Essays on Sexual Desire

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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 ...

Introduction

Sexuality and Christianity - often these two topics are opposed. This is not surprising because the negative attitude towards sexual relations and sex-phobia, fear in relation to sexuality, negative attitudes towards sexuality accompany the entire history of the Christian churches. One theory of the fall of humanity says that the sin of Adam and Eve was that they have entered into a sexual relationship. (Kamitsuka, M.D., 2010, p.26) In turn, the Christian asceticism tried to instill in Christians a feeling of contempt for their own corporeality (by the way, another theory Fall states that "leather garments" that God gave ...

I, Being born a Woman and Distressed is a poem written by an outstanding American poetess Edna St. Vincent Millay. She, with the help of the narrator, introduces the theme that concerns the hardships of being a woman in the society that is ruled and dominated by men. The feminist tone reveals the woman’s inner feelings towards the societal double standards and her craving for equality. In the first line of the poem Edna St. Vincent Millay introduces the narrator: “I, being born a woman and distressed”. (Millay) It is a woman and she delivers it to the ...

What part of this dilemma should a counselor point out is Yelena’s responsibility to acknowledge and address?

The sexual disconnect between James and Yelena is essentially a consequence of an absence in open and honest communication between them about sex, particularly in expressing their specific needs in relation to sex, which is referred to in psychological literature as ‘sexual self-disclosure’ (Tang, Bensman, & Hatfield, 2013; Litzinger & Gordon, 2005) or ‘dyadic sexual communication’ (Pazmany, et al., 2014). Yelena had been enduring an unsatisfactory sex with her husband for more than two decades because she decided not to communicate her needs on the mistaken notion that doing so is being unfeminine. Yelena felt the dilemma between her need for ...

The article discussing masturbation among young girls was conducted with a research study. There were questions regarding if masturbation had any effect on the girls’ sexual comfort. The research had conducted an interview with girls between the ages of 16-18 years of age. Questions were asked regarding masturbation, sexual experience, and how comfortable they felt with their bodies. There were approximately 20 girls who agreed to participate in the study. “The study had concluded that one-fourth of the girls felt comfortable talking about masturbation” . These girls have a positive fulfillment when masturbating. The other girls had not masturbated and ...

The Sermon on the Mount is the most famous of Jesus’s sermons presented in the New Testament. It covered such moral issues as anger and murder, adultery and lust, oaths and revenge, and many other keen issues that have been actual within the thousands of years to the present time. ("What is the Sermon on the Mount?", 2016) In the verses 27-30 of chapter 5 of the gospel according to Matthew, Jesus speaks about adultery and lust. He reminds His listeners about the Old Testament rules concerning this issue and explains it wider applying to His teaching. “You ...

Introduction

Sexual behavior and homosexuality are the sensitive issues among other issues in the world of religion. Every society has moral rules that regulate sexual behavior. However, the rules differ from society to society. At times, to its intents and purposes, the rules necessarily and sufficiently need some specific study and comparing for rational precision. At this event, the comparison of the sexual behavior of different societies with the religious beliefs displays some distinctive connection between the social structures and morals. Power argues that the monastic rules served to ensure the proper public performance of monks because it is the ...

Freud's Account of Human Sexuality and Human Desire

Basically, psychoanalysis and Freud's theories are associated with his theory of sexuality, considering that he regarded all aspects of human life (i.e. beginning with a simple mental disorder up to religious doctrines), as the sexual problems. This comic effect arises also because the question of what Freud used to call sexuality remains outside the attention. If one examines the issue of human sexuality in the works of Freud in detail, the work of sensual sphere and sphere of desires becomes evident. The phenomenon of Freud, the author of the doctrine of psychoanalysis, is that he was the first to ...

The issue of feminism in the film industry is a common topic for controversial discussions. Many writers are more popular than others because of the ways in which feminism surfaces as the driving force behind their presentations. Feminism can be classified as a social movement that has created an enormous impact on culture of film, the theories of films and the critical reviews of films. A number of films represent the myths that reveal ideas on women and their femininity. In addition, there are films that speak to men and their masculinity. The issues of representation and spectatorship form ...

Philosophy of Sex

It is easy to simply define sex as ‘any contact between two or more individuals in which penetration occurs’; this covers the broad definitions of intercourse as have been commonly understood by societies over the course of history. This definition ostensibly covers oral, vagina, and anal sexual intercourse in a strict physical sense, but manages to ignore some of the greater nuances of the sexual experience. Therefore, this paper will seek to examine and defend a conceptual definition of sex as ‘all acts conveying a physical connection (requiring penetration) between two or more individuals.’ This analysis will be established by stipulating the ...

