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Male vs. Female Sexuality as seen by Collette in Gigi and The Cat, 2001.
The following paper takes a look at male and female sexuality as presented in "Gigi" and "The Cat".
1,240 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 42.95
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This paper looks at how the literary French artiste' Colette, in a duet of short stories, "Gigi" and "The Cat", is able to explain some of the sexual nuances that make the sexes behave as they do; perhaps bringing some insight into our own present day relationships.
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"Light vs. Darkness, Muslim vs. Christian, North vs. South, Football vs. Oprah, conflicts such as these rage on in our 21st century society. Of all conflicts the one furthest from resolution and the most highly contested seems to be the age-old battle of male sexuality vs. female sexuality. What do the opposing ?dramatis personae? desire? How do they propose to attain it? Are the variances between the sexes really as vast as we?ve been led to believe? Through exquisite prose and imagery, the literary French artiste? Colette, in a duet of short stories Gigi and The Cat, is able to explain some of the sexual nuances that make the sexes behave as they do; perhaps bringing some insight into our own present day relationships ."
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Male Sexuality, 2008.
The paper assesses an article by Charles Michael Smith 'The Politics of Penis Size (Book Review)' in "The Gay and Lesbian Review" relating to the stereotype that African-American males are "well-hung".
2,745 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 82.95
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This paper explain that, in Charles Michael Smith's article 'The Politics of Penis Size (Book Review)', which is a review of Scott Poulson-Bryant's book "Hung: A Meditation on the Measure of Black Men in America", the idea of the black sexual Olympian is ridiculed but Smith fails to avoid making some sweeping generalizations that the available literature cannot substantiate. The author points out, from the literature review to assess this article and book, that the myth about African-American men being "huge" and thus more "man" than Asian or Caucasian men is really a projection of deep-seated fears of inadequacy. The paper argues that, if these fears are addressed, then anxiety about the sexual prowess of black men, on the part of those who are non-black will be replaced by a more holistic view of African-American males that restores to them a measure of their full humanity.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Summary of Account
Background Research (or what the scholarly literature has to say about penis size and about black men)
Assessment of the Popular Account
Implications and Future Directions
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"According to Charles Michael Smith (2006) the penis is one manifestation of masculine power. Smith goes on to state that penis power is male power and that the tallest buildings, the imposing skyscrapers that dot the landscape of the modern western world, are really the ultimate phallic symbols. In short, the penis equates with all that is seen as masculine, virile, powerful, and potent. Smith, in his review of Scott Poulson-Bryant's, "Hung: A Meditation on the Measure of Black Men in America", writes that white slave-holders often justified the brutal treatment of African-American men by seizing upon the desire of the latter to assault and seize for themselves the womanhood of white females."
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The Metro-Sexual Male, 2007.
This paper discusses the contemporary masculine image called the metro-sexual male as demonstrated by soccer super-star David Beckham.
5,850 words (approx. 23.4 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 140.95
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This paper explains that roughness and ruggedness, once the trademarks of masculinity, are being replaced by the image of the metro-sexual male whose masculinity is a function of appearance and style. The author points out that this new masculinity is believed to be caused by (1) the shift created by the women's movement, which brought men and women on equal footing, (2) simple economics with men needing to be well-groomed to be more competitive in a tightening job market and (3) the proliferation of media and the changing face of consumerism. The paper discusses in detail the ascent of soccer (football) star David Beckham, who came into public consciousness precisely when the world was changing its perception of heroes and idols, thus extending his fame far beyond sports to become the ultimate personification of the metro-sexual male.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Rise of the New Males
Celebrities as Icons of Masculinity
Sports Stars as Models of Masculinity
David Beckham: The True Metro-Sexual
Conclusion
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"Part of the ideals of the metrosexual is an element of confusion on the subject of sexuality. This is evident in the print ads that celebrate this new male image, which combines many of the traditional traits of femininity and masculinity that makes man a study in contradictions. An example is the Versace ad that appeared in the November 2004 issue of GQ, depicting three men. Two of the men are leaning toward the camera, while the third man is sitting and leaning on the man ... However, their looks and position hint some homosexuality in the proportion, despite which they seem very comfortable with each other."
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Female Sexuality in Literature, 2001.
Examining the struggle for control over one's own sexuality, as experienced by the women in the novels by Sylvia Plath ("The Bell Jar") and Alice Munro ("Lives of Girls and Women").
1,880 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper explores the struggle of Del and Esther to understand and assert their sexualities in a society that pressures them to repress their desires and submit to men's desires. It shows how both characters succeed in becoming actively sexual people, even though they are pressured to stay virginal until they are married, to subdue and ignore their sexual desires, and to be submissive to male sexuality.
