Sexual objectification

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    tied to the notion of ‘sexual objectification’; men are considered as ‘subjects’ and women through male gaze, are deemed as ‘objects’ within heterosexual sexual relationship. This notion of ‘sexual objectification’, as Ferguson further claimed, not merely connoted the submissiveness of females’ sexuality, but it also permitted male ‘sexual terrorism’ towards women within the production and/or consumption of pornography (Ferguson, 1984: 108). In order to defend females’ sexual freedom under the…

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    level for the reason that prostitutes sell their bodies, and she makes the argument that virtually everyone uses their bodies to earn a living, just in different ways than prostitution. Nussbaum’s conclusion from her investigation into the notion of sexual ‘commodification’ through prostitution is that legalization has the potential to benefit many women who participate in this profession, whereas continued criminalization only serves to further hurt these women economically, mentally,…

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    Presently, society is classifying this act as a sexual activity with no remorse due to the mutual neutral attachments that both parties have agreed. The conventional sexual morality, place one tonight stand sex as unacceptable, however, the moderate view argues that one-night sex encounter is a diversion that does not have any morals attachments and it should not be disciplined especially when mutual parties had agreed. The act of one-night stand is a sexual pleasure that does not have any…

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    It is not unusual to have scantily clad human beings, hidden-but-still-obvious sexual messages, or even a human in the bare flesh presented in modern media. Sexualization can be simply defined as the sexualizing of an object – or making something sexually appealing. This current wave of sexualization in common media has led to some very mixed responses. There is the business side of things that sees a marketing technique that successfully catches attention – and, of course, there are the people…

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    What’s the purpose of marriage? Do you have to love someone to get married? Is it love or lust that decides if someone should get married? “Love and sexual desire are intrinsic to the human condition, basic drives that reside in mature adults regardless of time or place but if the urge to love and make love is constant, the freedom with which individuals may do so is anything but. After all, although making love is an enjoyable and cheap entertainment, the raising of children is hard work and…

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    someone with the same gender; “they could hurt the kid” just because they are not the same as them, and that they will confuse the kid. Everyone is the same we are all human we have the same equal right. They should let them adopt regardless of their sexual orientation. I doubt that they would want to adopt a kid when they don’t even know the responsibility in taking care of a…

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    middle and high schools. Comprehensive education would be efficient because it teaches all aspects of contraception, medication, treatments, abstinence and addresses the diversity of the student body by including students who have different gender and sexual identities. By addressing the universality of students and establishing a more holistic approach towards sex, it provides teenagers with accurate and applicable information pertaining to their reproductive health. Thus, lowering a majority…

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    Gray Scenario Winter break was almost approaching at New High School as I received notification from all the teachers indicating which students were failing their grades. I started to make arrangement to meet individually with each student to discuss their grades and try to problem solve how to best help each student to raise their grades. The following days I started spending the majority of the time with some students. It was M.L.’s turns, he was a freshman and it was his first time being at…

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    First off I want to say, that this was the hardest movie I have ever watched in my life, seeing what all those women and men had to go through was heartbreaking and knowing that when they were fighting their cases that I was in basic training. Thinking about it now, that this could have happened to me, I could have been one of the thousands of women who were sexually assaulted and still are being sexually assaulted in the Military. This movie was about women and men speaking out about what had…

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    to be filmed while engaging in sexual activity and placed on the internet for others to observe. Pornography is more degrading than prostitution, yet it is considered legally acceptable. People are granted the right to strip in front of an audience of sexually aroused individuals, while money and sexual profanity is thrown at them. Strip Clubs are more degrading than prostitution, yet it is considered legally acceptable. There is no right given to those who have sexual intercourse with others…

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