1. Sexual Harassment
In this article, Columbus Meets Pocahontas in the American South, Theda Perdue, shows how Europeans viewed the Native women. Perdue also compares the way the Native women were treated by the European men. Perdue starts off by explaining both Columbus and John Smiths encounters with the Natives. ...
Teen Pregnancy How to prevent teen pregnancy has been a question for many years now. Statistics have been running wild trying to keep up with the teenage generation. Many people have their opinions on the subject (teen pregnancy), because teens seem to be getting pregnant all so fast these days. ...
Sexual assault can be a very traumatic event for the victim as well as the victim's family and friends. Sexual assault is a very serious crime. It is defined as any form of sexual assault without both parties' voluntary consent. Sexual assault is not just a non-consensual intercourse, it can be non-...
We have seen the phrase "rape culture" plastered onto our television screens, noted in our newspapers, and exploited on our Facebook profiles. What comes to your mind when you see the phrase "rape culture"? Let's break it down. When a person thinks of culture they usually picture a group of people o...
The speaker then continues to make jokes regarding the woman's virginity: Thy beauty shall no more be found, Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound My echoing song: then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust (25-30). ...
Justin Apresa a sixteen year-old boy remembers how he first came to learn about sex and the treatment of the opposite sex. "It wasn't like my parents talked to me about sex and girls," Justin commented. He learned about it through his cousin who, at the time was merely seventeen years old. Justin...
What is rape? Rape, regardless of who commits it, is a felony of sexual assault that leaves the victim injured and traumatized. Rape is a misleading term which describes a serious crime. Also is misunderstood and under reported. Rape is the common cause of dieases, physical and emotional...
Many situations and lifestyle choices make for different types of marriages. Marriage is a constantly evolving institution. In our lifetime, society has evolved from what used to be considered "traditional" marriage, into accepting that love can and does exist outside of heterosexual coupling. Marri...