The 21st century has revolutionized the way we interact with others and view the world; technology made it is easier to communicate, network, and even flirt with others. Computers transformed themselves into becoming the new "cupid" via instant messaging, chat-rooms and online dating in wh...

When I first read William Butler Yeats' poem, « Leda and the Swan », I barely understood that it was a poem that discribes an incidence of rape. I figured that there must have been something that I misunderstood, because the mix between rape and phrases hintting towards the presen...

For centuries, men and women have actively sought after intimacy and sensuality to share with one another. Through the desire to please oneself and one's partner, people continue to seek after drugs and techniques that may enhance their sex lives. Both natural and man-made substances have bee...

In Terry McMillan's, "Waiting to Exhale", we are, as a reader, involved in the world of four middle-aged women. These women experience all the highs and lows of any person. From the beautiful cars, to the depression that can come from not finding the person who is 'the one'...

Censorship The first time I ever saw a porn video was by total accident. My mother and I had just gotten back from a beach vacation while my father stayed at home. I immediately got bored and turned on the VCR. I figured something like 'The Lion King' was in it. I was very wrong....

The 1986 film "Sixteen Candles" tells a timeless tale of growing up in suburban America. The film's star, Sam, played by Molly Ringwald, wakes up with big expectations on her sweet sixteenth birthday only to be completely disappointed. Not only does she find that she looks exactly ...

3104668236 Jesse Grillo Psycho Film 101 M/W The title itself gives a real feel for the movie. It's a jagged scary and dark word that sets an over tone for the movie. Psycho begins with the normal and draws us steadily deeper and deeper into the abnorm...

Freudian Symbols in The Master Builder The Master Builder, by Henrik Ibsen, is a play about individuality, morality, and self. But beneath those very ambiguous descriptions lies a play with symbols that clearly depict the collective unconscious. Through a careful psychoanalytical critique of...

What comes to mind when you here the words "sexually transmitted diseases?" Usually, the first thing that pops into people's minds are Herpes, HIV, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and many more. STD's are becoming more and more of an ethical problem involving younger ages. These younger ages especially inc...

Thirteen The movie that I decided to watch is Thirteen. The main characters in the movie are: Holly Hunter (a mom named Mel), Evan Rachel Wood (a teen named Tracy, daughter of Mel), and Nikki Reed (a popular bad teenage girl named Evie Zamora). Tracy is a smart, shy student who gets A's an...

The Symposium, by Plato and Arcadia by Tom Stoppard are two novels that deal with the meaning of the word love and the expressions and actions that are brought on as results of it. Plato delivers a number of perspectives on love in his novel. Different characters at a dinner party give their persp...

To what extent do you consider the female roles in the play to be subservient to the male roles? Women are represented in this tragedy, but on first analysis seem to be drowned in the mist of the deceitful power-game played out by a number of male figures, who in one way or another contribut...

THE TEENAGE YEARS: HOLDEN'S STRUGGLE In the novel Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, as an individual entity is internally torn up by dividing forces. One supports adolescence, while the other supports adulthood. This battle is known as the transitional period, or the teenage y...

Sexual activity hurts adolescents. Sadly, large numbers of children are placing themselves at risk by engaging in sexual activity early in their lives. Health risks are not the only consequences however. Sexually promiscuous lifestyles bring with them heavy responsibilities and commitments that y...

RECENT TRENDS IN TEEN BEHAVIOURINTRODUCTIONThere comes a time in one's life when they leave adolescence and enter the teenage years. During the teen years, thoughts about bodies, opposite sex, and sexuality come into mind. Over the decades, there has been a drastic change in teen behaviour. Some of ...

Essay IIr: Ambiguity in "Leda and the Swan"In modern society any implications of violence and sex together are right on the border consensus and rape. The mythological story of Leda, Queen of Sparta, and Zeus disguised as a swan, is a good example where this border becomes very blurry. The rape scen...

Discovering Fire "After man has mastered the winds the waves and the tides, some day he will harness for God the energies of love, and then for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire" (Teilhard de Jardin...

Dusttin Pearson Views of Sex in Culture Throughout history views about sex have been defined and redefined by each and every culture. To many virginity is viewed as sacred and cherish able, where as others, it means little. After taking a close look into the Asian, White, Black, Indian and Hi...

Ecotopia, a novel written by Ernest Callenbach in 1975, brings many new economically wonderful ideas to the minds of its readers. The ideas that are presented in this book are amazing, and allows its readers to think in an entirely new way of the world that surrounds us. At first this book is slow ...

Freud on DraculaSigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, once referred to Bram Stoker's "Dracula" as an exploration into "the return of the repressed". The novel is about a man who comes to Count Dracula's house to conduct business matters. Dracula traps Jonathon, the man who conducted busines...

The 1986 film "Sixteen Candles" tells a timeless tale of growing up in suburban America. The film's star, Sam, played by Molly Ringwald, wakes up with big expectations on her sweet sixteenth birthday only to be completely disappointed. Not only does she find that she looks exactly the same as when...

Growing up as a teenager in today's society is not as easy as it may have been in generations past. Young adults of today's era face many social and environmental issues that plague them with immense stress. For example, violence among youth and, more specifically, school shootings and gang violen...