DHEA:

Dehydroepiandrosterone, or DHEA, is a hormone the human body produces via the adrenal glands, which are above the kidneys. The exact effect of DHEA is not yet fully identified; however, it is believed to be a precursor of the female and male sex hormones, namely estrogen and testosterone, among others. Precursors are substances that the body converts into hormones.

The production of DHEA usually reaches its peak around the mid-20s and declines ever after. The same applies to estrogen and testosterone, whose production also declines with age. For that reason, if an individual wants to increase their hormone levels, it ...

Since time immemorial the world has been grappling with the question regarding the different behaviors exhibited by men and women respectively. This has been a much-debated issue in both the print and digital media. The Telegraph for instance carried an article on 14th September 2013 regarding this issue. The article titled Are Men Really From Mars? tried to address this age old question in the most captivating way. The author, Debbie Magids, offered a different dimension regarding the battle of sexes debate by asserting that men are not from Mars as many have been made to believe. The author further argues ...

Feminism is a complex concept that is not easy to define. It is an ideology that brings together several different subcategories that uniquely differ from one another. The stylish and radical author of the twentieth century, Angela Carter, exposes her feminist view through her various writings including Fairy Tales, The Sadeian Woman and The Bloody Chamber. As observed by Anna Katsavos in her interview, Carter believes that the view of the female gender is negative with their role being less than ideal to an extent that does not please nor give them glory (Carter and Katsavos 12). In her earliest ...

- What did you learn about Pedophilia?

Pedophilia can be described as an abnormal sexual behavior of a human being. While the sexual attraction of an individual toward someone from the opposite or same sex is accepted and understandable, pedophilia is taken to be an abnormal form of sexual desire. People who are pedophilic have a sexual attraction toward minors who are not sexually developed. The minors are subjected to the sexual acts as the pedophilic person acts as an active partner or participant in the sexual act.

Pedophilia is an abnormal state of the human sexual desire, and there are ...

In normal people, sexual response has four phases namely: desire, arousal, and orgasm and resolution respectively (Montgomery, 2008). Sexual motivation and desire and sexual wish are the chief components of phase one. These components are the psychological, biological and social aspects of sexual response. On the other hand, phase two is triggered by psychological and physiological stimulation. Phases three and four occur only after the first two phases have been fulfilled.

There are, however, two forms of sexual desire disorders: sexual aversion disorder (SAD) and hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD). These disorders occur in a small percentage of the general ...

When interviewing men with a combination of Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder I and Male Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder with Male Erectile Disorder it is important to first rule out the possibility that there is an underlying physical cause creating one or more of the psychological problems. In the best possible scenario, the interviewer has full access to the patient’s medical history, and it includes hormonal work ups to eliminate these possibilities. For example, a patient with a hypoactive thyroid may suffer from mood swings, a loss of desire and associated erectile disorder, experiencing these symptoms on an ongoing basis could cause ...

“Hamlet” is one of the most admired and influential plays of William Shakespeare. Hamlet is a tragic play that was written in the beginning of seventeenth century. The play starts with a series of revengeful acts that was a common trend in that period. The play, “Hamlet” is known as one of the most influential plays of English literary world and at the same time it has the privilege of being the longest play of William Shakespeare. It is often alleged that Shakespeare’s Hamlet is influenced by Oedipus that was written by Sophocles centuries ago. Hamlet is also alleged to be ...

Compare and contrast female genital modifications in the Western and African contexts.

Introduction Female genital modification entails the temporary or permanent changes or alterations to the female reproductive organs. These alterations have been around since time immemorial as part of rituals or for cosmetic purposes. In various cultures, these modifications have symbolic connotations such as in many African communities female genital modification was part of an initiation rite for young girls into adulthood. In the contemporary societies globally, particularly Western societies, these changes in the female genitalia are procured for aesthetic reasons or enhancement of the female sexual functions. This paper will offer an insightful comparison between female genital modifications ...

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 ...

The needs of Maslow distributed with increasing explaining such a construction that a person can not feel the need of high-level, yet in need of more primitive things. At the bottom is physiology (satisfaction of hunger, thirst, sexual desire, and so on). Located next higher need for security, and above it - the need for love and affection, as well as being a member of a particular social group. The next step - the need for respect and approval, on which Maslow put cognitive needs (thirst for knowledge, the desire to take as much information). This is followed by the need for aesthetics ( ...

