Gratification

considered improper, such as promiscuity, smoking, drinking, listening to jazz, and driving automobiles. “Winter Dreams” by F. Scott Fitzgerald illustrates that, during the 1920s, it became more socially acceptable for women to live only for self-gratification and momentary thrills.…

In “The Beat Up Generation” (2014), written by Abby Ellin, she defines the Millenials as a generation that is spoiled, self-entitled and technology controlled. Despite the negative representation of Millenials, Ellin praises them for being hardworking, technology innovating and outspoken. Ellin offends Generation Y being viewed as lazy and having no motivation to work in order to further claim her purpose and because this was written for Psychology Today and published, her intended audience was…

other things that are different between the Puritans and me is the Puritans consider material and sexual desires unnatural and evil; the Devil’s work, it is a threat to the society. The society will punish whomever pursues material or sexual gratification. The puritans never had the time to enjoy the beauty of life because vanity is considered a sin. The Puritans views on nature and animals. Some of the ways the Puritan lived and how I live that is differently is by the Puritans never fully…

Most criminologists have come to an agreement that as an individual age, the correlation to crime activity declines (Siegel, 52). Age and crime connection has been greatly studied and connected with various aspects from home life, health, hormones, diet, mental disorders and other environmental factors. However, it is known that the older one gets, the less crime they commit. Take for instance, health, as a person ages, their health declines. Take myself as an example. While I am still…

Analysis Paper In “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston, the author uses themes to display messages in the writing. Three themes displayed in the text are: men and women have different roles, human powers are limited, and love is not needed to feel content. The themes provides insight into the author’s mind because the themes are precisely the points that she is trying to get across. In the era the book was written, men and women have different roles. Because women have no power…

Part of being sex positive means we do not in general make moral or ethical distinctions between heterosexual sex ,homosexual sex ,masturbation, or other forms of sexual gratification regarding these choices as matters of personal preference. We include acceptance of BDSM and polyamory as well as asexuality, transsexuality, transgenderism, and other forms of gender transgression. We also don't discriminate about body styles and mental health issues. That said IMHO this does not mean it's a free…

Death is inevitable and will happen to all of us. This fact is hard for some to understand because many people do not think of death as a realistic occurrence of their future. To many, death is a construct that only happens to old people or sick people and because of this, death is a societal taboo. However, social media and various blog accounts are revolutionizing how death is discussed in the American society. The article mentions that death, once a taboo, is now becoming a more comfortable…

underprivileged. Income inequality could equate to social tensions amongst the populace as the less-fortunate feel deprived compared to the wealthy. These social tensions and unsatisfying feelings of the disadvantaged lead them to pursue compensation and gratification for their shortcomings, which could be in the form of committing crime. On the contrary, in order to maintain their financial standing and wealth, the prosperous may commit crime such as fraud, to secure their standing within the…

Society has made us think that women are not as strong as men and that they are less knowledgeable than them to. Virgina Woolf, in the article “two cafeterias” uses only a description of a meal served in a university to illuminate how inversely women are treated compared to men. She signifies men thought they were entitled to the extravagant treatment and women have always been cast down. Within this passage, Woolf reveals her animosity about how women are treated differently and her jealousy…

Sometimes in my dreams I think I’m in a somber place, in a dark train station. It is freezing. The noise is deafening: the screech of the metal brakes, the unintelligible blaring of a loudspeaker and voices chattering in an inscrutable language. It smells like oil, garlic, and sweat. My stomach is snarling, my toes are frozen and I’m wrapped up so tightly I’m unable to move. I can do nothing. I am only three days old. Every year thousands of Chinese children are abandoned as a result of…