День: 15.11.2015

Obscene Phone Calls

People who make obscene phone calls share characteristics with exhibitionists. Thus obscene phone calling (sometimes called telephone scatologia) is viewed by some profes­sionals as a subtype of exhibitionism. People who make obscene phone calls typically experience sexual arousal when their victims react in a horrified or shocked manner, and many masturbate during or immediately after […]

Rape of Men by Men

In 2000 a high school football team in Yucca Valley, California was found guilty of par­ticipating in a bizarre “hazing” incident. New team players were treated aggressively, shoved, abused, and even anally penetrated with a large stick. Many of the athletes claimed that this hazing was a tradition that helps increase team bonding. Do you […]

Rape of Men by Women

Students often laugh at the idea that a man could be raped by a woman because they be­lieve the myth that men are always willing to have sex, and so a woman would never need to rape a man. However, the myth actually serves to make male rape more humil­iating and painful for many men. […]

DEFINING RAPE AS NONCONSENT

Most established conceptualizations of rape, particularly acquaintance rape, have been based on judgments of female sexual consent (Pineau, 1989). Acquaintance rape is usually defined as nonconsensual forced sex between persons who know each other. Traditionally, mutual consent for sexual activity, in our culture, has been determined by examining whether a woman consented to sexual intercourse. […]

Looking with Love

Purpose: To practice communicating feelings of love through your eyes. Suggested Time: Several minutes Imagine that your eyes are windows to your heart. Look at your part­ner while focusing on your feelings of love and appreciation. Let those feelings move up from your heart and out through your eyes. Smile and make eye contact every […]

Exhibitionism

Exhibitionism, often called indecent exposure, refers to behavior in which an individ — exhibitionism ual (almost always male) exposes his genitals to an involuntary observer (usually an the act _ of exposing ones genitals to adult woman or a girl) (American Psychiatric Association, 2000; Marshall et al., 1991). an unwilling °bserver. Typically, a man who […]

Klismaphilia

Klismaphilia (kliz-muh-FILL-ee-uh) is an unusual variant of sexual expression in which an individual obtains sexual pleasure from receiving enemas (Agnew, 2000). Less commonly, the erotic arousal is associated with giving enemas. The case histories of many individuals who express klismaphilia reveal that as infants or young children they were frequently given enemas by concerned and […]

How Partners React to Rape

When a man or woman’s sexual partner is raped, the partner often feels anger, frustra­tion, and intense feelings of revenge (M. E. Smith, 2005). Many partners express a strong desire to “kill him” (the rapist), “make him pay,” and the like. In addition, some partners experience a sense of loss, guilt, self-blame, and jealousy. Emotional […]

Theorising difference: ‘From their own perspective…’

One alternative to traditional approaches in feminist theory is what we can loosely label post-modern feminist theory.[979] Post-modern feminism is especially useful in any attempts to accommodate the claims of minority women because it challenges assumptions about the definition and status of the subject ‘woman’, therefore providing room for alternative definitions and analysis. It also […]