
The big strip tease: female bodies and male power in the
... Susan Brownmiller published her study of rape - Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape - twelve years after Plath's death, and Brownmiller's work was clearly supported and influenced by the growing women's movement in America, the spirit of which has stimulated illuminating work on Plath herself. It ...
... Susan Brownmiller published her study of rape - Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape - twelve years after Plath's death, and Brownmiller's work was clearly supported and influenced by the growing women's movement in America, the spirit of which has stimulated illuminating work on Plath herself. It ...
The space between: sexual ambiguity and magical realism in
... behaviors. Bisexuals, homosexuals, peeping Toms, and even rapists abound, and Winterson, through her dual narrators Henri and Villanelle, reserves judgment, emphasizing only that passion is its own law. Though Winterson, like Woolf, explores cross-dressing, androgyny, and homosexuality, her characte ...
... behaviors. Bisexuals, homosexuals, peeping Toms, and even rapists abound, and Winterson, through her dual narrators Henri and Villanelle, reserves judgment, emphasizing only that passion is its own law. Though Winterson, like Woolf, explores cross-dressing, androgyny, and homosexuality, her characte ...
Whole Book - The Writings of DWOsborne
... word "weobman", which meant literally a female man. Some amateur etymologists have tried to render this as "womb-man", but the "weob" element is derived from the same root as the modern word "wife", or the German word "weib". This, too, meant simply a female person. The modern English word "wife" ha ...
... word "weobman", which meant literally a female man. Some amateur etymologists have tried to render this as "womb-man", but the "weob" element is derived from the same root as the modern word "wife", or the German word "weib". This, too, meant simply a female person. The modern English word "wife" ha ...
A validation and reduced form of the Female Condom Attitudes Scale
... original database. The investigator draws a substantial number of bootstrap samples (e.g., 2000) of size N from the original data. In any given sample, some cases may appear multiple times whereas other cases may not be selected at all. Thus, there is variation among the bootstrap samples. The boots ...
... original database. The investigator draws a substantial number of bootstrap samples (e.g., 2000) of size N from the original data. In any given sample, some cases may appear multiple times whereas other cases may not be selected at all. Thus, there is variation among the bootstrap samples. The boots ...
A Giselle for Our Time: Mats Ek`s Post
... period he produced many original works for the company. Ek’s Giselle was premiered in 1982 by the Cullberg Ballet, and although it was not his first choreographic venture that drew inspiration from previous artistic material (his Bernardas Hus from 1978 is based upon Federico García Lorca’s play “Th ...
... period he produced many original works for the company. Ek’s Giselle was premiered in 1982 by the Cullberg Ballet, and although it was not his first choreographic venture that drew inspiration from previous artistic material (his Bernardas Hus from 1978 is based upon Federico García Lorca’s play “Th ...
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... Europe ‘brought enormous numbers of people together in ways that were relatively novel’ (Urry 2002, 137). The flâneur is an urban tourist, but even though the tourist shares similarities with the flâneur, the major difference between the two is that the tourist is not a solitary type, but is more so ...
... Europe ‘brought enormous numbers of people together in ways that were relatively novel’ (Urry 2002, 137). The flâneur is an urban tourist, but even though the tourist shares similarities with the flâneur, the major difference between the two is that the tourist is not a solitary type, but is more so ...
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MALE GAZER
... (Symons, 1979, p. 180). This visual arousal could be considered proportional to the female’s reproductive value, and it is in line with parental investment theory (Trivers, 1972). Because males invest less during reproduction and have the ability to reproduce more offspring in a shorter amount of ti ...
... (Symons, 1979, p. 180). This visual arousal could be considered proportional to the female’s reproductive value, and it is in line with parental investment theory (Trivers, 1972). Because males invest less during reproduction and have the ability to reproduce more offspring in a shorter amount of ti ...
Laura Mulvey against the grain: a critical assessment of the
... moments ‘apart from time’ are evident for instance when the camera shows a close-up of Julia Roberts’ leg as she pulls on her stockings in the opening sequence of Pretty Woman (1990). According to Mulvey, such filmatic techniques are a result of the male gaze, and only proves how feminine qualities ...
... moments ‘apart from time’ are evident for instance when the camera shows a close-up of Julia Roberts’ leg as she pulls on her stockings in the opening sequence of Pretty Woman (1990). According to Mulvey, such filmatic techniques are a result of the male gaze, and only proves how feminine qualities ...
