Sodomy

Both The Conformist’s Marcello Clerici and The Conversation’s Harry Caul are racked with deep and abiding guilt that color their motivations and actions throughout each film. The first man, tortured by a childhood trauma for which he feels tremendous guilt, reacts by embracing fascism, seeking to absolve the abnormality he feels marked with through its radical uniformity. The second experiences guilt as a result of an occupational hazard—the unintended external consequences of his surveillance…

In the Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, there is a presence of extreme feminism as compared to the Gilead regime. The men are in leadership positions of the regime with them fulfilling roles such as Commanders, Eyes and Guardians. Due to the gender roles described in this book, it can be argued that it is an extremely misogynistic and patriarchal society and that there is an absence in feminism. However, radical feminism is established throughout this society. It leads to the establishment…

No matter which Justice on the Supreme Court one would pick, each have some sort of both bias and method when deciding their rulings. The overarching term for this is “judicial philosophy,” which ranges from conservatism to liberalism with moderates in-between. There are ramifications to wherever one sits on this scale, for instance, Justice Elena Kagan is liberal Justice, so it is likely that she will vote for something that matches up with her mindset, while a conservative Justice like Antonin…

The Detrimental Effect of Heteronormativity We live in a world of compulsive heterosexuality. All around us we are bombarded with images and ideals of heterosexuality, from advertisements to legislation. Similar to racial privilege, those who benefit from heterosexual privilege do not always realize how much easier life can be when sexual identity follows the societal norm. Not only does heteronormativity encourage the existence of heterosexuality as the only acceptable form of sexuality, it…

Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. Leonardo was the polymath of his time and is well known internationally. The biography I read was titled Leonardo da Vinci and was written by Sherwin B. Nuland. Sherwin B. Nuland is a surgeon, writer, educator at Yale, and a Leonardo da Vinci enthusiast. Nuland spent twenty years on a quest to unearth the life of Leonardo da Vinci. During…

Law reform is the act of altering laws to better suit the importance of social values. Laws constantly need to be modified to suit the needs of the society, they cannot remain static. An essential feature of the legal system is to adapt and solve uprising problems. The reforming of law is needed for it to remain relevant and have the support of the general public. Some issues that the Australian legal system has to take into account are; to promote equality, resolve issues, balancing the…

Sexual Assault on College Campuses Rape is the most common violent crime committed on college campuses (Sarah). College students, because of their age are overall as a group high risk of becoming a victim of sexual assault. A survey conducted by The National Crime Victimization found no statistical difference in rape and sexual assault percentages between women of the same age and women at college. My freshman year attending college, I had a close teammate who was a victim of rape. Not only…

Torture and Gendered violence in Abu Ghraib INTRODUCTION As the British journalist Fisk (2010) mentioned in " Robert Fisk: The truth about 'honour' killings”, most female prisoners held at Abu Ghraib were raped, and some of them even got killed after returning home because their families felt shamed. On the other hand, Zurbriggen (2008) points out that male prisoners in Abu Ghraib also suffered from sexualized torture and abuse from female American soldiers. In "The…

Along the way, we as human beings, encounter many different sets of struggles, promises, and relationships. From childhood to adulthood this human could experience more than their fair share of “kicks while their down”, but how someone goes about recovering from these is what can shape them. In my experience it has been more about picking myself back up from the one thing that has always kicked me while I was down. This situation varied based on the day of the month of the year, it was never…

factors that remain out of their control, which would position families in a vulnerable state. As a result, capital punishment remains as the instrument for justice, which will have one sense of purpose, and that is to execute those that commit murder, sodomy, radicalism, and any transgression that the court of law decides upon.…