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  • The History of Women’s Sexuality

    The History of Women’s Sexuality

    Dr. Thomas Laquer, author of "Orgasm, Generation, and the Politics of Reproductive Biology," is a distinguished history professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Laquer received his PhD from Princeton in 1971 and has since circulated various books and articles predominately on the history of sex. His latest endeavor was published by Zone Books in 2004 and was entitled, "Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation". Laquer is a popular speaker worldwide and is currently

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Mike
  • Deception and Coercion as They Relate to Sexual Behavior

    Deception and Coercion as They Relate to Sexual Behavior

    Deception when used as a means for sex is achieved by getting one person's consent predicated on false beliefs that have been intentionally used. This interaction involves one person using the other. Deception can be achieved by giving the other person false information, but the simple act of withholding information can also be deception. A more vicious way to achieve sex is through coercion. Using coercion as a means either uses force or undermines the

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    Essay Length: 304 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Steve
  • Sexual Morality

    Sexual Morality

    Sexual morality has been an issue for centuries, and is still a prevalent issue in the discussion of morals. From pre-marital sex to homosexuality, there is a massive amount of topics up for debate every day. The challenge of discussing ethics stems from the problem that each person perceives it so differently, yet this does not hinder a serious attempt to take the subject matter on. The New York Times features the column “The Ethicist”,

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Vika
  • Workplace Sexual Harassment

    Workplace Sexual Harassment

    WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT “U SE YOUR HEAD BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH, BECAUSE IT’S A VERY SENSITIVE WORLD OUT THERE. PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO GET OTHERS IN TROUBLE OR PUT THEM ON REPORT. THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS THAT PEO¬PLE HAVE DIFFERENT ATTITUDES, DIFFERENT MINDS AND DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES. THE BOTTOM LINE IS, YOU HAVE TO RESPECT ALL THOSE PER¬SONALITIES AND DIF-FERENT TWISTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE. TREAT THEM WITH DIGNITY AND WATCH YOURSELF.”

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    Essay Length: 3,346 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Abuse of Substances in the United States

    Abuse of Substances in the United States

    Substance abuse and prevention has in the United States have become major issues in our society since the early 1960's. Both youth drug and alcohol use as well as adult abuse. Typically one would assume drug use categorized as something obtained by a shady looking person on a street corner. Unfortunately, in the last decade drug abuse has expanded from the street corner or the crack house downtown right into your very own doctors office.

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    Essay Length: 728 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Top
  • Alcohol Abuse

    Alcohol Abuse

    Alcohol Abuse Alcohol Abuse Alcohol is liquid distilled product of fermented fruits, grains and vegetables used as solvent, antiseptic and sedative moderate potential for abuse. Possible effects are intoxication, sensory alteration, and/or anxiety reduction. Symptoms of overdose staggering, odor of alcohol on breath, loss of coordination, slurred speech, dilated pupils, fetal alcohol syndrome (in babies), and/or nerve and liver damage. Withdrawal Syndrome is first sweating, tremors, then altered perception, followed by psychosis, fear, and finally

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    Essay Length: 2,545 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Reckless Eyeballing: Sexual Harassment

    Reckless Eyeballing: Sexual Harassment

    Key Terms: Sexual Harassment- harassment or unwelcome attention of a sexual nature. It includes a range of behavior from mild transgressions and annoyances to serious abuses, which can even involve forced sexual activity In “Reckless Eyeballing: Sexual harassment on Campus”, Katie Roiphe takes the issue of Sexual Harassment and makes it be seen in a totally different way from the norm. Roiphe states that because of the wide definition of sexual harassment that occurs within

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    Essay Length: 462 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Mike
  • Abuse

    Abuse

    Child Abuse We can ask ourselves the question over and over, “why are innocent children being abused?” We may never get a good enough answer. Children of all ages are defenseless no matter what way you look at the situation. Even at the ages 13 or 14, these children can’t take on the strength of an older man or woman. Children all over the world are not just suffering from physical abuse, but more so

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    Essay Length: 740 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Emotional Abuse

    Emotional Abuse

    Mary is a seven year old girl in first grade. She seems to be a normal little girl on the outside. She wants to play on a swing that another boy has already taken, so Mary orders the child to get off of it. But when he does not, she pulls the child’s leg and he falls onto the ground crying. The teacher comes running over… The signs of emotional abuse are difficult to diagnose.

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    Essay Length: 704 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Verbal Abuse

    Verbal Abuse

    A child as young as two can be affected by verbal abuse. Mistreatment during infancy and early childhood negatively affect early brain development and can have a long term effect into their adolescence and adulthood. The experiences we live through infancy and early childhood provide a framework for the expression of children’s intelligence, emotions and personalities. When those experiences are primarily negative, children may build up emotional, behavioral and learning problems that carry on during

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Mike
  • Child Abuse

    Child Abuse

    Child Abuse Child Abuse is behavior by and adult that harms a child’s physical, mental, or emotional health and development. Some types of child abuse are neglect, and physical abuse. An example of neglect would be medical neglect. This is where the child does not get the proper medical attention needed. Some examples of physical abuse would be sexual and physiological. The American Humane Society estimates that nearly 34 out of every 1,000 American children

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    Essay Length: 562 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Steve
  • Young Teens and Sexuality

    Young Teens and Sexuality

    YOUNG TEENS AND SEXUALITY: Why many aged 12-15yr olds are having sex Many teenagers have already had sex by the ages of 12, 13, and 14.According to Ukweli newsletter (March 1999) in Kenya, 19% of teens were sexually active by age 12, 25% by age13 and 38% by age14 . In a similar report published also in1999 by Dr Clifford Hill claimed that in Britain 17% of 13-15 year olds were sexually active. Looking at

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    Essay Length: 425 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Jessica
  • 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
  • Child Abuse

