Innuendo

Despite recent efforts for equality, sexism towards women is still shown in today’s society. Women are constantly treated unfairly when it comes to education, attire, and body image. Ironically, high schools, an environment which supposedly supports equality for all students, reinforce this sexism with the harsh dress codes forced upon female students. Since the outdated dress codes purposely sexualize females in order to shame them for their “troublesome” and “distracting” bodies, women are…

“I am so interested in you.” This pointed statement took me aback. It was not romantic, sleazy, or full of innuendo. It was a simple statement that I didn’t quite know how to handle. It was almost two weeks ago now that I embarked on a journey that I wasn’t expecting. This journey was not to a place I could travel to through planes, trains or automobiles. In fact, it was not a journey of miles at all. This journey is one of my mind and body. Throughout this journey, I have been faced with many…

Our hero, sewing away at her machine does not notice the storm at first. She unfastened her white sacque as she is feeling rather hot and bothered. Sexual innuendo pervades this particular section for obvious reasons. In this case it represents her sexual frustration at the monotony of contemporary womanhood. Sat at a table working a sewing machine, left unaware of the world around her until it is all but on…

this party, she reported to me that she was “taken advantage of by a so called male friend.” Through her clarification of the incidence, it was apparent to me that she was raped. “Sexual harassment takes many forms, from sexual assault to mocking innuendo “ (Kimmel, 2008, p. 225). Initially, she had thought nothing about it, (no one really discussed things such as sexual assault) leaving her to feel that it was a normal occurrence at that time, but subconsciously she knew because she made the…

Twombly. Due to his boredom and loneliness, he decides to buy an operating system a form of artificial intelligence for companionship. The operating system names herself Samantha (Scarlet Johansen) and the two fall in love as the movie advances. Their innuendos develop into a relationship in which the two engage in a mutually satisfying sexual and psychological relationship. Human sexuality is not abstract in developing emotions in human beings, equally, sexual attraction is not always physical;…

When imagining the ancient city of Athens, intriguing philosophy, beautiful art, and advancement in mathematics and science may be brought to mind. However, one man, Aristophanes, seemed to be the complete opposite of the portrayed picture of the Athenian people. He was a comedian, and a very unrefined one. His vulgar, sexual, uncouth plays were extremely popular, viewed by citizens of all statuses. The Ancient Greeks, so well known for laying the intellectual foundation of the Western world,…

The tale of “Little Red Riding Hood” is a story about a young girl who is on her way to visit her ill grandmother who lives in the forest. She comes prepared with food and a beverage for grandmother to have, provided by her mother who warns her not to go off the path. On the way to grandma’s house, she runs into a wolf in the forest who asks where Little Red is going, who she is going to see, and then usually he will give her a proposition about racing to the house or just wishing her good luck…

Late Renaissance love poetry, written in a period of increasing secularisation of it subject matter, often contains sexist depictions of women: Robert Herrick is no exception. In his poetry females are often reduced to their physical attributes, or even, in poems like Upon Julia's Clothes, their attire. As a Cavalier poet, Herrick concentrated on the pleasures of the moment and believed that enjoying life was significantly more important than following strict moral codes. This can be seen…

Growing up we are susceptible to a multitude of inappropriate visual stimulates located on channels made specifically for our age group. I am now twenty years old, and can still sit in front of the television and feel entertained by these so-called “children” shows. There is crude humor plastered throughout each and every episode even though five year olds are capable of soaking in all of this negative culture, just like a sponge soaks up water. Ironically, the worst of them all has to be…

instance, the young mermaid is in line with the Sea King, being his daughter. The use of some form of unnatural enhancement is also prevalent. The young mermaid is given a water than allows her mermaid tail to morph into human feet. Moreover, unseen innuendos not caught by the average young individual can also be seen. The sexual awakening of the young mermaid is seen through the use of placing a statue of the young prince in her garden, showing her heterosexual desires (Andersen). As Fraser…