While a full review of the nuances of such pairings is beyond the scope of this paper, my purpose here is to highlight some of the basic processes and communication behaviors relevant to falling in love, dating and romantic relationships. ... In romantic relationships, falling in loveis mainly a Western concept of moving from a feeling of neutrality towards a person to one of love. ... Dating and romantic relationships typically initiate when one person is attracted to other based on one of three needs: (1) Physical, as reflective if a desire to be with an attractive other; (2) social, as defi...

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Sex and nudity is a concept that is not new to films and movies, especially in teenage romantic comedies or "coming of age" comedies. In these teen comedies, the ideas of sex and sexuality in teens is usually a main subject, and in the three examples I will be looking at, the ideas of teen sex and s...

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Bassett and colleagues (2000) have found that femme lesbians may pursue romantic relationships similar to heterosexual women, while butch lesbians similar to heterosexual males. ... Bassett and colleagues (2000) suggest that femme lesbians engage in romantic relationships similar as those of heterosexual women. ... However, distinct to accustomed sexual desire, unrestricted sociosexual desire is accompanied in conjunction with a sexual attraction that is particularly directed at prospective mates to whom no steadfast romantic relationship exists (Simpson et al., 2004). ...

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The modern definition of "marriage" is rooted from the Latin 'maritare', which not only means to marry but also inherits the idea of procreation. 'Maritare' was originally used as a term to 'marry' plants together, referring to the grafting of plant stems. Naturally, this process w...

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In her article "Hooking Up," Kathleen A. Bogle argues that the correlation of between the hookup culture and alcohol consumption promotes casual relationships among students on college campuses. The piece sheds light on everything from the historical background of hooking up, students delaying marri...

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"A Rose For Emily" by William Faulkner deals with the shocking subject of morbid fascination, resistance to change, and the lasting effects of a father's pattern of psychological abuse; however, I do not believe it deals with necrophilia per se. The term necrophilia implies a sexual component,...

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The Sexual Revolution In 1998, President Bill Clinton's confession that he had had an inappropriate relationship of a sexual nature with White House intern Monica Lewinsky started a national discussion about how a politician's personal moral standards might affect his or her ability to lead. Cl...

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Mary-Lou Galician has researched much on mass media and the romantic relationships that are illustrated. ... In this script, teens use contraception, communicate with adults about their experiences, do it within a monogamous romantic relationship, and are 'old enough' (484). ...

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For the last twenty years or so, the issue of sexual harassment has received considerable attention especially since the inception of the feminist movement and the glaring examples of the Impeachment of President Clinton, the Senate's confirmation hearings for Anita Hill's charges against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, among others, has heightened nearly everyone's interest in the topic (Mcafee1). Despite, widespread publicity about the perils of sexual harassment, surveys demonstrates that many businesses operating in the United States have yet to address the problem a...

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In the early 1970s, studies reported that, since 1945, 99 percent of the homes in the United States had acquired at least one television set (Mander, 1978, p.24). Television has now become the leading vehicle for disseminating information to Americans. Although many people place little importance ...

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Sex offenders are a highly diverse group of people, but all are individuals who have at least one of the following crimes in common: have committed violent sexual assault on a stranger, have had inappropriate sexual contact with a family member, have molested a child or any other inappropriate and criminal sexual behavior. Currently, in the United States, there are a total of 722,499 individuals who are registered sex offenders (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). However, this number does not reflect every person who has committed a sexual offense. Research shows that a lot of cases go unreported whi...

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