The McClary's brief discussion on sexual politics in classical Music focuses on how human sexuality is present not only in modern music such as rock and pop, but also in classical music. McClary mentions that in academia there is not much focus on true expression but rather concentrate on struc...

What exactly is pornography? According to the Merriam Webster online dictionary, pornography is defined as the depiction of erotic behavior intended to cause sexual excitement. This definition, in, my opinion, is rather generic. However pornography is not an easy model to define. It is, in fact, imp...

How convincing do you find Freud's description of the Oedipus' stage of development? The idea of infantile sexuality has always been central to Freud and very early he has started to work on a basic theory for the Oedipus complex: the desire for the parent of the other sex and...

Act II: Scene 2 This is the famous "Balcony Scene," one of the most renowned in all of Shakespeare. But because of its romantic associations, it is often misunderstood. Romeo's passion for Juliet is unambiguously erotic. To Elizabethans sexual desire was not antithetical to romance; it was the es...

Censoring Pornography Pornography is defined as the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writings) intended to cause sexual excitement. Pornography, however, is not as tame as this definition would leave an individual to believe. Pornography is a danger to our society and...