make birth control and contraceptives avai ...

(3 pages) 103 4 4.8 Mar/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Equal Opportunity

its' cohesion in any way. The equal opportunity representative also has a very strong stand against sexual harassment. They are required to hold 4 training events a year for every soldier within their ... training events a year for every soldier within their unit so educate them on different topics like sexual harassment, racial discrimination, etc. Each company is also required to publish and post pol ...

(5 pages) 87 0 4.3 Oct/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Human Sexual Behavior

HUMAN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR The meaning of "sexual" behavior as opposed to other manifestations of a ... muli essentially is defined in terms of reproductive activities for all species except our own. For human there is usually a connotation of the romantic and erotic, but less often the implication of r ... tion. These different outlooks are reflected in the way which we come to analyze sexual behavior in humans as compared with other animal species. A study of sexual behavior in the lion consists of inf ...

(3 pages) 42 0 2.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

American Dating

mate. In this fashion, he has something to keep him busy when he and his partner are not engaged in sexual activity. This non-sexual activity, known as "talking"�, or "intellectual conversation ... is practice is sadly becoming more and more prevalent today, and this process makes the increase in sexual undertakings and less personality interaction more acceptable. This is sad, and the main down ...

(2 pages) 1192 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Answer Is No

ace in "The Answer Is No", written by Naguib Mahfouz. This story has a considerable amount of sexual politics. On one side you have a women who is powerless and feels trapped because of her posi ... The feminism in the story is implicit. The main character is a woman who has suffered through a sexual encounter that has scarred her for life. More so, she feels that she has nowhere to go and is ...

(4 pages) 6 0 0.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Birth Control

control devices for teens should not be given without parental consent because of the promotion of sexual activity and the communication with parents.The promotion of sexual activity in teens that re ... shonesty, immaturity, and lack of knowledge in the teen. Not allowing parents to know that there is sexual activity going on with the teen and the needing of birth control is being completely dishones ...

(3 pages) 15 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Encounters

My first sexual encounter is what changed me the most, in both positive and negative ways. Many people take s ... ecause the risk strongly outweighs the benefits.Emotion, in my opinion, should play a large role in sexual intercourse. Sex is much better if it is with a person that I care about. It makes me feel co ... en into consideration as well. By being promiscuous, you enhance the risk of exposing yourself to a sexually transmitted disease, or an unplanned pregnancy. A scare is what brought me to all of these ...

(2 pages) 1223 0 0.0 Feb/2008

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

Abstinence

choose? Many teenagers just don't understand the responsibilities that go along with being sexually active, they don't even think about them. But maybe they should sit back and think before t ... will most likely regret it when you get older. There is so much feeling that goes into being sexually active most teenagers wouldn't even be able to handle the emotional stress that gets added ...

(6 pages) 19 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Country Husband

s is looking for a change. I think that this is normal and a perfect example of the manner in which humans behave in general.

(1 pages) 1011 0 0.0 Feb/2008

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

Comprehensive Sex Education

of a higher quality.c. Some people think giving out condoms will tell teens it's okay to be sexually active and give them an excuse to have sex. That's a ridiculous argument. The nurse provide ... effective programs have: i. Provide basic and accurate information about the risks of teen sexual activity ii. Provide examples of refusal skills.iii. Deliver and consistently ...

(2 pages) 19 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

How does our society view variant sexual behaviors? How are they portrayed in the media?

For the most part our society accepts variant sexual behaviors. We as a society are flooded with sexuality, its images and, behaviors. The media f ... It is estimated that almost seventy-five percent of all advertisements include sex, or some type of sexual behavior. It works too, that is the problem, and many people buy into it. There isn’t mu ... y is on today, I wouldn’t be surprised if one day all of our advertising included some type of sexual theme or behavior. Our society for the most part views these behaviors as normal too; it’ ...

(3 pages) 4068 0 0.0 Dec/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality