Erotica

The Erotic in Joyce's A Painful Case       The characters whom inhabit Joyce's world in "Dubliners," often have, as Harvard Literature Professor Fischer stated in lecture, a "limited way" of thinking about and understanding themselves and the world around them. Such "determinism," however, operates not on a broad cultural scale, but works in smaller, more local, more interior and more idiosyncratic ways. That is, the forces which govern Joyce's characters are not necessarily cultural

In a world populated by people who are driven by sexual desire, pornography is inevitable. Throughout history, erotic work has progressed alongside society, and has climaxed, it seems, in the information age with almost unlimited access to any manner of pornographical work on the internet. In most forms, Pornography is legal within the United States, and is widely used despite its taboo nature. While statistics differ, it is likely that a majority of Americans have used pornography, and the industry

Spreading immorality? Ruining relationships? Perpetuating sexism and increasing crime rate? On top of any religious objections, pornography has always been a very controversial subject, an issue with various opinions and also blatant facts. Especially for the past few decades, the porn debate with its cons and pros has been raging constantly. Those who link pornography to countless crimes and ill effects are definitely ideologically motivated, but the actual scientific evidence hardly supports

Pornography and Relationships Nowadays, we see sexual images through advertisements, movies, social media and books everyday to an extent that these images are considered normal. Many people argue that watching porn can hurt and destroy relationships. According to many doctors and researchers, pornography can be harmful for one’s body and their relationships. Studies and surveys show that women are the ones who are affected by male porn the most. Although this debate is not a new subject, it is

In Roderick A. Ferguson work, Of Sensual Matters: On Audre Lorde’s “Poetry Is Not a Luxury” and “Uses of the Erotic”, gives us the understanding that Lorde and Miller-Young’s definition of pornography and the erotic are not mutually exclusive. To fully understand why these terms are not mutually exclusive, we must understand the definition of pornography, the erotic, and illicit eroticism from both Lorde and Miller- Young. Lorde’s understanding of pornography and the eroticism are very different

John Woods, a child therapist, worked on a case with a 13 year old boy named Andrew who was referred to his clinic because he was abusing his five-year-old half-sister. During the therapy treatment, it was found that Andrew had been constantly viewing pornography for two years and he had “built up a complex fantasy world” and he wanted to try to involve his half-sister in what he was watching on his computer. Woods went on to explain, “Without virtual pornography, it’s my belief that Andrew would

The music has the power to connect different people in groups and it reflects how well the society is and which are the biggest problems in our daily lives. For this, the musical themes have defined the last decades with the main social, political and economic topics. The main purpose of this essay is to show the relationship between the musical themes and the social facts for the last three decades. The boom of the music in the 90’s had as the central topic the creation of new ideologies, Michael

Sex, abuse and hardcore BDSM are just a few of the ways to describe one of the most popular erotic movies of 2014. 50 Shades of Grey quickly became the world's most erotic fiction novel in 2014, often dubbed ‘mummy porn’ due to its illicit depictions of BDSM sex. While some love it, others hate it and the story has been heavily criticised due to the view that it glamorises abusive relationships with no boundaries or consent being determined. The story revolves around Christian Grey, a multimillionaire

Before viewing the documentary Hot Girls Wanted in class I was unaware of the differences between amateur porn and mainstream porn. I had also given very little thought to the women behind the pornographic films and why they were chosen for the specific roles being portrayed or why they chose to enter the amateur porn industry to begin with. Hot Girls Wanted depicted the lives of multiple women who chose to enter into the porn industry via a craigslist ad and the effects working in amateur porn had

In Insatiable: Porn- A Love Story, author Asa Akira shares with the reader a brutally honest, down-to-earth narrative of her life, from shy child to rebellious teen to porn star. She discusses porn, and sex, and love, with a bleak humor and raw honesty that was enjoyable to read. “After a certain amount of time in porn, you earn the right to be a self-righteous, egotistical bitch. By default, there’s an ironic humor to it; we are shunned by pretty much every group in society. Without the self-deprecating-yet-condescending