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attempting to buy property (Housing discrimination based on sexual orientation). Then after all the housing problems there is work refusal from thousands of establishments.…

In today’s society, there have been significant improvements to legislate equality and advances in the general acceptance of lesbian, gay, bi, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community. However, the LGBTI community in Australia remains a marginalised group (Australian Medical Association, 2002; Flood and Hamilton, 2008; Mayer et al., 2008). While substantial gains have been made to reduce discrimination, LGBTI individuals continue to face significant social exclusion and inequity with…

Diamond (2004) admits “It is a truism that romantic love and sexual desire are not the same thing, but one might be hard pressed to cite empirical evidence to this effect.” However, recent neuroimaging techniques, primarily functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies, have begun to provide evidence used to identify similarities and differences between neural activity during experiences of romantic love and sexual desire. A meta-analysis by Capiccio et al. (2012) of 20 published fMRI…

are committed by an intimate partner (Langton, Planty, and Krebs 4). Rape is a heinous crime frowned upon in many countries. Spousal rape is illegal in all 50 states of America and few other countries. Husbands who are convicted of such crime are usually given a lesser sentence but should…

Many of the women engaging in sex work have come to the profession with a history of homelessness, poverty, and abuse. In a recent study, researchers found that more than 60% of prostitutes interviewed, reported childhood physical or sexual abuse (Russell, 1998). This exploitation of an already vulnerable group of individuals rises to the threshold of human rights violations, and any chance to effect change and improvement in the living standards for this group, must work in tandem with…

Herpes is a common sexual transmitted diesease. Genital herpes is caused by two types of viruses. In the United States one out of every six people get genital herpes. You get genital herpes by having vaginal, anal, or oral sex with someone who has the disease. Fluids found in a herpes sore carry the virus and contact with those fluids can cause infection. You can also get herpes from an infected partner who does not have a visible sore or who may not know he or she is infected because the virus…

college students are often faced with some form of sexual prejudice, sexual harassment and/or discrimination (Rankin, 2005). Name calling, verbal harassment, ridicule, and rejection are stressors that can increase risk for depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and even suicide (Zubernis & Snyder, 2007). Sexual minorities have a tendency to fear expressing how they might feel because they have to worry about their sexual orientation or sexual identity as a means to avoid the intimidation. This…

incidences regarding Jian Ghomeshi and Robert Hanna, who have recently come into the spotlight over allegations regarding their sexual preferences. To answer the question posed in the title of the article, no, sexual preference should not be a human right. Both men believe that it is your right to have certain sexual preferences, however both men engaged in these sexual preferences without the consent of the women they involved. Robert Hanna, who was accused by four women of sending unwelcome…

the child's first object of love but of hate as well. The child undergoes two phases here, the paranoid and the depressive. While these appear in child like ways they form the foundation for their adult counterparts. In the Oedipal stage we see sexual differentiation emerge. Whereas in the previous stage the mother was the primary love-object the girl changes her choice and focuses on the father. Having changed her love-object the girl develops “hostile feelings towards the mother who is…

Both Millay and Duhamel’s poems share multiple partners and it being frowned upon. In fact Duhamel has been described as, ‘Somewhere between Sex and the City, Sharon Olds and Spalding Gray” (Huston, 12). The difference is Millay lets the time speak for her piece and Duhamel states that it is taboo. Duhamel…