Essays on Human Sexuality Page 2

The Republic of Gilead overpowers woman and minimizes handmaid’s as offred to sexual slavery. The government has excessive amounts of power and control over the handmaids. The Handmaid’s are forced to follow the laws of gilead and to act accordingly or they are put in a position of punishment. The Women operate by fear. Fear…

Elton John, born as Reginald Kenneth Dwight, was born on March 25th 1947. He learned how to play the piano at a very early age. He left school at the age of seventeen to pursue a career in music. His father, much like Freddie Mercury’s, tried to steer him into a different career path. He…

Carmilla is a Gothic novella written by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu during the Victorian Era. The duration of this time is marked by sexual repression and the near absence of “sexuality. ” This suppression, founded on the principles of religion and “traditional” gender roles, did not leave room for independent women. The subjects in Le…

According to Ghassan Ali Moussawi, the Lebanese Gay Community can be characterized as a combination of informal social networks, various establishments like nightclubs, bars, and restaurants, and activism (103). A major aspect of activism within this community is represented by Lebanon’s singular nonprofit organization for the LGBTQ community: Helem. Established in 2004, Helem is an…