Clothes Make the (Wo)man: Marlene Dietrich and “Double Drag”
... she had in her closet at home, she proudly took responsibility for her look in all her movies. Much of this look had its origins in the gay and lesbian “underworld” of 1920s Berlin, Paris, and New York. The tuxedos and top hats that became her trademark had long been ...
... she had in her closet at home, she proudly took responsibility for her look in all her movies. Much of this look had its origins in the gay and lesbian “underworld” of 1920s Berlin, Paris, and New York. The tuxedos and top hats that became her trademark had long been ...
How common is intersex
... vagina, she writes: "Perhaps we will come to view such children as especially blessed or lucky. It is not so farfetched to think that some can become the most desirable of all possible mates, able to pleasure their partners in a variety of ways" (Fausto-Sterling, 2000, p. 113). Fausto-Sterling (2000 ...
... vagina, she writes: "Perhaps we will come to view such children as especially blessed or lucky. It is not so farfetched to think that some can become the most desirable of all possible mates, able to pleasure their partners in a variety of ways" (Fausto-Sterling, 2000, p. 113). Fausto-Sterling (2000 ...
Myth as Therapy: The Usefulness of Thrymskavidtha
... Scandinavian settlement seems from the place-name evidence to have been intense.(n16) It is true that texts of these plays are recorded only from about 1800 onwards (between sixty and seventy having been collected in the small area in which they occur), but some of their motifs were clearly known mu ...
... Scandinavian settlement seems from the place-name evidence to have been intense.(n16) It is true that texts of these plays are recorded only from about 1800 onwards (between sixty and seventy having been collected in the small area in which they occur), but some of their motifs were clearly known mu ...
Lecture 4 The Taming of the Shrew
... And in doing so, it foreshadows the use of disguises and performances in the sub-plot, and main plot; Creating much dramatic irony in the play; But does Petruchio disguise himself? Is he not more upfront, more direct about his motives and intentions, even with Kate? But then is not Petruchio an acto ...
... And in doing so, it foreshadows the use of disguises and performances in the sub-plot, and main plot; Creating much dramatic irony in the play; But does Petruchio disguise himself? Is he not more upfront, more direct about his motives and intentions, even with Kate? But then is not Petruchio an acto ...
Conditional Expression of Changes in Female Desires and Male
... complete questionnaires for missed days. Participants received a daily reminder email or phone call. On average, women returned 31.1 daily reports; missed days were scattered across the cycle and thus did not markedly compromise sampling of days within the high and low fertility phases. In total, 8. ...
... complete questionnaires for missed days. Participants received a daily reminder email or phone call. On average, women returned 31.1 daily reports; missed days were scattered across the cycle and thus did not markedly compromise sampling of days within the high and low fertility phases. In total, 8. ...
Defining Women: Masculine Violence in Defoe, Pope, and Swift
... Herodotus’s story concerned the aftermath of the victory at the River Thermodon. The Scythians were attracted to the Amazons, and thus sent the same number of their young men to camp within the range of the Amazons, with orders to give ground if pursued, and then move near the women again. The motiv ...
... Herodotus’s story concerned the aftermath of the victory at the River Thermodon. The Scythians were attracted to the Amazons, and thus sent the same number of their young men to camp within the range of the Amazons, with orders to give ground if pursued, and then move near the women again. The motiv ...
Travail de Candidature
... fear of female sexuality. Through the deft use of theatrical devices, the Shakespearean stage represented eroticism, gender and their interplay in ways quite subversive to the official representations in the hegemonic discourses. It is this disruptive power of art embodied i ...
... fear of female sexuality. Through the deft use of theatrical devices, the Shakespearean stage represented eroticism, gender and their interplay in ways quite subversive to the official representations in the hegemonic discourses. It is this disruptive power of art embodied i ...
Male Infertility and Sexual Health in Early Modern England
... different things of different groups of men; in some cases the body, fertility and virility underpinned the attainment of manliness. The young male body was expected to assert itself through sexual behaviour, and in some cases sexual excess; although excessive sexual activity was thought to exclude ...
... different things of different groups of men; in some cases the body, fertility and virility underpinned the attainment of manliness. The young male body was expected to assert itself through sexual behaviour, and in some cases sexual excess; although excessive sexual activity was thought to exclude ...
