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With the badge of “science” across his chest, Kinsey gained the confidence of his readers and was ultimately deemed the Father of the Sexual Revolution. In this paper I will analyze the rhetorical devices at play in Dr. Kinsey’s book within the context of 1940s America. Specifically Chapter 17, “Pre-marital Intercourse” will be analyzed,
As Sedgwick shares with us in the canonical "Jane Austen and the Masturbating Girl," the presentation of the topic of masturbation in its pre-paper iteration earned her peer approbation and flagellation in equal admensuration (109). Those of us who crave a particular kind of knowledge look to her as the bearer of a particularly mouth-watering fruit--heedless, or welcoming, of the price we might pay for biting into it. But "if such pleasure be / In things to us forbidden, it might be wished, / For this one tree had been forbidden ten" (Milton
The book captivated many people of all audiences, but the interest in such a subject remained unclear; despite scarce educational opportunities on sexual topics, rural farm life often educated the younger public on “the birds and the bees.” Still, the book’s publication rates rose dramatically, through piracy, revision, and unregulated production. However, the title of the manual remains unusual considering its content, but Fissell explains that Aristotle was considered an expert on sex during his time and allusions to Aristotle in previous sex manuals served as the inspiration (and an innuendo) for all written sexual content. The book did not solely focus on sexual relations, but also on pregnancy, childbirth, and infant health, appealing to an older audience and not only curious teens. Fissell educates the reader that authors composed Aristotle’s Masterpiece in vernacular and prose so that all audiences and families could easily access this conventionally upheld manual.
Although suffering for years with a confessed sin may seem harsh, it allows a sin to be redeemed, whereas a concealed sin leads to a life full of endless
Although confession can at times seem challenging for many, we must understand that it is the correct thing to do not
Inside and beyond the myth and the social impact of the subject as One or Substance. Alan H. Goldman’s essay ‘Plain Sex’ is a central contribution to the academic debate about sex within the analytic area, which has been developing since the second half of the ‘90s in Western countries. Goldman’s purpose is encouraging debate on the concept of sex without moral, social and cultural implications or superstitious superstructures. He attempts to define “sexual desire” and “sexual activity” in its simplest terms, by discovering the common factor of all sexual events, i.e. “the desire for physical contact with another person’s body and for the pleasure which such contact produces; sexual activity is activity which tends to fulfill such desire of the agent” (Goldman, A., 1977, p 40).
Watching the film Priest for the first time, not really focusing on the issue of the Seal of the Confessional, I was preoccupied with Father Greg’s many dilemmas about the Church, faith and homosexuality. The second time around, however, I watched the film with a clear question in my mind – is the Seal of the Confessional to be respected at all times, and are possible repercussions for the victim of the penitent worth the honouring of secrecy? It immediately became clear to me that in fact, there is no dilemma at all. The Seal of the Confessional was introduced in 1151 and states: "Let the priest who dares to make known the sins of his penitent be deposed.
(“Catechism of the Catholic Church” 1461) Catholics are following this tradition through practicing the sacrament of Penance. He trusts his apostles to minister the confession, as they have been verified to do a right deed with Sacrament of Holy
Just like a person feels better after upchucking, so confession can bring about immediate physical/ psychological healing or begin the healing process. Confession restores Jesus to the throne of our life, which allows us to be in harmony with His covenant with us. Blessing and Laying on of Hands Jim Lynn restates the fact they we are
In his essay, Alan Soble provides a conceptual analysis of the notion of masturbation by categorizing masturbation into solitary and mutual masturbation. He outlines the derogatory attitude of the society on masturbation throughout history. Even in today’s sexually enlightened society masturbation is still a sign of derogation. He describes in detail the difficulties that arise in properly defining masturbation on a conceptual level. He analyzes that the common notion of masturbation, a solitary private act of sexually pleasing by an individual does stand the close scrutiny.
Eliza Haywood writes the cautionary tale Fantomina in order to instruct women against pursuing their sexual desires. The protagonist, an unnamed “Lady of distinguished Birth” (41), secretly pursued her desires for Beauplaisir under the guise of four different personas, ultimately leading to the ruin of her reputation and being sent to live in a monastery. I will refer to the main character when she is not disguised as the protagonist to avoid confusion. I will be discussing female sexuality, where I will be focussing on certain aspects including sexual identity, sexual behaviour, and how social and religious aspects affect this sexuality. I will argue that Haywood uses the cautionary tale in order to represent female sexuality as distinguishable
Foucault in the chapter, The Repressive Hypthesis, describes and deconstructs the predominant thought that industial/western society repressed sex from the 17th century and on. In attempting to repress sex, social and political structures (church, criminal justice system, school, etc) brought sex to the forefront of people’s language and minds. By “dissemination and implantation of polymorphous sexualities” Foucault is referring to the social and political institutions and their ability to essentially create and solidy new sexualities in the conscious of a society. In The Repressive Hypothesis, Foucault employs a number of rich examples to bolster his argument for the relationship between power and sex. One example he uses to illustrate “dissemination
MICHEL FOUCAULT ON SEXUALITY Michel Foucault was a French philosopher, philologist and social theorist. He made discourses on the relationship between power and knowledge and about how they are utilized as a form of social control through social establishments. This essay talks about Michel Foucault’s discourse on sexuality. He put forward his theory of the history of sexuality.
Michel Foucault’s The History of Sexuality(1976), indicate that the history of sexuality is the history of oppression .The relationship of sex oppression always as power, knowledge and sex. Sex becomes an object to be oppress because it is unproductive in a capitalism society. The bourgeoisie not allow the workers use energy on sex, since workers’ energy is for production.
In this text there are three Ovid’s myths explicated in the light of Freud’s thesis about sublimation. According to Freud it means that the energy related to sexual desire redirects in the form of another mental process. This Freud’s thesis can be found in all three myths of Ovid. In the further parts of the text there will be short analysis of all three.