The movie “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring” starts with showing a small Buddhist temple on the river. In the temple, there were both old and young Buddhist monks. Leafy trees and clear spring weather evoke peaceful background of this movie. To gather medical herbs and to get into land, two monks have to take a small boat. A young monk teases small animals like frogs, snakes, and fish by suspending stones to them with his innocent smile; at the same time, the old monk observes young monk without any comments. That night an old monk suspends rock to young monk ...

Abstract

This paper is dedicated to the review of the most important aspects in the psychology of relationships, in particular, the ones of liking and loving. It is important to consider the problem from different sides, as it has a wide scope of application and perceiving by different people. In particular, works of Gonzaga et al. (2006), Fletcher & Kerr (2010), Neff & Karney (2005), Mehrotra et al. (2011), Peck (2002), and Qi (2012) will be analyzed, all dealing with the problems of relationships, liking and loving. To fully research the questions, love will be defined from different perspectives with the background of ...

Introduction

The novel “Dracula” narrates how he attempted to shift to England from Transylvania in the midst of a tussle between him and a group of men and women. In the context of the novel, several scenes define thematic expressions that reflect the current world and it moral values and culture. Dracula’s character is one of the major trends in the current times where people have adopted supernatural beliefs and differentiated themselves from other human beings. Sucking of human blood, magical appearance of Dracula in several places is sign of how the world has evolved to accommodate such categories of people. ...

Argue for or against the validity of Sophocles' Oedipus the King being interpreted through Sigmund Freud's theory of the Oedipus complex According to Sigmund Freud, the stalwart of psychology, Oedipus complex is the tension between the child and the father as the child takes his mother as his object of sexual desire. Thus, a friction grows between the two male members of the family. The child sees the father as a competition to him for the lady’s love and affection. The child despises the love and bond between the parents and feels like being in the centre of attraction ...

Scruton clearly illustrates, in his works, that any call for sexual desire has a major base. He embraces theories that base on deliberateness which imply that the eventual sexual desire is always geared towards something or towards a given individual. It is worth noting that this is not just on the foundation of any real joy that may be picked up from that individual but on the groundwork of certain convictions and dispositions that one may have about that individual as a single person. On Scruton’s account the best sort of sexual desire is realized through personal associations with the other ...

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 ( ...

Introduction

Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” is a highly controversial, although very popular novel, as it recalls the memories of a widowed white man, who uses the pseudonym Humbert Humbert (H.H.) for confessing his crimes: homicide and pedophilia. The novel represents a self-analysis of Humbert Humbert’s mind, who addresses a jury, appealing to their understanding for his actions. This essay discusses about how Humbert Humbert’s uses the confessional mode in “Lolita”, for triggering the compassion of a jury by exploring the side of them that would tolerate his crimes, because they too could or might have experienced similar ideas, feelings, sensations and behaviors in ...

In Jean Kilbourne’s article “Two Ways a Woman can get Hurt: Advertising and Violence,” she describes how advertising and violence has defined sexism. For a very long time, advertising in the United States and other nations has played a very important role in how people identify themselves in relation to their culture and the other cultures of the world. Advertisements shape the decision making of potential customers in terms of they should invest their funds on them, the way they should dress, and most importantly, the mindset that they should have in order to prosper. Advertisements introduce new products, inform customers ...

Introduction

According to Warnock (2002), human sexual desire is a mental state that has three components: the biological, motivational-affective and cognitive. In the case of women “desire is a response rather than a spontaneous event; that is a woman may choose to experience sexual activity in order to have intimate relationships needs met” (Warnock J.K., 2000, p.746). So in women motivational-affective desire can be affected by stressful situations and the psychiatric health of both partners. Letitia Peplaau of the UCLA examined sexuality on women and men. She reasons that men exhibit aggressive tendencies on sexuality more than women. Men in both heterosexual and ...

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Literature Final Exam

The postwar era in Japan did not usher in an era of radical change in traditions. As a nation known to be keen on preserving their cultural heritage, Japan managed to keep its traditional views intact, particularly in terms of gender. The Japanese has long engendered a patriarchal society, where men enjoy a superior status compared to that of women. The perceived inferior status of women in Japanese society is a recurrent theme in literature, embodied by novels such as Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse and Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata. What prevails between ...

Sex gives us a standard of pleasure, but not a basis of worth. For most of us it is not only a needed vent for desire but also the most pleasurable form of regeneration we know. Its worth is nonetheless definitely erroneous by being muddled with that of love, when it is taken as fundamentally a manifestation of that sentiment. Though passionate, the desires of sex are fleeting and monotonous rather than accumulative. They give worth to the precise acts which produce them, but not the long-lasting kind of worth which augments one's whole existence (Goldman, 283). Sexual desire is yearning for ...

