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  • Sex Ed. Should Not Be Abstinence-Only

    Sex Ed. Should Not Be Abstinence-Only

    Sex Ed. Should Not Be Abstinence-Only Currently we have schools teaching about abstinence and how it prevents pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. However, many of these sex education programs do not include or want to include teaching about contraception for the adolescents who are not abstinent. Arguing that including contraception education in the program will send the wrong message about sex or that we are giving teenagers and young adults the “okay” to have sex.

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    Essay Length: 768 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Sex in the Acropolis

    Sex in the Acropolis

    Sex and the Acropolis Aristophanes’ play, “Lysistrata,” is primarily based on one singular motif, the idea of sex as power. The women of Ancient Greece are resentful that their male counterparts are never home due to the Pelopponesian War, and so they, led by the main character Lysistrata, decide to go on a sex-strike. They have finally discovered that while men fight the battles, bring home the food, and make all the money, they are

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    Essay Length: 646 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Vika
  • Sex Education: Should Condoms Be Distributed in Schools?

    Sex Education: Should Condoms Be Distributed in Schools?

    Sex Education: Should Condoms be distributed in Schools? “Sex Education: Should Condoms be distributed in Schools?” was very eye catching to the reader. The author of this essay Rush H. Limbaugh III, points out a lot of good points here which I highly agree with. Sex education can be very tricky, what are its limitations? What should the students be taught and what shouldn’t they be taught? If my memory serves me right, I

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    Essay Length: 805 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Artur
  • Theatre Review for "the Deranged Marriage"

    Theatre Review for "the Deranged Marriage"

    On the 1st of July I and my drama class went to see “The Deranged Marriage” by Pravesh Kumar in theatre royal, Stratford. The play was a satirical comedy portraying Asian life in the Asian community and the struggles and pressures of arranged marriages. The play was set in slough and was based on two Asian families preparing for their children to marry each other, using an arranged marriage. I thought the play was written

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    Essay Length: 1,542 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Name Change in Marriage

    Name Change in Marriage

    “The Name Is Mine” As a 21 year old male how I feel is completely irrelevant, I have not much say in whether or not my future wife decides to take my last name. Do I hope that my wife will make the choice to take my last name? Absolutely. But what is boils down to is that the choice is not mine. The way I was brought, up taking the husbands name was

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    Essay Length: 1,406 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Controversy Surrounding Gay Marriage

    Controversy Surrounding Gay Marriage

    The Controversy Surrounding Gay Marriage The debate of gay marriage is very complex, due to the many different feelings people express on the topic. One opinion is that gay marriage should be legalized nationally. Others feel that gay marriage should not be legalized but civil unions should be granted to homosexuals so they have an alternative that allows gays and lesbians to receive something that compares to the same rights as marriage. On the other

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    Essay Length: 1,158 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Sex Sells

    Sex Sells

    Sex sells In America today it is very difficult to go anywhere without encountering America’s number one best seller. I’m not talking about the newest Harry Potter book, or latest Stephen King thriller either; I’m talking about sex. Music, magazines, and television are prime examples of sex being used negatively to sell, or market products. The music industry, although the least blatant of the three examples, uses sex as a way to market a great

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    Essay Length: 641 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Vika
  • Gay Marriage

    Gay Marriage

    Gay Marriage There seem to be Specific time in history where certain issues define the culture tension in a society. They become representative of large worldview and clearly emphasize the battle between divergent moral and spiritual perspectives. Homosexual marriage in the United States is one of these issues. In the past five years, there have been various threats and debates about the possibility of legalizing homosexual union. The issue took centre stage in February largely.

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    Essay Length: 1,417 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Mike
  • Gay Marriage

    Gay Marriage

    For years, the legalization of same-sex marriages has been the topic of many debates. On July 20, 2005, the Civil Marriage Act became a law in Canada. The Civil Marriage Act extended on the current definition of marriage. Not only did the Act expand the definition, it also described legal benefits of same-sex marriages. Under the legislation, the couples receive equal treatment as married heterosexual couples, as well as veterans’ benefits, divorce and income taxes.

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    Essay Length: 573 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Sex, Personality, Eating, and Substance Abuse Disorders

    Sex, Personality, Eating, and Substance Abuse Disorders

    Sex, Personality, Eating, and Substance Abuse Disorders There are disorders for eating, sex, substance and personality. Each disorder has different traits and categories that belong within each disorder. The paper will describe the different disorders and the causes for those disorders. Eating Eating disorders are severe disturbances in eating behavior characterized by preoccupation with weight concerns and unhealthy efforts to control weight. There are two main categories for this disorder; they are anorexia nervosa and

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    Essay Length: 932 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Anna
  • Gay Marriage

    Gay Marriage

    Gay marriage is a hot button issue in today society. I think it should be legal, but over 50% of all people in the United States oppose homosexual marriage, despite the fact that most are otherwise supportive of gay people’s rights. Why can’t they be? They love each other, and they aren’t hurting anyone else. They suffer social injustice, the economic and social benefits, and being excepted in the constitution. One of the reasons for

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    Essay Length: 685 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Sex Sells

    Sex Sells

    How is sex being manipulated through the media to sell music? Nowadays, music artists are using sex as an appealing and profitable method on tours, TV and radio stations to attract viewers and listeners into buying their records because sex makes the public stay more in tuned with their visuals (music videos), the sexual explicit lyrics makes more radio and TV friendly songs and helps the artists live performances become much more appealing. First,

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    Essay Length: 290 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Artur
  • Marriage in Colonial Mexico - Patriarchy and Economy

