Adolescent sexuality

overarching theme in the novel is the desire and the attempt to control the uncontrollable, especially with men trying to control the sexuality of a woman. The topic of this novel is Caddy’s sexuality and each of the Compson men view and struggle with it differently. Quentin loves his sister deeply, but he also believes that he must protect her by controlling her sexuality, primarily to uphold his Southern male honor. In contrast, Gerald Bland, a fellow classmate at Harvard, is pretentious and…

It is not unusual to have scantily clad human beings, hidden-but-still-obvious sexual messages, or even a human in the bare flesh presented in modern media. Sexualization can be simply defined as the sexualizing of an object – or making something sexually appealing. This current wave of sexualization in common media has led to some very mixed responses. There is the business side of things that sees a marketing technique that successfully catches attention – and, of course, there are the people…

Sexuality and Homophobia “Come on, let’s go play house!” I heard this statement so many times as a child. The only thing is, I grew up in a neighbor that was mainly girls at the time, so when we would play “house”, pretending to have our own family consisting of a mother, father (although there usually wasn’t a male around), and a child; it got really awkward. Most of us grew out of it and promised to never speak of that phase again. However, some of us grew up and became extremely cautious…

[simply] a passing thing” (90-133). In light of her consecutive breakdowns mid-text, this is ultimately deemed false. “I was bound to come undone,” Galloway writes, referring to both the strain of her hearing guise, as well as her “scarily pent-up sexuality” (103). She notes the crux of her struggles as being in her sophomore year of university, having to spend “three days in the university clinic, crying like a baby” after bursting out into tears during a biology exam for what seemed to be no…

gender in the Age of Victoria, and the theory of sexual selection originated from the book is widely employed by both antifeminists and feminists to promote their diverse views of women in the process of evolution (Montgomery 2013). The problem of sexuality and social norms fall within the scope of evolutionary studies when the perspective of sexual selection are applied to it. Indeed,…

In the essay “Notes On ‘Camp’,” Susan Sontag in 1964 tried many ways to define the word “camp”. In the movie “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” directed by Robert Aldrich in 1962, two sisters in a love-hate relationship fight with each other. The term “Camp”, can be applied to the movie largely because Jane and Blanche both odd and different and. Surprisingly, Bette Davis did not win an Oscar for best actress as she convincingly portrayed one of the oddest characters in this movie. There are a…

Sexuality has been exploited by the advertisers for many years – particularly in merchandising. The trend to use the sex appeal to sell the products first started in 1900s and has kept on increasing. An advertisement may be defined as a message whose main aim is to persuade the potential customers to purchase the products of a particular company. The advertisement can be either printed in the newspapers and magazines, broadcasted through the radio and television or using other means to reach its…

makes her reluctant and so instead of getting help she turns to sexual promiscuity to fulfil the loneliness. This could suggest the attitudes towards homosexuality were wrong, so he was influenced to talk about his sexuality, he said “one cannot exclude the importance influence of sexuality “in an interview when asked if homosexuality influenced his writing. In addition, he portrays a strong sense of regret in Blanche character, this could reflect Williams regret of Rose getting the lobotomy…

In “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” the protagonist, Connie, fails to resist temptation of her secret sexual desire. Throughout the story Connie wants to develop her sexual curiosities. Her inability to look past her beauty, her family life, and her sexual curiosities ultimately contributes to her final decision and tragic end, epitomizing both Structuralism and Phenomenology criticism theory. The story opens with Oates introducing the protagonist, Connie who is, “fifteen and [has…

patient. Missing psychiatric appointments has been associated with disruption of treatment, exacerbation of symptoms, functional impairment, and increased risk for psychiatric hospitalization (Molfenter, 2013) Missed appointments in child and adolescent…