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"For a young woman, coming of age and exploring her own sexuality is confusing enough without being bombarded by sexual stereotypes and gender-specific expectations. Del and Esther, the respective protagonists of Munro?s Lives of Girls and Women and Plath?s The Bell Jar, are two such women, who are faced with the pressure of conforming to a certain ?feminine? expectation of sexual behavior (or lack thereof). As much as Del an Esther fumble their way through their first sexual experiences, they manage to take control of their sex lives by overcoming the burden they feel to resemble the image of society?s sexually passive woman."
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Teenage Sexuality: Inner City and Amish Farm, 2005.
Examines adolescent sexuality among inner-city youth and in Amish communities.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 35.95
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With all of the problems found in the adolescent sexuality of the inner city African American community, problems are just as common in more rural, more seemingly innocent, cultures such as that of the Amish. The paper shows that the simpler throwback Amish culture is one whose sexuality can be just as male-centric and just as harmful to its adolescents as that found in the big bustling looming city. This paper discusses the varied sexualities thrust upon youth in both the African American urban culture and the United States' small but noteworthy Amish culture, comparing and contrasting the two societies' beliefs.
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"It's a concern for many, for researchers, city leaders, conservative and liberal politicians, community members, and distanced bigots: the rise in sexual promiscuity in the African American community. What is sometimes almost jokingly referred to within the black community as "babies having babies" is not a comical matter when the multitudes of unwanted or uncared-for children are counted, when the list of sexually transmitted diseases and complications is read, when the adverse and overarching effects of lost innocence and premature sexuality are admitted. Yet, with all of the problems found in the adolescent sexuality of the inner city African American community, problems are just as common in more rural, more seemingly "innocent" cultures, such as that of the Amish."
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Issues of Selected Sexuality, 2005.
This paper discusses various issue of selected sexuality which are affected by cultural values, including gender identification, contraception and government policies.
2,655 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper explains that, although for generations women have been preforming birth control and effective ways of abortion; the practice of abortion has given rise to various social, moral, political and legal issues because abortion is the fulcrum of a much broader ideological struggle in which the very meanings of the family, the state, motherhood and young women's sexuality are contested. The author points out that, though it seems quaint, many individuals today have adopted the idea of celibacy or virginity, the natural method for achieving youth and longevity. The paper relates that rape still is prevalent because of the overcompensating benefits of male reproductive in human evolution history, which has not been eliminated by natural biological selection: women are suffering the consequence of all these atrocities.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Paid Maternity Leave and Other Job Protections for Working Parents
Use of Contraceptives
Abortion
Sex Education in Public Schools
Transvestites
Sexual Behaviors Prohibited by your Religion
Virginity or Celibacy
Homosexuality
Prostitution
Date Rape or Marital Rape
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"It has been noticed that transvestites who openly reveal their longings and desire, usually have their partner to either completely reject them or to accept them completely. But more often than not, the relationship usually ends. Transvestites feel that cross-dressing does not really affect anyone in any manner. But this is not true as the thought itself is very narcissistic and the entire idea of transvestism is a self-centered behavior. A transvestite at times gets to involved in cross-dressing that the social aspects of the relationship does not really matter to them. They seem to spend a lot of time, energy and money to boost their later ego. Initially, the partner of transvestite will usually find himself derelict that ultimately leads to antipathy and problems in the relationship. It is also common fact that some transvestites actually like to indulge in sex while they are cross-dressed."
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Gender and Sexuality in Medieval Literature, 2008.
The paper examines women and sexuality in Giovanni Boccaccio's "The Decameron" and Visnu Sarma's "The Pancantantra."
1,799 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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The paper presents the hypothesis that, contrary to the opinions of several modern historians, the writings of Giovanni Boccaccio's "The Decameron" and Visnu Sarma's "The Pancantantra" represent accurate medieval thought regarding the status and treacherous nature of women. The paper shows how there are vast similarities between the women portrayed in Boccacio's work and those portrayed in "The Panchantantra", with both presenting a decidedly male perspective. The paper relates that the Panchantantra is stronger evidence that these attitudes prevailed in society and were not merely the views of the author himself.
Outline:
Boccacio: An Exploration in Florence, Italy
Sexuality in the Panchantantra
Conclusion
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"Giovanni Bocaccio lived in the early to mid 1300s. He was embroiled in the precarious glory that embodied the city of Florence, Italy during that time. Boccacio's works provide the reader with a candid glimpse of politics, morality, and gender roles of the time. There are several differences between beliefs about sexuality in Boccacio's time and in the modern era.