    Marriage in Colonial Mexico - Patriarchy and Economy

    Marriage in Colonial Mexico: Patriarchy and Economy In To Love, Honor, and Obey in Colonial Mexico, Patricia Seed argues that the Bourbon Century drastically changed the view of marriage in New Spain. She suggests that the emphasis on virtue and free will in marriage gave way to a new quasi-bourgeois family unit based upon status and patriarchal control. While this is true for the elite of eighteenth century New Spain, this could not have spread

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    Essay Length: 661 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Sex offenders: How to Deal with Them

    Sex offenders: How to Deal with Them

    Sex Offenders: How to Deal with them Turn on the news almost any day of the week and you will see a report on a missing child. Jessica Lunsford, a nine-year-old girl from Florida, went missing in February of 2005. A month later, a repeat child sex offender admitted to kidnapping and murdering the innocent child. The deranged man, John Evander Couey, was registered with the state of Florida as a sex offender, but

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    Essay Length: 1,387 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Addiction for Sex

    Addiction for Sex

    As per Merriam-Webster dictionary addiction can be defined as a compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol etc.) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal. Sex is an addiction even though not a chemical it has the effects of a habit-forming tolerance. Sex as an addiction is a slightly new concept brought to the publications and media in the 1980's and has since grown with

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    Essay Length: 1,747 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Monika
  • Schools Sex Ed

    Schools Sex Ed

    The good news is that the teen pregnancy rate in the U.S. is the lowest it’s been since the early 70's, primarily due to teens’ increased and improved use of birth control. The bad news is that one million U.S. teens still get pregnant each year, and 78 percent of those pregnancies are unintended. The fact is that most young people in the United States begin having sex in their teens and they need honest

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    Essay Length: 509 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Jack
  • Sex in City

    Sex in City

    Dear Ms. Reed, I just wanted to apologize again for the trouble I caused you today and in the past. I appreciate greatly all you have done for me and the school. I know sometimes I may complain, but in reality I really do like the school. I love how I don't have so much homework and I would rather have contracts over traditional school work. It must seem like I just try to cause

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    Essay Length: 1,198 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Differential Recall of Sex-Typed Material

    Differential Recall of Sex-Typed Material

    A number of various studies have been done relating to recall and preference of gender-typed materials in young children. Many of the studies done have found that subjects significantly recalled more of the same-sex objects then of the opposite-sex objects. In 1974 Nadelman (1974) that subjects were much more likely to recall same-sex items then opposite-sex items. She also found that boys were much more likely to follow this pattern then girls were. Soon

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    Essay Length: 1,460 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Anna
  • The History Behind Marriage

    The History Behind Marriage

    The symbols and rituals that are used in the wedding mass is the development of the Sacrament of Marriage. There are many symbols and rituals involved with marriage, including: the unity candle, the bouquet, tossing of rice, and the bride's veil. The most common symbol there is in marriage is the wedding ring. The wedding ring dates back to the Egyptian time. Back then the wife would have a money ring instead of actual money

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    Essay Length: 1,863 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Mike
  • Life After Marriage

    Life After Marriage

    Life after marriage The lives led by people as individuals are vastly different from the lives they lead after marriage. Although single life has it’s many vicissitudes, they are greatly altered by the addition of another party into the situation. Even the simplest things change drastically when you marry the special person in your life, such as eating, sleeping, and working. The changes in one’s eating habits are altered by the addition of another person

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    Essay Length: 612 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Bred
  • Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll

    Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll

    Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll Rock and Roll is a genre of music that is known for its earsplitting music and people of the partying atmosphere. During the 1950’s and 1960’s these partying people were better known as “hippies,” easy going, laid back, just here to have a good time. Thinking back to 1951, Alan Freed discovered Rock and Roll; Freed was a disc jockey that obviously loved music. Nowadays we look at rock

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    Essay Length: 891 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Anna
  • Gay Marriage

    Gay Marriage

    Gay Marriage One of the corner stones of American society is the pursuit of equality and freedom for all its citizens. A persons sexual preference is his/her own business and if he/she wants to be married then he/she should be allowed to. Gay marriage should be allowed because if the two people love each other and feel devoted to one another then they should reap the benefits of a married couple no matter what their

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    Essay Length: 352 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Edward
  • Should Gay Marriage Be Legal?

    Should Gay Marriage Be Legal?

    Should gay marriage be legal? Gay marriage should be legal because as woman and man, all individuals have the same right in society; because same-sex couples can constitute a good based family; because it is just a way to make official a common union nowadays, even with the religious issue; because it is not related to polygamy; and because love matters and it does not differ in nature according to the sex of its object

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    Essay Length: 889 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: David
  • The ‘sex'and ‘gender' Distinction

    The ‘sex'and ‘gender' Distinction

    This essay got an A- in a first year gender studies course The ‘Sex’ and ‘Gender’ Distinction For centuries, women have been subject to having their competence scrutinised, their mental processes challenged, their abilities questioned in western civilisation. In this essay, I will begin by giving some historical perspective to the scrutiny of women as it is important to know how it came to be that women have been seen as lower status when compared

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    Essay Length: 1,416 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: July
  • Teens and Sex

    Teens and Sex

    Today teens don’t wait to here the risk. They think sex is the cool thing to do today. Teens are surrounded by the images and think its okay. Teens should be aware of the facts about sex and the risks with teen sex that could ruin a young person’s life. When it comes to teen sex there is a difference between what teens think and what facts show. Teens should not have sex because

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    Essay Length: 1,518 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Jessica

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