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To what extent does society have the right to control and impose limits on the thoughts, beliefs, and actions of individuals? It is necessary for society to play some role in imposing limits in order to create accountability for all its citizens, but censoring citizens who view themselves differently than the way the rest of society does is wrong. Contradicting an individual’s own gender identity, and the construction of gender roles are modern forms of social tyranny. These forms of tyranny…

Alfred Hitchcock is well known for bringing queer characters into his films. He’s also well known for exposing those queer characters in a negative light, making them murderers, or simply reinforcing the thought of the time that gay persons had mental illnesses. Due to the laws at the time concerning cinema, directly having queer characters in your film was hard to do. Yet, Hitchcock made it possible by implying, through the use and manipulation of technical elements of cinematography, that the…

Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern is a book of nicely compiled historical accounts about the women, and some men, that have shaped America into the culture we see today. Joshua Zeitz, the author of the book, has presented to his readers a minute accounting of these women’s lives; to bring to us, in a better correlation, of how the Flapper era was born,…

It’s the 28th birthday of the Barcelona wizard- widely heralded as one of the greatest ever to grace the sport; Lionel Messi is in a class of his own. With everything that he has achieved at such tender age, his story seems more like a fairy tale to believe on. But as once described by a commentator, “It’s Lionel Messi’s world and we are just living in it”, the Argentina international continues to turn impossible into ordinary week in and week out with his club and country. IMAGE LINK…

Murder by a Twisted Mind: A Look Into the Life and Works of Truman Capote Drugs, sex, parties, abuse, and scandal. While this may sound like the storyline of a soap opera or a song on the Top 40 Music Hits, these things were actually a large part of author Truman Capote’s life. Truman Capote was an author who wrote a large number of incredible books, films, and musicals in his lifetime. Capote was able to captivate all types of readers with his wit, charm, suspense, and humor. Not only were…

The word “revolution” has several meanings: It can indicate a deliberate opposition against an existing state of affairs (similar to the English Revolution), or it can denote an unforeseen era of social metamorphosis (much like the Industrial Revolution). A majority of people agree today that the “Sexual Revolution” in the United States reflects a comparatively discontinuous time period during the 1960s and 1970s, where cardinal changes towards sexual attitudes and behaviors are depicted at the…

Recent advances in the research on male contraceptives has shown a great possibility of a new contraceptive being available within the next five years. As of right now there are only three methods of male birth control. Those three methods are condoms, a vasectomy, and abstinence. As many already know, the vasectomy is an irreversible procedure that is only encouraged if you do not want any kids or if you are done having kids. This means men in their late thirties will be the ones using this…

Seinfeld, like any great source of entertainment, requires from its audience a suspension of disbelief. While the show isn’t rife with fantastical creatures and diabolic terrorist plots, it is unquestionably ridiculous, thus prompting the audience to just imagine a world where the most deplorable social crimes go unpunished. Yet as over the top as Seinfeld may seem, you slowly begin to realize that it’s not all too far fetched. The genius in Seinfeld lies in its ability to sneak up on you.…

Several of the fundamental ideological shifts about the sexual nature and sexual differences of the body occurred in the eighteenth and nineteenth-centuries. During this period the acceptance of new scientific knowledge concerning biological sex, gender, and sexuality by society lead to the emergence of the idea that men and women are biologically different. The evolution of the sex/gender system, Enlightenment thought about pleasure, Rousseau 's ideas about female and male morality, social…

Vicki is a 42 year old African American woman, who was diagnosed with hypertension a month ago. Vicki went to her doctor’s appointment the medical assistant took her blood pressure. She was told by the medical assistant that it was high, and it was BP 158 over 98. The medical assistant told her she is next to see the doctor and that the doctor will repeat in taking her blood pressure. As she was called in to see the doctor, he repeated taking her vital signs and the doctor found that both of her…