Sodomy

Wars were waged against Amerindians, Sepulveda insisted, “in order to uproot crimes that offended nature,” such as idolatry, sodomy, and cannibalism. Since these Indians tyrannized and killed each other, he argued, the Spanish had a right to intervene-violently if necessary. Such wars were just, Sepulveda said, because they would “save many innocents, who [the Indians] immolate…

Following a young man’s journey through seduction, moral corruption, and eventual demise, Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray is considered to be one of the best known homoerotic novels ever written. Although the novel does not contain any explicit homosexuality, leaving the novel to be a suggestive work of such a theme, Wilde, being queer-coded himself, is able to use his work as an outlet to validate the identity of homosexual individuals. By including homosexual subtext, Wilde promotes…

child with St.Anne is the symbolic portrayal of himself, his mother and stepmother. The phallic symbol points toward his origin of homosexuality in the fixation of over affectionate mother that is evident from the recorded document on his arrest for sodomy when he was twenty-four. My paper deals with artistic creations, the psychological (influenced by the instinctual and structural dimensions) influences in artistic creation, how psychoanalysis explores the hidden ,unrevealed and how…

The classification of what constitutes a crime or what is considered a criminal behavior in our society can be explained by three views. The consensus view of crime contends society will agree on what is considered criminal and should be outlawed, regardless of socioeconomic class. The conflict view which asserts only those with economic and social power can create policies that punish more severely certain criminal behaviors emblematic of the working class, than crimes specific to the upper…

The idea of homosexual couples be given the right of marriage has been an extremely controversial topic for a plethora of years in America and around the world. There are many reasons why same-sex marriage is considered unnatural by many , mostly conservatives, this is because many devote their faith to “traditional” ways. Homosexuality is considered as a “non traditional” lifestyle and therefore incorrect and unnatural. In return if homosexuality is “unnatural” then same-sex marriages would…

In the book of Leviticus, Israelite generation following those died in the dessert was given The Law before they entered the promised land. It is in that Law that we find another clue supporting the likelihood that Noah was sodomized. Both Leviticus 18 and 20 establish laws forbidding sexual interaction between familial relationships. In Leviticus 18:3, God begins by saying, “You shall not do what is done… in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes.” The…

Introduction “He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it”, a quote from Lucius Annaeus Seneca that helps describe how society views and “prevents” crime. Criminal theories attempt to construct views on how to prevent and fight crime but often the criminal justice system is working against society. The two theories that are explained within are the social learning theory and rational choice theory. These theories will construct views as to how and why the seven crimes are…

Cops are a figure of authority and are the ones that enforce the law and make sure citizens are safe to the best of their ability. Police officers are the ones that risk their lives daily, however the crime article I found reported the opposite of a police officer. Officer Daniel Holtzclaw was a formal officer in Oklahoma City police department and a well-known one. On November 2015 about thirteen women accused Holtzclaw of abusing his power to forced them to have sex or to performed oral sex on…

1. Define child abuse as stated in the video. According to the Recognizing Child Abuse video, it mentions how “3 to 5 children will die each day from child abuse and neglect” (Recognizing Child Abuse Video). This statistic is tragically heartbreaking in my opinion. I honestly cried while I was watching this video. The video then mentions about a heart-breaking story of a little girl named Nixzmary Brown who was 7 years old that lost her life to child abuse. The video mentions how the poor little…

based on Eisenhardt. The Justices in 1973 essentially ruled in favor of Jane Roe due to the fact that the right to privacy existed and is broad enough for the right to abortion to fall under it. The Lawrence v. Texas (2003) case that decriminalized “sodomy” as it was called was won because of the Griswold decision. Furthermore, if not for Lawrence, Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 case that struck down same sex marriage bans, would have never made it to the courts because same sex contact would…