...Format: MLA Essay Thesis: Holden’s negative view of sex and sexuality stems from many things, he presents sex as something ‘crumby’ even though as he mentions he would not mind doing it if he opportunity came up but when the time comes he does not go through with it, sabotaging himself and in a way preserving his innocence. Salinger also ties in the theme of innocence, Holden subconsciously tries to preserve his innocence and it’s evident in the way he views things, he sees the prostitute as a person, not as an object, and thinks of Jane as friend rather than a sexual being. It seems as though he prefers non-intimate relationships and resorts to just talking things out like with the prostitute and with Jane he does not make any advances towards her, he prefers to hold hands and talk. It is also evident that Holden was sexuality abused, and when his former teacher Mr. Antolini makes advances towards him, it adds to his negative idea of sexuality. Through Holden Caulfield, Salinger presents sex and sexuality as something that is shameful and private. ENG 2D1h May 21st, 2014 Assessment of Salinger’s Concept of Sexuality in The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield, the protagonist Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye represents the Western teen in the 1950’s, and through Caulfield’s ‘misadventures’ the themes of sex and sexuality come into play. Holden’s negative view of sex and sexuality stems from many things, he presents sex as something ‘crumby’ even though as he mentions...
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...101-B13 Abstract This paper explores the ways media productions have become the main culprit in the sexualization of children. The Bratz Doll itself is a device of the media and all the media images posted on her demonstrates the extent of influence that media hype has on children. Kids are inundated with marketing to sell sex products, including but not limited to provocative clothing which interferes with the healthy development of kids. Harmful images embedded with media misconceptions objectify girls and woman. Children are being transformed into miniature adults with the Media assuming the role of guidance counselor. With both parent’s working in the majority of households, the Media also serves as a substitute parent. A lost childhood is a formula for disaster and long-term issues on all levels of functioning in society. Education, communication, and setting boundaries are essential in creating a reality mindset regarding media ploys. Teaching girls and women that they are not mere vessels of sexual pleasure; rather daughters of God designed to project intelligence and virtue (Proverbs 31:10). Understanding technology, including social media is imperative; however, it is a matter of discernment and balance. Sexy Too Soon: The Medias’ Sexualization of Our Daughters One of the epidemics in the world is the Medias ’sexualization of children. Women and teenage girls are sexualized and objectified more than men or boys. Female children are molded at an early age...
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...Child Beauty Pageants Should be Banned Parents are the first form of mentors that children have to guide them into adulthood. As those mentors it is the parents’ job to positively shape their child’s moral character, values and ethics, and their overall mental, physical and spiritual development. Child beauty pageants go against that parental code by teaching that self-worth is in appearance, creating negative behavioral and emotional issues, as well as, sexually exploiting children and therefore, should be banned. Self-worth To begin with, pageants teach that self-worth is in the physical appearance, instead of within. Self-worth is about the value you place on yourself through an internal connection. Beauty pageants take away from that in the essence that it puts a high value on beauty and perfection instead of character. Children are taught at a young age, that they are in competition with others and whoever is the most beautiful and have perfected talents, are winners and everyone else is losers. Along with that K. Meginnis-Payne & C. Travis (2001) , states “ In addition to promoting mixed messages about the role of beauty in women’s lives, beauty myths foster competition, divisiveness, and distrust among women. These myths undermine the collaborative, supportive relationships women create with one another. All beauty myths promote the idea that beauty is the most vital aspect of a women’s being.” Negative Behavioral and Emotional Issues Secondly, since a child...
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...letter in a hope that I will live to see your eighteen birthday party celebration. In this state I am twenty four years of age and just completed my undergraduate studies in the university, moreover secured a job with an insurance firm as an underwriter. You will be much blessed to be brought up in a loving family with two brothers and a beautiful caring mother who is an accountant by profession. Your family setup is a monogamous situation and all of your siblings are of the same parents. Infancy will be the most crucial part in your development hence I plan to ensure that your are well taken care of, this will be done by employing babysitters who will carter for your needs while mum will be at work .I would like you to have a very good childhood and live life to the fullest. For preschool I would want for you to attend school at a private institution where special learning facilities are availed to all the students. Based on the fact that children require special attention in there early stages of life it would be imperative that all your psychological needs should be addressed in order to ensure that your personality shall be well developed and that your may not suffer from inferiority complex and lack of self- esteem in future. Both I and your mother will be involved consultatively in the processes of your parenting. This will ensure that in your growth and development any socialization issue shall be addressed to assist in making your life much better and guide you in the making...
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...moving on to higher levels of education. Peer Pressure Whether it's the temptation to do drugs, drink alcohol, go to parties or even cheat, students can sometimes feel bombarded with pressure from their peers to do things that are either harmful or distracting. Trying to please friends while fulfilling other obligations can contribute to the stress. Hard Decisions As students advance in high school and college, they are faced with some of the biggest decisions in their lives. Choosing a college and a major and deciding what to do after graduation can cause stress. Students may be fearful of making the wrong decision or dealing with outside influences, such as parents or friends who are trying to steer them in one direction or another. Sexuality High school and college are a time in a student's life when he usually becomes sexually active. This can create a whole new set of anxieties, as he begins to navigate serious and not-so-serious relationships. In addition, this is a time when students begin to reflect on exactly who they are. Part of this phase of a student's sexual...