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Crim431 – Criminal Law - Economic Sanction, their uses and effectiveness An economic sanction is generally viewed as a domestic penalty imposed upon by one country to another often for political reasons. The sanction involves a restraint in the international trade of one country in order to enforce changes in that country’s policies not acceptable to other countries. It involves a deliberate governmental effort that seeks to withdraw financial and economic relations between countries. The purpose of economic sanction is to expressly show condemnation to a country’s policy and behavior. The United States government for instance defines ...

Abuse

This study aims to present the concept of child abuse in the view of the criminal justice system. It will also present the history of child abuse in the United States as well as the prevalence of child sexual abuse in the United States, particularly in the state of Michigan. This research paper will discuss the current federal policies on child abuse and the intervention strategies and policy scheme involving child abuse cases. Finally, the conclusion of this study will present the new laws that will prevent sexual abuses cases and the role of the government to revise and ...

The life expectancy has increased making the larger proportion of the world’s population to comprise the older people most of them being above the age of 65 years. The sexual health of these old people has not been keenly attended to, for long. The sexual concerns and problems of these people have not been taken good care of. The cultural aspects have led to the perspective that old people are sexually inactive, and that is the reason this issue has been neglected for long. It has been assumed that the old people are not interested with sex, and ...

In William Beckford's 1786 novel Vathek, the titular character, an Arabic caliph with endless sexual passion and thirst for knowledge, delves slowly but inexorably toward damnation with the help of his astrologist mother, Carathis, and a Jinn known as Giaour. This book, along with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto, demonstrate early examples of Gothic fiction. In particular, however, Vathek can be cited as an example of queer Gothic fiction; as Gothic literature deals greatly with the unknown, Vathek's journeys and the characters he meets along the way can be interpreted as homosexual (or at least ...

In the film version of Troy, as in the original Iliad, several characters are motivated mainly by their passions and lusts far more than reason and ethics, and as a result bring considerable death, destruction and suffering to all concerned. Both Plato and Aristotle would have been highly critical of this lack of ethics, and actions that they would have regarded as coming from the basest motives of lust, anger, revenge and other passions. Paris, the young prince of Troy, becomes infatuated with Helen, the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta, and runs off with her. This destroys the peace ...

Sexual addiction is one of causes of moral corruption among the people in our society today. The issue on this addiction is so broad that it could be seen in many forms: pornography, adultery, and more. Nevertheless, no matter what kind of form it could be, this problem is very serious with regards to its effect upon both men and women in the context of both the family and the society. If one would look at the statistics on how many people use the internet for pornography every day or on how many people turn their marriages into a ‘shipwreck’ ...

Abstract

Strongly influenced by Freud’s theories about the structure and the workings of the human psyche, the surrealist movement dived deeply into the exploration of the unconscious – hoping to find the essence of the human mind and spirit in an alternative reality. Salvador Dali is one of the main representatives of this movement – his works constantly defied the boundaries of reality and imagination. He was a prolific artist, always in search of new ways of creative expression. Due to his personal background, he was always attracted to the world of fantasy, which made him very suitable for the surrealist movement. ...

Sexual Response Cycle Chart

Masters and Johnson Human Sexual Response Cycle Kaplan 3 Stages of Sexual Response Detailed Description of Phases:

Excitement phase – This phase is caused by a sexual stimulus that results in physical changes in both men and women. These include an increase in muscle tension, blood pressure, and heart rate. Transudation and vasocongestion also occur in this phase. Plateau phase – Excitement becomes enhanced in this phase, which is characterized by faster breathing, increased muscle tension, increased blood pressure, and faster heart rate. Orgasm phase – This phase consists of two stages, the emission stage and the expulsion stage ( ...

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This essay deals with the female portrayal of a lover and a seductress, as conveyed in Manuela Dunn Mascetti’s book The Son of Eve: Mythology and Symbols of the Goddess. Several examples are given, from real life as well as from the world of cinema, to fully explain the notion. The contrast between the lover and the seductress is also explained in light of its reference to the goddess Aphrodite and a venture to classify her has been undertaken as well.

Manuela Dunn Mascetti’s book The Son of Eve: Mythology and Symbols of the Goddess denotes the position of women ...

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In advertising throughout the past few centuries, women have placed in one of several limiting roles. One is the extremely thin fashion model, a sex symbol for the typical man whose main role is to be pretty and attract men. The other is the domestic partner, the woman who takes care of the house to the exclusion of all personal desires and responsibilities. There is also the incompetent, the dullard; the weak-willed woman who simply cannot handle the limited and finite duties that are burdened upon her. In this paper, the effects of negative advertising on women will be explored, ...