    Child Abuse

    Parenting is not instinctive. If it were, everyone who had a child would be a good parent. Consequently, child abuse is a rising phenomenon in our society. There can be no single factor identified as the cause of child abuse. However it appears to be influenced by the parents' histories, psychological resources, and economic status. Parenting must be learned. While this is often done through experience, education courses for individuals prior to their becoming

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Top
  • Sexual Education Programs Taught in High Schools

    Sexual Education Programs Taught in High Schools

    Sexual education programs taught in high schools nationwide would be much more effective if instead of focusing exclusively on abstinence only programs, they taught a much more comprehensive program, which informed the adolescents how to be safe when it comes to dealing with sexual activities. Abstinence only programs are the widely favored programs of the past and of present time, but now more and more adults are starting to believe their children would be better

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: David
  • Sexual Politics of Sparta & Athens

    Sexual Politics of Sparta & Athens

    Describe the different sexual politics of Sparta & Athens. According to the film why were Spartan women both admired and feared by ourselves? How did the experience of Spartan boys differ? When looking at the culture of Ancient Greece it is extremely important to give a considerable focus attention to the two most prominent city-states, Sparta and Athens. Both Sparta and Athens though significant in their own rights, were vibrantly different in the way that

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    Essay Length: 871 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Fonta
  • The Use and Abuse of Illicit Drugs Within the Prison Systems on a Global Basis

    The Use and Abuse of Illicit Drugs Within the Prison Systems on a Global Basis

    Abstract This research paper will consist of an analysis of the use and abuse of illicit drugs within the prison systems on a global basis. With information gathered from various sources such as the internet and one on one interviews with an inmate in a male correctional facility and a former inmate of a female correctional facility I intend to show the rampant flow of drugs in and out of the prison system, the control

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    Essay Length: 3,260 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Bred
  • Holden’s Sexual Exploits

    Holden’s Sexual Exploits

    Holden’s Sexual Exploits The Catcher In the Rye is voted as one of the most controversial book for many reasons; however, Holden’s sexual exploits serves as an idea that is unappreciative. Although this topic is questionable in a book taught to teenagers, we must understand that this is developed as a manifestation of Holden’s illness. His isolation and loneliness exposes him to certain events and feelings as he attempts to live life morally, and evidence

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    Essay Length: 609 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: July
  • Emotional Abuse

    Emotional Abuse

    The study of interobserver reliability tested the level of agreement among child welfare workers on the presence or absence of emotional abuse and several other forms of neglect and child abuse. Contrary to expectations, soaring levels of accurate identification and agreement was attained. Regardless of the high level of interobserver reliability, the validity of the notion is questioned. Training for the sample used in the study is evidently effective. Interobserver reliability is one of the

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    Essay Length: 492 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: regina
  • Gender-Specific Sexual Sanctions of Intimate Relations and Imperially Oppressing Political Sphere

    Gender-Specific Sexual Sanctions of Intimate Relations and Imperially Oppressing Political Sphere

    Tural Abbasov ENG 450B Prof. Donette A. Francis March 13th, 2008 Gender-specific Sexual Sanctions of Intimate Relations and Imperially Oppressing Political Sphere As a literary genre, romance or chivalric romance we refers to the heroic writing style and free verse narrative. Modern times have altered the ways women are portrayed in movie industries’ romantic genres. With the wave of feminism and colonial desire we are able to identify specific genre of romance in films that

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    Essay Length: 2,333 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Drug Abuse

    Drug Abuse

    After reviewing the case study provided it is very evident that Matt has a substance abuse problem. He is a college student who is struggling to find a sense of belonging. He spends a great deal of time alone worrying about the financial burden he is placing on his family. His mother currently reported concern with Matt's drinking habits, because her husband is a recovering alcoholic. His friends and roommate are suspicious about his use

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Team Dynamics: Sexual Harassment

    Team Dynamics: Sexual Harassment

    Team Dynamics: Sexual Harassment By June 1, 2008 Sexual harassment is experienced everyday by both men and women in the workplace. Which can affect team dynamics. I found that women are more likely harassed than males. This can have a major effect on the team dynamic when working on projects or daily job functions. Fifty percent of women and fifteen percent of men believe that they have been sexually harassed in the workplace (eserver.org/feminism/preventing-harassement.txt). It

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    Essay Length: 517 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Yan
  • Psysiological Effects of Alcohol - Abuse and Treatments

    Psysiological Effects of Alcohol - Abuse and Treatments

    Alcohol affects the central nervous system as a depressant. It directly affects the production and function of neurotransmitters, (molecules that act as messengers between one cell and another) by slowing down their activity. When ingested in small amounts alcohol depresses the part of the Frontal Lobes responsible for judgment and decision making. This is why a person will open up, talk more freely and lose inhibitions. Taken in larger amounts, alcohol starts affecting movement,

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Monika
  • Past and Current Trends of Drug Abuse in the United States

    Past and Current Trends of Drug Abuse in the United States

    Past and Current Trends of Drug Abuse in the United States Drug abuse has changed over the years due to the trends that Americans face from the encouragement of different cultures. The abuse of substances creates many health problems. The following will discuss the past and current trends of drug use and the effects these drugs have on the health of the individuals who abuse the drugs. The use of cocaine in the United States

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    Essay Length: 693 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Edward
  • Substance Abuse in African American College Students

    Substance Abuse in African American College Students

    Abstract This paper looks at substance abuse as it relates to African American college students. Some of the factors under consideration are the causes and ramifications of substance abuse. The growing problem of substance abuse has not gone unnoticed by respective college administrations and this paper also looks at what colleges and universities are doing to educate students on and prevent substance abuse. The primary theme of the paper will be the messages about substance

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    Essay Length: 903 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Kevin

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