Theme Of Sex In No Country

The essay, “Viagra and the Coital Imperative” by Nicola Gavey addresses the presence of a coital imperative in Western culture. Gavey is a trained clinical psychologist who is Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, and her research is focused on understanding and challenging the ways that normative cultural values and practices support rape and sexual coercion. The main purpose of Gavey’s essay is to explore the highly problematic idea of the coital imperative that is neither natural nor immutable. Gavey introduces her essay with a look into the way American culture treats Viagra: as a “magic bullet remedy” (pg 119) to a number of downfalls in a (heterosexual) relationship. This shows that our culture treats

"Battleground America," written by Jill Lepore, provides a strong history of guns and the way they have changed in the eyes of the American through the years. She proves her point with strong evidence throughout her article, sprinkling it with opinion and argument that is strongly supported. She presents her argument to convince her audience that the open availability of guns allows citizens to undeservingly purchase them by displaying the credibility in her sources, using negative connotations in her speech, and the strength and objectivity only a strong logos appeal can provide.

The Atlantic asked its readers about their first memories with guns, and one reader responded with "We lived in southwestern Colorado my first six years of life (1949-1955). My father had a double-barrel shotgun, and a single-barrel one, a .22 rifle, and a “deer rifle.” We ate more venison than beef and almost as much pheasant as chicken.... I never knew where he kept those guns; I never touched one that he didn’t offer. We only saw them when he cleaned them or packed them to go hunting. He let my older sister and me shoot one of them to feel the kick and power and hear the loudness.... When he passed away in 1981, a year after my mother had passed away, we took inventory of their estate, but we never found those guns. Perhaps he sold them or gave them away or simply kept them hidden somewhere so that no one would be able to find them and shoot someone accidentally" (Green). The issue of gun control has been an increasing cynosure in society, growing in its controversy. The polar opposite sides seem to grow further different from one another, with one side supporting and the other opposing gun control laws/actions. Those who support it tend to believe there should either be no place for the firearms in society at all or that there should be very strict restrictions on who may obtain a given firearm. Those who oppose the laws believe there should either be little to no change in current restrictions or, as the National Rifle Association (NRA) advocates, there ought to be

“Shooting Dad,” by Sarah Vowell, is about two completely different groups, with contrasting views, that can learn to get along with one another. The reader learns through unsubtle clues that Vowell is a Democrat and her father is a Republican. These collective groups offer completely different viewpoints on many topics, therefore Vowell has a hard time getting along with her father. Vowell is not a strong supporter of guns; however her father has magazine subscriptions devoted to gun ownership, owns many guns, and belongs to an association for gun enthusiasts. Each group had their own areas devoted toward their favorite candidates and used the kitchen and living room for neutral zones. Vowell and her father both share the trait of a messy work area, but in their own way. Her father’s work area, in the shop, consisted of a “museum of death,” that displayed antler from deer that he had previously shot and metal shavings from ammunition covering the surface of the floor. Vowell spent her free time in the music room, which had musical instruments and staff paper covering her available surfaces. Vowell decided her opinion on all firearms when she was six years old. After shooting it once, she knew that guns were not made for her use. She disliked the gun so much that she whispered to it the gun as if it were a possession of Satan as soon as it went off. Years later her father completed a replica of the Big Horn Gun. It was a cannon that was used by white merchants

Ira L. Reiss, a well-known sociologist, has contributed greatly to the field of human sexuality and in the 1960’s brilliantly predicted the revolutionary changes in sexual attitudes. In his novel, An End to Shame: Shaping Our Next Sexual Revolution, Reiss develops the notion that our previous sexual revolution did not adequately eliminate the inequalities related to sexuality. In reality he argues that America is in need of a newly formed sexual revolution, one that will address the negative consequences that our sex negative culture is experiencing. A significant portion of our population argues that these consequences are due to the fact that we talk too much and too soon about sex. This is an inaccurate view of the reasoning behind the sexual problems we are experiencing in America, as in reality the negative sexual outcomes we observe are due to the opposite of this view. This misconception is a common explanation for our sexual problems and many believe it is the key to solving our sexual crisis, but in reality is part of the problem. Reiss argues that “America is long overdue for a rendezvous with sexual reality” (18) and that the future of our nation depends on accepting these realities.

individuals with firearms as weapons. A line has been drawn in the sands of society, but clearly

Gun violence has been a massive issue through the modern age of humanity and has created a sense of division regarding the solution to this epidemic. In Adam Gopnik’s essay “Shootings”, Gopnik addresses the issue of gun violence and demands a change in American government policy to prevent the tragic killings of innocent lives. Gopnik harnesses the tool of emotion and passion to drive his essay. In Charles Cooke’s essay “Gun Control Dishonesty”, Cooke takes the polar opposite of Gopnik’s approach by utilizing factual evidence to prove the futility of gun control.