"The first difference is the modern stereotype that males are more likely to experience insatiable sexual desire than women. During the Middle Ages, it was believed that women were much more susceptible to sexual desire than men. Men were considered to be more rational and closer to the spiritual realm than women. Women were considered to be carnal and materialistic, even if they were nuns."
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Gender, Sexuality and Sadomasochism Case Law, 2008.
A discussion on the differences in the criminal-legal treatment of sadomasochism from that of other sexualities.
8,966 words (approx. 35.9 pages), 20 sources, APA, $ 186.95
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This paper examines how criminal law treats sexual behaviour through the eyes of homosexual and heterosexual sadomasochism. The author contends that sexual preferences have been given inconsistent interpretations within criminal law. The paper demonstrates how other sexual behaviours have been criminalised through offences against the person, regardless of sexual consent. In particular, the paper discusses how, generally, heterosexual males have been afforded protection from criminal-legal punishment because they were engaging in what the common law, rather narrowly, defines as 'sex' (i.e. penetrative vaginal sex).
Outline:
Prelude
Introduction
The Case Of Same-Sex S/M
S/M As a Private and Public Harm
S/M and Consent
Criminal Law's Same-Sex S/M: Violent or Repulsive?
Cult(ivating) Desires
Straight Acting Gaze: The Gay and the Straight of S/M Case Law
A Wilson
B Donovan
C Slingsby
D Emmett
Conclusion: 'Safety', Gender and the (Dis)Appearance of Blood
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"Sex is a space that separates and binds bodies. The pleasures and intimacies of sexuality bind the s/m 'offender' and the 'victim'. However, sex creates a boundary which divides Other sexual bodies as immoral and/or illegal. Sex implicates and demarcates these bodies as risky (to each other and to a supposed socio-sexual norm). Moments of sexual pleasure become socially dangerous, accumulative pleasures (homosex-ual, transgressive, HIV), which become solid and condensing tales of criminally sexual relationships. S/m represents this paradox through complainant-less sex crimes where consent/pleasure/desire/mutuality are removed, interpolating harm. The dangerousness of sadomasochistic (homosexual) bodies is in their imagined HIV risk, who may be harmful and a risk to the innocent, purity of sexual health and (hetero)sexual norms. That which makes socio-sexual bodies dangerous is that which makes them legally visible, (the gaze of law upon) sex. Bodies proximal and touching, caressing and copulating are subject to legal review."
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Female Sexuality in Bram Stoker's "Dracula", 2005.
This paper considers Bram Stoker's "Dracula" from a feminist perspective.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper considers Bram Stoker's "Dracula" from a feminist perspective. The paper analyzes the novel's depiction of female sexuality and male dominance and incorporates Victorian ideals of womanhood.
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"While Bram Stoker's "Dracula" is often considered simply a thrilling Gothic tale of vampires and the eternal struggle between good and evil, there is much sub text underlying the novel that speaks to the social conventions of the period in which Stoker wrote the text. Indeed much can be gleaned about Victorian society from the narrative in "Dracula" as Stoker's characters all serve to embody various societal ideals or concerns."
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Sexuality in Advertising, 2005.
This paper discusses the use of sex in advertising as a powerful tool for selling products; however, sex in advertising is addressed differently toward men than it is toward women.
1,245 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper explains that the sexual connection is much easier to set up for men than for women because men have minimal criteria for sexual desire, basically a woman's anatomy; thus, young healthy women's bodies easily attract the male view to the advertiser's product. The author points out that the use of sex in advertising to women is much more difficult because women's instinctive sexual reaction is more strongly affected by their intelligence; thus, advertising to women rarely uses sex, but rather the romance approach is applied using stereotypical images such as roses and a doting man. The paper relates that sexuality in advertising is a major area of ethical concern; however, surprisingly little is known about its effects on women and men.
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"Sex is the second strongest of the psychological appeals, right behind self-preservation, and its strength is biological and instinctive, the genetic imperative of reproduction.Sexual desire is an instinctive reaction in animals, and a person's perception of a suitable mate is the basis.That perception is usually a set of criteria that the opposite sex must meet, and those that meet and exceed those criteria will provide the chance for the highest quality offspring with the best chance of survival."
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Hedwig and Yitzhak: Defining Sexuality, 2003.
A look at the relationship between Hedwig and Yitzhak in the film, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch".
1,148 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 0 sources, $ 39.95
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Explores the relationship between two of the main characters of the film, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch". It examines how the two characters are "male", how they are "female", what makes them so in terms of sex and gender, gender roles, stereotypes, etc. Uses Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT)/queer theory texts.
