Erotica

Kaamon’s progress in both individual and group treatment has plateaued since the last reporting period. Specifically, his effort in completing homework, following directions, focus, and giving attention to details has declined. During individual sessions and group treatment, Kaamon explains away his challenges and deficits from a victim’s perspective and not from a position of taking responsibility for his current behaviors and setbacks. While it is this provider’s opinion that the matriarch…

Most people probably do not have a problem with pornography and might even suggest that it is harmless. In their view, it’s just two people making love and there is a certain beauty in that sometimes. However, in the article “Pornography”, Margaret Atwood shows how this pornography is not as harmless as it may appear. First and foremost, Atwood desires to make her definition of pornography clear – i.e. “women getting their nipples snipped off with garden shears, having meat hooks stuck into…

Lately I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about how there has been a bit of controversy about an art students painting and whether or not it should be displayed at the art exhibition here on campus. It has been brought to my attention that in the painting the artist depicted herself as a sailor seducing her boyfriend who was depicted as a siren. Some people feel like the painting is pornographic while others believe that it is simply artistic. But is it really a big deal? A question that I’m pretty…

Sexual activities that depict violence or harm in ways of rape, degrading sex gender, domination and more makes people question whether these types of sexual violence seen in pornography should be regulated. Should we then regulate all of pornography due to violence that occurs during or after production? It is not true that all pornography is shown as violent nor do we know what occurs behind the scenes. For those stars who are willing to show the pleasurable desires, in fact, have the liberty…

On November 28th, Stoya, famous porn star and ex-girlfriend of arguably the most famous male porn star, James Deen, was called out on Twitter with accusations of rape. If true, this could be incredibly damaging to Deen. Deen has been one of the most vocal people in porn to the point that people labeled him a feminist. Everything that I have read about him made him seem like the nicest guy in the industry, but when you throw rape accusations at someone, you had better make sure that you can…

Title: GOETHE IN ITALY – “Erotica Romana” Date (1790) KINDLE Loc 10396 Precis- This poem is rich in the erotic lore of Greek mythology as background for telling the story of a love affair that Goethe shared with a young woman of Rome. Life events- In 1786 Goethe, aged 38, left Weimar for a two years (1786-1788) sojourn in Italy. He had had an ongoing relationship with Charlotte, the lady in waiting for Barones von Stein, who did not accompany him in Italy. They had met in 1776. The…

Depression can be effectively treated in 90 percent of cases with a combination of medication and therapy. Unfortunately, only 1 in 3 people with depression will get help, which is why suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death among teenagers today. One of the most dominant themes in the comedy novel, It's Kind of a Funny Story, written by Ned Vizzini is depression. Craig Gilner, the protagonist of the novel like many of us, deals with many day to day problems that leaves him in a whirlwind of…

In the essay titled “Erotica and Pornography” by Gloria Steinem, the author starts out by pointing out that humans, selfly proclaimed lords over the animal kingdom, are the only animals that have the mental capacity to separate ideas. Steinem says “ for human alone, sexuality can be and often is primarily way of bonding, of giving and receiving pleasure, bridging differentness, discovering sameness, and communicating emotion” (p.1). The author explains at the beginning of her essay how sex…

Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art The Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art is the only art museum of its kind in the world. It includes art pieces of both gay and lesbian erotica, along with other pieces relating to social movements regarding sexual orientation and gender identification. As discussed in class, social justice movements all revolve around the idea of making minority groups feel like the majority. It is crucial to give them a platform to express themselves and…

specifically, during the nineteenth century, in both Western and Eastern civilizations. He examines the similarities and discrepancies between the approaches of these societies, and outlines the way that the supposed truth of sex is produced: through ars erotica and scientia…