Sodomy

Why do political scandals revolving around sexuality and sexual relations matter to the larger political context of a nation? Anna Clark in her novel Scandal asks this question of her readers, in her quest to understanding how sex scandals shaped the influence of politics in eighteenth-century England. Clark effectively argues that scandals were employed as a tactic to mobilize the public in political situations but that the scandals were not always successful in creating public participation.…

Da Vinci qualified for membership as a master artist in Florence’s Guild of Saint Luke and created his own workshop, but continued to work closely with his mentor. A few years later, Da Vinci and other Florentine men were charged with sodomy, which was punishable by death or exile, but da Vinci was acquitted of the charges. After becoming an independent artist, Da Vinci received commissions from the leaders of cities, such as Lorenzo de' Medici of Florence and Ludovico Sforza of Milan…

Around the world corrupted men and women sexually exploit children solely as a business move. Most of these prostitutes cannot escape, due to limited access to help and fear of retaliation from their bosses, commonly called “pimps.” These pimps control their constituents’ every move; most of the men, women, and children involved remain in captivity for several years (George 565). Through economic drive, a constant supply of victims, and governmental neglect, child sex tourism continues to haunt…

social thinking remained until the late 1960’s, where a more liberal philosophy fractionalized the Civil Rights Movement, raising awareness regarding sexism, racism, drugs and sexuality. By 1962, Illinois became the first state to remove consensual sodomy from its criminal code (Canaday, 2008), but others were resistant to change. Activism soared and organizations such as the Gay Liberation Front and Gay Activists Alliance emerged with civil rights, humanity, and dignity as their main goals…

Although homosexuality is no longer illegal in Russia, social tolerance for those in the LGBT community has never been established. Discrimination, especially for youth and children in the LGBT community, remains problematic. Teens who struggle with their own sexuality seek support from others with similar experiences by forming together on Facebook and calling themselves “404.” The current societal perception of this issue enables the restriction of information to teens regarding sexual…

Everyone has a culture and often people feel proud of their culture and where they’re from. However sometimes, people 's perception on certain cultures can be affected. There have been many cultural and social movements that have trended on social media, including Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. #LoveWins was one of the top 10 viral hashtags of 2015. It was a social movement that started on June 26th, 2015, when the United States became the 21st country to legalize same sex marriage nationwide…

Introduction Children have always been vulnerable, due to their size, innocence, and lack of knowledge of the world surrounding them. Historically, children were sometimes used to work in factories, which is something that would seem unthinkable today. We have come a long way when it comes to how we value our children and to what they really represent in our society. In the 1900’s during the industrial revolution, children were excessively used in factories, where they worked for long hours and…

She’s a slut, she’s easy, she doesn’t respect herself. These phrases are constantly used against women who dare to have sex outside of marriage. They’re also to degrade women the speaker has never met. Often coupled with these remarks are wildly biologically inacurate results regarding the woman's body. This combination is frequently used as reinforcement for the “purity myth”, which places extreme emphasis on a woman’s ‘virginity’ before marriage. While the social aspect today most negatively…

first statues in legal code contained the term ji jian, which was homosexual intercourse, and contained the punishment of 100 blows of bamboo with a stay in jail. Only in 1912, a lengthy 233 years later, “explicit prohibitions of ‘consenting jijian (sodomy)’ were abolished in China” when it became the Republic of China, but a new discrimination towards homosexuality was put into place as the Communist Party in the People’s Republic of China. It was dubbed as hooliganism in 1979, only to…

1. “In legal parlance, criminal homicide means ‘the causing of the death of another person without legal justification of excuse” (Schmallenger, 2015, p. 242-243). Patterns of homicide are made more complicated by the differing definitions of various types of murder between jurisdictions. Some categorize homicide based on premeditation or malice aforethought, crimes of passion, or accident. The various degrees of murder; first-degree (premeditated), second degree (crime of passion), and…