According to Michael Warner‚ the goal of sexual ethics in our society is to place restraints upon sexual variance. What sexual practices society deems permissible survive from ancient and medieval times; only that which is considered typical in the eyes of conservatism and traditionalism are not subject to sexual shame. What remains is the repression of sexual deviance; we see what effects traditional sexual morality has on society today in the form of birth control politics‚ prohibitions against
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The concept of belonging is interesting to me because the idea is really that of ‘self’. There are many varied notions of belonging revolving around the ‘inclusion/exclusion’ of a person in a societal group‚ ‘attraction/alienation’ to values‚ attitudes and behaviours‚ ‘security/marginalisation’. But ultimately the idea of belonging is the development of our own sense of personal identity being defined by the groups‚ communities‚ lifestyles we align ourselves with. Les Murray’s poems “The
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Irony in Brave New World A society in the future can be very distinctive apart from a society in the modern day. Brave New World‚ written by Aldous Huxley‚ is a novel in regards to a utopian society. It takes place in the future where all is advanced and people are no longer born. Instead‚ reproductive technology is developed and futurology is emphasized. The majority of the population is divided into classes and no one is able to think for themselves. The novel is ironic at points and uses satire
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Censorship in Film In 1907‚ Chicago enacted the first film censorship law. Two years later‚ the National board of Censorship was created due to the amount of complaints about indecent movies in New York City. This caused multiple theaters in the NYC Area to close down. By the 1920’s‚ most American protestant cities were being called for federal regulation. The year is now 2016 and censorship still plays an important role in the film industry and also our society. Censorship in film started because
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The main character of this story is Reggie. Reggie is a college student in the year 2020. Through a series of events ends up going to a campus protest with his friends. This protest is against the recently elected president and his future plans and ideas to run America. Reggie the night before agreed to attend because all he thought was “oh cool I get to hangout with my best friends” but thinks they are protesting something small. He ends up having to choose between standing up for his beliefs and
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Enron’s collapse was the result of unethical practices; alas‚ such practices had a long‚ ignominious presence. The Enron story begins with CEO Kenneth Lay‚ who in 1986 combined his Houston Natural Gas company with several other entities. Until 1996‚ Enron primarily sold natural gas. Yet‚ in a sign of trouble to come‚ in 1987 Lay overlooked evidence of financial misdeeds in the company’s Valhalla‚ NY unit as executives Louis Bourget and Thomas Mastroeni greatly inflated profits while embezzling
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were they soon die. 1950’s gay right movement appeared back in western Europe. many reasons why gay rights movement couldn’t be grasped in eastern Europe because f the Muslim world. “they thought of it as unspeable‚ a crime‚ a disease‚ and gross obscenity.” Iraq sill sees homosexuality crime “even though the criminal system does not prohibitt it. 2005 the bush administration election‚ was” promoting liberty benefiting Iraqi gays. “the regime” change does not appear o have legalized homosexuality but
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in extemporaneous forensics‚ I had to combat muscular tics so stifling that I was prescribed a muscle relaxer to quell the nerve pain I had caused. I have Tourette’s syndrome. Despite common‚ untrue stereotypes‚ I do not unmanageably blurt out obscenities at unpredictable moments. Rather‚ I have had transient‚ tedious tics (repetitive‚ non-rhythmic motor movements involving discrete
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An example of this is some news sources and independent journalists not being able to post about certain topics or ideas because they are limited on what they can post if it is deemed as offensive‚ as an incitement of a criminal act‚ obscenity‚ or slander. If considered so‚ it may be taken down or called back‚ even if it was not meant to be construed that way. Topics that may have once been able to be discussed are now too controversial and may offend someone. One example of an expansion
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November. Rain and hail blistering down‚ some even the size of quarters. Sitting on the interstate in 4 lanes wide of bumper to bumper backed up traffic; although‚ the other side is backed up‚ it’s at least moving. Horns honking‚ people yelling obscenities - I look to my right and see a raccoon scurry past me searching for shelter. Yeah‚ traffic is that slow - I haven’t moved an inch in 15 minutes. As my eyes wander to the other side of the highway - I see a Dodge Caravan‚ motionless in the far right
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