Castration

Auschwitz The Nazi’s killed approximately 6,000,000 Jews in concentration camps during the Holocaust. The Germans had 23 main concentration camps, each camp had about 900 sub-camps, in total the Germans established 20,000 camps between 1933-1945. Auschwitz, a concentration camp during the Holocaust, was the most effective camp by strategically separating into Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II, and Auschwitz III. During the Holocaust Auschwitz I was the main camp, it was located in Oświęcim. “In…

Members of the LGBTQ+ community are met with violence of all forms, some instances can even lead to death. Conversion therapy is an extreme measure taken to change a natural part of human nature and can result in long lasting detrimental effects for those who undergo it. Many kids realize that they fall somewhere on the LGBTQ+ spectrum and risk the possibility of being put in danger by parents, especially those “affiliated with a Christian denomination”(4.4). While, “the American Psychiatric…

Based on the hegemonic and patriarchal expectations, as a woman, Wendy generally wouldn't have been shown this ‘manly’ outdoors equipment showing signs from the beginning as a threat to the castration of male masculinity. Similar to Lady Macbeth, this demonstrates Wendy’s masculine attributes which put her husband’s masculinity in imperilment. Wendy continues to demonstrate masculine qualities throughout the script . An example of when the roles…

“For the most part, any homosexual behaviour was considered sinful by medieval society, and often laws against sodomy prescribed harsh penalties such as castration and execution.” In 1365, a young 15 year old Italian boy Giovanni di Giovanni was executed after the Black Death outbreak in Florence. Religious leaders blamed sodomites for bringing this horrible disease to Florence causing them to kill everyone…

Schumann which was a doctor in the Auschwitz, in charge of block ten. He started sterilizing girls ages of 14-18 years old with radiation he also performed castrations. He himself was not so good health wise a few years after the holocaust he admitted that he had committed horrible things in Auschwitz. He had some heart problems and overall his state of health would be so bad that he was unable to stand trial…

Prairie voles are known for forming long-lasting bonds with a single mate. Because of this feature, it is important to understand how the sex of the social partner could affect a vole’s drinking behavior when two animals are housed together. Hostetler and colleagues (2012) focused on the effect of a partner’s sex on the relationship between social interaction and alcohol consumption in this species. One experiment focused on the effect of social housing on alcohol consumption in male-female…

It has been argued that the 1960s was one of the worst times for gay people. During this time period gay people were treated unfairly and did not have equal rights because being gay was considered wrong. As a result, gay people could not enjoy the same freedoms as heterosexual people. A freedoms that inhabited was an unhindered social life since many places did not allow gay people. One of the few places where gay people could hang out was at gay bars. However, people were not completely safe…

This essay will explore the importance of psychological studies maintaining ethical standards in psychology, using examples from studies such as; Landis’ facial experiment (1924) and homosexuality aversion therapy (1935). The British psychological society (BPS) has stated that “no code can explore the need for psychologists to use their professional and ethical judgement” (British Psychological Society, 2009). Psychologists have a code of ethics and conduct because it is essential to clarify the…

Inequality, defined as the “quality of being unequal or uneven,” is one of the only elements of human history that remains constant (Merriam-Webster). It was evident in the various forms of literature produced between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries that ranged from Jean De La Fontaine and Bernard Mandeville’s fables to novels by Jonathan Swift and finally to poems by Anna Laetitia Barbauld. Through utilizing anthropomorphized, hyper-rational horses in his novel Gulliver’s Travels,…

Although not focused exclusively on female enslavement, Philip D. Morgan’s Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake & Lowcountry echoes the contrasting identities between white and black Americans and its impact on the moral development of society. According to Morgan, “Slavery was not curious abnormality, no aberration, no marginal features or early America. Most eighteenth-century Americans did not find it an embarrassment or an evil. Rather, slavery was a…