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"I chose to address the relationship between Hedwig and Yitzhak within the film Hedwig and the Angry Inch in terms of sex and gender and, additionally, some aspects of queer theory. The relationship between these two characters is perplexing and one could dwell on issues stemming from it for some time, however I plan to focus on a few central ideas and themes which certainly does not contain the bulk of what could be written about these two interesting characters and their unusual relationship. The central and key idea to keep in mind is the theme that ran throughout the film that has to do with the notion that everyone is simply looking for their other half; sex and gender have nothing to do with that quest for your counterpart."
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Male Sex Abuse, 2000.
An investigation as to why sexual abuse on males is under recognized, under reported and under treated.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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The following paper provides factual evidence, as well as pertinent examples of why male sexual abuse is overlooked. The paper tells you why certain surveys, questionnaires and doctors are at fault for the neglected rate of sexual abuse on males.
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"I would like to start out by saying that a lot of this underreported information is due to the fact that researchers have and still do contact studies by using methods that are not effective. One of the first issues has to do with population from which a sample, or selected group of population actually researched is drawn (Finkelhor 235). Different prevalence rates, which are the actually numbers of males that were sexually abused, are found depending on the population from which a sample is taken. Different sample have been taken from middle school students, high school students, college students, clinical populations, and those receiving psychological treatment. Obviously when you ask a boy in middle school or even college they are going to almost indefinitely deny any kind of experience."
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Nanshoku in Pre-Meiji Japanese Society, 2002.
A discussion on male-male sexual and romantic liaisons in traditional Japan.
2,751 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 82.95
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This paper examines how modern Japanese society considers men who prefer sexual relations with other men to be abnormal, although in earlier times, they were the norm rather than the exception, and many men had sexual relations with people of both genders. It looks at how a term for this phenomenon of male-male love was "nanshoku" and discusses how nanshoku was rife among Buddhist monks and how literature of the Heian period contains passages suggesting that some aristocrats practiced nanshoku, as well. It also analyzes the roles in a typical nanshoku relationship and how the emphasis on roles discouraged an equal relationship between the two parties.
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"Because nanshoku was essentially an alternative to female sex for males, the roles in nanshoku were similar to that of heterosexual roles, and were integral in the relationship. The senior male, or nenja, was the dominant partner, while the junior male, or wakashu, was the passive partner. The roles in a certain relationship were set, with the wakashu always being passive, and the nenja being active. In a different relationship, a former wakashu might assume the role of a nenja, although the reverse rarely happened as it was against the normal progression in life. This structure reflects the Confucian model of a hierarchical society, as the partners were not equals."
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Male Voices, 2005.
An analysis of the perceived sexual orientation of a male by his voice.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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This paper summarizes an article based on male voices and the perception of sexual orientation, specifically male homosexuality and the voice characteristics that people attribute to them. The paper discusses a group of people who listen to a number of recorded voices that range from "gay-sounding" to "straight-sounding" and then cross analyze the results by studying the pitch of each voice recorded how it influenced the listeners' response.
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"Male Voices and Perceived Sexual Orientation Male Voices and Perceived Sexual Orientation Introduction The background of the research is based on a study that was conducted by three Canadian University Professors who studied the perceptions of male voices in terms of which sound gay and which sound straight. The authors described how they discussed this research topic openly with their students. Their students agreed, "gay men speech mirrors the patterns of stereotypical high-pitched women's voices" (Smyth, Jacobs, & Rogers, 2003, p. 331). The authors developed a gay-sounding and straight-sounding scale based on listener ratings to record and measure the perception of sexual orientation based on a person's voice (Smyth, Jacobs, & Rogers, 2003, p. 329)."
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Sexual Attitudes, 2000.
A completed research study comparing the sexual attitudes of male and female adolescents in Hong Kong. Includes data analysis and hypothesis testing and survey questionnaire, tables and table of contents.
8,775 words (approx. 35.1 pages), 57 sources, $ 135.95
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"A Comparison of Males and Female Adolescents in Relation yo Sexual Attitudes
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The purpose of this study was to compare the sexual attitudes of male adolescents in contemporary Hong Kong with those of female adolescents in the Special Administrative District. One research question was investigated and four hypotheses were tested. The data required to test the hypotheses were collected from a sample of the population of the adolescent residents of Hong Kong. Adolescent was defined for the purposes of this study as ages 14 through 18.
The research question ["Do the sexual attitudes of adolescents in Hong Kong vary according to gender"] was answered affirmatively in a nominal context, as female adolescents among..."
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