Pictorial and written representations of sexuality are not modern inventions; even prehistoric cave drawings depict sexual activity. The ancient Indian love manual Kama Sutra, dating from about 400 CE, summarized philosophies of sexuality and spirituality in its descriptions of specific sexual techniques. Ancient Greek and Roman societies extensively used sexual themes to decorate housewares and […]
Месяц: Ноябрь 2015
Child Pornography
Child pornography is excluded from the First Amendment protection of free speech. The production, sale, and distribution of sexual images of children under the age of 18 are illegal under numerous federal and state laws. Even offering to provide or requesting to obtain child pornography carries a mandatory 5-year prison sentence (Sherman, 2008) . Federal […]
To Each His or Her Own
Straight, gay, and lesbian porn are broad categories that do not begin to include the enormous variety of sexually explicit topics. Specialty pornography "is a mighty testament to the infinite variety of human imagination" (Hanus, 2006b, p. 59). It caters to the wide range of interests in bondage and discipline; sadomasochism fetishes; transgender, pregnant, old/mature, […]
Re-turning to narcissism?
In her work of 1997, The Psychic Life of Power, Judith Butler foregrounds the figure of the ‘turn’ as the key to understanding the ‘becoming’ of the reflexive subject (30). In contrast to sociological framings of reflexivity (Chapter 4), Butler’s presentation helps us to think further about the conceptual difficulties inherent in what we recognised […]
Variations in Straight, Gay, and Lesbian Pornographic Films
Sexually explicit films developed for heterosexual, gay, or lesbian consumers differ < in some of their general characteristics. Much of straight porn is based on a formula of close-up views of various positions of intercourse and oral and anal sex. Two 5 women having sex, threesomes, and group sex are often part of the formula. […]
Erotica
A subtype of sexually explicit materials is erotica. Erotica can be either soft — or hardcore, but it is a distinct kind of pornography, regardless of how explicit the material is. The word erotica is rooted in eros, or "passionate love" (Steinem, 1998). Erotica consists of "depictions of sexuality which display mutuality, respect, affection, and […]
Pornography
The term pornography refers to any written, visual, or spoken material depicting sexual activity or genital exposure that is intended to be sexually arousing. Pornography is usually considered hard-core when explicit images of genitals are shown, whereas soft-core stops short of revealing genitals. We can separate pornography into two additional categories. Degrading pornography objectifies and […]
Female Prostitution in Australia
ee is a 37-year-old prostitute in Sydney, Australia. She also raises a family at home. Here she talks about her life of prostitution. [4] Clients ask for a range of different sexual activities. It can range from good old-fashioned straight-out sex to swinging from the chandeliers. Apart from bondage and discipline there are some weird […]
THE MIXED BLESSINGS OF SEX HORMONES
In this epilogue it is time to reflect on what sex hormones have brought us. Clearly, hormones have changed our world. The quest for sex hormones exemplifies the dreams of modernity. The promises of the new science of sex endocrinology mirror the modernist claim that “a progressive growth of scientific knowledge will uncover the natural […]
‘Deflecting the gaze?’ Textual analysis and the critical study of the ‘family man’ in law
Deflection of the objectifying gaze from women and Indigenous people to benchmark masculinity and heterosexuality, as well as ‘whiteness’, represents an attempt to disrupt the conventional orderings of modernity within legal texts.[1029] It was in an attempt to explore the above concerns that a range of studies developed in family law during the 1990s concerned […]