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    According to Newman & Newman (2009), “Older adults continue to face negative, ageist social attitudes about sexual activity that may inhibit their sexual behavior.” The elderly are being discriminated in many different aspects of the lives they live, one large one is their sexual life. There are many commercials in the past few years on Viagra (an erectile dysfunction drug). Something that I have noticed is that 0% of these commercials I have seen have ever had someone who is over about 60 years

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    of killing. Experiences such as child abuse, divorce, child neglect, or drug abuse can be destructive to the development of a toddler (Kirouac, & McBride, 2009, p.11). While serial killers and other psychopaths may have brain irregularities or dysfunctions, personal experiences and environment also play a large role in the shaping of a monster. The moniker “serial killer” means to murder three to four victims through a span of days, weeks, months, or even years with a “relaxation period” in between

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    be of use to men and their sexual desires. There are countless amounts of songs about women being reduced to sexual objects, but the song “Birthday Song” by Rapper 2 Chainz is one of the perfect examples. He raps, “All I want for my birthday is a big booty hoe” (“Birthday Song”). In other words, Rapper 2 Chainz is saying that he wants a woman with a big behind for his birthday, and constantly restates those words throughout the entire song. This is clearly sexual objectification at its finest

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    evaluate data from OSA psychotherapeutic intervention studies.   Defining OSA Online sex addiction in hypersexual individuals has been defined informally as when an individual experiences an intense preoccupation with nonparaphilic and/or paraphilic sexual desires, urges and behaviors as evidenced by the complementary/exclusive use of the internet as a tool to provide comfort when experiencing dysphoric mood states and/or stressful live events (Winkler et al, 2013; Kafka, 2010). As with substance use

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    Sexual infidelity is an issue most couples don’t like to thinks about when they are considering marriage. 85 percent of adults marry in their life-times. 94 percent expect to marry their soul-mate and maintain a life-long, monogamous relationship until death. Unfortunately 40% of men and women who divorce report having been unfaithful during their marriage (Gordon, Baucom and Synder, 2008). Infidelity can evoke feelings of anger, resentment, fear and hurt to the wronged partner and guilt, shame and

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    According to Nevid and Greene, pedophilia is “recurrent, powerful sexual urges and related fantasies involving sexual activity with prepubescent children” (Nevid, 2001, p.370). An individual must be sixteen years or older in age, as well as five years older than his or her victim, whom may arouse sexual fantasies or already have been molested, in order to be diagnosed as a pedophile. Pedophilia is a type of sexual dysfunction known as paraphilia. A paraphilia involves an individual to be sexually

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    in a number of different disciplines. The universality of the taboo, in one form or another, has served to fuel the discussions. Nested within differences in the theorists' orientations and conclusions is a consensus that, with very few exceptions, sexual intercourse is prohibited between members of the nuclear family who are not spouses -- father-child, mother-child, son-sibling, daughter-sibling. Most cultures extend the prohibition beyond the nuclear family to include grandparents, uncles, aunts

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    4-5; Godbout et al., 2013, pp. 317-318; Hsu, et al., 2002, p. 1) That being said, most of the time CSA survivors are symptomatic. Focusing specifically on male child sexual abuse survivors, a study found male survivors were more likely than female survivors to develop addictions and substance abuse challenges, sexual dysfunction, and suicidal ideation and attempts (Jaffe et al., 2011, p. 14). A meta-analysis found that adolescent boys who were sexually abused were “2 times more likely to have unprotected

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    Fun Sex Is Healthy Sex

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    young adults in today's society are taught rather not to have sex and the dangers that are related to sex instead of how to have and how to create a safe environment for sex to occur. O'Sullivan goes into depth about the dangers of avoiding proper sexual education and how avoiding the subject, and linking the topic of sex to shame is actually hurting young adults more than helping them. In the article, O’Sullivan makes a very strong and compelling argument as she lays down the truth with very raw

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    has as of late turned into a subject of expanded mindfulness and concern. Do TV programs uncover pedophiles, as well as there are new sexual guilty party exposure laws, sites that track sentenced sexual wrongdoers, and more examinations of pedophilia, particularly after the sex misuse outrage in the Catholic Church. However kids still stay helpless against sexual guilty parties paying little mind to their open façade. The expanding consideration on pedophilia has brought about numerous Americans

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