A few years ago the American Dialect Society chose "sexual McCarthyism" (first coined by OJ Simpson's defender Alan Dershowitz) to be the "word of the year." Since that time, the term has found a place in American society, and more recently as the title of Alan Dershowitz's (also President Clinton's defender) new book. Dershowitz explained to the public that he wrote his book "Sexual McCarthyism" because he feared a return to the "bad old days" when Senator Joseph McCarthy used the power of government to pry into the private lives of public figures. He feels that the key to sexual McCarthyism is the use of governmental power. A prime example is the Starr Report, the allegations against President Clinton prepared by Federal Prosecutor Kenneth Starr. This concept has now expanded far beyond the confines of our government. Some people simply call it "political correctness." However, according to "political correctness," almost anything can be seen as sexual harassment, and anyone can be a target of blame. .
Sexual harassment has become the latest tool in the hands of censors. By using this device speech, which could otherwise not be censored by any politician or police officer, can be banned for offending the sensitivities of any employee with a prudent eye and a hungry lawyer. Real sexual harassment has traumatizing effects, but accusations of this crime have become a trend, and like any trend, they have been taken to extremes. After a woman won a case proving that Playboy "pin-ups" in the work place cause a "hostile environment," a professor at Penn State demanded that a print of Goya's "Nude Maja" be removed from a classroom wall because she felt sexually harassed by the idea of male students looking at this artist's interpretation of the female body while she was lecturing. A committee on women's concerns at Penn State backed the professor, and the "Nude Maja" was removed. They wanted to ban Playboy.
Sexual disorders are categorized into three general groups. The groups are sexual dysfunctions, sexual deviations, and homosexuality. ... There are three phases in the sexual response cycle. The first one, called the desire phase, involves sexual fantasies and interest in sexual activity. ... This is the phase of sexual response. ...
Adolescent sexual development is directly affected by the sexual content displayed daily in media. ... Our youth has more access to sexual content than ever before. ... Recurring viewing of television and movies with sexual themes or aspects can lead to casual attitudes about sexual relationships, as well as unrealistic expectations and irresponsibility in sexual situations (Ward, 2002). ... Sexually saturated media paired with pressure among peer groups may prove to be detrimental in the sexual health of developing adolescents. ... Sexual imagery in advertisements is rationalized by marketin...
They are uncertain about the outcome, whether or not it would cause students to be more or less likely to engage in sexual activities. ... In some cases, people feel as though new methods of teaching the subject would bring better results, such as lower teenage pregnancies, a decline in sexually transmitted diseases, more responsible thinking, and maybe even lower the rate of sexual harassment and rape. ... If a student practices abstinence, that is the only way he or she will never contract a sexually transmitted disease, or increase the rate of teen pregnancy. ... Students should know tha...
Teenagers and Contraceptives Do teenagers have sexual intercourse? Yes, it is indeed a known fact that teenagers are sexually active. ... One more problem among sexually active teens is the cause of sexually transmitted diseases, STD. ... A majority of these infections are transmitted sexually." ... Sexually transmitted diseases cannot be transferred from person to person during sexual intercourse if proper contraceptives are used. ...
Planning a sexual health promotion intervention with homeless adolescents. Nursing Research, 51,168-174 The Article "Planning a Sexual Health Promotion Intervention with Homeless Adolescents", discusses preventative methods to decrease risky sexual behaviors among the very vulnerable homeless adolescent population, which includes both men and women. Homeless adolescents are at high risk of contracting STD's (sexually transmitted diseases), because they lack continuous sexual education, the ability to access a health care provider and also to overcome barriers within there personal live...
Teenage Sexual ActivitySexual activity is common among teenagers. ... The increase of disease and theincrease of sexual activity is effecting younger and youngervictims. ... The sexual education programs, the good ones,address more than the biology of sex and risks. ... Then, the sex education program should focus on those whoare sexually active. ... In result of this, the rateof births and sexually transmitted diseases are increasing. ...
Children who are sexually abused are affected in many different ways. ... First of all, try to consider the sexual dysfunction caused by sexual abuse. Often, adults who are sexually abused as children may have problems interacting with anyone in a sexual way ever again. ... As a result, adults who were sexually abused as a child are more likely to experience sexual problems. ... Adults who are sexually abused as children may feel as though they are not as good sexually as their peers. ...
"Sexual Violence- While the crimes of "rape- and "incest- have been on the statute books for hundreds of years, it was not until the 1970s that "sexual violence- was more fully explored and developed as a concept. ... In a recent report of the National Association of Services Against Sexual Violence, sexual violence was defined in the following terms: Sexual violence includes a range of violent behaviours. It can include unwanted touching, sexual harassment and intimidation, coerced sexual activity, sexual assault and rape and can include other physical violence and threat to life. ....
Sexual abuse is a global problem of epidemic proportions such that studies show that one out of ten children will have been sexually assaulted at least once in their life. ... In fact, most inmates have their own moral code, viewing the sexual predator as one of the lowest rung of criminals in the system, a view often held by the prison guards. ... Inmates that request to be segregated from the non sexual offenders are housed in special units to protect them from potential abuse. ... Sexual abuse is a pervasive problem that leaves a child psychologically damaged. The effects of child abuse, wh...
