It also lets the viewer's subconscious play an important part in the interpretation of the images. This may be why the images can be seen as more shocking than the sexually graphic images, because the viewer is forced to draw on their own subconscious for meaning. ... The symbolic signs are the flowers, which are standing in for the male sexual organs and or the desire for sex, which are then the signifiers. ... The viewer draws on there own subconscious desires as to how much of a symbolic reference can be made, to aid in this discovery the surrounding images allude to that po...

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TEEN PREGNANCY Sex. Stop and think about that topic. What images enter your mind? Now think about pregnancy. What mental picture does that word create? In your mind, you know that having sex can lead to pregnancy. Sometimes you do not connect the fact that it "you" are the one who is havin...

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The miscommunication hypothesis argues that many incidences of coercive sex are brought about by simple "miscommunications" regarding the sexual wants and desires of the victim and the perpetrator. ... However, there are many theories that dispute that, such as Felson's theory that the need for sex overpowers all other desires in the act of rape (Gillen, 103). While rape is a violent crime, I am inclined to believe that the truth of the matter varies from case to case, but that in general, date rape is usually an act carried out to fulfill sexual desires that the male could have...

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It was extremely popular among most races, gender, and social status, because it deals with real issues that sometime bother everyone subconsciously. ... It also could be a subconscious truth that Banky needs the same, because he is homosexual and uses this behavior as a front in order to over it up. ... Throughout this journey, she was looked down upon by society yet she had no hear of judgment and lived her life according to her own desires. ...

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A god of culture, Apollo was depicted with fine stature, beauty and talent who according to legend, fell in love with the nymph Daphne, a romance short lived due to unsatisfied desires. ... In The Fox, such subconscious power play is best revealed in the dreams of March. ... The presence of the voice, which represents the confusing urgency of desire which March is succumbing to, can be seen as a parallel to the "circuit of force always flowing," Lawrence's explanation for sexual tension in Fantasia of the Unconscious. ... She and Basil come to the realisation that, "the excitemen...

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Introduction Many children watch television everyday, and recent studies indicate that children watch between three to four hours of television a day. Even more astounding is the fact that children spend about 38 hours a week either watching television, playing video games, listening to music, an...

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