When a person hears the word "gun," he or she usually associates the purposes and uses of a gun with crime-related issues and plots of terrorism because of modern culture. They are used for that purpose by some people, but those people do not represent all aspects of the relationship of firearms to society. In the United States, many laws have been passed in order to regulate the use of guns by certain individuals, along with the establishment of associations that specialize in the usage and handling of firearms. With the regulation of firearms passed by the government, guns has become an integral part of modern society, attributing atrocities such as homicide with them, but also providing a portable means of protection. The addition

Bell is a little apprehensive at first to state that the world he is inhabiting has slipped from the hands of those desperately seeking justice. He admits that he doesn’t “know if law enforcement work is more dangerous now than what it used to be or not” but he states that “some of the old time sheriffs wouldn’t even carry a firearm” (38, 63). Here the reader starts to understand that Bell misses the old days when the threat of killing someone rarely arose. He is

The culture of gun violence has proved to be a deep malaise for superpower America and now comes a movie based on Guardian journalist Gary Younge’s book that highlights the misery and pain it inflicts on people’s soul.

In the movie American Pie coercive sexual behavior is viewed as acceptable. This movie shows a few example of coercive sexual behavior through, sexual aggression, sexual harassment, postrefusal sexual persistence and coercive paraphilias. There were moments of disgust or objections to these behaviors, however generally the overall perception was acceptance. In some ways this is similar to situations that happen in our society. Wven though there are some similarities to our society, the movie American Pie exaggerated these behaviors for the sake of comedy.

In the article, “Be Sure You 're Right, Then Go Ahead: The Davy Crockett Gun Craze" by Sarah Nilsen, the author tries to show how the gun crazy brought on by the Davy Crockett TV show of the 50s munipulated the viewers into accepting childhood gunplay as harmless. She states, "I intend to cast some light on the way that children 's television programming, and in particular Disney, was able to motivate a particular conception of guns in American culture, while effectivelly diffusing broader social concerns and criticisms over gunplay". She also ties this gun crazy to the National Rifle Association by their use of the social media of that era. And that the NRA used the populaity of the Disney show Davy Crockett, to promote their agenda by showing our historical past was centered on the gun and its ' use on the frontier by early Americas settlers. This was done to try and ease adults fear of childhood gunplay. Some government officials and adults believed the acceptance of childhood gunplay may have been the cause of the increase in juvenile delinquency. She also made reference to WWII, the fear of Communism and the returning war vets and how this led to the increase in the production and sale of guns.

"Sex Without Love" by Sharon Olds describes how some can have sex without love. They feel that they do not need to have a connection with each other to have sex. I notice that she is viewing from the opposite side. The voice she uses in the poem is not against it, moreover, trying to make it clear. She questions and explains with illustrations for her and her readers to comprehend it.

In Marge Piercy's book, Woman on the Edge of Time, sex plays a major role in both the utopia and the dystopia. The portrayal of sex in the novel comes from a feminist point of view. The main character, Connie, is caught between a utopian world and a dystopian world where the takes on sex are on different levels. By using a feminist approach, the two worlds of sex can be examined and contrasted.

In a world where sex is everywhere, I often times sense that I am utterly incompatible with my surroundings. It feels as if there is this magical universe that I am not capable of entering, and I am an alien trapped on the outside looking in. I have felt this way as long as I can remember. When I was in kindergarten, I had my first “crush.” Of course, I had no inclination of what love truly was, but there was a boy in my class who I thought was moderately good looking, so I then decided from that point on that I would have a crush on him. I didn’t get butterflies in my stomach when I saw him, and I didn’t have any desire to be around him, but he was cute, and all of my friends were interested in boys, so I played along and hoped that