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    Although the United States is a western culture filled with various ideas of sexuality and intimacy‚ opinions on morality‚ and twisted forms of law and justice‚ its citizens have often presented expressions of horror and disdain toward the sexual practices of youth in Japan. Stereotypically‚ foreigners often imagine the teenage girls of Japan in skimpy schoolgirl outfits with extreme make-up and hairstyles‚ selling their frilly panties for souvenirs. Is this biased view of young Japanese womanhood

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    be used when entering into any contract and a major part of protocol is to ensure that both parties are of legal age at the time of sale. Another possibility that may be a remedy for this situation is for Car Company to take legal action against Jeff‟s legal guardians. Under the law any minor who misrepresents themselves intentionally by entering into a contract without parental consent can be have legal action taken against them. The action will be taken against the legal guardians of the minor

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    INTRODUCTION Prostitution forms an age-worn but interesting chapter in the history of civilization and presents an important problem for modern society. All civilized countries have offered solutions‚ none of which are satisfactory‚ and only a few of them have even modified its baneful influence. We commonly speak of prostitution as being the oldest of the professions‚ but in the light of historical investigation‚ this is hardly in keeping with the truth. In order to understand the social construction

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    Goldman on Plain Sex

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    Notes on Alan Goldman’s "Plain Sex" Two Lessons about Ethical Thinking (1) Many ethical disagreements hinge upon disagreements about facts‚ not about moral principles. (2) Being a moral objectivist needn’t mean being morally conservative. Both lessons help limit the appeal of moral relativism. ********************** (1) Many ethical disagreements hinge upon disagreements about facts‚ not about moral principles. Goldman claims that views about immoral sexual behaviour are rooted in our definition

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    Ethical Decision Making George T. Jackson‚ University of Phoenix Psych 545 Survey of Professional Psychology Dr. Christi Moore‚ Facilitator Ethical Decision Making Paper In this paper I will examine the relationship of a school psychologist and the relationship of his client and how boundaries were crossed when the school psychologist entered a sexual relationship with

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    complainant to whom the person is not married who is under the age of 16 years” b How much older than the victim must the perpetrator be in order for the intercourse to be considered statutory rape? 2 "Four years older but less than eight years older than the complainant; or eight years older but less than 11 years older than the complainant." c According to that section‚ how old must someone be to legally give consent to sexual intercourse? 3 16 years old.

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    This code states “statutory rape" takes place when any person engages in sexual intercourse with a person under the age of eighteen (18).1 The crime of statutory rape is also commonly referred to as "unlawful sex with a minor"...or as "unlawful sexual intercourse (Shouse California Law Group‚ 2015). This means that anyone over eighteen who has intercourse with someone who is under age eighteen‚ who in the state of California is considered a minor‚ then they are classified as having committed statutory

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    somewhat ambiguous‚ covering a broad spectrum of acts and meanings‚ but according to Finkelhor “general‚ legal and research definitions require two elements: (1) sexual activity involving a child and (2) an ‘abusive condition’ such as coercion or a large age gap between the participants‚ indicating lack of consensuality” (Finkelhor‚1994‚ p. 32). Although child sexual abuse is tricky to define‚ there is no debate against its destructive effects on the victim. The trauma of repeated child sexual abuse can

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    Negative of Using Iternet

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    of any age can find access to any website that contains pornography. Kids can cheat and create older ages‚ and different names for themselves to gain access to various and numerous websites. Porn is all over the Internet and anyone with a computer and Internet access can find it just by typing in porn‚ sex ‚ sexy‚ basically any word that has to with porn. Used to be that porn was placed being a counter in a drug store with a brown paper bag placed over it so only people over a certain age could get

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    is considered eligible for mating and reproduction much later may be after 18 years of age or 20. And also the society insists that a sexual practice outside a marriage is improper and illegal at times. Premarital sexuality is any sexual activity with an opposite sex partner or with a same sex partner before he/she has started a married life. The term is usually used to refer the intercourse before the legal age of a marriage. Adults who presumably marry eventually also fall under this definition

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