Pseudo Lucian’s dialogue “Forms of Love” centers on a debate the narrator‚ Lycinus‚ was privy to. The purpose of this debate was to determine whether a love for boys or a love for women was the superior form of sexual love; Callicratidas‚ an Athenian‚ argued on behalf of love for boys and Charicles‚ a Corinthian‚ argued on behalf of love for women. Through analyzing the arguments presented by Charicles‚ one can draw conclusions about the various effects gender and gender roles had on social hierarchy
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Love‚ Sex and Gender in the World Religions Edited by Joseph Runzo and Nancy Martin Introduction Two forces which gathered strength in the last half of the twentieth century now dominate the world religions at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The first is the globalization of religions and their resulting encounter with each other‚ and the second is the need to redefine attitudes toward gender as women have stepped forward to insist that their full humanity be acknowledged
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Research Paper Without Love a Marriage Cannot Work In the past when talking about marriages‚ more specifically arranged marriages your parents could force you to marry someone and you would stay in that marriage even if you were unhappy. As times are changing‚ more and more people are looking for that special one person that makes them so happy they want to spend the rest of their lives with them. For some people they get it right on the first try‚ but with others it takes some time after
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Sex without love has become the norm for too many teenagers in this century. Sharon Olds illustrates this fact in a very beautiful way in her ironic poem "Sex without Love." Olds was born in San Francisco‚ but she lived most of her life in New York. She received numerous awards for her writing. This particular poem describes sex without love in a rather questioning way‚ wondering how those indulging in this sex without marriage can do it. Olds criticizes sex without love while evoking it in terms
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MCO473: Sex‚ Love‚ & Romance in the Mass Media • FALL 2009 • Dr. Mary-Lou Galician STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM #1 (MIDTERM EXAM) TUESDAY‚ October 6‚ 2009 — 3:00 P.M. SHARP* 75 items (2 points each: possible total = 150 points) — 50 minutes *If you come to the exam after even just ONE student has completed the exam and left the room‚ we cannot let you take this exam (and you will have 75 points deducted from your total course points) — SO BE ON TIME! You also cannot leave the exam and return
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with love and sex in the Victorian Era. With reference to appropriately selected parts of the novel and relevant external‚ contextual information on Victorian attitudes to love and sex‚ give your response to the above view. The Victorian era when “Wuthering Heights” was written and first published was a time when love and romance and true emotion were the antithesis of reasons to marry. Sexual love was frowned upon greatly and no woman should ever have had sex outside of marriage. Sex was something
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The changing concepts of sex‚ love and family Love‚ sexuality and family are three interrelated concepts that have had dramatic changes over the millennia. From the bestial‚ yet necessary act of sexual intercourse‚ through the complicated and often not understood feeling of love we end up with the smallest social unit that comprises society – the family. The interpretations of love‚ sex and the structure of family have always varied through the centuries‚ but no matter how‚ they have always
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Love‚ Sex‚ and the Gods in World Literature Literature throughout world history contains many of the same themes and motifs. The works that will be discussed in this paper: Homer’s The Iliad‚ Aristophanes’ Lysistrata‚ and Ovid’s Metamophoses‚ all contain common themes. The first theme is love‚ whether it is the love between a man and a woman‚ parent and child‚ or the love of siblings. Love is a driving force for many of the characters in these works. The second theme is sex‚ whether it is symbolic
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A Nozick and Dworkin comparison Philosophy of Love and Sex Introduction This paper compares and contrasts the philosophical views of two thinkers: Robert Nozick and Andrea Dworkin on the subject of Romantic Love (Eros / Being in Love). By romantic love‚ Nozick and Dworkin are referring to the possibility of two individuals sharing a single identity: in other words‚ what Nozick calls love’s bond and Dworkin calls communion. Where Nozick and Dworkin differ is over the value
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Many philosophers describe love as “work of art”‚ but what is love for real? This discussion focuses on all the different forms of love‚ which is presented in the classical Greek typology. Using the Greek terms: Eros‚ this concerns our desire for pleasure‚ particularly the pleasure associated with our bodily desires for sex and food. If it feels good‚ it is good. Philia refers to a friendship love like brotherly where people act with one another with kindness and showing honor. Agape is divided
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