Ana Engelbrecht English Professor Dr. Freedman Teen Rape Every two minutes, somewhere in the world, someone is sexually assaulted. Of these approximately 248,00 victims, about 87,000 were victims of complete rape, and 70,000 were victims of sexual assault. Up to 4,315 pregnancies may have resulted from there attacks. Calculations based on the National Crime Victimization Survey, rape is often misunderstood. For one reason or another, rapist are usually portrayed as a stranger, his motivation is entirely sexual, and the victim is always a young and sexy female.
Homosexuality has not always been discussed on television. It was once considered a taboo topic but once the AIDS epidemic hit in the early 1980’s homosexuality was everywhere. HIV/AIDS was dubbed the “gay disease” and lead to much gay hate on both television and in public (Gross 145). Gay men and women on TV were portrayed as hypersexual beings that deserved to contract this terrible illness. It wasn’t until the late 90’s with shows such a Will and Grace and Friends that TV’s portrayal of homosexuality changed from negative to positive.
The results, however, are largely inconclusive as many other causes that are not easily isolated, such as ethnicity and health, are involved when comparing homosexuals with heterosexuals and determining economic discrimination. “Homophobia” is a term describing the irrational attitudes of hate and loathing felt toward homosexual people. Within the past thirty years, this word has spawned a more blatant and more profound discrimination toward this group of people with sexual preferences challenging the norm. In fact, recent studies have unveiled that more than 30% of gay youth have been threatened or injured because of their lifestyles. Hate crimes, such as the 1993 Brandon Teena slaying, remain prevalent (Burns, 2007).
According to an FBI release, the number of hate crimes against homosexuals has risen more than 9% since 2009. Some people think it may be wrong, a woman having sex with another woman or a man having sex with another man. It may be for a religious reason or any other personal reason. [Took out section] Homosexuality is anything other than wrong. Homosexuals have the right to love whoever they want, even if it is someone of the same sex.
Acknowledgement of sexual dysfunction in America is booming. But with all the attention on Viagra and prostate problems in men, most people would probably never guess that more women than men suffer from sexual dysfunction. According to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, as many as 43 percent of women have some form of difficulty in their sexual function, as opposed to 31 percent of men. What is sexual dysfunction? Sexual dysfunction is defined as any persistent, recurring problems with a person’s sexual response during a mutually consenting sexual experience, which then causes strain on a romantic relationship or altogether limits sexual activity What are the symptoms of sexual dysfunction?
Introduction Homosexuality has been a topic of debate for centuries. Some people still strongly believe that homosexuality has some cultural, social, and political backgrounds. The existence of such myths could be attributed to lack of researches on the subject and ignorance on gender specific roles and traits. It seems that different cultures observe the trait of homosexuality in extremely different ways since few researches have been performed to explore the contributory factors to this trait. The rights of homosexuals are gradually turning out to be equivalent to those of heterosexuals in the United States.
For the purposes of this essay the sexual offence that will be focused on is child sexual abuse. Sexual offences against children more commonly involve genital fondling than vaginal or anal penetration, and in a minority of cases involve an excessive amount of force (Blackburn,2008). Sexual preference for children is more likely in men, and one quarter of the crimes recorded are from men exclusively against young boys (homosexual paedophilia), while a small amount of offences have both male and female victims, however this is less likely in incest offenders. It is estimated that one third of the group that have no preference to the sexuality of their victims are molest children that are outside of their own family. Therefore a dickheads attraction to children, and its definition of sexual offence or not, can be determined by age, gender, relationship and access to the victim, extent of sexual contact involved and the degree of force used in their offence.
There are nearly twice as many boys in the juvenile prisons than there are girls (J.Nurse, Superintendent, Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds, personal interview, December 2007); the frequency of drug related offences for female juvenile offenders in Barbados is low therefore the focus will be particularly on male juvenile offenders. The question as to why illegal substances are so popular with today’s youth must be answered in order to fully explain why criminal behaviour is exhibited especially in boys aged 13-17. The most popular and easily accessed drug used by adolescents in Barbados is Marijuana, other illegal substances, such as cocaine and heroin are present but their popularity is not as widespread as the cost is significantly greater, crack, a combination of cocaine and baking soda, is relatively cheap but is not as widely used as marijuana (Barbados Focus Study, 2002). It should be noted that the majority of charged drug offences are marijuana related with male juvenile offenders in Barbados. Most heterosexual families when expecting a baby value having a boy over a girl as it is a sign of manliness and fertility to produce a male child, however in the early stages of development boys are not challenged as much as
However, the main cause of HIV in gay men is not solely having sex with other men, but rather UNPROTECTED sex with an HIV positive partner. Upon discovering this, “many gay men have changed their behaviour to avoid unprotected anal intercourse with casual partners or with those whose HIV status is unknown to them” (Canadian AIDS Society, 2012). Assuming that every gay man has had unprotected sex with another man is misguided and wrong. A large number of
* biological factors * genetic factors * psychological and social factors * conscious choice * Others (please specify), 5. Sexual orientation is . * a choice * a Mental Illness * an Emotional Problem * Others (please specify), 6. Being with a homosexual/gay/lesbian/bisexual makes me feel (choose ONE answer only) * Very comfortable * Mostly comfortable * Comfortable * Uncomfortable * Very uncomfortable * It depends 7. Adolescent sexual behavior (like prevalence of sexually-experienced 15-year-olds, loss of virginity, same gender attractions) is the most problem that teenagers experienced because they don’t have enough knowledge about what sex really means.