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    Sex offender laws need to be reevaluated and modified to reflect current factual data and not represent media induced panic and public misconception. In the United States, in the name of public safety, registries for sex offenders have increased to nearly three-quarters of a million registrants. The lists include some violent repeat offenders, which was the original intent of the laws, but some states now require the registration of exhibitionists, “peeping Toms,” first time offenders when there was neither violence, coersion, nor physical contact, consenting minor high school sweethearts, young schoolteachers who foolishly fell in love with their students, men who urinated in public, those caught having sex in their cars and/or remote areas…

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    family, with a mother and father and two perfect children? Or did you see a same-sex couple raising a child? Society and religion have put views on how a family is supposed to look, but should a family have to be the “perfect family” as society and religion wants? The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community tries to avoid adoption because there are many restrictions in some places, but years are going by and many adoption agencies are allowing and even encouraging fostering and…

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    (Payne). However, given their nature of living arrangements, breaking the law out of necessity has long been recognized as a defense in America. The need to do this does not decriminalize the act, but it is considered public policy to not punish…

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    mental disorder, included within the category of sexual deviants (Rotundo, Nguyen, & Sackett, 2001). Looking at this perspective it is clear that this was a grave error that favored the conceptualization of homosexuality and bisexuality as a disease when today we know clearly that it is not. We must understand that sexual behavior in humans not only for reproductive purposes and is not 100% instinctive. When we refer to sexuality we are referring to concepts such as physical attraction,…

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    Progress: Mr. Griffin current progress in sex offender specific treatment is improving and is now considered satisfactory. While Mr. Griffin continues to have challenges with denial, specifically, not having intent in committing his index sex offense. He has never denied giving the victim in this case an STD, but in his mind not having intent makes him guilty of bad judgment and not a sex offense. Mr. Griffin’s current challenge has been his inability to take action. He is currently 73…

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    It can be seen with bisexuality, using artifacts, changing partners and all this can have consequences for your sexual life. (King & Richardson, 2015). They may also have an addictive nature, once pierced the barrier remains an unsatisfied consequent pleasure. Couple sex therapy is used when there are sexual dysfunctions that are not associated with other psychopathological disorders. It is part of the consideration that both spouses are involved in the sexual problems experienced, so must…

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    In the 21st-century, society today revolves around violence, sex, power, and money. Therefore, people today when recalling history tend to focus in on the things relating to these societal values, so much so that they begin to view them as being more prominent in history than they actually. Human nature’s love for drama that comes along with conflicts comes into play in Little’s article as he claims that the layout of society has involuntarily hardwired people to single out the few conflicts…

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    A lot of the sexual acts that occur in society is based off of whether or not there is consent. The main sexual act that consent matters in is rape cases. In a lot of these cases, women and sometimes men don’t consent to sleep with the individuals who rape them. That is why they win more often the lawsuits that they call into court. Additionally, these are six deeds of the fourteen acts under the main point of perversion: pedophilia (no consent), bestiality, fetishism, masturbation, incest, and…

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    sexual activity.This case has been going for many years, like 2400 bc- present day.The history of prostitution goes on for years and many people are either appalled about prostitution saying things like”won't reduce child prostitution” and it's “not decreasing serious diseases” ..and that's if it's not legalized but many others are saying that if it is it'll reduce that because people can come out with it. Truly it s better for us to say that prostitution should not be legalized, and surely this…

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    The topic of Celibacy and those that practice it has been subject to ridicule and/or misunderstanding for quite some time. However, this is a subject that has been forced to become more relevant. Is it as a result of the advancement of technology that allows for easier access to explicit content? Or is it simply a change in times that could have potentially caused a shift in moral standards about sex? Celibacy is a free and individual choice that should not be made susceptible to mockery nor…

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