INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTION WATCH 301-19TH AVENUE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS MN 55455 USA TEL: 612 625 5093 E-MAIL: IWRAW@hhh.umn.edu www.igc.org/iwraw EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S ECONOMIC‚ SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS A Guide to Implementation and Monitoring Under the International Covenant on Economic‚ Social and Cultural Rights INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTION WATCH Copyright 2004 International Women’s Rights Action Watch‚ University of Minnesota Funding for this publication was provided by the
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Pornography: Sex or Subordination? In the late Seventies‚ America became shocked and outraged by the rape‚ mutilation‚ and murder of over a dozen young‚ beautiful girls. The man who committed these murders‚ Ted Bundy‚ was later apprehended and executed. During his detention in various penitentiaries‚ he was mentally probed and prodded by psychologist and psychoanalysts hoping to discover the root of his violent actions and sexual frustrations. Many theories arose in attempts to explain the motivational
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Positive Psychology and Sex Name: Institution: Course: Date: Tutor: Positive Psychology and Sex 1.0 Role of emotions in sex and orgasm Brain scanning studies show that sex is a major turn off for women. The brain scans show that many parts of the female brain actually switch off. This shows that women lack emotional feelings during orgasms (Prause‚ 2009). A research was carried out on thirteen healthy partners. The research compared three states of rest; faked orgasm‚ stimulated clitoris
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In the essay‚ “Sex‚ Lies and Conversation” by Deborah Tannen‚ the author claims that the men more likely to talking in public place‚ but less at home. The women is more likely to talk to their husband at home‚ but do not talk in the public. We see this when the author explain the reason. She states‚ “In the public setting of a guest lecture‚ men felt challenged to show his intelligence and display his understanding of the lecture. But at home‚ where he has nothing to prove and no one to defend against
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The issue of sex selective abortions is reflective of women’s inferior status throughout contemporary Indian society. Feminism and women’s rights have resulted in abortion rights throughout many countries‚ which are thought to benefit womanhood for a range of reasons. However‚ in developing countries such as India‚ abortion rights are reinforcing the patriarchy that has oppressed women for millions of decades‚ through the practise of sex selective abortions. Historically‚
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“The Power of Cool”: An Analysis of Sex in Advertisement Nowadays the use of sexuality is a very popular way to advertise a product. The concept of using attractive people to sell any type of merchandise is everywhere‚ and this is effective because when you look at an ad of this kind you don’t focus on the product; you focus on the sex symbol. I chose an ad from Davidoff’s Cool Water campaign that appeared in Men’s Health magazine on September 2008. “Flesh sells. People don’t want to see pictures
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Sex and Its Depiction in Art and Advertisement Sex‚ being a part of the human experience‚ has for very long been depicted as an intimate activity. However‚ sex has existed as a marketable commodity since the Roman Empire‚ and still exists as such to this day. Eduardo Manet’s Olympia‚ 1865‚ confronts its contemporary society with prostitution‚ depicting a reclined prostitute staring directly at the viewer‚ making the viewer see the scene from the point of view of the customer’s. Manet’s criticism
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countries. However‚ ancestors hold strong opinion that male was the person who had all positions and power in hand while female had nothing. It leads to the urgent problem which affects the number of men and women because of this way of thought. It is the imbalance sex ratio of newborn. Sex ratio of newborn (SRN) is the rate between the number of boys being born in every one hundred girls (UNFPA‚ 2010). It happens in not only developing countries but also developed countries such as China‚ Korea
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Biomedical Sciences Dr. Sean Erwin Spring B 2012 Abstract Choosing the sex of your child is technically possible thanks to advances in fertility treatments that allow doctors to create or identify embryos of a certain sex based on this most accurate sex selection methods; usually the most expensive (10‚000.00) often involving invasive infertility treatments and fertility drugs with side effects. Sex determination and the selective abortion of fetuses are widespread in some countries
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Risks of Teenage Sex Premarital sex is a huge problem in society today. People everywhere are not waiting until they get married to have sex. The young people having sex are not aware of the consequences and the risks that come with having sex. They just think it is fun and it gives them something to do but sex is a very serious thing. Currently more than 45% of high school females and 48% of high school males have had sexual intercourse. The average age of first intercourse is 17 years for girls
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