Sex Work And Prostitution: Compared To Other Forms Of Service Work
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20 pages in length. That sex work and prostitution have been singled out from the fundamental standards of service work speaks to a combination of patriarchal and religious underpinnings. Indeed, the very nature of service work is to provide a valuable service to the paying party; whether or not that particular service proves useful to anyone but the recipient is not the question. Both sex work and prostitution have been commodified no differently than other forms of unwaged labor, however, the social stigma long attached to this particular type of service work changes one's conception for the worse. Attaching the word 'work' to pornography or prostitution only serves to confuse the already muddled attitudes about this way of living when, in fact, it is no different from myriad other forms of feminized labor. Bibliography lists 18 sources.
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Sexual Behavior: Biopsychological Perspective
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5 pages in length. The writer discusses how human sexual behavior is stimulated by a combination of physical and mental as well as external and internal catalysts. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Sexual Harassment
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This 5 page paper considers what we mean by sexual harassment starting with a definition of sexual conduct that will lead to a person feeling uncomfortable the paper goes on to develop this into a broader and more useful definition. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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Sexuality/Gender
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10 pages in length. The relationship between sexuality and gender has experienced myriad metamorphoses throughout human existence. That they have come to repel each other to some degree speaks to the ever-present struggle that perpetuates between men and women. Patriarchy takes much of the credit – or blame – for how sexuality and gender associate in contemporary society; the extent to which such gender oppression has molded the way in which people perceive the various components of sexuality is both grand and far-reaching. The writer discusses homosexuality, sexual values, sexual violence and teen pregnancy. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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Should Women Fake Orgasms?
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An 8 page paper weighing the opinions of whether or not women should fake orgasms. The writer lists the pros and cons and reaches a final conclusion on the relative merits of faking. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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Sluts and Bad Moms
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A 6 page essay that contrasts and compares two texts on women's issues -- Leora Tanenbaum's Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation and a collection of essays edited by Molly Ladd-Taylor and Lauri Umansky, 'Bad' Mothers: The Politics of Blame in the Twentieth Century America. These two texts are obviously on different aspects of female sexuality, yet the texts are oddly parallel. In both cases, women are socially isolated, judged and punished more for threatening the perceived status quo than for any other action. Bibliography lists 3 sources
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Societal Perception of Blame in Sex Crimes
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A 5 page discussion of our societal tendency to place the blame on a woman when she becomes the victim of a sex crime. This paper pulls from Joyce Carol Oates" "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" (a short story fictionalizing the real-life murders of Charles Schmid in the 1960s) and the more contemporary considerations of blame found in Ellen Goodman's "When a Woman Says No" and Susan Jacoby's "Common Decency". No additional sources are listed.
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St. Paul, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas
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A 3 page paper which examines the works of St. Paul, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas as it involves love and sex. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Strip Clubs: Their Role In Society
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6 pages in length. The human being is a highly sexual animal. More than any other innate attribute, sex resides at the forefront of humanity's desires. This natural reaction to the opposite sex is the fundamental reason why strip clubs exist and continue to thrive amidst public opposition. As a rule, the world of strip clubs is a man's domain where beautiful yet unattainable women are the objects of unrequited sexual desire. Theirs is a visual world that requires the stimulation of seeing a naked body in order to be aroused, which speaks directly to one of the most prominent reasons why strip clubs are such an integral part of contemporary society. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Susan Faludi's Backlash and how it Compares to Women's Lives Today:
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This 8 page paper discusses the book Backlash by Susan Faludi. Furthermore, this paper examines issues of sexuality, reproduction, and family and domestic life and how they currently compare to the thesis of the book. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Teenagers And Sexuality
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5 pages in length. The writer discusses teenage sexuality and pornography, as well as provides statistical information on sexual frequency. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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THE BIG ‘O’: WOMENS ORGASM AS SOCIAL BAROMETER
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This 12 page paper discusses the history of women's orgasm, its recognition, misconceptions, early research, religious perspectives, social and psychological ramifications, and health benefits. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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