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...trying to walk or crawl, as we all like to say is a babies milestones can be flexible, and that is a ton of things we all consider normal at this age and they will grow at their own pace. Early childhood They establish a good set of hat concepts principle and facts are, and the way that their bodies change and grow, but move too, also they believe that making relationships is normal for early childhood. The middle childhood time is where they should be able to have learned reasoning abilities, but also early child awareness, and how much information their brains can hold; they also develop the awareness of learning and strategies, writing and reading and learning how to use a computer at this point. Early adolescent They consider it to be a time for a lot of changes for them emotionally, physically, mentally where boys start to grow hair on their faces and pubic area while girls grow pubic hair and breasts, and start menstruating. This is considered normal. Adulthood What we consider normal is the physical and emotional connection we got to are partners where there is a lot of change emotionally and they develop change and values, but also attitudes that can change things with wanting the things we want in life like babies and marriage, and what they believe about their sexuality is...
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...Adolescent Stages of Development Adolescence is probably the most difficult period in life of every individual since it is a transitional stage between childhood and adulthood. In this period adolescents undergo significant changes in physiological, psychological and social aspects. Naturally, these changes produce a significant impact on their lifestyle, behaviour, psychology, etc. Traditionally, adolescence is considered to start at preteens, mostly from around 9-10 years of age till 19-20 years of age. Basically, adolescence may be divided into three main stages middle childhood (8-11), early adolescence (11-14), and middle adolescence (15-18) while the last years of adolescence may be characterised as the last years when individuals completely grew into adults. Adolescence is a time of great change for a child. It is a time where they begin to explore who they are as individuals and develop their own identities as they get closer into adulthood. Erik Erikson theorized that in adolescence “the main task is developing an identity” and that a healthy identity is developed when they try on alternate identities and reflect on these experiences (Pressley &ump; McCormick, 2007, p.147). Michael Nakkula says “identity is not the culmination of a key event or series of events, although key events can play an important role in the larger process. It is rather, the lived experience of an ongoing process-the process of integrating successes, failures, routines, habits, rituals,...
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...The Question of Sexuality Shakespeare is known for being one of the greatest play writers of all time. Due to his clever use of language and rhyme, many people like to use his work when teaching literature or drama. He is also notorious for implying religious beliefs and suggesting themes that may not be well accepted during his time. One of these major themes in Twelfth Night happens to be the question of sexual identity throughout the play. From the beginning until the end of the play, Shakespeare shows how the idea of sexual identity can be questionable and how it affects the main characters throughout the play. As the play Twelfth Night begins, the reader gets a first glance at how Shakespeare suggests the idea of cross dressing through Viola, who poses as Cesario in order to work for Orsino. “For such disguise as haply shall become the form of my intent,” here Viola tells the Captain her plans and asks him to keep quiet. Wearing her brother’s clothing, she disguises herself to be a man because she fancied Orsino and to get closer to him. In this scene Shakespeare raises the question of Viola’s sexuality because of her cross dressing. Even though the idea of cross dressing seems to be over stepping social acceptance bounds, it is also ironic considering that theatre at the time always contained cross dressing if a play consisted of female parts. Viola’s relationship with Orsino progresses rapidly in a matter of a few days which helps to understand how Viola...
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...daughters more than wouldn’t be so insecure. A. Real women do not wake up looking like supermodels. 1. Models used to weight 8% less than the average woman... but today they weight 23% then 2. Parents most supportiveness mostly wasn’t until college. B. the American dream is for your daughter to be a coach. 1. TV has turned to the stereotypes of the “bitch” the “slut.” 2. There is a connection with thin and sucsceful in movies. IV. We have the choice not to buy into an image designed t make us feel insecure A. When society accepts label, physical/ psychological abuse becomes normal 1. Were becoming self absorbed/ insecure and seeking approval. 2. Getting mixed signals about roles women play effects jobs and sexuality. B. Society makes people think it’s through sexual display that women get what they want and are successful. 1. Most hip hop vides display women’s body parts. 2. Young women are aspiring to be like this. Achieving this skinny look. V. Trafficking women is illegal, but...
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...that is collar length should be tied back. Tattoos must be covered and no face piercings. ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY It is the Company’s policy not to tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, gender, religion, veteran status, or any other category protected by law whether or not it rises to the level of illegal behavior. All such harassment, discrimination and other improper conduct are strictly prohibited whether it occurs in the workplace or at outside, work-sponsored activities. Examples of prohibited gender-related conduct include, but are not limited to: sexual flirtations, advances or propositions; derogatory, vulgar or graphic statements regarding a person’s sexuality, gender or sexual experience or any inappropriate use of vulgar, sexually explicit or sexually suggestive language; unnecessary touching, patting, pinching or attention to an individual’s body; staring or leering at a person in a way that reasonably could be considered sexual or threatening; sexual compliments, innuendoes, suggestions or jokes; or the display of sexually suggestive pictures, posters, cartoons, drawings or other objects. Examples of other forms of prohibited conduct include racial...
