Word: sexualism
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...producing partner of this year's host, Hugh Jackman, saying he liked my work and wanted me to write for the Academy Awards. I wasn't exactly sure how the Academy expected me to craft an opening in which Jackman quickly segued into talking about me and my sophomoric sexual obsessions, but I was up for the challenge...
...appearances on “It’s Not Me, It’s You;” it is manifest even in the title of the album itself. In “Not Fair,” Allen sings frankly about how her boyfriend’s sexual shortcomings eclipse all his other virtues, and in “Fuck You” she bravely denounces some acquaintances for being “small-minded” and “racist,” claiming their “point of view is medieval...
...Vagina Monologues.” “In the fall of my freshman year, my roommates and I auditioned, and no one got callbacks. It was very stressful.” According to Bryant, “The Vagina Monologues,” which aims to celebrate female sexuality and promote female empowerment, also provides a welcoming atmosphere for women who are new to the theater scene at Harvard. The final showing of the production is at 8 pm tonight in the Agassiz Theater. The show was created by Eve Ensler and grew from an off-Broadway production...
...Over the past decade, at least 94 prisoners have undergone the treatment in the Czech Republic, the only country in Europe that continues to surgically castrate sex offenders. The Czech government insists the procedure is a medical issue, one that permanently reduces testosterone levels to lower an offender's sexual urges. And officials say it is performed only at the request of the prisoners themselves. (See pictures of prison life...
...Despite many studies of the effectiveness of castration - both surgical and chemical - the results are inconclusive. Some surveys suggest castration can dramatically reduce recidivism. One 1989 survey in Germany of 104 voluntary castrates showed a 75% drop in sexual interest, libido, erection and ejaculation. But measuring such changes is notoriously difficult and often depends on the subjective self-reports of sex offenders. A 1989 Psychological Bulletin study concluded that "the recidivism rate for treated offenders is not lower than that for untreated offenders; if anything, it tends to be higher." Many other studies emphasize the mental nature of deviant sexual...