Eroticism in Society In today's world newsstands are filled with magazine's featuring glossy advertisements with suggestive and erotic imagery. The magazines are full of pages and pages of flesh that grab your attention. Body parts that are normally covered in the conservative world are...

"Sex Sells" There is a common phrase that goes "sex sells" which turns out to be very truthful. It seems like no other human act drives "buying behavior" as much ...

Many factors influence the works of artists. The time they are working in, the culture, and their own lives effect what they depict and how. Gender is no exception. Feminist Historians believe "that gender is an essential element in understanding the creation, content, and evaluation of art." (Ada...

The American Pie trilogy has become a huge success for teens as well as adults. The films all made a huge amount of revenue. Even though the major role of all American Pie films is sexual material, it sort of expands its horizon in the second and third films. Relationships, love and drama start to o...

Pamela Willette Eng. 213W Dr. Stan Scott Critical Preface Paths of Learning The paths of learning are different for all of us and this is how it should be. Hmm..., this is the part where we're supposed to come up with all of these wonderful thoughtful insights and make our professors think tha...

Artemisia Gentilschi: Feminism in Italian Society Throughout the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Painting in the Baroque period evoked emotion by appealing to the senses in very dramatic ways. Artists often used religion or personal experiences and effectively translated these aspects into ...

"Does not my fortune sit high upon my brow? Dost not see the little wanton god there all gay and smiling have I not an air about my face and eyes, that distinguish me from the crowd of common lovers?" --Aphra Behn, The Rover She was not the first woman ...

[...] a Devil on't the Woman damns the Poet. -- Aphra Behn, Preface to The Lucky Chance Aphra Behn (1640-1689) was not the first woman writer; neither was she the only woman writer of her day. But Aphra Behn holds the singular distinction of being the ...