Ambivalent Sexism and the Sexual Double Standard
... number of sexual partners (zero, one, or 12) in a between subjects design. In previous studies, researchers used 12 partners as representative of a high number of sexual partners (Marks and Fraley 2005). Therefore we decided that 12 partners would be characterized as a high yet believable number of ...
... number of sexual partners (zero, one, or 12) in a between subjects design. In previous studies, researchers used 12 partners as representative of a high number of sexual partners (Marks and Fraley 2005). Therefore we decided that 12 partners would be characterized as a high yet believable number of ...
women with exciting underwear
... family. Lancelot kills Gawain’s innocent brothers‚ Sir Gaheris and Sir Gareth‚ while rescuing the queen from being executed for adultery. Sir Gawain consequently instigates a blood feud against Lancelot that will eventually lead to his own death. King Arthur and his followers also suffer as a result ...
... family. Lancelot kills Gawain’s innocent brothers‚ Sir Gaheris and Sir Gareth‚ while rescuing the queen from being executed for adultery. Sir Gawain consequently instigates a blood feud against Lancelot that will eventually lead to his own death. King Arthur and his followers also suffer as a result ...
Malvolio – ludicrous, pompous, ambitious and vulgar
... Orisno’s conspicuously offensive clichés ‘Women are as roses whose fair flower’ 2.4.38-39 His pride is hurt at the end, even though there’s been no come on, he asks, ‘why should I not kill that I love…’ 5.1.115-117 ...
... Orisno’s conspicuously offensive clichés ‘Women are as roses whose fair flower’ 2.4.38-39 His pride is hurt at the end, even though there’s been no come on, he asks, ‘why should I not kill that I love…’ 5.1.115-117 ...
pride and prejudice or children and cheating? jane austen`s
... screen and made for television movies (Harman, 2009) Austen’s work revolves around a love story, which makes her well known in the romance genre. Unlike modern romance novels, though, her novels did not contain mentions of touching or kissing, and certainly no sexual intercourse (Harman, 2009). Her ...
... screen and made for television movies (Harman, 2009) Austen’s work revolves around a love story, which makes her well known in the romance genre. Unlike modern romance novels, though, her novels did not contain mentions of touching or kissing, and certainly no sexual intercourse (Harman, 2009). Her ...
swan-love
... else-where in the Sonnets, "nothing" denotes, among other things, female genitals. (I do not make this point in order to assert that the Sonnets say that there was a genital sexual relationship between these men; to the best of my understanding, the sexual context of that period is too far irrecov e ...
... else-where in the Sonnets, "nothing" denotes, among other things, female genitals. (I do not make this point in order to assert that the Sonnets say that there was a genital sexual relationship between these men; to the best of my understanding, the sexual context of that period is too far irrecov e ...
The female condom: knowledge, attitude, and willingness to use
... It was also interesting to analyse the reasons why people don’t want to use it. Women reported more objective difficulties (“difficult insertion” and “trouble during sexual intercourse”), while men reported reasons having more to do with psychological issues. Therefore, it could be argued that while ...
... It was also interesting to analyse the reasons why people don’t want to use it. Women reported more objective difficulties (“difficult insertion” and “trouble during sexual intercourse”), while men reported reasons having more to do with psychological issues. Therefore, it could be argued that while ...
Course
... thrown-back pose. The fact that it is in black-and-white and not in colour also helps to add to this illusion. This is “man abstracted” or “the essence of man” because all other personal details have been pared away to leave this quintessentially male form, albeit of only a part. What body parts can ...
... thrown-back pose. The fact that it is in black-and-white and not in colour also helps to add to this illusion. This is “man abstracted” or “the essence of man” because all other personal details have been pared away to leave this quintessentially male form, albeit of only a part. What body parts can ...
Female Agency and Oppression in Caribbean Bacchanalian Culture
... ed in dancehall specifically, and in the Caribbean generally. That is, the sex standing up (with his penis erect), not song's speaker declares he has line from Mad Cobra's "Put Gunshot" is with his tongue. The following an even better example of this hostile attitude: "Boy weh tek bumpa and taste be ...
... ed in dancehall specifically, and in the Caribbean generally. That is, the sex standing up (with his penis erect), not song's speaker declares he has line from Mad Cobra's "Put Gunshot" is with his tongue. The following an even better example of this hostile attitude: "Boy weh tek bumpa and taste be ...
History of cross-dressing

This article details the history of cross-dressing.