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...information (including programme) p.11-18 Communication p.19 Advice and support p.19 1) Module team contact information: Module Leader: Sue Norman – Room 3S405 – Sue.Norman@uwe.ac.uk 0117 328 4251 Module tutor: Mandy Lee – Room 3S406 – Mandy.Lee@uwe.ac.uk – Tel 0117 328 4279 Module tutor: Sarah Whitehouse- Room 2S407- Sarah.Whitehouse@uwe.ac.uk Tel 0117 328 4178 2) Module specific information MODULE SPECIFICATION Part 1: Basic Data | Module Title | Children in society, past and present | Module Code | UTTGPT-30-1 | Level | 1 | Version | 1 | Owning Faculty | ACE | Field | Primary, Early Childhood and Education Studies | Contributes towards | BA Hons Early Childhood | UWE Credit Rating | 30 | ETCS Credit Rating | 15 | Module Type | Standard | Pre-requisites |...
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...Infancy and Early Childhood Development Developmental Stages Essay Adolescence is probably the most difficult period in life of every individual since it is a transitional stage between childhood and adulthood. In this period adolescent undergo significant changes in physiological, psychological and social aspects. Naturally, these changes produce a significant impact on their lifestyle, behaviour, psychology, etc. Traditionally, adolescence is considered to start at preteens, i.e. from 9-10 years of age till 19-20 years of age. Basically, adolescence may be divided into three main stages middle childhood (8-11), early adolescence (11-14), and middle adolescence (15-18) while the last years of adolescence may be characterised as the last years when individuals completely grew into adults. Middle Childhood The first stage when children actually start to transform into adolescents begins at preteens and lasts until 11 years of age. This stage marks the start of a fast physical growth since at this stage uneven growth of bones, muscles, and organs starts that may result in certain awkward appearance. Some children, especially girls begin puberty at this age that creates certain difficulties for them, so they need access to information about sexuality appropriate for their age. On the cognitive level, some elements of childhood are combined with elements of adolescence. To put it more precisely, logical thinking starts to develop, though children are still have limited...
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...Is My Child Gay? | By Jesse Bering | Jessica Raposo - April 18th, 2013 | In Jesse Bering’s “Is Your Child Gay?” which is excerpted from his book, Why Is The Penis Shaped Like That?, he talks about childhood behaviors that could potentially be an indicator for pre-homosexuality. Along with talking about his own experiences of how he came to find his own sexuality, Bering discusses several different studies that have shown, in fact there are certain behaviors that could pre-determine a child’s sexual orientation. Of course, just like many theories in child development, this is not something that is 100% reliable. The core of this article focuses on a child’s domain of play and how, who, and what a child plays with can be proof to this “pre-homosexuality” theory. The most obvious theme that is present in this article is the continuity-discontinuity issue. According to this view of continuity once a child begins down a particular developmental path, he or she stays on that path throughout life. On the flip side of this is the discontinuity part in which it is believed that early life experiences don’t necessarily carry out with you for the duration of your life. Of course neither one of these is 100% accurate but this article demonstrates the continuity issue, basically saying if a little boy plays with dolls when he is five years old it is likely for that boy to continue down that path and eventually be a homosexual adolescent and adult. The other theme that is stated...
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...Middle Childhood Growing up, I had to learn to be more mature than what my age depicted. I was adept at taking care of not only myself but my three younger brothers; being assigned this role around the "middle childhood" age was challenging, causing me to acquire the development for new capabilities. My social development was not necessarily flourishing at this point in time, due to cumulative disruption in my home-life. This led up through my adolescence and even has a tendency to continually disrupt my thoughts through adulthood. Psychologically speaking, I wasn't necessarily a stable child; not having what I would define as "natural" sleeping patterns, I was always overly-emotional and testy with everyone that I met. --Throw in a dab of coyness, and that pretty much sums up my middle childhood period! My thought process and my demeanor seem to strive off of this period of my life, good and bad....
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...Adolescent Stages of Development Adolescence is probably the most difficult period in life of every individual since it is a transitional stage between childhood and adulthood. In this period adolescents undergo significant changes in physiological, psychological and social aspects. Naturally, these changes produce a significant impact on their lifestyle, behaviour, psychology, etc. Traditionally, adolescence is considered to start at preteens, mostly from around 9-10 years of age till 19-20 years of age. Basically, adolescence may be divided into three main stages middle childhood (8-11), early adolescence (11-14), and middle adolescence (15-18) while the last years of adolescence may be characterised as the last years when individuals completely grew into adults. Adolescence is a time of great change for a child. It is a time where they begin to explore who they are as individuals and develop their own identities as they get closer into adulthood. Erik Erikson theorized that in adolescence “the main task is developing an identity” and that a healthy identity is developed when they try on alternate identities and reflect on these experiences (Pressley &ump; McCormick, 2007, p.147). Michael Nakkula says “identity is not the culmination of a key event or series of events, although key events can play an important role in the larger process. It is rather, the lived experience of an ongoing process-the process of integrating successes, failures, routines, habits, rituals,...
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