Essays on Sexual Arousal

Female circumcision is a practice followed in some African cultures. This socio-cultural practice is based on the traditional belief that circumcision will reduce sexual arousal in women and thus, reduce the chances of premarital sex and adultery. In the female circumcision procedure, the entire clitoris, labia minora and sometimes a portion of the labia majora are removed (Malley, 2008). This procedure causes several harmful consequences for the female. It causes mental trauma, physical trauma, and can increase risk for health hazards. In some medical terminologies, female circumcision is also called female genital mutilation. At the end of the procedure, ...

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Abstract Sexual aversion disorder is characterized by the presence of aversion and avoidance of making a genital contact with sexual partners. In the DSM-IV-TR, the characterization of the problem was extended by the inclusion of some of the features of phobias such as anxiety, fear, and disgust; thereby describing it as a phobia. However, the disorder was deleted during transition from DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5, probably due to the presence of scarce studies on the topic. Sexual aversion disorder is commonly found in women as compared to men, and it is commonly found in women in the ...

Two Arguments on Homophobia

Introduction The discrimination of individuals who identify as homosexual or are thought to be gay is a common occurrence across the globe. Cities, boroughs and states have passed legislation that outlaws homosexuality. Negative attitudes towards homosexual people usually lead to hostility that come in verbal and physical attacks which sometimes result in death. Homophobia or the fear of individuals who are gay has been associated with religious and cultural beliefs, general ignorance about sexuality and the need to make homosexuality a tool for political gain. Using the case of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, this paper explores the causes of ...

Behaviors of Adolescent Sex Offenders

Adolescent sex offenders can be classified based on categories of offenders, type of their victims and the manner of their offenses. Valid empirical typologies should show distinct profiles of juvenile sex offenders, and the characteristic of their offenses that reflect the underlying psychological problems or disorders. This is very crucial because this information can be used to evaluate the unique needs of each group relevant to clinical intervention and assessment of recidivism. Recent research has primarily subdivided the juvenile sexual offenders based on the age of their victims, history of delinquency, their personality.

Subtypes Based on Victims Age

Research shows that male adolescent sexual ...

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Amy Madden’s harrowing memoir Stolen Beauty: Healing the Scars of Child Abuse takes the reader through her terrible history of child abuse at the hands of her stepfather, Ed, and the effects it had on her future relationships. In the meantime, she also reveals her own ways of coping with said abuse, from finding her faith in God to learning how to forgive her abusers and understanding their own fears and anxieties. The book is a haunting tale of control, power, abuse and family, as Amy goes through many different stages of trauma that continue even into adulthood. Examining ...

Is Exposure to Pornography Related to Increased Rates of Rape?

Introduction Pornography is the definite portrayal of sexual a subject matter in which the purpose is to increase a person’s sexual arousal. Nowadays, pornography is typically accessible through different types of media such as magazines, books, photos, postcards, animation, painting, video, or film. However, since the development of new media such as the Internet, people can easily access pornography using their social media account, email, and even live pornography videos. With all of these varieties of media, many people will have an easy access and exposure to pornography, thus increasing the rape cases caused by pornography.

Pornography Exposure is related to Increased Rape Case

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It is a fact that the society in general has attempted to use different strategies to modify the distribution and circulation of movies. Some of these strategies have involved the tweaking of cinematographic techniques to advance the themes and aesthetic aspects of the movie, as a way of increasing film sales. Others have involved modifying the themes in the movie industry to penetrate the market and to conscientize the society towards a desired end. In itself, allegorization refers to the use of symbolic actions and figures or generalizations on human existence in literary works. Normally, allegorization is used to give the themes ...

Is my sexuality my choice? This is the question that all studies focusing on sexual orientation are grappling with (Wardell, 1972). Pomeroy. Sexual orientation is an enduring sequence of being attracted emotionally, sexually, or romantically to men, women, or both sexes. It also relates to one's sense of identity founded on attraction, behavior, or membership of people with the same attraction (Arreola, Neilands, & Diaz, 2009). Sexual orientation is divided into three categories that include heterosexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality. Groups of people including scientists and academicians as have tried to explain the causes of sexual orientation and its genesis. ...

