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Voyeurism
<view this essay>.... masturbate while they are spying, with or without reaching an orgasm; others do not even have an erection. All of them, however, tend to “relive” their peeping later, alone or with a partner, relaying it in the imagination like a videotape. This is the only way they are able to get an erection and reach an orgasm.
This paraphilia can affect both females and males, but it is primary a male disorder. Scientists know very little about paraphilia in general. can begin in late childhood or adolescence and continue throughout adult life. Intensity and occurrence of the paraphilia is variable, and it usually decreases as people get older. It might be relate .....
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Heraldry In Medieval Times
<view this essay>.... things to their family which will be shown in the coat of arms that
the bearer takes such great pride in displaying.
The most simple and well known reason for heraldry is
identification. A coat of arms is a graphic and plain means of
identification. It tells the onlooker who is under the great war helm and
if he is a cause for threat. Also, many knights and nobles would often go
on far reaching quests and journeys. Most often they would be familiar
with very few people so recognition by facial features was difficult. A
coat of arms was more far reaching and well known than the appearance of
the man. It gave the bearer a sort of graphic catch phrase th .....
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Persuasive Essay: Overpopulation
<view this essay>.... and nationalities.
Our planet now provides for approximately 5.8 billion people, with
projections of around 10 billion by the year 2050. Two billion of these are
extremely poor, the poorest of which live in absolute poverty and misery.
One very serious effect of the population explosion is its detrimental
effects on the global environment. Increasing amounts of food, energy, water,
and shelter are required to fulfill the needs of human society. Much of our
energy is derived from the burning of fossil fuels-releasing millions of metric
tons of toxins into the atmosphere annually. The amount of land required for
food production will grow increasingly larger, w .....
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Women And The Fight For Reform
<view this essay>.... African American, founded the Locust
Street Social Settlement in Hampton, Virginia, in 1890. Her settlement
offered black women vital instruction in child care and in skills of a
being a homemaker.
Lillian Wald, a daughter of Jewish immigrants from New York City,
began a visiting- nurse service to reach those too poor to pay for doctors
and hospitals. Her Henry Street Settlement offered a host of vital
services for immigrants and the poor. Wald suggested the formation of a
Federal Children's Bureau.
By the end of the 19th century, many women reformers focused on
the need for state laws to restrict child labor. Young children from poor
famili .....
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Families In China
<view this essay>.... They get wage increases, and a chance for a better more efficient life.
The success of this policy varies in different areas. In the cities many families still only have one child. But for the farmers and peasants, more kids means extra labor so they often have more than one kid. In rural areas the traditional family consisted of the head of the household, his sons, and their wives and children, often all living under one roof.
Land, the main form of wealth in traditional China, was divided equally among all the landowners surviving sons when he died. Living conditions for the average peasant are generally better today then they were in the past. .....
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Relations Between Women In The 18th And 19yh Centuries
<view this essay>.... of 19th century not really studied before
B. Abundance of evidence suggests very strong emotional ties between
women.
C. All types of relationships are suggested from
sisterly love to passion
D. In this world men are hardly noted
II. Defining and analyzing these relations
A. Question of method and interpretation
B. How to view same sex relations
1.Psychopathology
2.dichotomy between normal and abnormal
C. Viewing within a cultural and social setting
D. Based on the diaries of women from 35 families
from 1760s to 1880s
1.Represents brood range of women
2.Middle class
III. Sensual and platonic
A. Sar .....
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Comparative Essay: Mothers With A Divided Heart
<view this essay>.... not one right choice for every family and
to understand and respect each individual decision. All moms have one thing in
common: they make sacrifices to do what is best for their families. To a
working mom, this means not spending as much time with her children, and for
stay-at-home moms, this means not getting much time to herself. Being home or
not with the children is not as important as creating an environment where the
children can thrive and feel loved.
Stay-at-home moms are often viewed as "soap-opera-watching couch potatoes" with
no ambition. Rather than being praised for their decision to stay home, they
often feel they need to defend it. Societ .....
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Appearances - A Universal Concern
<view this essay>.... energy to put themselves through a great deal of usually self-
imposed tribulation and suffering, it is easy to discern the different
perceptions of beauty held by various groups. These perceptions vary greatly
abetween groups, which are demarcated by class, cultural, geographical,
chronological, and religious borders, to name a few. What may be considered very
attractive by one group may even be seen as repulsive in another. The gangster
with tattoos all over his body, clothed in attire that is much too large, with
rings in all the most unexpected places, and sporting an outrageous hairdo,
considers himself very attractive indeed. Yet, so do the tall, smartly .....
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