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    Sexuality also plays a role in the feminising of this film. The film Alien does not show a love story, and Ripley still has sexual desires; “Dallas avoids both the romantic tendency to turn every story about a woman into a love story and the repressive tendency to insist that every strong women must be asexual” (Kavanaugh, 96). Having sexual intercourse with the doctor, and not having a love intrest in him teaches girls that they do not need to bash each other for sleeping with a man they are not

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    That 's how you break the plateau and reach that next level.” That quote was from Chalene Johnson, and I thought it fit well when describing the first outside religion event I went to. The event I chose to attend was called Religion, Gender, and Sexuality in the Multifaith Alliance room at Hamline University. It was something that was challenging for me and that 's why i’ll be explaining what the event was, the content of the event and what I learned from it, and how this event related to what we

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    Narcissism, to an extent is an important part of human behavior and sexuality. In moderation it is not only natural but also healthy to have positive self esteem and to try and better ones self. however when narcissism is in excess it can lease to defective social behavior and Narcissistic Personality Disorder, or NPD for

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    Sexuality can affect not only behavior, but also ones role in a social structure. Jack Twist, a rodeo cowboy, and Ennis Del Mar, in the movie Brokeback Mountain, encounter a sexual experience with each other and are not positively sure on how to react to it. A rancher, Joe Aguirre, hired Jack and Ennis as sheepherders, their work took place on Brokeback Mountain located in Wyoming. After months of lonely work on this mountain, Jack and Ennis finally began to appreciate each other’s company. No matter

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    The chapter includes definitions about sex, gender and sexuality. Additionally, it describes a process of gender socialization, gender stratification, and supports these processes by social theories. Each of the provided videos and the article relates to this chapter in many ways. According to the chapter, people learn their roles of males and females through the process of socialization. There are certain guidelines established by society that people follow in acceptable manner. Each person

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    The Victorian generation was a time of harsh restraints on sexuality for everyone, but in particular women. It was a time when sexual repression used to be viewed as an best trait of the well-bred girl. In an technology when the subjects of the time were "the cult of true womanhood" and the "code of chivalry" it was once to be expected that ladies could be sexually ignorant and repressed. For the period of Victorian instances, as a way to be considered a woman, one would abstain from normal wish

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    The Role of Women and Sexuality in Ancient Greece Through research, one begins to find that Greek Society could be easily set apart from the rest. Women’s power in the society began to increase drastically through new freedoms. Women now had influence in large focal points of a society, like economy and religion. Their power of influence also began to spread into literary works, both made by women, and telling new stories from women’s perspectives. Even beyond these vast new areas of potential was

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    Metamorphoses, a collection of preexisting myths, strung together with the unifying theme of metamorphosis and divine intervention, a new language of allusions is discovered. This is used by Christopher Marlowe to better express the themes of beauty and sexuality through an Ovidian aesthetic in his epyllion, “Hero and Leander.” Marlowe writes of two naïve lovers, equal in beauty, separated by the Hellespont, Leander in Abydos and Hero in Sestos. During the festival of Venus and Adonis in Sestos, Leander falls

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    Last semester, I realized the hurtfulness of people’s comments about sexuality for the first time. I knew I had heard homophobic remarks before, but it was the first time I witnessed it and understood how it can affect someone first hand. It was the first time I felt truly disgusted by the hate in which people teach others. I was in a meeting about an organization that empowers youth. A community member was there who was thinking about hosting our organization at his church. We were explaining

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    Introduction A common topic that arises during the discussion of sexuality is the influence of religion. A prevailing point-a-view is the idea that Christianity has strict views on the LGBT community and all Christians see their actions as sinful. I am looking to pursue this religious idea and to see if the data supports this connotation. As a Catholic, I have my own opinion and expectations of the information that may lead to some bias in my view of data. For instance, I have positive views on the

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