Sexual disorders form part and parcel of the community today. Many men and women in the world over are struggling to get over the consequences of this terrible menace threatening the existence of humanity. Many divorce cases have been as a result of the inability of a partner in a relationship to rise to the occasion when expected to perform bedroom obligations. One of the major types of sexual disorders is the sexual arousal disorder. In this case, the disorder is characterized by starvation or absence of sexual fantasies. In females, the disorder is commonly referred to as female sexual arousal disorder ...

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Psychology Female genital mutilation is a practice in some cultural traditions, which is partly or total removing of the external genitalia of girls and young women for non-medical reasons. According to the article there are four types of going through the procedure; the first type is removing partial or cutting of the clitoris and/or the prepuce. Second type is removing partial or total, of the clitoris and labia minora, with or without excision of the labia majora. The third type is narrowing of the vaginal orifice by cutting and bringing together the labia minora and, or, the labia majora ...

The issue of gay marriages is a dominating topic in the twenty first century. The same sex marriages are not particularly conventional and thus have been rejected in most of the societies in the world. Religion forms a basis for the rejection. The basis for their argument is the fact that is God have wanted same sex to marry, he would have not created the opposite sex. However, there is support for this in numerous parts of the world as more people warm up to the idea of same sex marriage. This paper focuses on the effects of gay marriages on ...

The term Paraphilia was developed from two Greek words Para-meaning alternative and Philos-meaning loving; it is used to refer to sexual tendencies involving things and activities other than what is considered normal sex. The American Psychiatric Association categories paraphilias as sexual perversions/deviations. Whereas several paraphilias are illegal, there are some that are legal. However, the underlying factor among paraphiliacs is that they are very secretive about their behavior; psychiatrists observe that paraphilic sexual behavior is associated with individuals who have problems in interpersonal relationships. Due to the secretive nature of paraphilia’s its prevalence cannot accurately be established although ...

Sex offender treatment

The treatment of sexual offenders is a unique challenge to professionals tasked with the duty to offer this supervisory and treatment service. A successful treatment of offenders requires a well trained professional who understands the dynamics of sexual offenders. The person must also be able to apply current approaches to assess and treat these offenders. The goal of sexual offender treatment is to find a means to assist offenders manage the deviant tendency in them for the purpose of reducing their likelihood of repeating the offence. When a person is involved in sexual assault, it is an indication that the individual is unable ...

Hypoactive sexual desire disorder: “I’m not in the mood”:

This website discusses hypoactive sexual disorder and gives a brief description of the disorder. The website discusses sexual health and primarily discusses the sexual health in women. The dysfunction has been described as the most common sexual disorder in women and therefore it is mainly targeting the married couples. This article is different from the other articles in different websites because it is more detailed and longer in length. It is more of an educative website rather than an advertising one. Just like the other websites there are different advertisements that are included in the website and cover different topics ( ...

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The evolution of technology and the internet creation has contributed much to the virtual connectivity and on-line communication. Decades of growth in internet and usage of computer systems has brought about changes in people’s lifestyles which mainly rely on the internet. The internet has undoubtedly revolutionalised the way people think, and it occupies a very important place in the society and our private lives. Internet addiction has the symptoms similar to those of chemical addiction. It is defined through the behavior of a person. For behavioral addictions, there is a sign of force that is uncontrollable when the addicts try to ...

Pedophilia is a wrongful abnormal sexual behavior that is performed by an adult to gain sexual pleasures from a child. Research studies show that a third of female respondents and one out of ten males have once experience some kind of sexual abuse in their pre-pub stages (Carroll, 2010). Remarkably, children between the ages of 7 and 13 that belong to different economical and social background are highly susceptible to sexual abuse by older people (Carroll, 2010). For the past decade, a lot of literature about children being sexually ill-treated by adults has exploded. This literature provides many new approaches to the scope ...

Pedophilia as a Mental Disorder: Why Pedophiles are not Criminals

A pedophile can be described as an adult person who gets sexually attracted to young people. Pedophiles exhibit behaviors which deviate from what the society expects-especially on sexual behavior. According to medical diagnosis, pedophilia is a psychiatric disorder in which people who are 16 years of age (and above) have exclusive or primary sexual interest in prepubescent young ones; mostly children of 13 years of age and below. For the attraction to be diagnosed as pedophilia, the prepubescent child must be younger than the adolescent by at least five years (Blaney & Millon, 2009). Although many people view pedophiles as ...